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I’ll Be The Shooter

By G-Unit · Targeting Rick Ross

I’ll Be The Shooter is a diss track by G-Unit targeting Rick Ross. The song belongs to 50 Cent's dispute with Rick Ross and associated artists, which produced a series of records and online responses in 2009.

Released2009
Annotated3
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Hook: 50 Cent]

    02

    I'll, I'll be the shooter, I'll, I'll be the shooter

    03

    I'll, I'll use the pump, the taurus or the ruger

    04

    I'll pop somethin through ya, dirty is what I'll do ya

    05

    I'll, I'll use the cig, the pump or the german luger

  2. 06

    I'll, I'll be the shooter, I'll, I'll be the shooter

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    I'll, I'll use the pump, the taurus or the ruger

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    I'll pop somethin through ya, dirty is what I'll do ya

    09

    I'll, I'll use the cig, the pump or the german luger

  3. 10

    [Verse One: 50 Cent]

    11

    I'll, I'll be the shooter

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    I'll bang out, I'll, I'll, I'll bang out

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    Find out shit is real when I'm at you with that thang out

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    Cause all kind of commotion when a nigga get blast off

  4. 15

    The spot we'll get his cash off that after no mask off

    Multi-line diss block
    16

    Pussy your heart pumpin but your brain gone

    17

    Think somethin sweet I snatch the heat and get the flame throwin

    18

    I stuff two different caliber shells in my revolver

    Block noteQuestions the target's judgment

    TargetRick Ross

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Pussy your heart pumpin but your brain gone,” G-Unit characterizes Rick Ross as unintelligent, careless, or unable to understand the situation being addressed. Why it was said: The song belongs to 50 Cent's dispute with Rick Ross and associated artists, which produced a series of records and online responses in 2009. The insult makes the target's decisions part of the evidence: a poor response can be framed not as strategy, but as proof that Rick Ross never understood the contest.

    ContextThe song belongs to 50 Cent's dispute with Rick Ross and associated artists, which produced a series of records and online responses in 2009.

  5. 19

    Thirty eight, thirty two, Ross you got a problem

    Multi-line diss block
    20

    Start me I'll never stop I'm layin at your mama's spot

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    Squeeze till the llama hot I'll have your ass in drama ack

    22

    I'll cause havoc you come in my vicinity

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetRick Ross

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Start me I'll never stop I'm layin at your mama's spot,” G-Unit brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Rick Ross, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: The song belongs to 50 Cent's dispute with Rick Ross and associated artists, which produced a series of records and online responses in 2009. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Rick Ross and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    ContextThe song belongs to 50 Cent's dispute with Rick Ross and associated artists, which produced a series of records and online responses in 2009.

  6. 23

    Mother fuck the police officer Rick the enemy!!!!!

  7. 24

    [Hook: 50 Cent] (Lloyd Banks)

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    I'll, I'll be the shooter, I'll, I'll be the shooter

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    I'll, I'll use the pump, the taurus or the ruger

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    I'll pop somethin through ya, dirty is what I'll do ya

  8. 28

    I'll, I'll use the cig, the pump or the german luger

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    I'll, I'll be the shooter, I'll, I'll be the shooter

    30

    I'll, I'll use the pump, the taurus or the ruger

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    I'll pop somethin through ya, dirty is what I'll do ya (YEAH!)

  9. 32

    I'll, I'll use the cig, the pump or the german luger

  10. 33

    [Verse Two: Lloyd Banks]

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    Uh, it's been "Deeper than Rap", I eat, shit, go to sleep with my gat

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    It's us three against the industry, let's keep it like that

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    Click-CLACK, getcha goons, fuck all the talkin

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    Niggas yappin 'bout who dress the best, get 'em Gucci coffins

  11. 38

    When we tombstone, bullets hurt, 40s' break a few bones

    Multi-line diss block
    39

    Come around, ya fool! And my shorty's takin jewels home

    40

    Follow 'em then hallow 'em, take two these and goggle 'em

    41

    You ride wid 'em, you die wid 'em, chances of survival thin

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetRick Ross

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You ride wid 'em, you die wid 'em, chances of survival thin,” G-Unit converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Rick Ross. Why it was said: The song belongs to 50 Cent's dispute with Rick Ross and associated artists, which produced a series of records and online responses in 2009. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Rick Ross as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe song belongs to 50 Cent's dispute with Rick Ross and associated artists, which produced a series of records and online responses in 2009.

  12. 42

    The sharks is out you divin in? Dare you niggas try to swim

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    There's no odds, I gotta win, wobble 'em with the WHOP-WHOP

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    Shaky backgrounds, you probably with the cops

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    You ain't street, you need to stop, I breathe the hood, I be the block

  13. 46

    Heater

  14. 47

    [Hook: 50 Cent] (Tony Yayo)

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    I'll, I'll be the shooter, I'll, I'll be the shooter

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    I'll, I'll use the pump, the taurus or the ruger

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    I'll pop somethin through ya, dirty is what I'll do ya

  15. 51

    I'll, I'll use the cig, the pump or the german luger

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    I'll, I'll be the shooter, I'll, I'll be the shooter (Yeah!)

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    I'll, I'll use the pump, the taurus or the ruger (Right!!)

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    I'll pop somethin through ya, dirty is what I'll do ya

  16. 55

    (WE GON' RIDE ON ALL Y'ALL NIGGAS ONE BY ONE!!)

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    I'll, I'll use the cig, the pump or the german luger

  17. 57

    [Verse Three: Tony Yayo]

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    Niggas wanna kill me, I'm gettin money for God sakes

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    That purple-urple fucked Phelps up with Corn Flakes

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    Kick in the door man, big .44 man

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    Mortician morgue man, fill you with straws man

  18. 62

    Black President, I voted for Obama

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    I voted in the hood, so I voted with my llama

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    Everyday is drama, everyday is karma

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    He got SHOT last week, so let's press his baby mama

  19. 66

    That was home of the boldest, adolesence whylin

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    Shorty got killed, they burin sneakers on the island

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    "Maybach Music", y'all niggas want trouble?

    69

    I run up on that C.O. snap his ass in a bubble

  20. 70

    [Hook: 50 Cent]

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    I'll, I'll be the shooter, I'll, I'll be the shooter

    72

    I'll, I'll use the pump, the taurus or the ruger

    73

    I'll pop somethin through ya, dirty is what I'll do ya

    74

    I'll, I'll use the cig, the pump or the german luger

  21. 75

    I'll, I'll be the shooter, I'll, I'll be the shooter

    76

    I'll, I'll use the pump, the taurus or the ruger

    77

    I'll pop somethin through ya, dirty is what I'll do ya

    78

    I'll, I'll use the cig, the pump or the german luger