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Exodus 23:1

Exodus 23:1 is a diss track by Pusha T targeting Lil Wayne, Drake and Birdman. The recording also credits The-Dream. Pusha T targets figures associated with Young Money and Cash Money during a long-running dispute involving Lil Wayne, Drake, and Birdman.

Released2012
Annotated4
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro]

    02

    Ha ha ha ha ha

  2. 03

    [Chorus: Pusha T]

    04

    Beef is best served like steak: well done

    05

    Get a gun in your face, bitch nigga

    06

    Beef will have you praying to God

    07

    Move your kids, have you hiding your mom

  3. 08

    Beef is when you hide behind them other niggas

    09

    But they ain't killers they ain't pullin' them triggers, fuck niggas

    10

    Beef will have you keying our cars

    11

    Heartbroke, yours don't look like ours

  4. 12

    [Post-Chorus: The Dream & Pusha T]

    13

    Them niggas ain't dying for you

    14

    Them niggas ain't dying for you

    15

    Throwing that flag up running around you hot shit

    16

    Taking half of everything you get

  5. 17

    Yeah them niggas ain't dying for you

    18

    Them niggas ain't dying for you

    19

    And we know that

  6. 20

    [Verse: Pusha T]

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    Contract all fucked up

    22

    I guess that means you all fucked up

    23

    You signed to one nigga that signed to another nigga

    24

    That's signed to three niggas, now that's bad luck

  7. 25

    Damn that shit even the odds now

    26

    You better off selling this hard now

    27

    You call it living out your dreams

    28

    You can't fly without your wings

  8. 29

    You get it

    Multi-line diss block
    30

    Jeremy Scott's all camouflaged

    31

    You can't hide it from yourselves, career sabotaged

    32

    I was really in that Travelodge

    Block noteUses career results as evidence

    TargetLil Wayne

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You can't hide it from yourselves, career sabotaged,” Pusha T turns releases, sales, label standing, or career momentum into a public measurement of Lil Wayne's position. Why it was said: Pusha T targets figures associated with Young Money and Cash Money during a long-running dispute involving Lil Wayne, Drake, and Birdman. The artist invokes an external scoreboard so listeners can compare Lil Wayne's claims with visible results, making status something that can be disproved rather than merely debated.

    ContextPusha T targets figures associated with Young Money and Cash Money during a long-running dispute involving Lil Wayne, Drake, and Birdman.

  9. 33

    You just lying through your catalogues

    Multi-line diss block
    34

    Where the blood and the battle scars

    35

    We the ones that judge juggling the gavels on

    36

    Put me to the body, nigga

    Block noteTreats the target's persona as fabricated

    TargetLil Wayne

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You just lying through your catalogues,” Pusha T says Lil Wayne's public story or image is false rather than a reliable account of who the target is. Why it was said: Pusha T targets figures associated with Young Money and Cash Money during a long-running dispute involving Lil Wayne, Drake, and Birdman. Once the persona is presented as invented, the boasts and accusations built on it become easier for listeners to dismiss.

    ContextPusha T targets figures associated with Young Money and Cash Money during a long-running dispute involving Lil Wayne, Drake, and Birdman.

  10. 37

    First 48 put us to them bodies, nigga

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    Round here we don't play that

    39

    A to the K that, spray that, lay back

    40

    You can keep your beats, nigga

  11. 41

    We'd much rather share your bitch, nigga, bitch nigga

    Multi-line diss block
    42

    3 million can't hide that

    43

    It shows in the homes I done tried that

    44

    That's why you'll never be my neighbors

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetLil Wayne

    MeaningWhat it means: In “We'd much rather share your bitch, nigga, bitch nigga,” Pusha T addresses Lil Wayne directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: Pusha T targets figures associated with Young Money and Cash Money during a long-running dispute involving Lil Wayne, Drake, and Birdman. Naming or plainly addressing Lil Wayne removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextPusha T targets figures associated with Young Money and Cash Money during a long-running dispute involving Lil Wayne, Drake, and Birdman.

  12. 45

    Smile as you waving but we know you niggas hate us

    Multi-line diss block
    46

    Fuck you playing games for

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    Don't be scared get everything you came for

    48

    They got you talking that big shit

    Block noteMakes the rejection unmistakably direct

    TargetLil Wayne

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Fuck you playing games for,” Pusha T drops any pretense of a subliminal and rejects Lil Wayne in blunt, unqualified language. Why it was said: Pusha T targets figures associated with Young Money and Cash Money during a long-running dispute involving Lil Wayne, Drake, and Birdman. The direct wording removes plausible deniability: listeners are not left guessing whether Lil Wayne is part of the dispute or whether a response is being invited.

    ContextPusha T targets figures associated with Young Money and Cash Money during a long-running dispute involving Lil Wayne, Drake, and Birdman.

  13. 49

    Little do you know we don't miss shit

    50

    Them niggas using you as a pawn

    51

    You see they never loaded they guns

    52

    Now you out here all by yourself

  14. 53

    Ask Steve Jobs, wealth don't buy health, yeah!

  15. 54

    [Chorus: Pusha T]

    55

    Beef is best served like steak: well done

    56

    Get a gun in your face, bitch nigga

    57

    Beef will have you praying to God

    58

    Move your kids, have you hiding your mom

  16. 59

    Beef is when you hide behind them other niggas

    60

    But they ain't killers they ain't pullin' them triggers, fuck niggas

    61

    Beef will have you keying our cars

    62

    Heartbroke, yours don't look like ours

  17. 63

    [Post-Chorus: The Dream & Pusha T]

    64

    Them niggas ain't dying for you

    65

    Them niggas ain't dying for you

    66

    Throwing that flag up running around you hot shit

    67

    Taking half of everything you get

  18. 68

    Yeah them niggas ain't dying for you

    69

    Them niggas ain't dying for you

    70

    And we know that

  19. 71

    [Outro: Notorious B.I.G.]

    72

    What's beef? Beef is when you need 2 Gats to go to sleep

    73

    Beef is when your moms ain't safe up in the streets

    74

    Beef is when I see you

    75

    Guaranteed to be in ICU, one more time

  20. 76

    What's beef? Beef is when you need 2 Gats to go to sleep

    77

    Beef is when your moms ain't safe up in the streets

    78

    Beef is when I see you

    79

    Guaranteed to be in ICU, one more time