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Don’t Body Ya Self aka The M.C. Burial

By Nas · Targeting 50 Cent

Don’t Body Ya Self aka The M.C. Burial is a diss track by Nas targeting 50 Cent. Nas issued the record as a direct warning to 50 Cent during their mid-2000s exchange.

Released2005

Annotated2

ExplicitYes

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[Intro]
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Hope y'all make it through the storm
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You know what, though? I love the rain, man
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Love the rain
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A lot of you cats is runnin' your mouths (heheheh)
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You're runnin' your mouths crazy
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Think y'all got to ease up, though, you know?
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Ease up 'fore somethin' happen, man
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We don't want that, at least you don't
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Be easy, man
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Tell you how it feels to be on top of the world
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But y'all niggas better take it slow
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Don't body ya self
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(take it slow)
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Don't body ya self
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(take it slow) Yeah, don't body ya self, nigga (just gon' take it slow)
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Yeah, yeah
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[Verse 1]
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Everybody get low, niggas
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Dedicated to the "Fuck Nas" coalition, touch my dough
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Let .40 cals blow, nigga
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Not cows with four legs but cals with more lead
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That add up more dead, it's on nigga
Multi-line diss block
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I'ma bury 'em
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Niggas don't want beef, they vegetarian
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Scared of pussy, you climbed out a caesarean (Woo!)
Block noteCalls the target's toughness an act
Target50 Cent
MeaningWhat it means: In “Scared of pussy, you climbed out a caesarean (Woo!),” Nas portrays 50 Cent as frightened or unwilling to stand behind the aggression shown in public. Why it was said: Nas issued the record as a direct warning to 50 Cent during their mid-2000s exchange. A diss threat depends on the audience believing the speaker will confront the opponent; calling 50 Cent afraid is designed to empty that threat of force.
ContextNas issued the record as a direct warning to 50 Cent during their mid-2000s exchange.
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I push your grown ass back in your mother's womb
Multi-line diss block
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You need nine more months, your crew's nine more punks
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You rhyme on stuff and claim I ain't sign y'all up
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If I sign y'all, I'm on dust
Block noteMakes the feud personal through family
Target50 Cent
MeaningWhat it means: In “I push your grown ass back in your mother's womb,” Nas brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with 50 Cent, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: Nas issued the record as a direct warning to 50 Cent during their mid-2000s exchange. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for 50 Cent and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.
ContextNas issued the record as a direct warning to 50 Cent during their mid-2000s exchange.
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Yeah we from the same hood, but nigga, what?
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When y'all was tryna rap, y'all was makin' me proud, man
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Now you fucked up, down on your luck, runnin' your mouth, man?
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Why don't you be a real man? Say you need a little help
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And I might help your ass off the shelf
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But no, you're bein' disrespectful
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Thinkin' son so cool that he won't check you
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Stand down, the King is home
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Queens' own, NASDAQ, Dow Jones
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[Break]
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Wow
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Don't body ya self, crazy
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Take it slow, man
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Slow down, woah (Yeah)
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Take it slow, motherfucker, don't body ya self
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Lis—listen (Take it slow, man)
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Just listen, hahaha
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Don't body ya self
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Listen
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Slow down, homie
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Slow down
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Y'all gotta take it slow
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[Verse 2]
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I am De Niro after Am.Ex. commercials and The Fockers
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With Martin Scorsese after Gangs of New York had rocked us
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Back together with the master plan
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The rebirth of Langston Hughes, I'm that man
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I'm in the streets like old graffiti
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I'm hearin' wankstas talkin' greasy
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Whether broke or rich, my friend
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Nasir bring that career to an end
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And I'm bored with you MCs, B
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Y'all beneath me and my raps bring horror like a board of a Ouija
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Of course I'm the King
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Get my shine on, then I blind y'all 'cause they call me The Lord of the Rings (It's nothin')
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Pinky heavy, man, big stones in the wedding band
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Smell the brimstone, back from Hell again
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Next verse gets worse, from God's Son to Devil sent
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[Break]
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Y'all need to take it slow
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Don't body ya self
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Yeah
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Motherfuckers act like ya know ('05)
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Motherfuckers better take it slow
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Don't body ya self (Hahaha)
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[Verse 3]
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They say Jada defeated him, Joe too street for him
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What's next? I guess it's for Nas to Ether him
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Y'all awaiting a MC burial
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This is ethereal, FM stereo to XM radio
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What does it mean, ethereal? Hmm.. either heavenly or spiritual
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Extreme, delicately light in a way that seems too perfect for this world
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Man that is righteous, faithful and keeps law
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Will surely live, declares the sovereign Lord
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And you are none of the above
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So you a sucker for death, if I'm a sucker for love..
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And y'all wanna know why I ain't gotta answer niggas?
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'Cause I truly understand these niggas
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Scared of me, so they talk about family members
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Like I can't point out your grandma to niggas..
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Damn, you was my man like crew, dog
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Don't make me change your body frame to blue fog
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The Q is the borough of true Dons
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Any disrespect, nigga, we choose arms
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Will it be Gilmore or Crowe's?
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Nigga act like you know
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[Outro]
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Yeah
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Y'all better take it slow
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Motherfuckers, act like ya know
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Mess around and body ya self, man
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Don't body ya self