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Paper Chaser

Paper Chaser is a diss track by 50 Cent targeting Rival MCs. The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

Released2006
Annotated3
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro]

    02

    Yeah

    03

    Yeah, nigga, yeah

    04

    Yeah, nigga, yeah

    05

    Yeah, nigga

  2. 06

    [Chorus]

    07

    I'm a paper chaser

    08

    My Glock I'll fire it, you know what it is

    09

    The moment you expired, I handle my biz

    10

    I make somethin' outta nothin', you fuck with the kid

  3. 11

    You bound to get shot frontin'

    12

    I'm a paper chaser

    13

    My Glock I'll fire it, you know what it is

    14

    The moment you expired, I handle my biz

  4. 15

    I make somethin' outta nothin', you fuck with the kid

    16

    You bound to get shot frontin'

  5. 17

    [Verse]

    Multi-line diss block
    18

    You got that big body Benz, ha

    19

    You find the bitch that you want

    20

    You just treat her and her friend, ha

    21

    You don' fucked up that coke, ha

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You got that big body Benz, ha,” 50 Cent 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.

  6. 22

    Them niggas mad as a mothafucker, they finna get you smoked, ha

    23

    They outside where you rest, ha

    24

    Waitin' with the hammers to put a hole in yo chest, ha

    25

    It's hot you wearin' your vest, ha (Yeah)

  7. 26

    It's summer time and you can't even go out, nigga, you stressed, ha

    Multi-line diss block
    27

    They talkin' about you in the hood, ha (Haha)

    28

    They sayin' yo ass can't come around, you sayin' you could, ha

    29

    That bitch flip gave you the boot, ha

    Block noteUses broken loyalty against the target

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “That bitch flip gave you the boot, ha,” 50 Cent presents Rival MCs as disloyal, abandoned, or unable to keep the support of people who were once close. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. The loyalty charge gives the feud a moral frame, portraying conflict with Rival MCs as the consequence of betrayal while suggesting the target lacks a dependable circle.

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

  8. 30

    She ain't fuckin' with you, nigga, 'cause you ain't got no loot, ha

    Multi-line diss block
    31

    Ain't nothin' left for you to do, ha

    32

    So you back in the hood with your pistol ready to shoot, ha

    33

    It won't be long 'fore you dead, ha

    Block noteTurns money and possessions into leverage

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “She ain't fuckin' with you, nigga, 'cause you ain't got no loot, ha,” 50 Cent contrasts financial power or possessions with Rival MCs' alleged lack of money, access, or control. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. The comparison converts status into material evidence and is meant to make Rival MCs' success claims look hollow beside something listeners can picture and measure.

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

  9. 34

    Niggas paid me to hit ya I got to put one in yo head now!

  10. 35

    [Chorus]

    36

    I'm a paper chaser

    37

    My Glock I'll fire it, you know what it is

    38

    The moment you expired, I handle my biz

    39

    I make somethin' outta nothin', you fuck with the kid

  11. 40

    You bound to get shot frontin'

    41

    I'm a paper chaser

    42

    My Glock I'll fire it, you know what it is

    43

    The moment you expired, I handle my biz

  12. 44

    I make somethin' outta nothin', you fuck with the kid

    45

    You bound to get shot frontin'

  13. 46

    [Outro]

    47

    Yeah!

    48

    It's my summer!

    49

    Go 'head say somethin'

    50

    I want you to say somethin'

  14. 51

    So I can smack the fuckin' black off you, nigga

    52

    I spit in your face, faggot

    53

    Come through there, man, I can't wait, man

    54

    Summer time we gon' mash out this year, nigga

  15. 55

    I got shooters

    56

    Oh my God!

    57

    Ya'll niggas don't want it with me now, man

    58

    The fuck, man, ya'll now where I come from

  16. 59

    They know what cloth I was torn from

    60

    Southside, nigga

    61

    Ride or be rode on

    62

    You know the rules!

  17. 63

    Live this summer or die this summer, babe

    64

    It's real!