DISSNATION
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Flight 187

By 50 Cent · Targeting Jay-Z, Puff Daddy, Shaniqua Tompkins, Young Buck

Flight 187 is a diss track by 50 Cent targeting Jay-Z, Puff Daddy, Young Buck and Shaniqua Tompkins. The track uses direct names and competitive references to address several of 50 Cent's rap-industry rivals and former associates.

Released2009
Annotated2
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro]

    02

    From the day you're born 'til the day you die

    03

    If you're one of the poor ones you just gotta work hard

  2. 04

    [Hook]

    05

    One-eighty-seven, one-eighty-seven

    06

    Departure from the hood, destination hell or heaven

    07

    One-eighty-seven, one-eighty-seven

    08

    Departure from the hood, destination hell or heaven

  3. 09

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    10

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    11

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    12

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

  4. 13

    [Verse 1]

    14

    They putting pressure on me, son, now they want me to snap

    15

    End up like X and Whitney in my mansion smoking crack

    16

    I'm paranoid, I'm feeling like niggas is trying to get me

    17

    Forget the kids, I'm shaving off my fucking head like Britney

  5. 18

    Man, Dre won't mix my records, now I need to talk to Jimmy

    19

    I'm falling back in my old ways, I'm riding with the semi

    20

    Who's calling me? It's Chris, he's on the other line with Diddy

    21

    But I don't wanna talk right now, my day is going shitty

  6. 22

    Why's Jay rocking that Urkel look, man, isn't he from Marcy?

    Multi-line diss block
    23

    They say he's growin dreads and now he's talking like a Yardie

    24

    Man, everything is changing, I don't understand a thing

    25

    I guess this is that bullshit that all the money brings

    Block noteUses a pointed question as an accusation

    TargetJay-Z

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Why's Jay rocking that Urkel look, man, isn't he from Marcy?,” 50 Cent puts Jay-Z's conduct on trial through a question that is meant as a challenge, not a neutral request for information. Why it was said: The track uses direct names and competitive references to address several of 50 Cent's rap-industry rivals and former associates. The question shifts the burden onto Jay-Z: any answer must accept the premise raised in the lyric or explain why that premise is false.

    ContextThe track uses direct names and competitive references to address several of 50 Cent's rap-industry rivals and former associates.

  7. 26

    I'm on flight

  8. 27

    [Hook]

    28

    One-eighty-seven, one-eighty-seven

    29

    Departure from the hood, destination hell or heaven

    30

    One-eighty-seven, one-eighty-seven

    31

    Departure from the hood, destination hell or heaven

  9. 32

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    33

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    34

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    35

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

  10. 36

    [Verse 2]

    Multi-line diss block
    37

    My baby mama boyfriend like to talk like he can hurt me

    38

    I'm laughing cause she kissed him in his mouth and gave him herpes

    39

    That just makes him one of 50 niggas wanting to murk me

    40

    Niggas found my truck and burnt it up out there in Jersey

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetShaniqua Tompkins

    MeaningWhat it means: In “My baby mama boyfriend like to talk like he can hurt me,” 50 Cent addresses Shaniqua Tompkins directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The track uses direct names and competitive references to address several of 50 Cent's rap-industry rivals and former associates. Naming or plainly addressing Shaniqua Tompkins removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe track uses direct names and competitive references to address several of 50 Cent's rap-industry rivals and former associates.

  11. 41

    You can ask my son, he'll tell you "my dad's fucking crazy"

    42

    She filled his head with shit and now I think he fuckin' hates me

    43

    Shady didn't invent me but a star is what he made me

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    I'll blow your fuckin' mind out if I told you what he paid me

  12. 45

    He gave me all the pills he had left, that's why I'm so high

    46

    It makes me feel so good now that I'm not so scared to die

    47

    I wish a nigga would, I dare a motherfucker try

    48

    You get at me and miss you kiss your black ass good-bye

  13. 49

    I'm on flight

  14. 50

    [Hook]

    51

    One-eighty-seven, one-eighty-seven

    52

    Departure from the hood, destination hell or heaven

    53

    One-eighty-seven, one-eighty-seven

    54

    Departure from the hood, destination hell or heaven

  15. 55

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    56

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    57

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    58

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

  16. 59

    [Verse 3]

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    My lawyers on retainers every month, I give ‘em stacks

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    In case they wanna send me up for murder like Max

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    Man I wasn't the shooter, I was never on the scene

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    So if they do forensics they'll find out it wasn't me

  17. 64

    There's no need for a lie detector, I ain't sayin shit

    65

    The more you talk the higher chances you're doing a bid

    66

    Today I read the paper, it said Tru Life caught a case

    67

    They said they found a victim with a knife stuck in his face

  18. 68

    I spoke to Michael Vick, I told him I'm happy he home

    69

    You tell them crackers sorry nigga then you get back on

    70

    When dogs are fighting in the hood nobody gives a fuck

    71

    So you get back and shake it on the field, show them what's up

  19. 72

    I'm on flight

  20. 73

    [Hook]

    74

    One-eighty-seven, one-eighty-seven

    75

    Departure from the hood, destination hell or heaven

    76

    One-eighty-seven, one-eighty-seven

    77

    Departure from the hood, destination hell or heaven

  21. 78

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    79

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    80

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider

    81

    I'm a rider, say I'm a rider