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Red Ruby Da Sleeze

Red Ruby Da Sleeze is a Nicki Minaj single whose horse imagery was widely read as a subliminal shot at Megan Thee Stallion; other imitation and copycat lines were also linked to Latto during their separate public tension. Because neither woman is named, only the horse passage is annotated to Megan with high confidence, while Latto remains a qualified track-level target rather than being assigned invented line-by-line certainty.

Released2023
Annotated2
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro: Nicki Minaj]

    02

    Queen

  2. 03

    [Verse 1: Nicki Minaj & Lumidee]

    04

    Only on them C's if it's breeze, Red Ruby Da Sleeze (Uh-oh, uh-oh)

    05

    Chinese on my sleeve, these wannabe Chun-Lis

    06

    Anyway, 你好 (你好, uh-oh)

    07

    Who the fuck told bitches they was me now? (Uh-oh, ooh)

  3. 08

    I knew these bitches was slow, I ain't know these bitches senile (Ooh)

    09

    Married a shooter case you niggas tried to breathe loud (Brr-brr)

    10

    Boom your face off, then I tell him, "Cease fire"

    11

    I'm the A, B side

  4. 12

    Seven-hundred on them horses when we fixin' to leave (Uh-oh)

    Multi-line diss block
    13

    But I don't fuck with horses since Christopher Reeves (Uh-oh)

    14

    (Uh-oh, uh-oh)

    15

    Gotta be careful when I dip, it's flips all in the whip

    Block noteTurns a luxury-horse boast into a Megan subliminal

    TargetMegan Thee Stallion

    MeaningWhat it means: Nicki first prices the horsepower of her vehicles, then says she avoids ‘horses’ by invoking Christopher Reeve's riding accident. Why it was said: In the wake of tension with Megan Thee Stallion, the abrupt rejection of horses was widely heard as nameplay on Megan's stage identity; embedding it inside a car boast gives Nicki deniability while still making the association easy to catch.

    Wordplay‘Seven-hundred on them horses’ begins with vehicle horsepower, pivots to literal horses through Christopher Reeve, and then carries the implied Megan Thee Stallion reference.

    Context‘Red Ruby Da Sleeze’ was widely read as containing subliminal shots at Megan Thee Stallion and Latto, following their separate public tensions with Nicki Minaj. The interpretations remain tied to specific wordplay—especially horse imagery and copying claims—rather than treating every boast as a diss.

  5. 16

    It's 40s with 30 clips, FN's with the switch

    17

    Guacamole with the taco, waitin' on El Chapo

    18

    Came in the Rolls and left low in a Tahoe

  6. 19

    [Chorus: Nicki Minaj]

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    Bad gyal don't die-die-die (Brr)

    21

    Hundred rounds on that grrah-ta-ta

    22

    Real one lick a shot-ta-ta

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    She my lil' vibe, my lil' ah-ah-ah

  7. 24

    Bad gyal don't run from nobody, like ah

    25

    Rude boy want me touchin' on his body, like yah

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    Boy affi dead if he ever diss me

    27

    And he know what to do if he ever miss me

  8. 28

    [Bridge: Nicki Minaj]

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    Miss me with that na-na-na-na-na-na-na

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    I stay with my na-na-na-na-na-na-na

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    His ex hit him, he like, "Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah"

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    He want the bad gyal sleeze like that

  9. 33

    Why I'm a tease like that?

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    Ill, na-na-na-na-na-na-na

    35

    He told me bring him that na-na-na-na-na-na-na

    36

    We don't be Karen like Donna-na-na-na-na-na

  10. 37

    I like it when he grab my cheeks like that (Uh)

    38

    Why I'm a freak like that?

  11. 39

    [Chorus: Nicki Minaj]

    40

    Bad gyal don't die-die-die

    41

    Hundred rounds on that grrah-ta-ta

    42

    Real one lick a shot-ta-ta

    43

    She my lil' vibe, my lil' ah-ah-ah

  12. 44

    Bad gyal don't run from nobody, like ah

    45

    Rude boy want me touchin' on his body, like yah

    46

    Boy affi dead if he ever diss me

    47

    And he know what to do if he ever miss me

  13. 48

    [Verse 2: Nicki Minaj & Lumidee]

    49

    When the Queen leave, bitches wanna come out like a cockroach

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    Until I'm cookin' in the kitchen like a pot roast (Uh-oh, uh-oh)

    51

    That new Spectre, we don't fill pot holes (Uh-oh, uh-oh)

    52

    Dorito—bitches mad that they nachos

  14. 53

    Shoutout my vatos

    54

    Shout out to hoes that's watchin' me like Movados (Click, click, click)

    55

    All them, all them botched face photos, why would you post those?

    56

    Make a gyal duppy since I heard you like my ghost, hoes

  15. 57

    Big truck but I'm alone like Post, though (Uh-oh, uh-oh)

    58

    Call Malone and tell him I'm goin' postal (Brr)

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    These bitches rappin' like my blooper roll (Uh-oh, uh-oh)

    60

    Desert Eagle if your nigga actin' super bold

  16. 61

    (Got 'em, got 'em, got 'em) Got 'em like, "Uh-oh"

    62

    Gun fingers like niggas doin' the bogle

    63

    Ya fuckin' bozo

    64

    That .40 cal a make 'em dance like a go-go

  17. 65

    Super fakks, that's word to Super Cat

    66

    We ah rude gyal youth and we nuh tek back we chat

    67

    'Cause bitches couldn't walk in my Crocs, that's word to Dundee

    68

    Just a bunch of airheads like Kelly Bundy

  18. 69

    Man, these bitches so slow, man, they slower than sloths (Uh-oh, uh-oh)

    Multi-line diss block
    70

    Six-hundred horse, how you gon' catch the boss?

    71

    Caught 'em with they hand out, tryna catch the sauce (Uh-oh, uh-oh)

    72

    Thierry Mugler flow, tryna cut the cloth

    Block notePortrays the target as controlled by others

    TargetMegan Thee Stallion

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Six-hundred horse, how you gon' catch the boss?,” Nicki Minaj depicts Megan Thee Stallion as dependent on a label, executive, crew leader, or gatekeeper rather than acting independently. Why it was said: ‘Red Ruby Da Sleeze’ was widely read as containing subliminal shots at Megan Thee Stallion and Latto, following their separate public tensions with Nicki Minaj. The interpretations remain tied to specific wordplay—especially horse imagery and copying claims—rather than treating every boast as a diss. The accusation attacks autonomy by suggesting that Megan Thee Stallion's career choices and even the feud itself are being directed by somebody with greater power.

    Context‘Red Ruby Da Sleeze’ was widely read as containing subliminal shots at Megan Thee Stallion and Latto, following their separate public tensions with Nicki Minaj. The interpretations remain tied to specific wordplay—especially horse imagery and copying claims—rather than treating every boast as a diss.

  19. 73

    See the difference is: I run businesses (Uh-oh, uh-oh)

    74

    If I ain't employ you, then what ya business is?

    75

    I'll have staff roll up, like, "What the business is?" (Uh-oh, uh-oh)

    76

    Oh, you don't know that my niggas kill witnesses?

  20. 77

    [Chorus: Nicki Minaj]

    78

    Bad gyal don't die-die-die

    79

    Hundred rounds on that, grrah-ta-ta

    80

    Real one lick a shot-ta-ta

    81

    She my lil' vibe, my lil' ah-ah-ah

  21. 82

    Bad gyal don't run from nobody, like ah

    83

    Rude boy want me touchin' on his body, like yah

    84

    Boy affi dead if he ever diss me

    85

    And he know what to do if he ever miss me, yeah

  22. 86

    [Outro: Lumidee]

    87

    If you want me to stay

    88

    I'll never leave

    89

    If you want me to stay

    90

    We'll always be

  23. 91

    If you want me to stay

    92

    Love endlessly

    93

    If you want me to stay