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Everybody’s Crazy

By Nas · Targeting Rival MCs

Everybody’s Crazy is a diss track by Nas targeting Rival MCs. The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

Released2002
Annotated3
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Verse 1]

    02

    Peace, peace

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    Yo, Nasir Bin Olu Dara Visqu Allah

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    Fist full of dollars in a dice game, God

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    D&G glasses, cloth Kangols, guided by angels

  2. 06

    With white wings – Nas the Viking, fresh to my ankles

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    Thankful

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    Gangster see gangster do, I'm Langston Hughes predecessor

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    Gun in my dresser, slang I use upset college professors

  3. 10

    More knowledge than Webster dictionary, obituary column plus sign 'em

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    The first fake rapper murdered for rhyming

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    The jig is up, gut 'em like fish, Swiss cheese 'em up

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    My wrist is freezing up, sick of these ducks on my hiatus

  4. 14

    Poking out their chest like they tall as sky scrapers

    Multi-line diss block
    15

    But they small like a shanty in a African village

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    Soft as cotton candy, we assassins and killers

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    Let the shottie off in club floors, pellets spray your familia

    Block noteChallenges the target's public standing

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Let the shottie off in club floors, pellets spray your familia,” Nas questions whether Rival MCs' attention, audience, or reputation reflects genuine respect. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. Visibility can be mistaken for victory, so the artist recasts Rival MCs' recognition as temporary, manufactured, or disconnected from credibility.

    ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

  5. 18

    You screaming like you love war

  6. 19

    [Chorus]

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    Everybody's crazy (Yeah)

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    And somebody's gon' get shot –

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    Get robbed, get done, get stomped, get dropped

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    Ladies love thugs and my thugs love hip hop

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    Thugs love ladies and ladies, they love hip hop

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    But everybody's crazy

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    And somebody's gon' get shot –

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    Get robbed, get done, get stomped, get dropped

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    Ladies love thugs and my thugs love hip hop

  9. 29

    [Verse 2]

    Multi-line diss block
    30

    Peace – fuck you with a fist in yo' ass

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    You pussy with yeast, you shook of the street, you a Sisqó fag

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    You know bloodbaths, I makes 'em – fake thugs, I hate 'em

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    8 slugs, I'm bustin', no discussion or waiting

    Block noteTreats the target's persona as fabricated

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You know bloodbaths, I makes 'em – fake thugs, I hate 'em,” Nas says Rival MCs' public story or image is false rather than a reliable account of who the target is. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. Once the persona is presented as invented, the boasts and accusations built on it become easier for listeners to dismiss.

    ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

  10. 34

    'Cause now, instead of coke rhymes, it's laying

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    No analog, it's digital, criminals turned rapper

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    Times is changing, niggas gettin' flashier – houses more plusher

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    Bitches giving ass up at ages more younger

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    Hands on the clock keep turning, hands on a Glock, they keep squeezing

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    Bullets stop in your sternum, they stop you from breathing

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    I'm light years far

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    Your mouth get all white when I'm near you, I frighten your heart

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    I want you to watch me, notice, stare, look closely

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    Feel I'm who you 'posed to be – real, I know it hurts you

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    Soldiers approach you

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    You wanna squash it, you older than most dudes

  13. 46

    All on Nas dick, you and your whole crew – but...

    Multi-line diss block
    Block noteUses gendered or sexual humiliation

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “All on Nas dick, you and your whole crew – but...,” Nas uses gendered or sexual language to question Rival MCs' masculinity or humiliate the target in front of the audience. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. The tactic tries to trigger an emotional reply and damage Rival MCs' public image, even though the framing itself can reproduce homophobic or sexist stereotypes.

    ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

  14. 47

    [Chorus]

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    Everybody's crazy (Yeah)

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    And somebody's gon' get shot –

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    Get robbed, get done, get stomped, get drop

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    Ladies love thugs and my thugs love hip hop

  15. 52

    Thugs love ladies and ladies, they love hip hop

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    But everybody's crazy

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    And somebody's gon' get shot –

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    Get robbed, get done, get stomped, get drop

  16. 56

    Ladies love thugs and my thugs love hip hop

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    [Verse 3]

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    Peace

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    I know where niggas sleep

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    It's too many schemes – too many plots

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    War cost money, and man, I got too many spots

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    Hungry niggas get tutored to thinking new shit to come up

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    Killers fuck with killers, you sleeping, you getting stuck up

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    Not me, y'all not ready, I'm low, but I be watching

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    We all connected, so my man knows your man

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    Your man knows my fam

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    They was cool when they was locked up

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    Beat cases, now niggas is back on the block – what

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    Brothers is taking secret routes when they drive

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    Tinted windows, ears to the streets, stay on their job

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    Peep niggas that got prices on their head so high

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    Their main niggas'll take the contract, surprise

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    So we play a mental game, intimidation

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    Got pussy niggas getting pressed up on and paying

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    I wish these niggas would step up, wait for the day and

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    Since I'm famous, they thinking assault rifles won't be spraying

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    Whoever thinking coming for my vault or the safe

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    I got some niggas with acid, get it thrown in your face

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    Play dirty, catch your moms in J-30

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    Whatever, whodie, we all crazy, we all 7:30 now

  23. 81

    [Chorus]

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    Everybody's crazy (Yeah)

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    And somebody's gon' get shot –

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    Get robbed, get done, get stomped, get drop

    85

    Ladies love thugs and my thugs love hip hop

  24. 86

    Thugs love ladies and ladies, they love hip hop

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    But everybody's crazy

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    And somebody's gon' get shot –

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    Get robbed, get done, get stomped, get drop

  25. 90

    Ladies love thugs and my thugs love hip hop