DISSNATION
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Murdergram (live at Rapmania)

By LL Cool J · Targeting Rival MCs

Murdergram (live at Rapmania) is a diss track by LL Cool J targeting Rival MCs. The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

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Annotated5
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    Aiyyo don't go near the speakers

  2. 02

    [LL Cool J]

    03

    The big showdown the display is skill

    04

    I'm the type of Picasso witcha girl on the pill

    05

    Take a family snap shot kiss ya wife

    06

    Cause I'm like a knife, the concrete is right

  3. 07

    And I'll take ya life and take ya like python

    08

    I'ma do you wrong

    09

    Any emcee who you wanna name?

    10

    I want pain that I can be tamed

  4. 11

    Talkin about guns punk it don't alarm me

    12

    Got enough cash to make a whole damn army

    13

    I can't hold back the way that I feel

    14

    Cause when I bust a rhyme it's like ya slippin off banana peels

  5. 15

    Ya like fruit cake ya fruit cocktails

    16

    First your title now I'm takin your female

    17

    All of a sudden you're so proud of a black

    18

    A baseball hat but you ain't sayin jack

  6. 19

    The ripper is back and you can't escape

    20

    Cause one of my records will sell more than your whole tape

    21

    I want beef so bring on the rookies

    22

    I got more than just Cool J cookies

  7. 23

    Rip Rock, crush, stop, cop, I'm poison come and take a drop

    24

    I bet ya teeth will end up around the corner kid

    25

    Don't ask me why I did it

    26

    I'm civilized damage to a nobody

  8. 27

    And I'm carrying a gun if I'm rhyming at the party

    28

    New York, Chicago, Detroit, LA

    29

    I'll slay wherever ya play

    30

    D.C. or Philly, or Baltimore

  9. 31

    I'm worrying the rich, invading the poor

    32

    Perpetrating in your video, here's the real smoothing

    33

    Country accents, who do you think you're foolin?

    34

    I play "crushable", "late night craps"

  10. 35

    You only knew cause ya onto your raps

    36

    And rap city and V.E.T

    37

    The channel 31 and but now here I come

    38

    To save the day and the now you're getting done

  11. 39

    Like a hooker, don't try to soul, crumb

    Multi-line diss block
    40

    The first sign of the battle you little fake

    41

    It's (???) comin out ya kitchen sink

    42

    Your Mic's a baby bottle son

    Block noteAttacks the target's ability to rap

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Your Mic's a baby bottle son,” LL Cool J challenges Rival MCs on writing, delivery, flow, or command of the microphone rather than relying only on a personal insult. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. This goes to the qualification that gives Rival MCs standing in a rap battle; if the craft is weak, the reply loses authority before its other claims are considered.

    ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

  12. 43

    Some say they ain't but I am the one

    44

    The slice is that the fire boy it'll break ya

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    Servin or heard em a word occurred to him

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    Then he could move a would get moved on

  13. 47

    Like a shotgun blast big mouth emcees I'll bet ya none last

    48

    Cause they ain't sable or able

    49

    And I bruise the party like jumper cables

    50

    So plug me in and put me on

  14. 51

    I'm serial hard so I can battle amore

    52

    From coast to coast fly, cripple, and crazy

    53

    Use a dictionary but you still don't phase me

    54

    Listen ansd we can sound cheap

  15. 55

    Reach out for my blackness but your records ain't wack this

    Multi-line diss block
    56

    Your bitin on the castle door but when you fall in the moat

    57

    I won't see ya no more

    58

    Let's get together and diss LL

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Reach out for my blackness but your records ain't wack this,” LL Cool J addresses Rival MCs directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. Naming or plainly addressing Rival MCs removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

  16. 59

    Use his name and ya records might sell

    Multi-line diss block
    60

    I can't believe you found a dead maggots

    61

    Crawlin all over my name I won't have that

    62

    You better look in the mirror and re-think your plan

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “I can't believe you found a dead maggots,” LL Cool J converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Rival MCs. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Rival MCs as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

  17. 63

    Why walk in quicksand?

    64

    When you can stand on your own two feet

    65

    I'm rippin emcees a funky drum with a big beat

    66

    Name the date and a or Rainer

  18. 67

    Ya three year old ballerina

    68

    I can't believe the suckers try to throw-down

    69

    Whether you're new or older than old town

    70

    Just kick back I don't like a ?stagger wagger? psycho rap

  19. 71

    You can't handle the format

    72

    Whether you're swab or swoon

    73

    Ruff or rugged all I need is a broom

    74

    If I slay the way they slay, punk play the pay

  20. 75

    Mr. Morris has entered the buffet

    76

    Some of y'all are sittin in rows

    77

    Plates of hot butter rolls, beat ya with balamey

    78

    Slap ya with salami cause when I get hot I get hot like pastrami

  21. 79

    Then I make ya wonder why you don't hear bass

    Multi-line diss block
    80

    But you feel the thunder

    81

    You get cooked I'll knock out your tooth

    82

    We'll be fighting from lobby to the roof

    Block noteTurns the target into a visual punchline

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You get cooked I'll knock out your tooth,” LL Cool J reduces Rival MCs to an exaggerated physical caricature instead of engaging the target's preferred public image. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. A visual insult is easy for an audience to remember and repeat; the goal is to make ridicule of Rival MCs travel beyond the song itself.

    ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

  22. 83

    You are on me like I wrote your dinnertime

    Multi-line diss block
    84

    Yo Marley (Whassup?) spill the time

    85

    (Nah man, just kick a little warmth)

    86

    Pass the brass knuckles then we break his jaw

    Block noteChallenges the target's authorship

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You are on me like I wrote your dinnertime,” LL Cool J argues that Rival MCs' material is not independently written, so the voice and skill presented to listeners cannot be credited fully to the target. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. Authorship is the source of a rapper's authority in this exchange; if the charge is believed, Rival MCs' verses stop serving as proof of lyrical ability.

    ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

  23. 87

    When I'm on the microphone I want silence

    88

    Let KRS-One stop the violence

    89

    Ain't no rivals ain't no competition

    90

    Punk, I'm beatin ya into submission

  24. 91

    I'm gettin busier than ever before

    92

    Never more will I'll slack I'ma keep it real raw

    93

    Eat ya up like a pack-jam

    94

    Video is poppin over a Batman

  25. 95

    Rippin you to shreds, tappin you on the head

    96

    Then leave the battle lookin as happy as a newly wed

    97

    Give me a tech-nine to spray

    98

    Save the peep and put it on law-away

  26. 99

    I'll make a mailman spin and send a jam the fans will understand

    100

    Feel ya weep about the murdergram