DISSNATION
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Thou Shall Not Fall

By Joe Budden · Targeting Mistah F.A.B., Royce da 5'9"

Thou Shall Not Fall is a diss track by Joe Budden targeting Royce da 5'9" and Mistah F.A.B.. Joe Budden's reference to Royce da 5'9" and Mistah F.A.B. followed the Royce–F.A.B. battle. Royce and F.A.B. answered after Budden dismissed the episode, turning a commentary line into a brief three-way competitive dispute before Budden and Royce later became Slaughterhouse partners.

Released2007
Annotated1
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Verse 1]

    02

    Look I'm on a war path

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    Tell the opposition

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    Naw keep it to your self, I'm my only competition

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    But keep the hate coming

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    I love the criticism

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    But understand I'm successful by my own admission

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    I never had shit

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    But a bad bitch

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    Naw let me stop lying mostly they was average

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    If you'd say my voice would be heard by the masses

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    A dust head nigga from jerz I wouldn't grasp it

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    Questions you can ask it

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    Teamed up with the Klasix

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    Working on a classic, smash hits, and that's it

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    Maybe niggas thought my knees gonna buckle

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    Newport in my mouth with two g's on the buckle

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    Got more now than them few g's when I hustle

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    Spanish broad with them two d's like I love you

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    But sexy lady it was nice to know you gotta move on

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    They can't chink my armor a nigga to strong

  6. 22

    I think niggas is shady but the proofs gone

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    I put the jewls on case fools thought it was gone you've been warned

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    [Verse 2]

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    I tried to told dudes way back in 02

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    That eventually the game would go back to being soul food

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    I mean soulful while everything is woeful

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    I try to stay fresh like whole foods on the pro tool

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    But Mista F-A-B wanna mention him

    Multi-line diss block
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    Fell the fuck off I won't mention him

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    Only respect one Fab and I'm friends with him

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    Phonte back out I guess nigga pumped sense in him

    Block noteChallenges the target's public standing

    TargetMistah F.A.B.

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Only respect one Fab and I'm friends with him,” Joe Budden questions whether Mistah F.A.B.'s attention, audience, or reputation reflects genuine respect. Why it was said: Joe Budden's reference to Royce da 5'9" and Mistah F.A.B. followed the Royce–F.A.B. battle. Royce and F.A.B. answered after Budden dismissed the episode, turning a commentary line into a brief three-way competitive dispute before Budden and Royce later became Slaughterhouse partners. Visibility can be mistaken for victory, so the artist recasts Mistah F.A.B.'s recognition as temporary, manufactured, or disconnected from credibility.

    ContextJoe Budden's reference to Royce da 5'9" and Mistah F.A.B. followed the Royce–F.A.B. battle. Royce and F.A.B. answered after Budden dismissed the episode, turning a commentary line into a brief three-way competitive dispute before Budden and Royce later became Slaughterhouse partners.

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    They went in pumped slugs in my little brother

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    But dog I still love little brother

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    This other guy ain't know whose dude

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    Got glued to you tube I hit Jin asked him if he digested his food smooth

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    How you beef with Joey did queer with out ears to say he ain't show out of fear

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    Heathcliff ain't scared of the hoagie

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    The nerve of the young fork

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    Yosemite Sam is getting gun ho

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    Nigga bank account got one o

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    He could snort lines with his dick and won't come dope

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    They stringing you along

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    Don't take it and try to jump rope

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    Dog this how you know you shouldn't feel glory

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    Cause I ain't even show and end up being the story I'm sorry

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    [Verse 3]

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    Mic check

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    I need it to be known

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    I'm grown

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    I'm on some next shit

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    I'm thinking oil money, Texas

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    Not a necklace

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    You gotta to shot at mom dukes

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    Before the techs spit

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    I don't go out looking for drama like the feds did

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    Music with a message

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    But I'm no back packer

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    Some vengefulness in me

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    But I'm no back stabber

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    No baller in the strip clubs I'm throwing cash at her

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    I'm trying to help shorty and her goals attach faster

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    Was insecure growing up

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    Niggas laughed at her

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    Now she things she got some self worth because her ass' fatter

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    I told her give yourself the hay suss so

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    Next time that chain you up you can brake through those

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    Nigga call you out your name mommy break dude nose

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    Gotta get you where you going might take you slow

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    Maybe bend

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    But never let'em make you fold

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    Except your short coming baby

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    They gone make you whole

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    I'm gone