Royce da 5'9"

Released: February 21, 2020

Songwriter: Royce da 5'9"

Producer: Royce da 5'9"

[Interlude]
I never asked—
I didn't know— I didn't know if they injectin' shit in me
Black people don't need no shots for that
But why is that— (They don't), why is that even a rumor that you need shots?
The same way they told you AIDS started in Africa (Right)
You could die from malaria, they told you all that stuff, you know that stuff
Why does that rumor even exist?
'Cause they know the value of black people going back home (Ahh)
Can you just imagine if African Americans in America decided, "You know what man, fuck America, we going back home"
And then every— all the value that we bring here, we took over there?
America wouldn't exist no more

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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