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Shit Hits The Fan

Shit Hits The Fan is a diss track by Obie Trice targeting Ja Rule. The recording also credits Dr. Dre and Eminem. The track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter.

Released2003
Annotated6
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro: Dr. Dre]

    02

    Yeah

    03

    Yo, let's bring it

  2. 04

    [Chorus: Eminem]

    05

    What you gonna do when shit hits the fan?

    06

    Are you gonna stand and fight like a man?

    07

    Will you be as hard as you say you are?

    08

    Or you gonna run and go get your bodyguard?

  3. 09

    I said, what you gonna do when shit hits the fan?

    10

    Are you gonna stand and fight like a man?

    11

    And show us you're as hard as you say you are?

    12

    Or you gonna run and go get your bodyguard?

  4. 13

    [Verse 1: Dr. Dre]

    14

    Niggas is so gangsta, niggas is thugs

    15

    Niggas'll spend they whole life peddling drugs

    16

    Slangin' dope in hopes of one day being able

    17

    To own their own label and give the game up

  5. 18

    Some niggas came up, some just didn't

    19

    That's just the way it is; if it ain't meant it, it just isn't

    20

    Some niggas'll get money and pay niggas to back 'em

    21

    So they can act up, feel comfortable and rap tough

  6. 22

    And that's ass-backwards

    23

    'Cause them niggas just gon' keep comin' back and that's when extortion happens

    24

    And you struggle to get free, I know how this shit be

    25

    You'd give anything to live legitimately

  7. 26

    But you gon' find if you do get in this industry

    27

    It's best to do business with me than against me

    28

    Niggas get behind mics and ain't even MCs

    29

    Niggas get on MTV just to diss me

  8. 30

    This shit don't even piss me off

    Multi-line diss block
    31

    I'm laughing all the way to the bank, watching the satellite from a Bentley

    32

    And you niggas ain't even got a car

    33

    You're so far under my radar, I don't even know who the fuck you are

    Block noteMakes the rejection unmistakably direct

    TargetJa Rule

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You're so far under my radar, I don't even know who the fuck you are,” Obie Trice drops any pretense of a subliminal and rejects Ja Rule in blunt, unqualified language. Why it was said: The track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter. The direct wording removes plausible deniability: listeners are not left guessing whether Ja Rule is part of the dispute or whether a response is being invited.

    ContextThe track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter.

  9. 34

    To tell you to suck my dick while I'm pissin'

    Multi-line diss block
    35

    I don't even listen to your shit to know who the fuck I'm dissin'

    36

    And media just feeds into these feuds

    37

    Tryna add fuel to the fire, this little nigga Ja Rule

    Block noteUses gendered or sexual humiliation

    TargetJa Rule

    MeaningWhat it means: In “To tell you to suck my dick while I'm pissin',” Obie Trice uses gendered or sexual language to question Ja Rule's masculinity or humiliate the target in front of the audience. Why it was said: The track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter. The tactic tries to trigger an emotional reply and damage Ja Rule's public image, even though the framing itself can reproduce homophobic or sexist stereotypes.

    ContextThe track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter.

  10. 38

    Talking 'bout he's gon' slap me? Nigga, please!

    39

    You gotta jump and swing up to hit me in the knees

    40

    I laugh at these magazines when they interview him

    41

    All they doing is making fake threats to us through them

  11. 42

    And, pussy, you not Pac, I knew him

    Multi-line diss block
    43

    Pac was a real nigga, you just a fucking insult to him

    44

    It's too bad we had to fall out before he passed

    45

    'Cause if he could see this shit now, he'd be whoopin' your ass

    Block noteUses gendered or sexual humiliation

    TargetJa Rule

    MeaningWhat it means: In “And, pussy, you not Pac, I knew him,” Obie Trice uses gendered or sexual language to question Ja Rule's masculinity or humiliate the target in front of the audience. Why it was said: The track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter. The tactic tries to trigger an emotional reply and damage Ja Rule's public image, even though the framing itself can reproduce homophobic or sexist stereotypes.

    ContextThe track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter.

  12. 46

    You're talkin' to a pioneer who engineered this shit for nineteem years

    Multi-line diss block
    47

    Who you got in your ear? (Shhhhh!)

    48

    I ain't even gotta say it, the fans know

    49

    Quit tryna be tough, nigga, you look like an asshole

    Block noteTurns the target into a visual punchline

    TargetJa Rule

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Quit tryna be tough, nigga, you look like an asshole,” Obie Trice reduces Ja Rule to an exaggerated physical caricature instead of engaging the target's preferred public image. Why it was said: The track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter. A visual insult is easy for an audience to remember and repeat; the goal is to make ridicule of Ja Rule travel beyond the song itself.

    ContextThe track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter.

  13. 50

    [Chorus: Eminem]

    51

    What you gonna do when shit hits the fan?

    52

    Are you gonna stand and fight like a man?

    53

    Will you be as hard as you say you are?

    54

    Or you gonna run and go get your bodyguard?

  14. 55

    I said, what you gonna do when shit hits the fan?

    56

    Are you gonna stand and fight like a man?

    57

    And show us you're as hard as you say you are?

    58

    Or you gonna run and go get your bodyguard?

  15. 59

    [Verse 2: Obie Trice]

    60

    They say, "Why don't we increase the peace?"

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    The only piece increased is that which deletes your peeps

    62

    'Cause niggas run mouths but they don't run streets

    63

    'Til that fo'-five will cease your speech

  16. 64

    Yeah, it's a shame how the beef'll creep

    65

    Could've reached your peak, now you're left with a horrible leak

    66

    I'm tryna be as bleak with my speech as possible

    67

    Just in case a nigga tryna throw me an obstacle

  17. 68

    Nigga, I'm not boxin' you, I'm hospitable

    69

    I put you in a hospital, that's how I get at you

    70

    Let the Doc op- on you, he don't rid you?

    71

    You back on the streets, I send another hit at you

  18. 72

    This is not a hypocritical issue

    73

    I will critical condition your tissue, give a fuck

    74

    If all ten of them with you, I throw an extra ten of them missiles

    75

    Turn gangstas into gentlemen, vicko

  19. 76

    And ever since Eminem dissed you

    Multi-line diss block
    77

    I swear I see the woman and bitch in you

    78

    All this bickerin' back and forth over who signs who

    79

    Curtis pulled your skirt up, nigga, you got murdered

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetJa Rule

    MeaningWhat it means: In “I swear I see the woman and bitch in you,” Obie Trice addresses Ja Rule directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter. Naming or plainly addressing Ja Rule removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter.

  20. 80

    Now take it like a man and shake it off, damn!

    Multi-line diss block
    81

    And quit tellin' all these magazines your plans

    82

    How you gon' slap up my mans? You're fict-ious

    83

    Nigga, we'll send Stan to come murder your bitches

    Block noteTurns the target's own work into ammunition

    TargetJa Rule

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Nigga, we'll send Stan to come murder your bitches,” Obie Trice quotes or reshapes a recognizable phrase associated with Ja Rule, using the target's own catalogue or public image as the setup for the insult. Why it was said: The track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter. The callback is meant to deny Ja Rule control of a familiar signature: the audience recognizes the source, but now hears it serving the opponent's punchline.

    ContextThe track belongs to the early-2000s dispute linking Shady/Aftermath and Murder Inc.; it intensified after Ja Rule mentioned Eminem's daughter.

  21. 84

    [Chorus: Eminem]

    85

    What you gonna do when shit hits the fan?

    86

    Are you gonna stand and fight like a man?

    87

    Will you be as hard as you say you are?

    88

    Or you gonna run and go get your bodyguard?

  22. 89

    I said, what you gonna do when shit hits the fan?

    90

    Are you gonna stand and fight like a man?

    91

    And show us you're as hard as you say you are?

    92

    Or you gonna run and go get your bodyguard?

  23. 93

    [Outro: Obie Trice]

    94

    Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

    95

    Yeah

    96

    Go hide behind all the gangstas you want, nigga

    97

    Matter of fact

  24. 98

    Go get every gangsta from every hood

    99

    In the United States of America to back you, nigga

    100

    Ain't nobody ridin' wit you

    101

    You can't see that?

  25. 102

    You fell off, nigga

    103

    Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

    104

    Damn

    105

    Shady slash Aftermath, mothafucker

  26. 106

    2003 to infinity!

    107

    Yeah!