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How to Rob

By 50 Cent · Targeting Rap industry figures

How to Rob is a diss track by 50 Cent targeting Rap industry figures. The recording also credits The Madd Rapper. The recording is a deliberately exaggerated industry satire in which 50 Cent imagines robbing numerous prominent entertainers.

Released1999
Annotated3
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Produced by Trackmasters]

  2. 02

    [Intro: The Madd Rapper & 50 Cent]

    03

    Yo, yo, yo, yo, y'all know who this is, boy, for real

    04

    The art of getting robbed

    05

    This is how we do, Brooklyn-style, boy, you know what I'm saying?

    06

    R.I.P. B.I.G., nigga, R.I.P. P.A.C

  3. 07

    R.I.P.—Enough of that shit, it's time to O.D

    08

    I got my nigga 50 Cent, yo, this is how it feels how to rob a industry nigga, yo

    09

    Don't take this shit serious, though, we just bugging the fuck out

    10

    One time

  4. 11

    But y'all can take it how you want it, word

  5. 12

    [Verse 1: 50 Cent]

    13

    The bottom line is: I'm a crook with a deal

    14

    If my record don't sell, I'ma rob and steal

    15

    You better recognize, nigga, I'm straight from the street

    16

    These industry niggas is starting to look like something to eat

  6. 17

    I snatch Kim, tell Puff, "You wanna see her again?

    18

    Dance your ass down to the nearest ATM"

    19

    I have dreams of fucking a R&B bitch

    20

    But I wake up early and bounce with all her shit

  7. 21

    When I apply pressure, son, it ain't even funny

    22

    I'm about to stick Bobby for some of that Whitney money

    23

    Brian McKnight? I can get the nigga anytime

    24

    Have Keith sweating, staring down the barrel on my nine

  8. 25

    Since these Harlem World niggas seem to all be fam

    Multi-line diss block
    26

    I put the gun to Cardan, tell him, "Tell your man"

    27

    Mason Betha, haha

    28

    Come up off that watch now - I mean right now

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetRap industry figures

    MeaningWhat it means: In “I put the gun to Cardan, tell him, "Tell your man",” 50 Cent converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Rap industry figures. Why it was said: The recording is a deliberately exaggerated industry satire in which 50 Cent imagines robbing numerous prominent entertainers. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Rap industry figures as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe recording is a deliberately exaggerated industry satire in which 50 Cent imagines robbing numerous prominent entertainers.

  9. 29

    The only excuse for being broke is being in jail

    30

    An entertainer can't make bail, he broke as hell

    31

    I'd rob O.D.B., but that'd be a waste of time (Yeah)

    32

    Probably have to clap him, run and toss the nine

  10. 33

    I'd follow Fox in the drop for four blocks

    34

    Plotting to jux her for that rock Kurupt copped

    35

    What Jigga just sold, like four mil? He got something to live for (Uh-huh)

    36

    Don't want a nigga putting four through that Bentley Coupe door

  11. 37

    I'll manhandle Case like "Dope, get on the ground

    38

    You ain't with Mary no more, where you getting chips from now?"

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    I been scheming on Tone and Poke since they found me

    40

    Steve know not to wear that platinum shit around me

  12. 41

    I'm a klepto, nah, for real, son, I'm sick

    42

    I'm 'bout to stick Slick Rick for all that old school shit

    43

    Right now, I'm bent, and when I get like this, I don't think

    44

    About to make Stevie J take off that tight-ass mink

  13. 45

    I rob Pun wit out a gun, snatch his piece and run (Uh-huh)

    46

    This nigga weigh four hundred pounds, how he gon' catch me, son? Huh?

  14. 47

    [Chorus: The Madd Rapper]

    48

    This ain't serious (Uh-uh)

    49

    Being broke can make you delirious (Word)

    50

    So we rob and steal so our wallets can be bigger

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    50 Cent, how it feel to rob a industry nigga? (Tell 'em, son)

  15. 52

    This ain't serious (Uh-uh)

    53

    Being broke can make you delirious (Uh-huh)

    54

    So we rob and steal so our wallets can be bigger

    55

    50 Cent, how it feel to rob a industry nigga?

  16. 56

    [Verse 2: 50 Cent]

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    I'll catch P and Silkk the Shocker right after the Grammys

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    And Will Smith and Jada ass down in Miami

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    Run up on Timbaland and Missy with the pound

    60

    Like, "You, give me the cash; you, put the hotdog down"

  17. 61

    I figured it out, niggas been robbing Joe before (Uh-huh)

    Multi-line diss block
    62

    That's why his ass don't wanna be a player no more

    63

    My attitude while robbing J.D.? "Fuck you, pay me!" (Yeah)

    64

    Had Da Brat with em, should've had his gat with him

    Block noteMakes the rejection unmistakably direct

    TargetRap industry figures

    MeaningWhat it means: In “My attitude while robbing J.D.? "Fuck you, pay me!" (Yeah),” 50 Cent drops any pretense of a subliminal and rejects Rap industry figures in blunt, unqualified language. Why it was said: The recording is a deliberately exaggerated industry satire in which 50 Cent imagines robbing numerous prominent entertainers. The direct wording removes plausible deniability: listeners are not left guessing whether Rap industry figures is part of the dispute or whether a response is being invited.

    ContextThe recording is a deliberately exaggerated industry satire in which 50 Cent imagines robbing numerous prominent entertainers.

  18. 65

    DMX wanna get down?

    66

    Well you tell homie

    67

    I'm on that Treach shit, I do my dirt all by my lonely

    68

    I should rob Clue, man, his shit did well

  19. 69

    I wanna stick TQ, but his shit ain't sell

    70

    I hit the studios, take niggas' jewels and leave (Uh-huh)

    71

    Catch Rae, Ghost, and RZA for them funny-ass rings (What)

    72

    Tell Sticky give me the cash before I empty three

  20. 73

    I'll beat your ass like that white boy on MTV

    Multi-line diss block
    74

    Canibus wanna battle while I'm sticking him up

    75

    Fuck the cab, the coroner's picking 'em up

    76

    Heavy tried to hide his shit, ayy, nigga, I saw you

    Block noteMakes identity part of the conflict

    TargetRap industry figures

    MeaningWhat it means: In “I'll beat your ass like that white boy on MTV,” 50 Cent uses racial, ethnic, or cultural identity as part of the accusation directed at Rap industry figures. Why it was said: The recording is a deliberately exaggerated industry satire in which 50 Cent imagines robbing numerous prominent entertainers. The line shifts the dispute from individual skill to belonging and legitimacy, asking who has the right to claim authority inside the culture surrounding the record.

    ContextThe recording is a deliberately exaggerated industry satire in which 50 Cent imagines robbing numerous prominent entertainers.

  21. 77

    He said, "Why you robbing me? I got nothing but love for you!"

    78

    Caught Juvenile for his Cash Money piece

    79

    Told him I want it all; he said, "Even my gold teeth?"

    80

    I caught Blackstreet on a back street in a black Jeep

  22. 81

    "One at a time, get out and take off your shine"

    82

    Did you ever think that you would be this rich?

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    Did you ever think that you would have these hits?

    84

    Did you ever think that I'd flash the nine

  23. 85

    And walk off with your shit like it's mines?

    86

    I'ma keep sticking niggas until I'm living

    87

    I'll rob Boyz II Men like I'm Michael Bivins

    88

    Catch Tyson for half that cash like Robin Givens (Yeah)

  24. 89

    I'm hungry for real, I'm about to stick Mister Cee

    90

    That nigga still eating off Big first LP

    91

    I had Busta and the whole Flipmode on the floor

    92

    He asked me if I had enough—I told him, "Gimme some more"

  25. 93

    If you feeling this? Then wait for the sequel

    94

    I gotta get Kirk Franklin for robbing God's people, what!

  26. 95

    [Chorus: The Madd Rapper]

    96

    This ain't serious (Uh-uh)

    97

    Being broke can make you delirious (Word)

    98

    So we rob and steal so our wallets can be bigger

    99

    50 Cent, how it feel to rob a industry nigga? (Tell 'em, son)

  27. 100

    This ain't serious (Uh-uh)

    101

    Being broke can make you delirious (Uh-huh)

    102

    So we rob and steal so our wallets can be bigger

    103

    50 Cent, how it feel to rob a industry nigga?

  28. 104

    [Outro: The Madd Rapper]

    105

    Yo, yo, for real, son, it's The Madd Rapper, you know what I'm saying?

    106

    And for real, you know what I'm saying, niggas just got to get stuck up, yo—that's just how it goes down

    107

    It don't matter if you a industry nigga or a regular nigga or a bitch

    108

    It really don't matter—if you got it and I need it, I want it

  29. 109

    You know what I'm saying? That's just how it go down

    110

    50 Cent ain't fucking around

    111

    Trackmasters ain't fucking around

    112

    Crazy Cat ain't fucking around

  30. 113

    The Madd Rapper ain't fucking around

    114

    You know what I'm saying?

    115

    So, watch your backs, watch your pocketbooks, watch your pockets

    116

    Watch everybody on the train, watch everybody on the buses

  31. 117

    'Cause we gonna get you whether you like it or not