I Don’t Know, Officer

Loon & Fabolous were heavily compared to Ma$e early on in their careers and were said by many that they sounded like him. Here Ma$e agrees and says he fathered they style. In August 2004, Ma$e said

This is no disrespect to Fabolous, (but) when I heard him for the first time I said, ‘Man, where’d they get that verse from?’ And I’m not that type of dude that takes cheap shots no more. That’s not what I’m trying to do. I used to smoke a lot, never remember anything. So when I hard him (on Lil' Mo’s Superwoman), I was actually thinking, ‘Yo, that is a crazy verse. When did I do that?’

Loon would go on to diss Ma$e and make a few diss tracks towards him

Fabolous responded with his song “Murda (We Don’t Believe You)” and also threw a shot at Ma$e in his song “Loso’s Way Freestyle”

And tell Mason, I got his name on a shell casin'

And in his song “The Hitmen”

I’m defly, watin' for the day Mason Beth be
Ridin' through the city and forgot to wear his Tef T (take that, take that, take that)

On March 13 2006, Fabolous told MTV

He threw a jab and I threw a jab and uppercut, I feel dude is confused…If you’re not really a killer but you running with a bunch of dudes that say they’re killers, I guess you’re gonna talk like you a killer too, even if it’s not believable, I think [Mase] got caught up in trying to act like the people he’s around. 50 Cent and them is known for taking jabs and saying wild, reckless stuff. I guess he felt he had to jump in those shoes too. I just had to answer to it.

Ma$e starts the verse by flexing different parts of him, his charm, his diamond chain, the diamonds in his bezel etc.

This is a shot at rapper Ja Rule who had his chain stolen by 50 Cent and his crew. Of course Banks knows what really happened because he’s down with 50, but he denies he knows anything.

His alibi is that he wasn’t anywhere near the vicinity of the incident, but was actually with the lady of the interrogator on a cruise ship!

50 Cent runs with G-Unit. G-Unit are known savages when it comes to street beef. Their rap sheet is as long as their discography, so naturally if someone suffers some form of grievous bodily harm, their first instinct is to blame 50.

This is a reference to Ma$e’s beef with rappers Loon and Fabolous, whom he believed copied his flow.

In this line, he’s trying to assert dominance over them.

Ma$e-Loon Beef:

What’s remarkable about Ma$e and Loon isn’t just how well their voices matched up but how their career arcs did as well. They were both from Harlem, both signed to Bad Boy, and both ended up leaving rap for religion. (Although, Ma$e was much more successful than Loon and has returned to rap as a full time profession.) The two rappers beefed quite a bit and Loon even released a diss track about Ma$e.

In fact, the feud between Ma$e and Loon was reignited just recently.

Ma$e-Fabolous Beef:

“This is no disrespect to Fabolous, [but] when I heard him for the first time I said, ‘Man, where’d they get that verse from?’ And I’m not that type of dude that takes cheap shots no more. That’s not what I’m trying to do. I used to smoke a lot, never remember anything. So when I hard him on Lil' Mo’s "Superwoman,” I was actually thinking, ‘Yo, that is a crazy verse. When did I do that?’"

You can’t say anything wrong to the police, otherwise they’ll use that against you; you have to be careful while talking to them.

50 knows that there are snitches around and that he needs to be cautious about what he says around them.

Ma$e is telling the listener that rappers aren’t versatile with flows or lyrics or styles.

He says he doesn’t know about poppin' the heat meaning to fire a handgun in order to avoid trouble with the law.

Another definition of heat in rap terminology is police. 50 may be saying that he doesn’t know anything about the police who were shot at.

This is a sore point for Curtis, having endured endless snitching accusations from his nemesis Ja Rule.

50 has always maintained he isn’t a snitch. Whilst snitching can reduce your time in jail or ultimately let you off the hook, it’s deemed a cowards way out in the rap game.

Really 50? you don’t know about this?

It’s best to keep your street business private, although 50 hasn’t been shy in the past on wax…

I do what I gotta do, I don’t care I if get caught
The DA can play this motherfucking tape in court

The officer is probably not happy about Banks insulting him in the previous bar, claiming to be with his lady. He quickly makes it out as if he was joking to save his skin.

He continues to explain the simplicity of murder on the streets and that people simply get murdered when they sleep. He finishes the bar with a play on the word Uz which means Uzi sub-machine gun and ooze which is a verb describing the slow and gradual release of a liquid, in this case, blood.

Mase is basically saying that unsigned rappers are just broke. And they have to find numerous ways to make money. Whether it be street shit, or playing basketball for money or even streetfighting. Which can get you offed. So in essence, he is saying that he will teach the unsigned rappers his ways. To get them riding an expensive dope whip. Instead of a broken down and cheap old school buick.

The Hip Hop Police is a theory that gained relevance during the late 90s, when rappers like Jay Z were being actively pursued by certain members of the NYPD, simply for being rappers.

Rather than saying that rapping and making money is keeping the hip hop police off him, 50 is actually issuing a plea. He is just trying to stay clean and make legal money. He doesn’t want to be arrested for turning his life around.

50 Cent is known for having countless disputes with other rappers, check his feuds section to get a broad idea.

Despite going to the church, Mase still has countless disputes like 50 Cent. Imagine the amount of disputes he would have if he didn’t go church…