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Stop Crying

By 50 Cent · Targeting The Game

Stop Crying is a diss track by 50 Cent targeting The Game. The song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit.

Released2006

Annotated2

ExplicitYes

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Lyrics & breakdown

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[Intro: 50 Cent [?]]
Multi-line diss block
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Ah man, what the fuck is the matter with this nigga man?
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Man I don't know what's wrong with that nigga
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Fuck is you cryin' for man?
Block noteUses a pointed question as an accusation
TargetThe Game
MeaningWhat it means: In “Fuck is you cryin' for man?,” 50 Cent puts The Game's conduct on trial through a question that is meant as a challenge, not a neutral request for information. Why it was said: The song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit. The question shifts the burden onto The Game: any answer must accept the premise raised in the lyric or explain why that premise is false.
ContextThe song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit.
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Man I don't know
Multi-line diss block
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What's the matter?
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Fuck that nigga, let him cry, nigga, heh heh
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Well this is Southside, man
Block notePoints to a claimed failure or contradiction
TargetThe Game
MeaningWhat it means: In “Man I don't know,” 50 Cent treats the refusal, inability, or contradiction named in the lyric as evidence against The Game's public position. Why it was said: The song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit. The wording tests The Game's image against a specific action; the gap between the two is what the audience is being asked to remember.
ContextThe song addresses the collapse of 50 Cent's alliance with The Game and the wider disputes surrounding G-Unit.
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You know (yeah)
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It ain't gonna change
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Naaaaaw
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You know it's gon' get worse before it get better
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[?], heh heh heh heh heh
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Trust me
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[Verse]
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It's not me and my bitch, it's me and my six
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Me and my P90, and two of them clips
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Holla at me, my niggas put it in for the chips
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They'll kill for the bricks, turn em in to the whips
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With the shiny shoes, you know how they do
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It's not just a job, it's a hobby too
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I'm bred for this, I was born into it
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Before I could walk the talk a nigga momma would do it
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Stash dope in the diaper, ratchet in my stroller
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I was born a gangsta nigga, now remember I told ya
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So when I'm back packing my ratchet, im back on the strip
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I'm back flippin, trippin and smacking a bitch
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Don't be suprised or mesmerized how I'm on it
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Nigga front and you can get it, now how you want it?
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With the razor, with the knife, with the pistol, with the ice
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Pick is so big, it should depart you tricks
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Shit
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[Outro]
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Shit crazy out here man. It's hot man, niggas ain't getting no fucking money. I can tell when they looking at me they like "Yo Fifty man, help me man". They crying for help baby. I come through, they like "Whaddup". You know what I mean? They see me baby, I'm with the top down, I got the AC blowing. I'm like "Yo, whatup nigga, nah hell no I ain't stopping. Ah-ha-ha. What you want to talk to me about nigga? No I ain't got no help for you, I'll let you hold something. Nigga, I'll let you hold a hollow tip nigga. I'm not letting you hold nothing else nigga, cause I can't remember these niggas letting me hold nothing." If something wrong with that niggas ain't never letting me borrow nothing! I'm staying out there, fucked up, now they expect me to do something for them. Man fuck that man!
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