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I Run NY

By 50 Cent · Targeting Fat Joe, Ja Rule, Jadakiss, Puff Daddy, Sheek Louch, Styles P

I Run NY is a diss track by 50 Cent targeting Jadakiss, Styles P, Sheek Louch, Fat Joe, Ja Rule and Puff Daddy. The recording also credits Tony Yayo. The track uses direct names and competitive references to address several of 50 Cent's rap-industry rivals and former associates.

Released2005

Annotated3

ExplicitYes

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[Intro: 50 Cent]
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Oh!
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Rrrrrr
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Please (Yea) don't play with the animal
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[Chorus: 50 Cent]
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The walls have ears lil' nigga, I run New York
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Even when I ain't there lil' nigga, I run New York
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I said the walls have ears lil' nigga, I hear when you talk
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Let's get this shit clear lil' nigga, I run New York
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[Verse 1: 50 Cent]
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I wake up, stare at the ceilin'
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I'm alive, what a beautiful feelin'
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I put my vest on right after I put on my drawers
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It's a habit I'm always prepared for war
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See my life's like some shit, you seen in a flick
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Bitches act like pornstars when they sit on a dick
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When I was hit and out the game I said "one more flick"
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Test my aim in the range I'm like "one more clip"
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It's my brain, I'm insane, I be on some shit
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Man I run Interscope, Jada's tryna annoy me
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Nuthin' but another disgruntled employee
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He been in the game ten years and he still ain't rich
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Even his mama upset that he still ain't shit
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And he keep runnin his yap, like I'ma take all that
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One more word out his mouth I'll push Style's shit back
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See the nozzle on my tre pound is three inches long
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And the kick on the fo' fo's extremly strong
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With a little tre douche is like pop, pop
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Chase his ass up the block til his bitch ass drop
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And the verses he be kickin'? None of 'em hot
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Cos he ain't got none of that shit he says he got
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And he ain't did none of that shit he said he did
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And I ain't got time to be talkin 'bout this shit, (fuckin' faggot)
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[Chorus: 50 Cent]
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I guess it's easy to see lil' nigga, I run New York
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Yeah I live in CT lil' nigga, but I run New York
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And I don't go to parties lil' nigga, but I run New York
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And I stay gettin cheese lil' nigga, cos I run New York
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(Yayo, tell 'em I run New York)
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[Verse 2: Tony Yayo]
Multi-line diss block
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My gun is longer than yours, nigga, call your recruits
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LOX made more money, in them damn shiny suits
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The game around south, drugs and rappin
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Jada fuck your punchlines, my shirt went platinum
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
TargetJadakiss
MeaningWhat it means: In “My gun is longer than yours, nigga, call your recruits,” 50 Cent converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Jadakiss. 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 violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Jadakiss as unable to return for another round.
ContextThe track uses direct names and competitive references to address several of 50 Cent's rap-industry rivals and former associates.
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Style's and Sheek Louch went double plastic
Multi-line diss block
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Yayo, Buck and Banks is puttin' out classics
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A hundred shots, a hundred clips, y'all ready to die
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Fat Joe ain't a gangsta, he scared to fly
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
TargetSheek Louch
MeaningWhat it means: In “A hundred shots, a hundred clips, y'all ready to die,” 50 Cent converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Sheek Louch. 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 violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Sheek Louch as unable to return for another round.
ContextThe track uses direct names and competitive references to address several of 50 Cent's rap-industry rivals and former associates.
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Automatic mossberg, who want a piece of this punk
Multi-line diss block
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I have Ja Rule buried in some high heel pumps
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Vested up in a bullet-proof, man fuck that
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Homie, shoot up my whip, you only leave a scratch
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
TargetJa Rule
MeaningWhat it means: In “I have Ja Rule buried in some high heel pumps,” 50 Cent converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Ja Rule. 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 violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Ja Rule as unable to return for another round.
ContextThe track uses direct names and competitive references to address several of 50 Cent's rap-industry rivals and former associates.
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Yo, I flip cocaine, in your project lobby
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And beat you wit my pistol like Caine did Chauncey
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It's T.O.N.Y. Y.A.Y.O
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My whole clique got dough,my Os on the fly hole
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C4s, we fly on lears
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And my rocks lookin like flash lights in my ears nigga
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[Chorus: 50 Cent]
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When I'm down in DC lil' nigga, I tell 'em, I run New York
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When I'm out in Philly lil' homie, I run New York
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When I'm in VA I tell niggas guess what, I run New York
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I'm in NC niggas holla at the moon, cos I run New York
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(Yayo tell 'em I run New York)
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[Outro: 50 Cent]
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Yo who the fuck told this lil' nigga he can talk to me like that?!
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Catch him I'll ball him up and roll him somewhere
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Ha ha ha hah
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Dee! Waah!
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Wan' talk to me?!
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Wan' tell me what's goin' on?
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You want me to service him for real 'cause I'll service
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I'll murder!
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha! ay!
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Ay get Puffy on the phone!
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Tell him I said
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Tell that nigga Puffy I said "get out the mirror for a second let me talk to him"
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Puffy own the nigga motherfuckin' publishing!
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Tell him I wanna buy the nigga Jadakiss publishing!
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Nigga still ain't recoup!
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Aww nigga, you in the red!
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You owe money, nigga!
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Awww, man!
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Now why you make me put your business in the street!
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Now niggas know you ain't shit!
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Damn!
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I see your monkey ass in the paper
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Cause you ain't returned them jewels you borrowed
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You better give them back!
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You dirty nigga
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Ain't none of that shit you be wearin' yours!
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Ha ha ha!
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We could've kept this secret, nigga
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These niggas I'm supposed to beef with?!
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Awww man!
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This fight is fixed
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You been set up!
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Ha ha hah!
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That's what he 'gon say "they set me up, man
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I ain't know a nigga was gon' do that"
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Ha ha hah