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[Intro: Ice Cube]
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Oh, yeah! It ain't over, motherfuckers
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These niggas don't understand
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Every few years, niggas got to get they motherfuckin' caps peeled back
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Nigga, this is Westside, nigga
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Don't think! Nigga, don't think!
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Now, next motherfuckers go by the name of Cypress Hill
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K all motherfuckin' day
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[Verse 1: Ice Cube]
Multi-line diss block
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Every few years niggas think they can deal with the real
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Now I gots to fuck Cypress Hill!
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I got a voice you should fear
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I drink a beer, bust a rap and end your fuckin' career
Block noteUses career results as evidence
TargetCypress Hill
MeaningWhat it means: In “I drink a beer, bust a rap and end your fuckin' career,” Westside Connection turns releases, sales, label standing, or career momentum into a public measurement of Cypress Hill's position. 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 artist invokes an external scoreboard so listeners can compare Cypress Hill's claims with visible results, making status something that can be disproved rather than merely debated.
ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.
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You fuckin' cowards! Never seen a hood high-powered
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Like the Westside Connect — slide me my TEC!
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I got 'em! Soon as I spot 'em, I'm dumpin'
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Gotta treat these bitch ass niggas like they stole somethin'
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I see a joint in your clutch
Multi-line diss block
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You're smokin' that shit too much, got yo' bitch ass touched
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Sen Dog — you can't rap from the guts
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And B-Real soundin' like he got baby nuts
Block noteAttacks the target's ability to rap
TargetCypress Hill
MeaningWhat it means: In “Sen Dog — you can't rap from the guts,” Westside Connection challenges Cypress Hill on writing, delivery, flow, or command of the microphone rather than relying only on a personal insult. 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. This goes to the qualification that gives Cypress Hill standing in a rap battle; if the craft is weak, the reply loses authority before its other claims are considered.
ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.
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I don't know why y'all think y'all slick
Multi-line diss block
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I don't know one rapper down wit' your clique
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I don't know one bitch on your dick
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And I don't know one nigga bumpin' your shit
Block noteUses gendered or sexual humiliation
TargetCypress Hill
MeaningWhat it means: In “I don't know one bitch on your dick,” Westside Connection uses gendered or sexual language to question Cypress Hill's masculinity or humiliate the target in front of the audience. 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 tactic tries to trigger an emotional reply and damage Cypress Hill's public image, even though the framing itself can reproduce homophobic or sexist stereotypes.
ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.
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I hear you claimin' South Central
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Wait! You ain't from my hood, y'all hoes from South Gate
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Comin' with a voice high-pitched
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The "B" in B-Real must stand for bitch!
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[Verse 2: Mack 10]
Multi-line diss block
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Well, it's the hip-hop junkie startin' static
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Now I'm rollin' up Cypress Hill, lettin' niggas have it
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Got these wannabe thugs up, load my slugs up
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A-yo, back up, Cube Dogg, we passed that bitch Muggs up
Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit
TargetCypress Hill
MeaningWhat it means: In “Now I'm rollin' up Cypress Hill, lettin' niggas have it,” Westside Connection addresses Cypress Hill 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 Cypress Hill 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.
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Pull over, lemme out, it's on on-site
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Now lemme show this white boy what that Westside Connect like
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BOOYAH! BOOYAH! from the gauge as I spit 'em
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The buck shots spray, made 'em lay as I hit 'em, uh!
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Ain't got to sweat his punk ass no mo'
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One down and two to go, hand me a fo'-fo'
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Lemme get my ride on, get my homicide on
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B-Real wish he could be me 'cause he know he can't see me, bitch
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You should've knew you can't fade a real hog
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Breathin' Inglewood smog 'cause I'm a real dog
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You bustas wanna see me, but you can't come close
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Because I'm Ace homies with Amerikkka's Most
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Nigga, miss me! I'm used to a ho tryin' to kiss me
Multi-line diss block
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Now, what gave yo' bitch ass enough heart to diss me?!
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You'll come up missin', and Sen Dog is so wack, he ain't worth dissin'
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You niggas need to listen!
Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit
TargetCypress Hill
MeaningWhat it means: In “You'll come up missin', and Sen Dog is so wack, he ain't worth dissin',” Westside Connection addresses Cypress Hill 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 Cypress Hill 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.
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On everythin' I love, my heat can't release a dub
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Fuck rappin', fuck strappin', I created another bloody glove
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It's 1-0, and for sho' I'll kill
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You pussies can't match my skill 'cause I'm the King Of The Hill
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[Verse 3: Ice Cube & Mack 10]
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Everybody in the ghetto, know what you're doin'
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One white boy and two fuckin' Cubans
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Claimin' that you're loco, but you ain't Mexican
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Listen to "No Vaseline" before you flex again!
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Fuckin' with the hogs
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You say you Bloods? (But you ain't liked by the dogs, fool)
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On tour only rappin' to the yuppies
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We the big fish, I'll make a dish out you fuckin' guppies
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So who are y'all with?
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Niggas down with Cypress can wipe this shit off my dick!
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As I stick it like King Kong! And play Ping Pong!
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With this fake ass Cheech & Chong
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Did you tell ya momma that I had to help ya
Multi-line diss block
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When Sen Dog left your bitch ass in Australia?
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You say that I took your hook?
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It must be the white boy thinkin' all niggas crooks!
Block noteUses a pointed question as an accusation
TargetCypress Hill
MeaningWhat it means: In “When Sen Dog left your bitch ass in Australia?,” Westside Connection puts Cypress Hill's conduct on trial through a question that is meant as a challenge, not a neutral request for information. 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 question shifts the burden onto Cypress Hill: any answer must accept the premise raised in the lyric or explain why that premise is false.
ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.
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Now what? You hip-hop hippies?
Multi-line diss block
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How you fuckin' junkies? Think you gonna punk me and chill?
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And deal with the fact that you ain't got enough skill
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To kill the King Of The Hill
Block noteAttacks the target's ability to rap
TargetCypress Hill
MeaningWhat it means: In “And deal with the fact that you ain't got enough skill,” Westside Connection challenges Cypress Hill on writing, delivery, flow, or command of the microphone rather than relying only on a personal insult. 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. This goes to the qualification that gives Cypress Hill standing in a rap battle; if the craft is weak, the reply loses authority before its other claims are considered.
ContextWestside Connection answered Cypress Hill during their feud over alleged borrowing of musical and lyrical ideas connected to the Friday soundtrack.
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[Hook: Ice Cube & Mack 10]
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Ice Cube — could you pass me my steel?
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For real! I'm the king of the Hill!
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Mack10 — could you pass me my steel?
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For real! I'm the King of the Hill!
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Ice Cube — could you pass me my steel?
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For real! I'm the king of the Hill!
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Westside — could you pass me my steel?
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For real! I'm the King of the Hill!
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[Outro: Ice Cube, Mack 10 & W.C.]
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"I'm havin' Illusions"
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Of Westside niggas whoopin' on your motherfuckin' ass
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That's what you got illusions of, bitch!
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Yeah, nigga, you's a bitch!
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Dog, we ain't got no niggas like you on my side
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Nigga, this Inglewood
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Westside, yeah!
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Check it out
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We're waitin' for round 2, you punk ass motherfuckers
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And anybody else that wanna get some — stand in line
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But bring ya lunch, motherfuckers
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Hahahaha!
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Dizzam! Somebody got fucked up, nigga!