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Die Too Soon (Remix)

By Busta Rhymes · Targeting Memphis Bleek

Die Too Soon (Remix) is a track by Busta Rhymes with a diss section by The Game targeting Memphis Bleek. The recording also credits DJ Quik and The Game. The track belongs to The Game's early competitive exchanges with Memphis Bleek and artists associated with Roc-A-Fella Records.

Released2004
Annotated2
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro: DJ Quik]

    02

    Compton's in the motherfuckin' house

    03

    Look

  2. 04

    [Verse 1: DJ Quik & Busta Rhymes]

    05

    Now Busta-Bust he like the David Blane of hip-hop (Come here just watch)

    06

    And X to the Z, a backpacker, y'all niggas stop (Yo, yo)

    07

    We asphalt, not clay, not dust (Yo)

    08

    I put my money where my mouth is, y'all just trust (Ooh)

  3. 09

    This a real game, motherfuckers, and I'm playing this well (Yeah)

    10

    I'm an analog, you a hologram, you ain't that real (Yo, yo)

    11

    You ain't the truth, you ain't even know how to begin

    12

    The real fly game swatter, you can't win

  4. 13

    I've been PI since I was knee-high (Yup)

    14

    Spending money since 4 years old

    15

    Let the truth be told (Yo, yo)

    16

    Y'all proof, pull the sunroof

  5. 17

    When I bubble, it's an overflow

    18

    Left and right wrist like overload

    19

    Now I'm 5'4" nigga (Vroom), double R right

    20

    I'm rough on the boulevard (Yeah), I do it hard (Yo, yo) even with a hit on my head

  6. 21

    I still shine, spit on the red

    22

    I'm fly, nigga, 'til I'm bred and I'm dead, yeah

  7. 23

    [Chorus: Busta Rhymes]

    24

    So tell 'em welcome back to one of these

    25

    Niggas know that they fucking around with real Gs

    26

    Who you think you are?

    27

    Bass heavy all in my truck

  8. 28

    That be the gangster shit, I stay banging up in my car

    29

    Shot the front nigga, you fuck around and just make a nigga cock up and I clap up the broom

    30

    Act dumb and you can be one of the young niggas that your peeps be saying "Die too soon"

    31

    Ayo (Flipmode nigga)

  9. 32

    [Verse 2: Busta Rhymes]

    33

    When I step up in the club bitches trying to hug me

    34

    So sick baby mothers still trying to fuck me

    35

    See, we move past diesel like we stocking the [?]

    36

    I'm the nicest in this bitch, swamp cocky as fuck

  10. 37

    Fuck rap, a lot of drug money stacking insane

    38

    I went to Compton, got a couple bricks from Quik and Game

    39

    Thought a stomp and couple clicks to you niggas is lame

    40

    Like you could fuck with Aftermath, bitch I'll weaken your frame

  11. 41

    Then I pumped y'all niggas bladder 'til we watching your piece build

    42

    Blood mixture killing niggas at free will

    43

    I say thou shit too immoral my brother

    44

    Throwing a bachelor party for my homie fucking your mother

  12. 45

    So married to the game, bitch, whenever we build

    46

    My nigga Game, he like to spaz, I try to tell him to chill

    47

    Fuck you, see my goons will rush your resident fast

    48

    No matter how much dough you got, we whip the president ass

  13. 49

    Break a bottle, cut your jugular, you niggas is dead

  14. 50

    [Chorus: Busta Rhymes]

    51

    So tell 'em welcome back to one of these

    52

    Niggas know that they fucking around with real Gs

    53

    Who you think you are?

    54

    Bass heavy all in my truck

  15. 55

    That be the gangster shit, I stay banging up in my car

    56

    Shot the front nigga, you fuck around and just make a nigga cock up and I clap up the broom

    57

    Act dumb and you can be one of the young niggas that your peeps be saying "Die too soon"

    58

    Flipmode

  16. 59

    [Verse 3: The Game]

    Multi-line diss block
    60

    I don't do much, sit on the block in that Lavender Range

    61

    Waitin' for fiends, pass 'em the Caine

    62

    Y'all niggas is lame

    63

    Y'all don't really want beef with The Game, give 'em 100 thou, ease his pain

    Block noteReduces the target to a dismissive caricature

    TargetMemphis Bleek

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Y'all niggas is lame,” Busta Rhymes replaces Memphis Bleek's preferred identity with a degrading label intended to make the opponent look ridiculous or contemptible. Why it was said: The track belongs to The Game's early competitive exchanges with Memphis Bleek and artists associated with Roc-A-Fella Records. The label gives the audience a short, repeatable frame for the feud; repetition of that frame can shape how Memphis Bleek is remembered.

    ContextThe track belongs to The Game's early competitive exchanges with Memphis Bleek and artists associated with Roc-A-Fella Records.

  17. 64

    You don't ride through the hood

    65

    Motherfucker, that ain't your Navy 6

    66

    All you do is drive Jay-Z shit

    67

    Nigga you ain't hardcore

  18. 68

    Nigga you ain't never won no award, only stood behind Dame when he was thanking the lord, you a fag

    Multi-line diss block
    69

    Nigga you know your rhymes ain't ill and State Property the closest you ever been to a mill, you ain't hot

    70

    With that wack ass album you drop

    71

    The whole Roc know Beans came and take your spot, you a joke

    Block noteAttacks the target's ability to rap

    TargetMemphis Bleek

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Nigga you know your rhymes ain't ill and State Property the closest you ever been to a mill, you ain't hot,” Busta Rhymes challenges Memphis Bleek on writing, delivery, flow, or command of the microphone rather than relying only on a personal insult. Why it was said: The track belongs to The Game's early competitive exchanges with Memphis Bleek and artists associated with Roc-A-Fella Records. This goes to the qualification that gives Memphis Bleek standing in a rap battle; if the craft is weak, the reply loses authority before its other claims are considered.

    ContextThe track belongs to The Game's early competitive exchanges with Memphis Bleek and artists associated with Roc-A-Fella Records.

  19. 72

    Tax write off for Russell and Hov, why you think they keep you around when you only went gold

    73

    Whoo Kid, let 'em know who put the B-I in bitch faggot couldn't sell a record with T.I. and Trick Daddy

    74

    Nigga talkin' that shit, I crush him and this ain't got nuttin' to do with Quik and Busta