Ruff Ryders’ Anthem

By DMX

On It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot

Released on May 5, 1998

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[Produced by Swizz Beatz]


[Intro]

Uh

Something new


[Chorus]

Stop, drop, shut 'em down, open up shop

Oh, no, that's how Ruff Ryders roll

Stop, drop, shut 'em down, open up shop

Oh, no, that's how Ruff Ryders roll


[Verse 1]

Niggas wanna try, niggas wanna lie

Then niggas wonder why niggas wanna die

All I know is pain, all I feel is rain

How can I maintain with that shit on my brain?

I resort to violence, my niggas move in silence

Like you don't know what our style is, New York niggas the wildest

My niggas is with it, you want it? Come and get it

Took it then we split it, you fuckin' right we did it

What the fuck you gon' do when we run up on you?

Fuckin' with the wrong crew, don't know what we goin' through

I'ma have to show niggas how easily we blow niggas

Lemme find out there's some more niggas that's runnin' with your niggas

Nothin' we can't handle, break it up and dismantle

Light it up like a candle just 'cause I can't stand you

Put my shit on tapes like you bustin' grapes

Think you holdin' weight then you haven't met the apes


[Chorus]

Stop, drop, shut 'em down, open up shop

Oh, no, that's how Ruff Ryders roll

Stop, drop, shut 'em down, open up shop

Oh, no, that's how Ruff Ryders roll


[Verse 2]

Is y'all niggas crazy? I'll bust you and be Swayze

Stop actin' like a baby, mind your business, lady

Nosy people get it too, when you see me spit at you

You know I'm tryin' to get rid of you, yeah I know, it's pitiful

That's how niggas get down, watch my niggas spit rounds

Make y'all niggas kiss ground just for talkin' shit, clown

Oh, you think it's funny? Then you don't know me, money

It's about to get ugly, fuck it, dawg, I'm hungry

I guess you know what that mean, come up off that green

Rob niggas on Ravine, don't make it a murder scene

Give a dog a bone, leave a dog alone

Let a dog roam and he'll find his way home

Home of the brave, my home is a cage

And, yo, I'm a slave 'til my home is the grave

I'ma pull capers, it's all about the papers

Bitches caught the vapors and now they wanna rape us


[Chorus]

Stop, drop, shut 'em down, open up shop

Oh, no, that's how Ruff Ryders roll

Stop, drop, shut 'em down, open up shop

Oh, no, that's how Ruff Ryders roll


[Verse 3]

Look what you done started, asked for it, you got it

Had it, shoulda shot it, now you're dearly departed

Get at me, dawg, did I rip shit? With this one here I flip shit

Niggas know when I kick shit it's gon' be some slick shit

What was that look for when I walked in the door?

Oh, you thought you was raw? Boom, not anymore

'Cause now you on the floor wishin' you never saw

Me walk through that door with that four-four

Now it's time for bed, two more to the head

Got the floor red, yeah, that nigga's dead

Another unsolved mystery, it's goin' down in history

Niggas ain't never did shit to me, bitch-ass niggas can't get to me

Gots to make a move, got a point to prove

Gotta make 'em groove, got 'em all like, "Ooh"

So 'til the next time you hear this nigga rhyme

Try to keep your mind on gettin' pussy and crime


[Chorus]

Stop, drop, shut 'em down, open up shop


[Outro]

Talk is cheap, motherfucker!