DISSNATION
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The Breakdown (200 Bars & Runnin’)

By The Game · Targeting Joe Budden

The Breakdown (200 Bars & Runnin’) is a diss track by The Game targeting Joe Budden. The Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled.

Released2004
Annotated6
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro]

    02

    What the fuck is all this noise?

    03

    He from Cali, he can't rap

    04

    He ain't better than this nigga

    05

    That's my favorite artist

  2. 06

    Fuck y'all

  3. 07

    [Verse]

    08

    Hear the breakdown, no detox, I'm comfortable dog

    09

    Like the solo Reeboks right up under me dog

    10

    And it feel like I done it before

    11

    Sit in the throne pollutin the airwaves like a Hummer exhaust

  4. 12

    Don't let Makaveli fool you homie, thugging it costs

    13

    Pour out a little liquor for the loved ones that we lost

    14

    You ain't gotta wait for the album I don't fuck with The Source

    15

    But I turn up my Eazy-E and let it bump in the Porsche

  5. 16

    I mean turn up my B.I.G. and let it bump in the Porsche

    17

    Tell 'em to roll red carpet when he come in New York

    18

    Hip-hop police on me think they runnin New York

    19

    Till I lace my Air One show 'em how to run in New York

  6. 20

    They tryna take me downtown put me under the court

    21

    Cause Joe Buddens told 'em I carry a gun in New York

    22

    And homey that's strictly fact, he got ripped on wax

    23

    So he snitched just to get me back

  7. 24

    No matter what you say dog, your shit be whack

    25

    You better watch what you say, it might get you clapped

    26

    Here's a little advice homie, switch your raps

    27

    Cause that shit on your last album ain't get you plaques

  8. 28

    What nigga you need a gun? I'll get you that

    Multi-line diss block
    29

    P-89 nigga let Dre stitch you back

    30

    Web and Nitty street niggas I admit to that

    31

    But I don't even want your chain, I'll let the Crips do that

    Block noteUses a public loss to puncture the image

    TargetJoe Budden

    MeaningWhat it means: In “But I don't even want your chain, I'll let the Crips do that,” The Game points to property being taken or another visible loss as evidence that Joe Budden's claimed security and power failed in practice. Why it was said: The Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled. The anecdote gives the audience a concrete event against which to test Joe Budden's persona, turning an abstract toughness debate into a remembered humiliation.

    ContextThe Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled.

  9. 32

    12 bars for that bitch, he won't live through that

    33

    Even a nigga with a ten year bid knew that

    34

    Put a gun in his mouth yeah, yeah do that

    35

    He a pussy (sniff, sniff) his own kid knew that

  10. 36

    I'm Ready To Die, B.I.G. knew that

    37

    He ain't eatin, look at his white tee you could see his ribs through that

    38

    You cocksucker, let your wiz do that

    39

    Or I'll let her do me ooh wee now back to rap

  11. 40

    2 Lincoln Continentals sittin back to back

    41

    Leavin' Jersey City naw nigga, Hackensack

    42

    Where's that? Somewhere where the crackers at

    43

    Real far from where the roaches and rats is at

  12. 44

    Come to Compton I'll show you where the ratchets at

    45

    Down the street from the Staples Center where they Hack-a-Shaq

    46

    Give the advance money back, I ain't have to rap

    47

    Break Harry-O out tell him crack is back

  13. 48

    That's nine five a bird take half of that

    49

    Import it, export it in cracker jacks

    50

    When you get to the projects, ask for Black

    51

    You know what you started with? Give him half of that

  14. 52

    He gon' give you 50 G's in a plastic sack

    Multi-line diss block
    53

    And I'mma give you 3,500 cash for that

    54

    Gotta keep your mouth closed or I'mma blast the mac

    55

    They won't believe you, whole world know that bastard rap

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetJoe Budden

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Gotta keep your mouth closed or I'mma blast the mac,” The Game converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Joe Budden. Why it was said: The Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Joe Budden as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled.

  15. 56

    Once you outta the throne, you can't have it back

    Multi-line diss block
    57

    Retirement home and ain't nuttin' after that

    58

    Except you layin' in a casket black, suit on

    59

    You can't go to heaven with Timberland boots on

    Block noteContests who deserves the top position

    TargetJoe Budden

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Once you outta the throne, you can't have it back,” The Game turns rank, legacy, or leadership into the issue and argues that Joe Budden's claim to the position is undeserved. Why it was said: The Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled. The line identifies the prize behind the feud—control of reputation—and asks whose record supports the title rather than whose claim went unchallenged.

    ContextThe Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled.

  16. 60

    No subliminals, I ain't talkin to you Shawn

    61

    I'm talkin' to that heartless mouse with no jewels on

    62

    Who the fuck put you on

    63

    Faggot ass nigga let men toss his salad like croutons

  17. 64

    I fuck with Fab, get my DJ Clue on, sit inside Hot 97 with no tools on

    65

    And it don't matter if it's Sway or Kay Slay

    66

    Angie Martinez I'll take 'em back to KDAY

    67

    They act like they forgot about Dre Day

  18. 68

    I don't rap for Free that's why they fired AJ

    69

    It's me leaking through your stereo

    70

    Envy me as an MC, prepare for your burial

    71

    I kill niggas without lettin' the Desert blow

  19. 72

    Razor tongue and I'm far from Haitian son

    73

    All black like the Range Rover wheels

    74

    Niggas whisper around The Game like The Game won't kill

    75

    Let me show you the scars, take you back to the car

  20. 76

    Rewind time, March 3, 1994

    77

    I was only in my teens, deuce-deuce in my Levi's

    78

    When Nas hit the scene I was still rockin' knee-highs

    79

    Runnin' with my brother Fase, he was 17

  21. 80

    Two guns in the upper waist, so we hit the block

    81

    Saw niggas from a rival gang bumpin Dre

    82

    Ran up on the '64 and that's all she wrote

    83

    We runnin through the alley like Bishop chasin' Radames

  22. 84

    First murder and I did that without a mask

    85

    Fast-forward, see Game gettin out a Jag

    86

    Two piece suit on, he still got his rag

    87

    Gangbangin' forever, he still got his swag

  23. 88

    Let me catch you in Los Angeles without a pass

    89

    Everybody in New York know that you a fag

    90

    Come out the closet, show the world how to use a pad

    91

    Speakin' death on my red bandana

  24. 92

    Naw, he couldn't a said that, so I raised my antennas

    93

    Look at my Nextel, got a call from Santana

    94

    That nigga a pussy, we just saw him in Atlanta

    95

    So I hopped on the first thing smokin' to Atlanta

  25. 96

    Pulled up at 112 ran up on that black Phantom

    97

    Security hopped out, no Joe in here

    98

    Just Outkast gettin' ready for a show in here

    99

    So I uncocked the fofo

  26. 100

    Hopped in the cherry low-low

    101

    Chrome grill with the G-Unit logo

    102

    We watched Hov go, now the world waitin' on my solo

    103

    I'm the man, Stat Quo know

  27. 104

    I ain't gotta explain, even Bo know

    105

    Half of these rap niggas is faker than rolls gold

    106

    Get hit in the face with the back of the fofo

    107

    And pissed on tryna play The Game with a broke nose

  28. 108

    My bitch harder than you, yeah Vida loco

    Multi-line diss block
    109

    I ain't sold one record got rap in a chokehold

    110

    I'm Dre certified like the leader of the band

    111

    Run up, you sure to die, I'll leave you where you stand

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetJoe Budden

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Run up, you sure to die, I'll leave you where you stand,” The Game converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Joe Budden. Why it was said: The Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Joe Budden as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled.

  29. 112

    Smurfette runnin' 'round New York like he the man

    113

    But he peed in his pants when he saw us at Summer Jam

    114

    Lucky I wasn't there, I had to bury my man

    115

    Or I would've terrorized New York like the Son Of Sam

  30. 116

    What you mean terrorize New York?

    117

    I mean expose these pussy ass niggas like I'm Too $hort

    118

    Somebody tell Domination I'll leave him in parts

    119

    Leg in Jersey, arm in Brooklyn, head buried in Central Park

  31. 120

    He can't walk through New York no more like John Stark

    121

    Got a call 'cause I'ma break his ankles like Hot Sauce

    122

    Ask niggas from your hood I'm thorough in five boroughs

    123

    Sit on any stoop, Pelli Tims in the thermal

  32. 124

    Wait till Alpo come home

    125

    Like Azie from Harlem, Dre gon' pay me regardless

    126

    Cause he know Jay-Z departed

    127

    And these other rap labels know don't feed they artists

  33. 128

    Talkin' blueprint shit you got three garages

    129

    Gettin money off Roc like lil [?] and Carter

    130

    Showin' off your lil chain like these is flawless

    131

    Send him fifty cent a day, I can see he starvin'

  34. 132

    I got R&B bitches givin' me ménages

    133

    Deep massages, I could hear Eazy talkin'

    134

    Tellin' me to have a seat in Tomica's office

    135

    Buy Ruthless and get Lil' E involved in

  35. 136

    Promote without that magazine in Boston

    137

    Take a couple mill, make Beans a offer

    138

    Give him money we don't see that often

    139

    But it was all a dream, like I seen Memph Bleek in Marcy

  36. 140

    I ain't say you won't see Bleek in Marcy

    141

    I said my man told me he don't see Bleek in Marcy

    142

    I'm from Compton where niggas used to bleed for Barkleys

    143

    Drive lo-lo's and we ain't need keys to start 'em

  37. 144

    Just a little information for your summer vacation

    Multi-line diss block
    145

    Bring your chain 'cause every nigga in L.A. waitin'

    146

    Mad cause Detroit beat the shit out the Lakers

    147

    And they'll kill you 'cause they can't find Gary Payton

    Block noteUses a public loss to puncture the image

    TargetJoe Budden

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Bring your chain 'cause every nigga in L.A. waitin',” The Game points to property being taken or another visible loss as evidence that Joe Budden's claimed security and power failed in practice. Why it was said: The Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled. The anecdote gives the audience a concrete event against which to test Joe Budden's persona, turning an abstract toughness debate into a remembered humiliation.

    ContextThe Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled.

  38. 148

    Meanwhile the throne vacant and Da Band ain't makin' it

    149

    Shyne got a new deal, Def Jam gotta pay us

    150

    Playboy Jones got knocked out shortly after they weighed him in

    151

    Niggas got beef with G-Unit but ain't sayin' shit

  39. 152

    Quiet as a church on Tuesdays

    153

    Niggas say they hate my music, but my alert's on they 2-ways

    154

    Nigga I'm a hazard, a Michael Jackson in khakis

    155

    Touch kids but I do that with a semi-automatic

  40. 156

    With or without traffic I pull my shit out and blast it

    157

    I'm blind to the masses like Stevie Wonder without glasses

    158

    I'm a savage spit murder like a 38 Magnum

    159

    16 bars'll bag 'em, let the hook toe tag 'em

  41. 160

    Murder any MC throw 'em in that white wagon

    161

    Let him die and come back look at 'em, he white flaggin'

    162

    For spreadin' rumors like, "When I see Game I might jack him"

    163

    I'm tellin' the world, he reach for my chain, I might clap him

  42. 164

    'Cause niggas shot me in two-thousand and one

    165

    Took one in the heart 'cause I was too proud to run

    166

    The clip was empty when the police found my gun

    167

    So I don't bring that gangbangin' shit around my son

  43. 168

    Nigga 50 took 9 he know how it feel

    169

    And I found out Buck got shot up in Cashville

    170

    And Sha Money told me Lloyd Banks got hit

    171

    And Yayo just came home (G-G-G-Unit)

  44. 172

    Backstage at a D-12 concert

    173

    A fan asked me how it feel to be walkin' in Snoop's Converse

    174

    Niggas show me love when they see me in the streets

    175

    But they frown when I don't wanna hear none of they beats

  45. 176

    Nigga, this shit crazy

    177

    Em said some shit when was 16, now they tryna ruin Slim Shady

    178

    I forgive him, I got problems of my own

    179

    How you think the streets gon' act now that Suge home

  46. 180

    These niggas is birds, I can see the feathers on 'em

    181

    If Doc give me the word, I put this Berretta on 'em

    182

    When the beef is on, my piece is on 'em

    183

    White sheets is on 'em, Doc breathin on 'em

  47. 184

    And I got a extra clip in my Reeboks 'cause I'm in and out my socks every time I see cops

    Multi-line diss block
    185

    Game got the streets locked, call 911, get the whole fuckin' LAPD shot

    186

    Niggas snitchin' to the street cops, get your nephews and your niece shot

    187

    When my heat cocked, then the beef stop

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetJoe Budden

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Niggas snitchin' to the street cops, get your nephews and your niece shot,” The Game converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Joe Budden. Why it was said: The Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Joe Budden as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe Game directs the record at Joe Budden during their mid-2000s exchange, before the two publicly reconciled.

  48. 188

    Nigga with a attitude like I heard Dr. Dre doin' Detox

    189

    Niggas fightin' for the throne, that ain't shit

    190

    Tryna measure the fallen legends but the shoe won't fit

    191

    Niggas might think I'm ridin' dick

  49. 192

    Cause I'm at the cemetery puttin' creases in my G-Unit's

    193

    Tryna talk Jesus Christ into lettin' me dig 'em up

    194

    So they could stand side by side again and live it up

    195

    This might be the last time you hear me biggin 'em up

  50. 196

    With suicidal thoughts bangin' Me And My Bitch in the truck

    197

    My conscience tellin' me if I put the clip in the buck

    198

    It might be loud enough to wake Big and 'em up

    199

    What if that was P. Diddy sittin' in the truck

  51. 200

    And 2Pac was in jail the day he recorded Hit 'em Up?

    201

    I wouldn't be outside 40/40 bumpin' Jigga What

    202

    Wouldn't be signed to Dr. Dre, I wonder is it luck

    203

    That got me on MTV with Banks, Fifth, and Buck

  52. 204

    I ain't tryna be L.A.'s king, he carry a pimp cup

  53. 205

    [Outro]

    206

    Snoop Dogg got the crown, nigga

    207

    The fuck y'all mad at me for?

    208

    I ain't sold one fuckin' record

    209

    I'm just tryna use this 200 bars to feed my family, nigga

  54. 210

    I ain't no threat

    211

    I can't rap, I'm from Compton remember?

    212

    You gotta be out yo motherfuckin' mind

    213

    Ask Kay Slay, ask Clue, ask Whoo Kid, ask Funk Flex

  55. 214

    I'll murder anyone of you motherfuckers

    215

    G-G-G-Unit

    216

    Awwwww