Respect Me Lyrics

[Intro]
You people are gonna respect me
If it kills you (It's loud, it's loud)
You people are gonna respect me
If it kills you (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, you people are gonna respect me
If it kills you
(People are gonna respect me
People are gonna respect me
Bet I make you respect me)
You people are gonna respect me
If it kills you (Bet I make you respect me)
Yo, look

[Verse 1]
Do it how they didn't wanna do it, now they really wanna try to do that, but I'm telling them no
I'm in a predicament where imitators wanna take my style and have bit of my flow
This copy-catting of my lyrics and my chatting better stop before the gunshots blow
Do you really want it? 'Cos I really wanna give it, if you do just let me know
And I show, arrogance and elegance
But no, tolerance for nonsense
I bring, violence, I'm a nuisance
Kill a MC, leave no evidence -I've got brains and intelligence
But no conscience, no innocence
We roll in the darkened silence
We're presidents in any residence, and I swing for your chin with no hesitance
I'm a captain, you'd better bring your regiments
And you're a failure, don't have no relevance
I'm a champion, winner and victor
Prick you're so not ready, so silly, so heading for the golden gates
No, really you monkeys are playin' with apes
Now guerilla warfare is the purpose I carry this stick for
Plus I've had enough of these little cheap comments from fake MC's, bad minders, and sket ladies
Talking about how it used to be? Well it's a brand new day so leave me be
I don't need you, so you don't need me, your opinion don't interest me
Don't like me? That's fine by me

'Cause from Holly Street to Hollywood, it's all good
From New York to York Hall, it's all cool

You're a fool if you think I'm gonna cease
Now honestly could there really be peace?
It don't seem that way, too tough
Stop with the games, I play too rough
You must be smoking too much puff, divert or be deceased

UK rapper stabbed in Napa, cause of gossip, cause of chatter
"He's still breathing, he's still a dapper"
Retaliate with gun clapper
Truthfully, I can't see very well
Don't flatter yourself, you're any girl
Them boys should've sent me to hell, now prepare for the beast
[Chorus]
You people are gonna respect me
I bet I make you respect me
You people are gonna respect me
I bet I make you respect me
You people are gonna respect me
I bet I make you respect me
You people are gonna respect me
I bet I make you respect me
You people are gonna respect me
I bet I make you respect me
You people are gonna respect me if it kills you
(Bet I make you respect me)
You people are gonna respect me if it kills you

[Verse 2]
(Ay, verse 2)
Endless speculation I'm facin'
Constant controversial relations to gun crime at Garage events, with so many claims and no evidence
Suggesting I'm the reason for the U.K. gun-clap season

I'm legal, may I stress, for the fool, for the sake of
Trident intelligence

Go ahead, check my files all day
Bit of criminal damage and TDA, might be a little bit of violent disorder but I ain't never been locked away
Got a few mates that have been convicted
Yeah, so what? It's the hand life dealt them
We weren't blessed with the system's TLC
Government should've tried to help them
(Look, I've) been a law breaker, ain't tryna hide it
As for the sentence, ain't tryna ride it
(I) stopped that so I could do this
I'm legit, you may as well kiss my A-S-S, P-L-E-A-S-E
I'm L-E-G-I-T, you ain't got nothing on me
But to the pricks who think I'm slackin', please dont ever be fooled, I'm packin'
This is a welcome and it's a warning, please don't ever just think I'm rapping
You know the score, I'm raw from day, still Dylan the villain from round the way
Feel free to quote anything I say, please don't ever just think I'm chattin'
[Chorus]
You people are gonna respect me
I bet I make you respect me
You people are gonna respect me
I bet I make you respect me
You people are gonna respect me
I bet I make you respect me
You people are gonna respect me
I bet I make you respect me
You people are gonna respect me
I bet I make you respect me
You people are gonna respect me if it kills you
(Bet I make you respect me)
You people are gonna respect me if it kills you

[Outro]
I know what your thinkin', he's gone too far now, innit
Fuck it, if I don't speak who's gonna speak for me?

Stand up for myself in this shit
So fuck you, unapologetic
Can't be, never have been, won't be a prick
Yeah, that's it

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Genius Annotation

On this song, Dizzee talks about the stabbing incident in Aiya Napa in 2003. Wiley would also address the incident with “Reasons” and “Helping People Out”.

The prevailing rumour is that Dizzee Rascal slapped/pinched So Solid member Lisa Maffia’s bum. So Solid members then rushed Dizzee and a fight ensued, which Dizzee won. The next day, So Solid returned and successfully stabbed Dizzee. Wiley said about the issue in 2016:

me and Dizzee went out one night [in Ayia Napa] and there was some fighting with another crew – I won’t say who, but basically everyone knows. Then the next day, I decided to carry it on – I didn’t pull out a knife. I was just fighting. Me and another guy went looking for them again. Dizzee just rode off, because in his head, he’s probably thinking: “What the fuck are you doing? That was last night! It’s just gonna carry on!” Well, after we started it up again, those guys came looking for us. But the person they found was Dizzee. The thing we done the next morning led them to go looking for us, but see him and stab him

Wiley in essence, is the reason Dizzee got stabbed, since he restarted the fight with So Solid the next day after the first brawl. Dizzee however said he doesn’t blame Wiley.

Dizzee Rascal said in an interview with Vlad TV that it wasn’t his personal fault he got stabbed, implying that he blamed someone else. He said that “someone” had pulled a knife, hadn’t used it, and then the next day the people they were fighting brought knives. Dizzee would admit it was his fault for getting off his bike instead of simply speeding away.

Megaman, the leader of So Solid, immediately after the incident said that he had no idea what happened and that So Solid and Roll Deep (Wiley’s and Dizzee’s crew) are on good terms. Lisa Maffia has also denied the rumours that she was involved. In Wiley’s tune “Gangsters” however, he says:

Mega and Dizzee, the beef weren’t small, some different (Gangsters)
Back to England and squash the beef, leave that on the island, dead that (Gangsters)

And in Wiley’s track “Reply To Dizzee”, he says:

You pinched Lisa Maffias bum, why? You didn’t even need to but you did

Both of these lyrics seem to imply they were both involved even though they denied it.

Q&A

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

What are all the songs in the Wiley-Dizzee beef?
Genius Answer

Initial Tracks:

  1. Wiley briefly mentions it in “Over”.
  2. Dizzee Rascal – Respect Me
  3. Wiley – Reasons
  4. Wiley – Helping People Out
  5. Dizzee Rascal – Hype Talk
  6. Dizzee Rascal also went on a Tim Westwood radio set and dissed Wiley. The exact date on when it happened isn’t clear, however it was likely sometime in 2003-4 rather than the stated date of 2007.
  7. Wiley – The Ayia Napa Saga / Dylans On A Hype Now – From a Tim Westwood radio show around the 2003/4 era (not 2007 as some say). It’s a response to Dizzee’s “Hype Talk” and the above Dizzee Tim Westwood freestyle.

2007 Onwards:

  1. Wiley – Letter 2 Dizzee
  2. Dizzee Rascal – Pussyole (Old Skool)
  3. Wiley – Reply To Dizzee
  4. Wiley – 2nd Dub 4 Dizzee
  5. Wiley – Stop Being Silly

2017 onwards:

  1. Dizzee Rascal – The Other Side
  2. Wiley – Dizzee Rascal Diss
  3. Wiley – Flip The Table
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September 6, 2004
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