What These Bitches Want Lyrics

[Intro: DMX, Nokio the N-Tity & SisQó]
Uh (DMX, SisQó), yeah
What these bitches want from a nigga?
Check it out, know what I'm sayin'?
What these bitches want from a nigga?
Ooh (Ruff Ryders), DMX, break 'em off
What these bitches want from a nigga?
Break 'em off somethin' (Oh yeah, and by the way, it's the N-Tity)

[Verse 1: DMX & SisQó]
Ayo, dawg, I meet bitches, discreet bitches
Street bitches slash Cocoa Puff-sweet bitches (What?)
Make you wanna eat bitches, but not me
Y'all niggas eat off the plate all you want, but not D (Uh)
I fucks with these hoes from a distance
The instant they start to catch feelings, I start to stealin' they shit
Then I'm out just like a thief in the night, I sink my teeth in to bite
You thinkin' life, I'm thinkin more like, "What's up tonight?"
Come on, ma, you know I got a wife
And even though that pussy tight, I'm not gon' jeopardize my life (Aight?)
So what is it you want from a nigga? (What?)
I gave you, you gave me (Bitch) I blazed you, you blazed me (Come on)
Nothin' more, nothin' less
But you at my door willing to confess that it's the best you ever tested (Aight)
Better than all the rest, I'm like, "Aight, girlfriend, hold up
I gave you what you gave me, boo, a nut" (Tell me)
[Chorus: DMX & SisQó]
What these bitches want from a nigga?
What you want? (What you want?)
What these bitches want from a nigga?
Really want
What these bitches want from a nigga? (Yeah)
Baby, I keep you up on it (Yeah)
Bling-blingin', all that jewelry, girl, I bought it
What these bitches want from a nigga? (Ayo)
Tell me what you want from me
Baby, tell me what you want from me
(So what you want?)

[Verse 2: DMX & SisQó]
There was Brenda, Latisha (Uh), Linda, Felicia (Okay)
Dawn, LeShaun, Ines and Alicia (Ooh)
Teresa, Monica, Sharon, Nicki (Uh-huh)
Lisa, Veronica, Karen, Vicky (Damn)
Cookie, well, I met her in a ice cream parlor (Right)
Tonya, Diane, Lori, and Carla (Okay)
Marina (Uh), Selena (Uh), Katrina (Uh), Sabrina (Uh)
About three Kims (What?), LaToya and Tina (Woo)
Shelley, Bridget, Cathy, Rasheeda (Uh-huh)
Kelly, Nicole, Angel, Juanita (Damn)
Stacy, Tracie, Rohna and Ronda (What?)
Donna, Yolanda (What?), Tawana, and Wanda (What?)
Were all treated fairly, but yet and still
Bitches is on some other shit now that I'm fuckin' with Dru Hill (Come on)
But I'ma keep it real (What?), what the fuck you want from a nigga?
What the fuck you want from a nigga? (Yeah)
[Chorus: DMX & SisQó]
What these bitches want from a nigga?
What you want? (Tell me what you want from me)
What these bitches want from a nigga?
Really want
What these bitches want from a nigga? (Yeah)
'Cause I'm keepin' you up on it
Bling-blingin', all that jewelry, girl, I bought it
What these bitches want from a nigga? (Ayo)
Tell me what you want from me
Baby, tell me what you want, oh
(What you want)

[Verse 3: DMX & SisQó]
I think about when a nigga didn't have (Yeah)
And a nigga told a joke and the bitches didn't laugh (Yeah)
See, now I do the math, I see if you got this (Uh-huh)
And this and this, to some cats, that nigga's the shit (Aight)
And that's all they fuckin' with, but see, these bitches don't know (Uh)
If these bitches ain't for real (Uh-huh), these bitches don't go (Uh)
Knock on the door, no show, I'm 'sleep, tryin' to creep
With your best friend, put it in, dig deep (Ayy, X, let me talk to 'em for a minute, aight)

[Bridge: SisQó & DMX]
Oh, I know, I know it's so hard to be (What these bitches want from a nigga?)
A victim of my reality (What these bitches want from a nigga?)
Heard you callin' me names, said I was trife (What these bitches want from a nigga?)
One thing you gotta know, I'ma be a nigga for life, yeah-yeah
[Chorus: DMX & SisQó]
What these bitches want from a nigga?
What you want? (Oh)
What these bitches want from a nigga?
Really want
What these bitches want from a nigga?
Baby, I keep you up on it
Bling-blingin', all that jewelry, girl, I bought it
What these bitches want from a nigga? (Ayo)
What you want from me?
Baby, tell me what you want from me
(So what you want?)
What these bitches want from a nigga? (Oh)
What you want? (Oh)
What these bitches want from a nigga?
Really want (Oh no)
What these bitches want from a nigga? (Yes you do, yes you do)
Baby, I keep you up on it (What you want from me)
Bling-blingin', all that jewelry, girl, I bought it
What these bitches want from a nigga? (Ayo)
What you want from me?
Baby, tell me what you want from me
(So what you want?)

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Genius Annotation

Released as the third single from …And Then There Was X, “What These Bitches Want” features R&B singer Sisqo. At the time of the song’s release, DMX was coming off of two number one albums, It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot and Flesh Of My Blood, Blood Of My Blood. Sisqo had recently released “Thong Song” which went on to become one of the biggest and most memorable songs of the year. The single art for “What These Bitches Want” features a picture of DMX with the lines, “The Biggest in Rap meets The Biggest in R&B.”

In the song, DMX raps about the various women in his life—the second verse is almost entirely dedicated to listing the names of women he has been involved with, matched with those classic DMX “what” shouts in the background.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

How many female names did DMX list in the second verse?
Genius Answer

Exactly 46 names!

Has the song received any certifications?
Genius Answer

Yes, the song was certified gold by the RIAA on May 25, 2021.

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The Hit Factory in Miami, Florida
Release Date
June 13, 2000
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