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[Intro]
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Nah, we ain't even in the same class
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We ain't the same type of niggas
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Yeah we both in the Escalade, but (spring training)
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'Bout 40,000 dollars difference on this one (uh, uh)
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You got me fucked up (y'knahmean, TALK TO 'EM!)
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Check this, Joey (TALK TO 'EM!)
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[Verse]
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Look, we gon' need more than a block, we monopolizing
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Nah, I'm not rapping, I'm prophesying
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Quite simply, seat back, diamond white Bentley
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Approach it I might empty, since I never gave a FLUCK
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Ain't nothing you can say that might offend me
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Not when only reason shorty's in the ride is to Karrine me
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When you do a little better they begin to hate ya
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So I keep animals with me, it's just in my nature
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If you don't wanna hear the real then I ain't finna make ya
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You just keep hearing what's coming from them incinerators
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But when they show the hatred is when you know you made it
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Me, I been to hell and back the shit is over rated
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But every day could be your last, so if trouble met me
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He'll be with a few of Viagras and a couple Beckys
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You want a crash course? Know the damages
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I promise y'all that if I got high I'd smoke Canibus
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From best to worst, from legend to barely here
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Since they repo'd your prime this shit ain't really fair
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Losing his mind, somebody better set him straight
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Lost Buckingham Palace, now it's Section 8
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In '012, why rep that hard?
Multi-line diss block
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And who the FLUCK dug him up from Wyclef's backyard?
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But off him, not a part of you is trife
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And you can't afford the drama when your Arsonal's a knife
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
TargetArsonal
MeaningWhat it means: In “And you can't afford the drama when your Arsonal's a knife,” Joe Budden converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Arsonal. Why it was said: ‘Spring Training’ responds to Canibus and battle rapper Arsonal after reports of a record aimed at Joe Budden. Budden attacks Canibus's diminished career standing and uses Arsonal's battle-rap name as a weapon, presenting the entire encounter as practice rather than an equal contest. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Arsonal as unable to return for another round.
Context‘Spring Training’ responds to Canibus and battle rapper Arsonal after reports of a record aimed at Joe Budden. Budden attacks Canibus's diminished career standing and uses Arsonal's battle-rap name as a weapon, presenting the entire encounter as practice rather than an equal contest.
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No heart in you to survive, nigga living like an orphan
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Beefing 'bout Jersey but you living in New Orleans
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I ain't even got to stab you, far from a threat
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I don't get why a Hitman felt he needed to Holla at you
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Come to rapper shit, you real bad at matching wits
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I'm better with a badder bitch, how I'm not the catalyst?
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When the shots finish flying I bury the biscuit
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I fall off the same day Tyler Perry admits it
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But what stifles me is how you sit back and idly
Multi-line diss block
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Call this a rivalry when your idol's me
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How you throw a shot at everything you try to be?
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Sad part is nothing in your life coincides with me
Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction
TargetCanibus
MeaningWhat it means: In “How you throw a shot at everything you try to be?,” Joe Budden converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Canibus. Why it was said: ‘Spring Training’ responds to Canibus and battle rapper Arsonal after reports of a record aimed at Joe Budden. Budden attacks Canibus's diminished career standing and uses Arsonal's battle-rap name as a weapon, presenting the entire encounter as practice rather than an equal contest. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Canibus as unable to return for another round.
Context‘Spring Training’ responds to Canibus and battle rapper Arsonal after reports of a record aimed at Joe Budden. Budden attacks Canibus's diminished career standing and uses Arsonal's battle-rap name as a weapon, presenting the entire encounter as practice rather than an equal contest.
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Now tell me that's your strategy son
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The clip's extended, they looking like Natalie Nunn
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Sayin' we can blow the shotties how is he supposed to stop me?
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As a hobby I get high inhaling decomposing bodies
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And if you decide to cross Joe, I'll be waiting with a crossbow
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And feed his torso to my baby cane corso
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Shit has gone far enough, it's time to finish this
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Should stop starting chess matches 'gainst the limitless
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Friends with my foes so my peers are annoyed
Multi-line diss block
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Everyday they just watch me cry tears of joy
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I don't care for the ploy, came up from being hella broke
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You think the fans are buying music, I'm selling hope
Block noteChallenges the target's public standing
TargetCanibus
MeaningWhat it means: In “You think the fans are buying music, I'm selling hope,” Joe Budden questions whether Canibus' attention, audience, or reputation reflects genuine respect. Why it was said: ‘Spring Training’ responds to Canibus and battle rapper Arsonal after reports of a record aimed at Joe Budden. Budden attacks Canibus's diminished career standing and uses Arsonal's battle-rap name as a weapon, presenting the entire encounter as practice rather than an equal contest. Visibility can be mistaken for victory, so the artist recasts Canibus' recognition as temporary, manufactured, or disconnected from credibility.
Context‘Spring Training’ responds to Canibus and battle rapper Arsonal after reports of a record aimed at Joe Budden. Budden attacks Canibus's diminished career standing and uses Arsonal's battle-rap name as a weapon, presenting the entire encounter as practice rather than an equal contest.
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Here's some insight homie, fuck making a friend
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My funeral gon' be by invite-only
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By chance I'm going to hell maybe for selling dope
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I want my own table sectioned off with a velvet rope
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Might want to see Heaven, might need a telescope
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A girl to restock anytime the wine cellar's low
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Bottle service, maybe a couple whores
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High ceilings, flat screens and double doors
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I'm not a cult member, I'm not a worshipper
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Just a Jers nigga trying to have a couple words with her
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Strollin' through the hood 'til she seem outta place
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Used to niggas blowing her up that'll cling to her waist
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Me, I've never been a nigga that a fiend had to chase
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Ask for Gucci all you gon' get is cream to the face
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So I put my G stacks up against your little weed stash
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A one time only event, won't get a recap
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Aim it at his knee caps, have niggas in your crib
Multi-line diss block
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When you get home, your lil' girl in the back they think it's TCAP
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So y'all can put all the blaming on me
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But keep in mind this is training for me, tah
Block noteShrinks the target into a dependent
TargetCanibus
MeaningWhat it means: In “When you get home, your lil' girl in the back they think it's TCAP,” Joe Budden recasts Canibus as a child, student, or minor-league figure who depends on a more powerful adult or senior artist. Why it was said: ‘Spring Training’ responds to Canibus and battle rapper Arsonal after reports of a record aimed at Joe Budden. Budden attacks Canibus's diminished career standing and uses Arsonal's battle-rap name as a weapon, presenting the entire encounter as practice rather than an equal contest. The hierarchy denies equality before the battle is judged: if Canibus is treated as a dependent, the target's challenge can be dismissed as imitation, immaturity, or ingratitude.
Context‘Spring Training’ responds to Canibus and battle rapper Arsonal after reports of a record aimed at Joe Budden. Budden attacks Canibus's diminished career standing and uses Arsonal's battle-rap name as a weapon, presenting the entire encounter as practice rather than an equal contest.
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[Outro]
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(TALK TO 'EM!!!)
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Niggas put all the blaming on me
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Keep in mind this is training for me, cock, sucker