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[Snitch:] What's happening?
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[Snoop:] What you mean what's up, nigga
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[Snitch:] What, what's happening man?
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[Snoop:] I need to holler at you nigga, come here
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[Snitch:] For what, what's happening
Multi-line diss block
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[Snoop:] Fuck you doing hanging out with the police and shit, nigga?
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[Snitch:] Man I wasn't hanging with the police man
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[Snoop:] Oh, you didn't think I seen you
Block noteMakes the rejection unmistakably direct
TargetPolice informants
MeaningWhat it means: In “[Snoop:] Fuck you doing hanging out with the police and shit, nigga?,” Snoop Dogg drops any pretense of a subliminal and rejects Police informants in blunt, unqualified language. Why it was said: The recording condemns rappers and associates portrayed as cooperating with police rather than identifying one consistently named opponent. The direct wording removes plausible deniability: listeners are not left guessing whether Police informants is part of the dispute or whether a response is being invited.
ContextThe recording condemns rappers and associates portrayed as cooperating with police rather than identifying one consistently named opponent.
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[Snitch:] Man, you trippin' man
Multi-line diss block
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[Snoop:] I seen you jump out that car, nigga
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[Snitch:] Nah man, fuck that dog
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[Snoop:] You snitching now, nigga
Block noteAttacks the target's street credibility
TargetPolice informants
MeaningWhat it means: In “[Snitch:] Man, you trippin' man,” Snoop Dogg links Police informants with police protection or informing, casting doubt on the hard public persona used in the feud. Why it was said: The recording condemns rappers and associates portrayed as cooperating with police rather than identifying one consistently named opponent. The point is to expose a contradiction between Police informants' threatening image and alleged reliance on authorities, making later threats sound performative rather than credible.
ContextThe recording condemns rappers and associates portrayed as cooperating with police rather than identifying one consistently named opponent.
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[Snitch:] Man, hell nah I ain't snitching
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[Snoop:] What else you doing with the police, you must be snitching
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Let me holler at you nigga
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Come here bro
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[Snitch:] Oh man
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[Snoop Dogg]
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How many real niggas is locked away
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Behind some bitch-ass nigga with a whole lot to say
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Man fools is confused ain't no rules to this game
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Niggas be telling the feds where a nigga lay his head
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Giving them niggas code names
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Cold game, but I can't even say shit about it
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Cause if I catch you slipping, dipping tripping I'm getting rowdy
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Kill a snitch fuck a bitch I throw 'em both in a ditch
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Cause they can't stand to see a young nigga getting rich
Multi-line diss block
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I'm destined for fame
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Oh bitch-ass niggas putting salt in the game
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Put a stain on your brain cause I shall remain
Block noteQuestions the target's judgment
TargetPolice informants
MeaningWhat it means: In “Put a stain on your brain cause I shall remain,” Snoop Dogg characterizes Police informants as unintelligent, careless, or unable to understand the situation being addressed. Why it was said: The recording condemns rappers and associates portrayed as cooperating with police rather than identifying one consistently named opponent. The insult makes the target's decisions part of the evidence: a poor response can be framed not as strategy, but as proof that Police informants never understood the contest.
ContextThe recording condemns rappers and associates portrayed as cooperating with police rather than identifying one consistently named opponent.
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And I know longer dwells in the cocaine game
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It's a shame the way the game has switched
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And the police man trying to take my shit
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I caught a nigga one day jumping out of a cop car
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I ain't saying no names but this nigga's a rap star
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Walking real fast then he dashed in my backyard
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Buff ass nigga perpetrating to act hard
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In the front seat with no cuffs on
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I ask him bout the discussion he say the wrong thing I rush him
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Dust him, cause I can't trust him
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Plus he working with the boys we bring the noise so fuck 'em
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I tuck him in the trunk, I ain't fuckin' with no punk
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Nigga snitching nigga missing cause we twisting
Multi-line diss block
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And that's for all my real niggas locked up
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And you bitches that be snitching when a homie sock you up
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Bitch fix your mouth and get your head right
Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit
TargetPolice informants
MeaningWhat it means: In “Bitch fix your mouth and get your head right,” Snoop Dogg addresses Police informants directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The recording condemns rappers and associates portrayed as cooperating with police rather than identifying one consistently named opponent. Naming or plainly addressing Police informants removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.
ContextThe recording condemns rappers and associates portrayed as cooperating with police rather than identifying one consistently named opponent.
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Oh get your muthafuckin' ass out my muthafuckin' house tonight
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Just like a bitch quick to call the police
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But ain't no telling on me and then belling on me
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Look here, me and P we getting riches
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And oh yeah don't forget to tell them bitches
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[Hook: Snoop]
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Muthafuck you snitches Snitches snitches snitches
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Y'all be running they mouth just like bitches
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Snitches snitches snitches
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Niggas be running they mouth just like bitches
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Snitches snitches snitches
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They be running they mouth just like bitches
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Snitches snitches snitches
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I got a slug for ya'll muthafuckin' snitches
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[Master P]
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I heard a nigga snitching from his jail cell
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And when he get out will he live, only time will tell
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Nigga riding with the police
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Used to be my homie now the punk bitch hating on me
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I guess the nigga mad cause I'm ballin'
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Task kicked the nigga door in now he talking
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My little cousin Jimmy told me in jail he was a drag queen
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Now he on probation drug dealer with a tape machine
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Watch the bitch he got a camera
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But when I catch the nigga I'mma slam him down with a hammer
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And 17 nails Cause bitches talk shit and snitches get killed
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Snitches, snitches, snitches Niggas that run they muthafuckin' mouth like bitches
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That's snitches, snitches Federal niggas in the muthafuckin' ghetto
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Federal niggas that's in the muthafuckin' penatentiary
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Niggas with muthafuckin' license to capture other niggas
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But they ain't got no muthafuckin' badges but they still catching cases
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Snitches, snitches, I know y'all niggas trying to get us
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Snitches, snitches punk bitches, bitches
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Niggas was bitches when they was on the streets, and they bitches in jail
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That's what snitches is that's niggas with purses nigga, pocket books, nigga
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Niggas with dresses, snitches This for y'all bitches
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To all ya'll niggas I feel ya muthafuckin' pain Watch y'all muthafuckin' self
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The haters got the high beam on They got lights on top of
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They muthafuckin' Cutlasses I know who y'all is niggas