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So Be It

So Be It is a diss track by Clipse targeting Travis Scott. The record attacks rappers accused of copying Clipse's style, fashion, or musical identity.

Released2025
Annotated3
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro: Pusha T]

    02

    Sixteen thousand square

    03

    Eight million up there, two million down here

  2. 04

    [Verse 1: Pusha T]

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    When I was born, grandmama could see it

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    I be Bentley driven and very strategic

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    R.M. sleeve, no diamonds are needed

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    Floors are heated, so be it, so be it

  3. 09

    Fuckin' with P, get somethin' immediate

    Multi-line diss block
    10

    Your soul don't like your body, we helped you free it

    11

    Then we wait for TMZ to leak it

    12

    It ain't no secrets, so be it, so be it

    Block noteUses broken loyalty against the target

    TargetTravis Scott

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Your soul don't like your body, we helped you free it,” Clipse presents Travis Scott as disloyal, abandoned, or unable to keep the support of people who were once close. Why it was said: The record attacks rappers accused of copying Clipse's style, fashion, or musical identity. The loyalty charge gives the feud a moral frame, portraying conflict with Travis Scott as the consequence of betrayal while suggesting the target lacks a dependable circle.

    ContextThe record attacks rappers accused of copying Clipse's style, fashion, or musical identity.

  4. 13

    [Chorus: Pusha T]

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    Smoke

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    So be it, so be it

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    Smoke

    17

    So be it

  5. 18

    [Verse 2: Pusha T]

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    C-L-I-P-S-E, epi, 8-ball, LV

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    I can show you how to bust a brick if you let mе

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    I monogram like confetti, switches rеady

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    She leanin' on Celine 'cause she ain't steppin' in Giuseppe

  6. 23

    Catch a buck-fifty like each Pirelli

    Multi-line diss block
    24

    I got eight of 'em, call me Andretti

    25

    If I'm not in the telly sellin' the yeti

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    Then I'm twirlin' your bitch like she in spaghetti, heavy

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetTravis Scott

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Then I'm twirlin' your bitch like she in spaghetti, heavy,” Clipse addresses Travis Scott directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The record attacks rappers accused of copying Clipse's style, fashion, or musical identity. Naming or plainly addressing Travis Scott removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe record attacks rappers accused of copying Clipse's style, fashion, or musical identity.

  7. 27

    Circle back and come and get this Kelly

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    And your ears too, if you want 'em blue like Belly

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    Lotta jettin', Prada beddin', 911s

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    I'm the who's who with what's what, papa heaven

  8. 31

    Fuck around and get your body traced tryna test me

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    'Cause niggas that I'm with like to draw when it's sketchy

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    If they catch me, don't forget me, resurrect me

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    Buy a dog tag the same place that they baguette me, ski

  9. 35

    (This is culturally inappropriate)

  10. 36

    [Chorus: Pusha T]

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    Smoke

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    So be it, so be it

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    Smoke

    40

    So be it, so be it

  11. 41

    [Verse 3: Malice]

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    You ain't solid, ain't valid, you ain't Malice

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    Been quiet, ain't riot, you ain't Paris

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    Blow money, you owe money, we ain't balanced

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    You ain't believe, God did, you ain't Khaled

  12. 46

    All black, back to back, this ain't traffic

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    Can't wrap your head 'round that, you ain't Arab

    48

    Y'all tweet, bird talk, we all parrots

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    Lone star, cross the border, we like Dallas

  13. 50

    Twenty-one-gun salute, we been savage

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    Tag 'em up, add 'em up, them niggas average

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    Fly 'em in, fly 'em out, only the baddest

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    If I had her, then you had her, she never mattered

  14. 54

    Wish upon the stars on my roof, they all scattered

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    Ain't no more Neptunes, so P's Saturn

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    Off the first ski-up, they re-up, it's a pattern

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    Like middle men, they killin' 'em, you know what happened, ski

  15. 58

    (This is culturally inappropriate)

  16. 59

    [Chorus: Pusha T]

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    Smoke

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    So be it, so be it

    62

    Smoke

    63

    So be it

  17. 64

    [Verse 4: Pusha T]

    Multi-line diss block
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    You cried in front of me, you died in front of me

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    Calabasas took your bitch and your pride in front of me

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    Her Utopia had moved right up the street

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    And her lip gloss was poppin', she ain't need you to eat

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetTravis Scott

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Calabasas took your bitch and your pride in front of me,” Clipse addresses Travis Scott directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The record attacks rappers accused of copying Clipse's style, fashion, or musical identity. Naming or plainly addressing Travis Scott removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe record attacks rappers accused of copying Clipse's style, fashion, or musical identity.

  18. 69

    The 'net gon' call it the way that they see it

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    But I got the video, I can share and A.E. it

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    They wouldn't believe it, but I can't unsee it

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    Lucky I ain't TMZ it, so be it, so be it

  19. 73

    (This is culturally inappropriate)

  20. 74

    [Chorus: Pusha T]

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    Smoke

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    So be it, so be it

    77

    Smoke

    78

    So be it, so be it