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Not Rich, Still Lyin (The Game Diss)

By 50 Cent · Targeting The Game

Not Rich, Still Lyin (The Game Diss) is a diss track by 50 Cent targeting The Game. The song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit.

Released2006
Annotated4
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro: 50 Cent]

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    Is this mic on?

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    Ladies and gentlemen

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    I'd like to thank you all for coming out tonight

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    For the screening of my new film

  2. 06

    I'm Not Rich I'm Still Lyin'

    Multi-line diss block
    07

    It's 50 Cent starring as Game, it's autobiographical

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    I hope you enjoy yourself

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetThe Game

    MeaningWhat it means: In “It's 50 Cent starring as Game, it's autobiographical,” 50 Cent addresses The Game directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit. Naming or plainly addressing The Game removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit.

  3. 09

    [Verse 1: 50 Cent impersonating The Game's voice & 50 Cent]

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    50 callin me crazy, I might be just maybe

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    I'm gangsta, I'm crippin', Damu, too, I'm trippin'

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    Fuck 50, fuck Dre, fuck N.W.A

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    Man, I'm Hurricane Game

  4. 14

    (Em, this nigga changed)

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    I brought the west back, I write the best raps

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    (But what about Snoop?)

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    Snoop's shit ain't all that

  5. 18

    And I get bad bitches now, I even fucked Mýa

    Multi-line diss block
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    (I fucked her first, Game)

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    50 you a liar,

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    See that's why I hate you, you think you know me

    Block noteTreats the target's persona as fabricated

    TargetThe Game

    MeaningWhat it means: In “50 you a liar,,” 50 Cent says The Game's public story or image is false rather than a reliable account of who the target is. Why it was said: The song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit. Once the persona is presented as invented, the boasts and accusations built on it become easier for listeners to dismiss.

    ContextThe song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit.

  6. 22

    I'ma tell everybody you shot my homie

    Multi-line diss block
    23

    I hope the police get you and you go to jail

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    The feds freeze your accounts so you can't make bail

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    I hope everybody on G-Unit go to hell

    Block noteUses legal trouble as a pressure point

    TargetThe Game

    MeaningWhat it means: In “The feds freeze your accounts so you can't make bail,” 50 Cent invokes a case, arrest, imprisonment, or legal vulnerability to define The Game through consequences outside the recording booth. Why it was said: The song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit. The reference makes the attack feel verifiable and immediate, using a public consequence to challenge the control and invulnerability The Game projects.

    ContextThe song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit.

  7. 26

    With Eminem, Obie, Stat Quo and D-12

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    So what I was on Change of Heart?, so what I was a stripper?

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    So what I never banged? I'm from Compton, nigga!

  8. 29

    [Chorus: 50 Cent]

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    Now horror films, they scare me

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    I watch action films very rarely

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    When it's comedy or it's drama

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    It's starrin' me, no problem

  9. 34

    Now, horror films they scare me

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    I watch action films very rarely

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    When it's comedy or it's drama

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    It's starrin' me, no problem

  10. 38

    [Verse 2: 50 Cent impersonating The Game's voice & 50 Cent]

    Multi-line diss block
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    G-G-G-G-Unot! I got my own shoe

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    (Game that shit ain't gon' sell)

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    So? The ad's in the magazines, nobody can't tell

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    (Good luck wit yo next album, man, I hope it does well)

    Block noteUses career results as evidence

    TargetThe Game

    MeaningWhat it means: In “(Game that shit ain't gon' sell),” 50 Cent turns releases, sales, label standing, or career momentum into a public measurement of The Game's position. Why it was said: The song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit. The artist invokes an external scoreboard so listeners can compare The Game's claims with visible results, making status something that can be disproved rather than merely debated.

    ContextThe song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit.

  11. 43

    You tryna be funny, D-Mack got all my money

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    And Jimmy robbin me, they listenin probably

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    Me and Fase had a fall out, he really not my brother

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    We got the same father but we got different mothers

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    Now Suge punked Dre, but he don't punk me

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    I won a Vibe Award this year, nobody punched me

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    (Game you know I wrote that hook for Hate It Or Love It)

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    So what? It's still on my trophy case, I think nothing of it

  13. 51

    [Chorus: 50 Cent]

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    Now, horror films they scare me

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    I watch action films very rarely

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    When it's comedy or it's drama

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    It's starrin' me, no problem

  14. 56

    Now, horror films they scare me

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    I watch action films very rarely

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    When it's comedy or it's drama

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    It's starrin' me, no problem

  15. 60

    [Outro: 50 Cent]

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    Yeah

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    It's 50

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    New album, July 18th

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    It's called "I Can't Stay Away"

  16. 65

    Y'all thought I was gon' let y'all eat?

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    Ha ha ha ha ha

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    Nawwww nigga

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    Ohhhhh!

  17. 69

    Ha ha ha

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    This is too much fun man

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    Ay...ay nigga I seen yo lil DVD nigga, ha ha ha

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    Is that all you got?

  18. 73

    I mean...I mean newsflash

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    Nobody believes you, ha ha ha

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    Didn't you say you woke up out the coma, 2001?

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    Well yo brother says you never were in a coma

  19. 77

    Didn't you say, you were in a gang?

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    Well your brother says, you were never in a gang

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    Now you can get your records together

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    And you can submit 'em, to me

  20. 81

    I mean you can send the records you have, to me so I can

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    Open, ya album budget, your recording budget

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    You gotta send your music to the boss, hahahahaha

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    That's me, the boss

  21. 85

    Yeah

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    It's the Unit, G-Unit

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    That's it, that's all

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    I rule with a iron fist

  22. 89

    Cocksucker

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    I'll be back out July 18th