Eating beef sometimes -- I try to cut back on that shit

from Common – Resurrection Lyrics 1 on Rap Genius

Meaning

Common would later give up on beef entirely. See his PETA commercial here

Also, by “eating beef” he’s taking the high road and ignoring the haters that aren’t worth his time, so he’s cutting back on beefing

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