[Intro]
It ain't good to do good in front of niggas in the hood, right, right
It ain't good to do good in front of niggas in the hood, right, right
Everybody know that
[Verse 1]
Doin' good in front of niggas in the hood cause problems (Uh huh)
Trey-eights, trey-pounds and .44's solve 'em (You ain't lyin)
I hate when hoes get on some loudmouth shit
Your man gangsta? Me too
Go on and get 'em bitch (Go head, get 'em)
I just bought new toast to spit
Next nigga gettin gully gettin' laid out quick
Where ever ribs is touchin' niggas is gettin hurt
Cause a broke nigga always down to put it in work
Don't run up on me
I don't know you nigga
So what you bought my CD
I don't owe you nigga
I know you love the way the Gally beat bump
Got you license plate rattlin' all over your trunk
I confuse these chumps with my style, dog
I'm from Queens but I'm motherfuckin' BK hard
I sound like I move bricks uptown or like a thug from the Bronx who stay with a 4-pound (What)
Shook nigga (shook nigga, nigga, nigga)
I'm a Guinness book nigga
[Chorus]
We don't play that pussy shit
Round here
You can get your fuckin wig split
Down here
Don't be reppin' where you come from too much around here
You can get your fuckin cap peeled
Queens, nigga!
We don't play that pussy shit
Round here
You can get your fuckin wig split
Down here
Don't be reppin' where you come from too much around here
You can get your fuckin cap peeled
Brooklyn!
[Verse 2]
If I can't get my gun in the club, why would I come in the club?
So niggas I done stuck up could cut me he fuck up, nah
I'm outside to jump off in a Benz jeep (Uh huh)
Four deep strapped with all kinds of heat
Niggas think they want beef
They don't want beef
They find out that somebody they love layin' in the street
When you rap, you keep it gangsta dog it's all good
Just don't go poppin that shit in the wrong hood
Where I'm from the young boy'll come and try ya nigga
Shells'll make ya feel like your on fire nigga
If you thinkin we thirsty cuz, you right
We lookin at your watch and chain like that's a S-type
Promoter sayin "don't play 50 in the club"
Last time it came nigga tore the shit up, what
I don't where you from and I don't care
But nigga we don't play that pussy shit around here
[Chorus]
We don't play that pussy shit
Round here
You can get your fuckin wig split
Down here
Don't be reppin' where you come from too much around here
You can get your fuckin cap peeled
Harlem, nigga!
We don't play that pussy shit
Round here
You can get your fuckin wig split
Down here
Don't be reppin' where you come from too much around here
You can get your fuckin cap peeled
BX!
[Verse 2]
The only Spanish I know is "coño, cállate la boca puta" ,
"no inglés, no inglés" motherfuckers'll shoot ya
The Latin Kings don't like me, I don't care
We don't talk that "mira, mira" bullshit around here
Man, I done did so much dirt in the hood
Niggas heard I got shot
They was all sayin' 'good' ("Good for him")
Fuck ya'll, ya' ain't got to like me
I get knocked, ya'll nigga ain't got to write me
I'm on the same bullshit I been on
It's the same bullshit ya niggas need to get on
Y'all shit sound too commercial
Come cruisin' through the hood motherfuckers'll hurt you
You should know when and when not to flash jewels
Cause niggas'll run up on y'all fools and flash you
They want your money, the watch, and you tennis shoes
I ain't gotta tell ya not to move
Ya'll know the rules
[Chorus]
We don't play that pussy shit
Round here
You can get your fuckin wig split
Down here
Don't be reppin' where you come from too much around here
You can get your fuckin cap peeled
Staten Island
In this verse, 50 Cent addresses the linguistic and cultural dynamics at play within his urban environment. The repeated use of the Spanish interjection ‘mira’ (meaning ‘look’ or ‘see’) by Spanish speakers is paralleled with the American colloquial use of attention-grabbing interjections. However, 50 Cent’s approach to this linguistic element is not merely observational but carries an implicit assertion of dominance and cultural insularity. By declaring that such Spanish phrases are not spoken ‘around here,’ he delineates a clear cultural and linguistic boundary. This line suggests a complex interplay of power dynamics where language becomes a symbol of cultural identity and territoriality. The reference to not understanding Spanish except for a few phrases, coupled with the dismissive attitude towards the Spanish language (‘mira, mira bullshit’), further emphasizes a hierarchy where 50 Cent positions himself and his linguistic group as superior or detached from the Spanish-speaking community. It reflects an aspect of urban life where cultural and linguistic differences can be sources of division and identity assertion.
50 Cent would mention this again about 2 years later in a 2003 freestyle that G-Unit did on Hot 97 with Funkmaster Flex
I ain’t the type of nigga that fist fight in the club
In fact I don’t party if I can’t get in with the snub
Latin Kings are a violent street gang in NYC, made up of strictly people of hispanic heritage. 50 acknowledges their dislike for him and in the following line makes it known they don’t speak spanish in 50’s hood (meaning there’s no LK presence) therefore he doesn’t care that they dislike him.
‘'Callate la boca puta’‘ is Spanish for ’‘shut up, you whore’‘.
Reference to the line in the first verse of his song “Rules”:
Son it ain’t good to do good in front of niggas in the hood, blaow
You know better than to do good now