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Hoo-Bangin’ (WSCG Style)

By Westside Connection · Targeting Common, Cypress Hill

Hoo-Bangin’ (WSCG Style) is a diss track by Westside Connection targeting Common and Cypress Hill. The recording also credits The Comrads, K-Dee and AllFrumTha I. Westside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.

Released1996
Annotated6
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro: Mack 10 + Ice Cube]

    02

    Westside!

    03

    Hoo-Bangin' on the transformers

    04

    These trick-ass niggas quick to tuck they tail

    05

    But fuck that, you know how we get

  2. 06

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

  3. 07

    [Verse 1: Ice Cube]

    08

    It's the don, go let'em know

    09

    Unwettable (Ahh), Big fish incredible

    10

    Hoo-Bangin' on the white collars

    11

    Got a pile of dollars, still rollin' Impalas

  4. 12

    I'm bombin' on Common Sense

    Multi-line diss block
    13

    Chicago is mine, nigga, hit the fence

    14

    Intense kingpin nigga, worldwide

    15

    And I bring sin when I wanna hoo-ride

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetCommon

    MeaningWhat it means: In “I'm bombin' on Common Sense,” Westside Connection addresses Common directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: Westside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack. Naming or plainly addressing Common removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.

  5. 16

    Who died and who applied the pressure

    17

    Show me 3 niggas that's fresher

    18

    Westside Connect Gang, oh yeah, we talkin' shit

    19

    Nigga, do you know who you fuckin' wit?

  6. 20

    [Hook: Ice Cube]

    21

    Ice Cube is the lick Westside is the click

    22

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

    23

    Ice Cube is the lick Westside is the click

    24

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

  7. 25

    [Verse 2: Mack 10]

    26

    It's Mack 10 fool, that nigga with the heaters

    27

    Gauges revolvers techs and millimeters

    28

    You know how we hoo-ride when we collide

    29

    Niggas run but they can't hide

  8. 30

    'Cause it's worldwide (Inglewood!!)

    31

    I'm jackin' and lickin' niggas that's straight trippin'

    32

    Square ass niggas can't tell an ounce from a chicken

    33

    I fill you full of lead and I take you Big heads

  9. 34

    So nigga watch how ya talkin' I'm still chicken hawkin'

    Multi-line diss block
    35

    So hit the deck punk; don't move, my gun is bigger

    36

    And you'll be dead if I pull this trigger

    37

    So where the safe at I want the loot and the cavi

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetCommon

    MeaningWhat it means: In “And you'll be dead if I pull this trigger,” Westside Connection converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Common. Why it was said: Westside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Common as unable to return for another round.

    ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.

  10. 38

    Your money or your life, so punk, act like you savvy

    Multi-line diss block
    Block noteTurns money and possessions into leverage

    TargetCommon

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Your money or your life, so punk, act like you savvy,” Westside Connection contrasts financial power or possessions with Common's alleged lack of money, access, or control. Why it was said: Westside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack. The comparison converts status into material evidence and is meant to make Common's success claims look hollow beside something listeners can picture and measure.

    ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.

  11. 39

    [Hook: Ice Cube]

    40

    Mack 10 is the lick Westside is the click

    41

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

    42

    Mack 10 is the lick Westside is the click

    43

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

  12. 44

    Yes

    45

    You are now rollin' with the west

    46

    We don't fuck with the stress!

  13. 47

    [Verse 3: WC]

    Multi-line diss block
    48

    Ollie, Ollie, all come free bending the corner

    49

    Blowed with a pocket full of weed

    50

    Serving all enemies fuck your whole set

    51

    This is the Westside Connect, I'm stealing to the neck

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetCommon

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Serving all enemies fuck your whole set,” Westside Connection addresses Common directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: Westside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack. Naming or plainly addressing Common removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.

  14. 52

    Nigga where y'all from where y'all from

    53

    Better be the same that I'm claiming muthafuck explainin'

    54

    I'm swinging, dropping these thangs, drinking gin out the bottle

    55

    Steadily hoo slangin' out the blue Monte Carlo

  15. 56

    Spitting hollows out my roscoe in packs as I blast

    57

    Getting my stalk on walk-on nigga, waving my flag

    58

    Skip, skip, I'm from that do low double-O hoodsta ride

    59

    Sack jacking purse snatching hoo-banging till I die

  16. 60

    [Hook: Ice Cube]

    61

    Dub-C is the lick Westside is the click

    62

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

    63

    Dub-C is the lick Westside is the click

    64

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

  17. 65

    [Verse 4: K-Dee]

    66

    Bullshit after bullshit, what is this?

    67

    Got to let these mothafuckas know we mean business

    68

    Cock the hammer back and all smiles turn to frowns

    69

    Bow down before you realize you out of bounds

  18. 70

    Connect subject to do ya

    71

    Who ya think you fuckin' wit?

    72

    Don't let that smooth shit fool ya

    73

    Gots no love for you, your crew, we bring trouble to

  19. 74

    Steal you bitch and have her throwing up the "W"

    Multi-line diss block
    Block noteReduces the target to a dismissive caricature

    TargetCommon

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Steal you bitch and have her throwing up the "W",” Westside Connection replaces Common's preferred identity with a degrading label intended to make the opponent look ridiculous or contemptible. Why it was said: Westside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack. The label gives the audience a short, repeatable frame for the feud; repetition of that frame can shape how Common is remembered.

    ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.

  20. 75

    [Hook: Ice Cube]

    76

    K-Dee is the lick Westside is the click

    77

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

  21. 78

    [Verse 5: Tha Comrades]

    79

    Now we duck tapin' ankles and wrists

    80

    Following home niggas bitches

    81

    Layin' in the cut in chucks and ski masks

    82

    Pistol whip they ass till they open up the safe in Calabasas

  22. 83

    Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, nigga

    84

    Kick in yo assets, all yo dough and yo baguettes

    85

    Before I have to go to torturin'

    86

    Robberies been the thang since paroled out of Corcoran

  23. 87

    [Hook: Ice Cube]

    88

    Tha Comrades is the lick Westside is the click

    89

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

  24. 90

    [Verse 6: AllFrumTha I]

    91

    Guess who just stepped out the smog?

    92

    It's the Westside Connection mixed with rips and Dogs

    93

    All you muthafuckas is talkin' tough

    94

    Mad at my homies 'cause they platinum plus

  25. 95

    Since I'm the gatekeeper, fuck yo street sweeper!

    Multi-line diss block
    96

    All my homies is handy wit the heater

    97

    You better tighten up yo bullet-proof vest

    98

    You niggas can't fuck wit the wild wild west!

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetCommon

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You better tighten up yo bullet-proof vest,” Westside Connection converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Common. Why it was said: Westside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Common as unable to return for another round.

    ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.

  26. 99

    [Outro: Ice Cube]

    100

    AllFrumTha I is the lick Westside is the click

    101

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

    102

    Connect Gang is the lick Westside is the click

    103

    (Can't get enough of this gangsta shit!)

  27. 104

    Incredible, ahh.. Dub-S-C-G

    105

    Sendin' love to the penetentiry

    106

    We hoo-bang, and we hoo-ride

    107

    Always represent the worldwide Westside

  28. 108

    (Westsii-iide!!)