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Breathe (Remix)

By Joe Budden · Targeting The Game

Breathe (Remix) is a diss track by Joe Budden targeting The Game. Joe Budden and The Game exchanged records after Game treated Budden's G-Unit references as a shot at him. Budden attacks Game's newly marketed gangsta image, his place inside G-Unit and the difference between public threats and their in-person encounters.

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ExplicitYes

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[Intro: Stack Bundles]
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Niggas know the drill in New York and the Queens, it's like
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[Chorus: Stack Bundles]
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One and to the two, two and to the three
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Three and to the four, then you gotta squeeze
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One and to the two, two and to the three
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Three and to the four, then you gotta squeeze
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One and to the two, two and to, uh
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(It's that On Top Music!)
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[Verse 1: Joe Budden]
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All righty, now we got
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Jerz on the come back, run fag, gun bag
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Gun clap, [?] when you hear that pump brrrat
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A'ight, everybody on the run brrrat
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Dudes by the corner store waiting on that come back
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Screaming F me, why?
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That's a dumb move like goin' to Brooklyn screaming F.B.I
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Or going to Brooklyn playing F.B.I
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Tryna shake the scene or tryna be Jayreen, nigga
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And I ain't got beef with one gang
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Just one clown dude who just got rid of his tongue ring
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Put us in a room alone, give us room alone
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He knows better, he'd never step in a room alone
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When it's all done I'd be leaving the room alone
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Sad part is they wouldn't even know you was gone
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I'm not a killer, I leave that for my mans
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Not a gorilla, leave that one for Ran, but I will steal ya
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He's a'ight with the hands, yep, shorty, that's right
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Any nigga tryna shoot me must'a saw my last fight, yup
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Niggas comin' to my hood tryna play me, though
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Next time find me, not the radio
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Not Kayslay, not Sway nay
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Say it to the kid face, not the mixtapes,
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I know the truth could hurt you
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But, dog, you ain't a million dollar, man, nigga, you just Virgil, nigga
Multi-line diss block
Block noteTurns money and possessions into leverage
TargetThe Game
MeaningWhat it means: In “But, dog, you ain't a million dollar, man, nigga, you just Virgil, nigga,” Joe Budden contrasts financial power or possessions with The Game's alleged lack of money, access, or control. Why it was said: Joe Budden and The Game exchanged records after Game treated Budden's G-Unit references as a shot at him. Budden attacks Game's newly marketed gangsta image, his place inside G-Unit and the difference between public threats and their in-person encounters. The comparison converts status into material evidence and is meant to make The Game's success claims look hollow beside something listeners can picture and measure.
ContextJoe Budden and The Game exchanged records after Game treated Budden's G-Unit references as a shot at him. Budden attacks Game's newly marketed gangsta image, his place inside G-Unit and the difference between public threats and their in-person encounters.
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[Chorus: Stack Bundles]
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One and to the two, two and to the three
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Three and to the four, then you gotta squeeze
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One and to the two, two and to the three
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Three and to the four, then you gotta squeeze
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One and to the two, two and to the three
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Three and to the four, then you gotta squeeze
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One and to the two, two and to, uh
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(It's that On Top Music!)
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[Verse 2: Joe Budden]
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All righty, now we got
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Jerz on the come back, run fag, gun bag
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Gun clap, [?] when you hear that pump brrrat
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A'ight, everybody on the run brrrat
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Dudes by the corner store waiting on that come back
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So when the SL creep I get you clipped
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Then one hit of that Nextel bleep, nigga
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Roll out predator style, I dot a ma'fucker up
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He got eczema now, look, nigga
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I'm the blame baby once again, baby
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Pitch that black or that white, and call it Wayne Brady
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He's insane, baby, with that X and that dust red
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Fuck you niggas expect from a ex-dust head?
Multi-line diss block
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Beef is back, the chief is back
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Grief is back but this'll be brief in fact
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You can't rap and hustle, no, not a lil bit
Block noteAttacks the target's ability to rap
TargetThe Game
MeaningWhat it means: In “You can't rap and hustle, no, not a lil bit,” Joe Budden challenges The Game on writing, delivery, flow, or command of the microphone rather than relying only on a personal insult. Why it was said: Joe Budden and The Game exchanged records after Game treated Budden's G-Unit references as a shot at him. Budden attacks Game's newly marketed gangsta image, his place inside G-Unit and the difference between public threats and their in-person encounters. This goes to the qualification that gives The Game standing in a rap battle; if the craft is weak, the reply loses authority before its other claims are considered.
ContextJoe Budden and The Game exchanged records after Game treated Budden's G-Unit references as a shot at him. Budden attacks Game's newly marketed gangsta image, his place inside G-Unit and the difference between public threats and their in-person encounters.
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You tryna see cash money but get a lil flip
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I'm tryna see cash money, shout out to Lil' Flip
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I'm tryna see that dummy block it, a lil fifth
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And I don't see how dude want it with older dog
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Feeling like a pimp nigga gun-butt your shoulder off
Multi-line diss block
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All day, Holmes, it's cool
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And we ain't never let your type take the short way home from school
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Your gangsters cosmetic, it's pathetic, synthetic
Block noteTurns the target into a visual punchline
TargetThe Game
MeaningWhat it means: In “And we ain't never let your type take the short way home from school,” Joe Budden reduces The Game to an exaggerated physical caricature instead of engaging the target's preferred public image. Why it was said: Joe Budden and The Game exchanged records after Game treated Budden's G-Unit references as a shot at him. Budden attacks Game's newly marketed gangsta image, his place inside G-Unit and the difference between public threats and their in-person encounters. A visual insult is easy for an audience to remember and repeat; the goal is to make ridicule of The Game travel beyond the song itself.
ContextJoe Budden and The Game exchanged records after Game treated Budden's G-Unit references as a shot at him. Budden attacks Game's newly marketed gangsta image, his place inside G-Unit and the difference between public threats and their in-person encounters.
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And nobody's sympathetic, you ain't mean it, shouldn't'a said it, ma'fucker
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[Chorus: Stack Bundles]
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One and to the two, two and to the three
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Three and to the four, then you gotta squeeze
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One and to the two, two and to the three
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Three and to the four, then you gotta squeeze
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One and to the two, two and to the three
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Three and to the four, then you gotta squeeze
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One and to the two, two and to, uh