DISSNATION
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Down

By The Game · Targeting 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo

Down is a diss track by The Game targeting Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and 50 Cent. The Game attacks 50 Cent and G-Unit after his removal from the group and the collapse of their public reconciliation.

Released2005
Annotated2
ExplicitYes
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  1. 01

    [Intro]

    02

    That's Lloyd Bank's momma singin'

    03

    You betta tell your boy to keep his mouth closed

    04

    Or he gon' get a black tux

    05

    And a free wake

  2. 06

    How my bow tie lookin'?

    07

    You ready?

    08

    Let's go

  3. 09

    [Verse]

    10

    When I see Lloyd Banks it's goin', (down, down)

    11

    If you in the car wit em' you betta get, (down, oooh well)

    12

    Automatic rifle

    13

    And I'm blastin' on sight so

  4. 14

    Ski mask, I'm psycho

    15

    My gun got night scope

    16

    Two in the leg knocked em, (down, down)

    17

    From Thirty feet away he fell, (down, oooh well)

  5. 18

    Touch kids like Michael

    19

    One roll of the dice, oh!

    20

    You wanna gamble wit' your life

    21

    Nigga die slow

  6. 22

    Now your casket goin', (down, down)

    Multi-line diss block
    23

    Tony Yayo tried to run

    24

    I chased him, (down, oooh well)

    25

    Cause' I hate the Jakes

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetTony Yayo

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Now your casket goin', (down, down),” The Game converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Tony Yayo. Why it was said: The Game attacks 50 Cent and G-Unit after his removal from the group and the collapse of their public reconciliation. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Tony Yayo as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe Game attacks 50 Cent and G-Unit after his removal from the group and the collapse of their public reconciliation.

  7. 26

    Pat him down take his cake

    27

    He wanna be a clown nigga

    28

    Might as well paint his face

    29

    And that's how I get, (down, down)

  8. 30

    Fuck G-Unit nigga I'm not (down, oooh well)

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    Used to ride wit' em'

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    Slice up the pie wit' em'

    33

    Got kicked out the group

  9. 34

    Cause I wasn't gon' die wit' em'

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    And that's how it went, (down, down)

    36

    At Hot 97 we came, (down, oooh well)

    37

    Had Thirty niggas wit' me

  10. 38

    Niggas that sport the Dickies

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    Hoppin' out of cabs

    40

    We just want to talk to 50

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    We wanna know what's goin' (down, down)

  11. 42

    Security pulled heat it went, (down, oooh well)

    43

    Had to shake the block

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    I ain't tryna' face the cops

    45

    Heard a couple shots

  12. 46

    Then I seen the shell cases drop

    47

    Told P-nut to get, (down, down)

    48

    I looked back and saw my nigga goin', (down, oooh well)

    49

    I said "homie we can't leave 'em"

  13. 50

    What if my nigga dyin'

    51

    Soon as we hit Houston then

    52

    We heard police sirens

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    Oh shit!, it's goin', (down, down)

  14. 54

    Guns out, they tellin' him to get, (down, oooh well)

    55

    He on both knees

    56

    Blood squirtin' out his jeans

    57

    Catch 22 should I go to jail or flee the scene

  15. 58

    Either way it's goin', (down, down)

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    So I hopped in the truck and went, (down, oooh well)

    60

    Broadway in a black suburban

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    One thing on my mind

  16. 62

    Go hard til' them fags get murdered

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    Cause he tried to get my nigga shot, (down, down)

    64

    But he survived and now he goin' (down, oooh well)

    65

    To the station

  17. 66

    Police at the Double-U waitin'

    67

    On me to arrive and now I gotta shake em'

    68

    They wanna take a nigga, (down, down)

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    We on the same elevator goin', (down, oooh well)

  18. 70

    Dodger fitted

    71

    Got the Hova lean

    72

    So they ain't notice me

    73

    Now they mad as fuck

  19. 74

    And gotta watch my Range Rover leave

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    Hit the 95 and head, (down, down)

    76

    It's to Philly so I can lay it, (down, oooh well)

    77

    Catch the first thing smoking back the L-A-X

  20. 78

    Kicked up my Air Nikes

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    Then I slept the whole flight

    80

    Had a dream about it goin', (down, down)

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    Woke up and saw my plane comin', (down, oooh well)

  21. 82

    Missed the palm trees

    83

    Sunshinin' everyday

    84

    New York's my second home

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    But I'm from in L.A

  22. 86

    And I hold shit, (down, down)

    87

    The throne was empty so I sat, (down, oooh well)

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    And just handled my biz

    89

    Theres two sides to every westside story

  23. 90

    And I just tell it like it is

    91

    And that's how it went, (down, down)

    92

    On my son that's all that went, (down, oooh well)

    93

    So stop tellin' them lies to all them motherfuckin' magazines

  24. 94

    And radio stations nigga you know what happened

    Multi-line diss block
    95

    Me and Lloyd Banks ain't, (down, down)

    96

    Keep talkin' shit, i'll lay you, (down, oooh well)

    97

    You niggas ran out the back door nigga

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetLloyd Banks

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Me and Lloyd Banks ain't, (down, down),” The Game addresses Lloyd Banks directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The Game attacks 50 Cent and G-Unit after his removal from the group and the collapse of their public reconciliation. Naming or plainly addressing Lloyd Banks removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe Game attacks 50 Cent and G-Unit after his removal from the group and the collapse of their public reconciliation.

  25. 98

    All I wanted to do was holla man

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    To see what was what

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    Y'all was too fuckin' scared to come, (down, down)

    101

    You've been to Compton, you know how I get, (down, oooh well)

  26. 102

    So fuck y'all nigga

    103

    And it's like that

    104

    For life