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Blood In My Eye

Blood In My Eye is a diss track by Ja Rule targeting 50 Cent, Eminem, Dr. Dre and DMX. The recording also credits Hussein Fatal. The record belongs to the long-running conflict between Ja Rule and Murder Inc. and 50 Cent's camp. The dispute widened to include G-Unit, Eminem, Dr. Dre, DMX, Busta Rhymes and others through affiliations, response records and personal accusations.

Released2003
Annotated3
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro: Hussein Fatal]

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    Whatever it is that's what is gon' be nigga

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    Hussein Fatal, the outlaw don, Blood In My Eyes

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    Yeah, Triple O stand up, got your mind's back right

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    Jerse's mobbin' these cowards all the time

  2. 06

    You know gunnin' 'em down

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    Everything like that

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    Smooth stayin' forty below on these cowards

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    Early nigga

  3. 10

    Outlaw status alone got these niggas on freeze

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    Get down or lay down

    12

    Draw heat and protect your self, Rule holla at yo' peoples nigga

  4. 13

    [Verse 1: Ja Rule]

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    From now on call me the don, and bitches call me don da da

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    Wherever I go niggas soon to follow

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    Like when I dropped my first joint makin' the world holla

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    I kept it Between Me And You

  5. 18

    Cause that's what real street niggas do

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    Put It On Me, 'cause even thugs get lonely

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    Sometimes I Cry, for niggas I'ma baptize

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    When will they realize I Live It Up

  6. 22

    Cop the coke sell it and re' it up, I'm Always On Time

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    Keep the bitches Mesmerized from the Thug Lovin'

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    Load the clip, cock back the nine, open mouth shove it

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    Down the throat, look in his eyes and squeeze like fuck it

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    And they think my niggas do this shit for nothin'

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    Where my wild lil duggins, lookin' to get a come up

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    Come on in and catch the angel that's fallen

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    Call me Lord when it's my time, and I'll arrive

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    With blood in my eyes

  9. 31

    [Hussein Fatal Talking]

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    That's what real niggas do you know

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    We hold it down for each other

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    We don't waste time we get it done, why not, why wouldn't we, you know

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    That's what goes down you know

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    You draw yours, I draw mine, whoever get the drop that's what it is

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    We live by those laws, why wouldn't we?

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    The object (Yo) is to get it done

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    Let's go

  11. 40

    It's nothin'

  12. 41

    [Verse 2: Ja Rule]

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    Fuck the world and the bigger pussies that run it

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    Rule for prez cause I'm one of the best that done it

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    On the M-I, these niggas spittin' semi, to get by

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    But never really get right, livin' up off the hid-ype

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    DMX was my dog, but now we just dog fight

    Multi-line diss block
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    He suckin' on glass dicks callin' 'em crack pipes

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    And I'm hearin' you lettin' your health slide these days

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    And your latest bid, looked like you contracted the AIDS

    Block noteTurns sexual access into humiliation

    TargetDMX

    MeaningWhat it means: In “He suckin' on glass dicks callin' 'em crack pipes,” Ja Rule uses a sexual claim or joke to deny DMX control of an intimate relationship and to make the opponent look publicly rejected, displaced, or embarrassed. Why it was said: The record belongs to the long-running conflict between Ja Rule and Murder Inc. and 50 Cent's camp. The dispute widened to include G-Unit, Eminem, Dr. Dre, DMX, Busta Rhymes and others through affiliations, response records and personal accusations. The point is provocation rather than romance: bringing private access into the record raises the emotional cost of the feud and pressures DMX to answer a claim that an audience can easily repeat.

    ContextThe record belongs to the long-running conflict between Ja Rule and Murder Inc. and 50 Cent's camp. The dispute widened to include G-Unit, Eminem, Dr. Dre, DMX, Busta Rhymes and others through affiliations, response records and personal accusations.

  14. 50

    Who the fuck you callin' gay, nigga?

    Multi-line diss block
    51

    Must've been talkin' to Em and Dre, nigga

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    Pour out a lil liquor, and rest in peace 2Pac Shakur

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    'Cause you let us know that Dre was a queer before

    Block noteUses gendered or sexual humiliation

    TargetDr. Dre

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Who the fuck you callin' gay, nigga?,” Ja Rule uses gendered or sexual language to question Dr. Dre's masculinity or humiliate the target in front of the audience. Why it was said: The record belongs to the long-running conflict between Ja Rule and Murder Inc. and 50 Cent's camp. The dispute widened to include G-Unit, Eminem, Dr. Dre, DMX, Busta Rhymes and others through affiliations, response records and personal accusations. The tactic tries to trigger an emotional reply and damage Dr. Dre's public image, even though the framing itself can reproduce homophobic or sexist stereotypes.

    ContextThe record belongs to the long-running conflict between Ja Rule and Murder Inc. and 50 Cent's camp. The dispute widened to include G-Unit, Eminem, Dr. Dre, DMX, Busta Rhymes and others through affiliations, response records and personal accusations.

  15. 54

    And Marshall how dare you use his name in vain

    Multi-line diss block
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    Son of a panther, you'll never understand his pain

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    But you do understand trailer parks and cocaine

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    Disrespectin' your mother what fuckin' part of the game is that, man?

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Disrespectin' your mother what fuckin' part of the game is that, man?,” Ja Rule brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Eminem, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: The record belongs to the long-running conflict between Ja Rule and Murder Inc. and 50 Cent's camp. The dispute widened to include G-Unit, Eminem, Dr. Dre, DMX, Busta Rhymes and others through affiliations, response records and personal accusations. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Eminem and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    ContextThe record belongs to the long-running conflict between Ja Rule and Murder Inc. and 50 Cent's camp. The dispute widened to include G-Unit, Eminem, Dr. Dre, DMX, Busta Rhymes and others through affiliations, response records and personal accusations.

  16. 58

    I guess this world needs change

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    So we got it, and now I gotta put 'em in the grave

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    Red dot 'em, before they put us in a cage

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    Rule and Gotti, America's most wanted to many

  17. 62

    Come and get meeeeeeeee!!!

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    (Pretty soon you're gonna pay)