Verified archive entry

Eat Em Up L Chill

By LL Cool J · Targeting Rival MCs

Eat Em Up L Chill is a diss track by LL Cool J targeting Rival MCs. The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

Released1990

Annotated3

ExplicitNo

Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

Demo lines only. Select a line number to copy a stable deep link.

01
[Chorus]
02
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
03
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
04
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
05
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
06
[Verse 1]
Multi-line diss block
07
Bring on the moes and hoes
08
Don't snooze or doze 'cause I'm rippin' up shows
09
Hold your nose, dead bodies are around
10
I leave scratch marks under the tears of a clown
Block noteTurns the target into a visual punchline
TargetRival MCs
MeaningWhat it means: In “Hold your nose, dead bodies are around,” LL Cool J reduces Rival MCs to an exaggerated physical caricature instead of engaging the target's preferred public image. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. A visual insult is easy for an audience to remember and repeat; the goal is to make ridicule of Rival MCs travel beyond the song itself.
ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.
11
I write rhymes that shine like lipstick
12
So much material, but not materialistic
13
Imperial styles I use
14
When the mic is lifted, the crowd is amused
15
Come with it if you feel you're full-fledged
16
Or yell, "Geronimo!" and jump off the edge
17
Your E-N-D is near when I appear
18
The stage is yours, but wait until the smoke clears
19
Rhyme sayer and I'm here to lay a load
20
So watch a player when he's playin' in player mode
21
Uncle L's bad and you're soon to say
22
'Cause I rip the mic until the tune decay
23
[Chorus]
24
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
25
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
26
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
27
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
28
[Verse 2]
29
MCs are dumb, I catch 'em in a dragnet
30
You're not complete, I'm battlin' a fragment
31
So creative and witty and outstandin'
32
And I be demandin' that you're abandoned
33
In the desert or a wild west town
34
While I'm at your crib on a cherry-go-round
35
Where will she stop? No one knows
36
Like I said before, bring on the moes and hoes
37
I know my ABCs and my Ps and Qs
38
Just chill and listen to the rhyme cruise
39
All aboard the cord, there's a reward
40
Some were ignored when they toured for the bored
41
The crowd wasn't loud, lyrics weren't endowed
42
Took a crack of the 40 and went to show 'em how
43
You like me now, but you didn't before
44
'Cause you forgot I was raw
45
[Chorus]
46
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
47
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
48
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
49
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
50
[Interlude]
51
Uh
52
Future of the funk, uh
53
Go 'head, baby
54
Do it
55
Go 'head, baby
56
Do it
57
Yeah, do it
58
[Chorus]
59
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
60
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
61
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
62
Chill (Yo, eat 'em up, L)
63
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
64
Chill (Uh, eat 'em up, L)
65
Chill (Yeah, eat 'em up, L)
66
Chill (Yo, eat 'em up, L)
67
[Verse 3]
68
It's so visual the way I'm throwin' down
69
Visualize MCs goin' down
70
In a barrage of bullets combinated with rhymes
71
The moral of the story is I'ma get mines
72
I saw the cordless, boy, I'm gonna house that
Multi-line diss block
73
Your rhymes are cheesy, you found 'em in a mouse trap
74
Don't try to front while the freestyle's droppin'
75
He wants to battle, he must be needle-poppin'
Block noteAttacks the target's ability to rap
TargetRival MCs
MeaningWhat it means: In “Your rhymes are cheesy, you found 'em in a mouse trap,” LL Cool J challenges Rival MCs on writing, delivery, flow, or command of the microphone rather than relying only on a personal insult. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. This goes to the qualification that gives Rival MCs standing in a rap battle; if the craft is weak, the reply loses authority before its other claims are considered.
ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.
76
You better notify your next of kin
77
'Cause when I begin it's like a needle to the skin
78
If you wasn't prepared then you ought to be scared
79
But even if you was, you're aware what the rhyme does
80
I remember when you was an amateur
Multi-line diss block
81
Writin' your rhymes, starin' at my signature
82
Bought the album, analyzed the style
83
Tsk-tsk (Achoo), God bless you, child
Block noteAttacks the target's ability to rap
TargetRival MCs
MeaningWhat it means: In “Writin' your rhymes, starin' at my signature,” LL Cool J challenges Rival MCs on writing, delivery, flow, or command of the microphone rather than relying only on a personal insult. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. This goes to the qualification that gives Rival MCs standing in a rap battle; if the craft is weak, the reply loses authority before its other claims are considered.
ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.
84
I'm unique when I speak to a beat
85
Another rapper'll fall when the mission's complete
86
I daze and amaze, my display's a faze
87
Every phrase is a maze as Uncle L slays
88
The competition that's lost in a freestyle
89
'Cause on the mic I'm the golden child
90
With the magical wand that they're callin' a mic
91
And when MC's approach it turns into a spike
92
[Chorus]
93
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
94
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
95
Chill (Eat 'em up, L)
96
Why don't you just chill? (Eat 'em up, L)
97
[Outro]
98
Yeah
99
Yeah, I wanna say what's up to my man Kool Herc
100
And my man Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation
101
Know what what I'm sayin'?
102
My man Marley Marl and DJ Clash
103
My man B-Blast
104
Rush Town, Def Jam, we in the house
105
Of course I gotta say what's up to my homeboys EPMD
106
Yeah, I get busy
107
Peace