Royce da 5'9"

Released: February 24, 2004

Songwriter: M. Bassin Royce da 5'9"

Producer: Mark Bassin

[Verse 1]
Ha ha ha ha ha, check out this bizarre mixture
5'9", 6 July, and Asar hits'll
Leave the side of your car door with more
Smokin' more holes than the Swiss cheese
Bitch please, I'm postponin' yo' homies
Older moments like I stole his future
Hoes know me, I'm no phony
Females'll tell you, "Yeah he cute, but he sure'll shoot ya"
My heart bleeds the blood of felonies
The blood of Superman, the blood that I've never seen
You seem like the shook type
You ain't a thug so I wanna see what your brains and your blood look like
Fuck is you sick? 'Pac should be pissed
'Cause fifty percent of them niggas suckin' his dick his bitch
I'm against all this name-callin' shit
Negro please, listen to Chris Wallace bitch

[Hook]
What's beef? Beef is when these rappers be believin' they rhymes
And a nigga like me just take it one day at a time
Beef is when you die because of your CD
When I come from your blindside before you see me
Beef is when I get jumped by niggas
And come back and kill 'em one by one
Beef is the reaper, patiently pacin' outside of your pretty house
Today you figured out what's beef

[Verse 2]
Yeah
Gangsta, ain't this?
Starvin' artist that comes with the guns he paint with
All you sorry street rejects
Y'all about to go up in smoke, seats ejectin' (boom)
Houses come down, drastic murders is happenin'
Make a nigga momma mouth come down
The precinct's heated, the cops is mad
Because they know who shot yo' ass
And they know who can beat it
Above the law, run up on y'all
So quickly and show you what only you and a slug saw
The silencer screwed in front of the .9 Ruger
Quietly shootin' what'll hush y'all
I will leave you lying down in a street
Everything around you will be dyin' down but the beef
Please believe - my guns'll take you punks
To your maker from my freezin' sleeve

[Hook]
What's beef? Beef is when these rappers be believin' they rhymes
And a nigga like me just take it one day at a time
Beef is when you die because of your CD
When I come from your blindside before you see me
Beef is when I get jumped by niggas
And come back and kill 'em one by one
Beef is the reaper, patiently pacin' outside of your pretty house
Today you figured out what's beef
Beef is when these rappers be believin' they rhymes
And a nigga like me just take it one day at a time
Beef is when you die because of your CD
When I come from your blindside before you see me
Beef is when I get jumped by niggas
And come back and kill 'em one by one
Beef is the reaper, patiently pacin' outside of your pretty house
Today you figured out what's beef

Royce da 5'9", real name Ryan Daniel Montgomery, is undoubtedly one of the underground rap kings of Detroit. The Michigan MC is a long-time collaborator of Eminem’s, meeting him in December 1997, and is noted as one of the greatest lyricists in hip-hop’s history (in 2012, The Source ranked him as the 48th greatest lyricist of all time in their top 50, this questionable ranking unsurprisingly being scrutinized by many as a gross misjudgment).

Although critics have previously cast shade on his ability to create a well-rounded body of work, many, critics included, considered his sophomore effort, Death is Certain (2004), to be a strong album. To learn more in-depth about his solo discography, read this page (the page listed is old, so it is not updated).

Royce is the Bad half of Bad Meets Evil (with Eminem), ¼ of Slaughterhouse (alongside Crooked I KXNG CROOKED, Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz), and ½ of PRhyme (with DJ Premier). Royce currently operates a independent record label, Bad Half Entertainment.

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