Niggas sayin' they gon' murk 50, how?
We ridin' 'round with guns the size of Lil Bow Wow 50 Cent – Wanksta
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How are you going to rob or kill someone when they stay strapped with guns the size of teenage children?
Considering Bow Wow was still Lil' at the time of this recording, this isn’t as ridiculous as it could be. Still, damn, those are big guns!
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A red bandana is used to represent the blood gang, and Game’s got one tied around his rearview mirror so everyone knows what he represents. This whole verse is setting up the picture of how he’s riding, so that we know how much trouble he could be in in the next verse when he runs out of gas in a crip neighborhood, Snoop’s Long Beach City.
Man, I'm done saying that I'm done playing
I'ma start laying into these motherfucking cocksuckers 50 Cent (Ft. Eminem & Lloyd Banks) – Don't Push Me
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Eminem had to fight to become a successful artist in a predominantly black music genre. But now that he’s successful, he’s going to start showing the world Marshall Mathers instead of his joker alter-ego that first made him famous, Slim Shady.
Em’s also recognizing that at this point it’s almost a cliche for rappers to say they’re done playing. Instead, Slim is just going to kill everyone who doubts him with his flow and rhymes.
Em had a pretty long period when the thought of quitting the rap game would be in his brain. See ‘Say Goodbye To Hollywood’ from 2002:
If I could swallow a bottle of Tylenol I would
And end it for good, just say goodbye to Hollywood
I probably should, these problems are piling all at once
Cause everything that bothers me, I got it bottled up
I think I’m bottoming out, but I’m not about to give up
A whole 'nother side I wanted to not show you (C'mon)
So you know you're not dealing with some fucking marshmallow
Little soft yellow, punk pussy, whose heart's Jell-O 'cause 50 Cent (Ft. Eminem & Lloyd Banks) – Don't Push Me
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Though he would have preferred to remain civil Eminem feels compelled to reveal his true nature and masculinity
Additionally, the use of the term marshmallow could be a play on Eminem’s first name, Marshall. Also, marshmallows are a white candy, perhaps referring to Em’s somewhat unusual status as a white rapper.
Bottom line, you’re not dealing with a mellow jello heart.
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When are the angels coming to take him away to heaven? Banks has been through a lot of shady situations, and it’s not unreasonable to think that he might not have much time left on this earth.
Smoking that bong 'cause I need it 50 Cent (Ft. Eminem & Lloyd Banks) – Don't Push Me
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Since Banks' father was in jail, his mother was responsible for raising him and his two siblings. That’s always hard on a person, and watching his mom cry made Lloyd Banks into the man he is today – always strapped and high, with the hope that he’ll be able to forget about all the shit he’s been through.
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50 has done his homework here so make sure you do yours.
These lyrics reference tv/movies, there are extremely thick metaphors, and an original take on the extensively explored topic of heroin addiction in Baltimore.
Baltimore love is heroin addiction – so entwined is the port city of B-More with the big H. In this song, 50 writes from the point of view of the drug, writing to all of it’s users.
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Heroin gives the user such a good feeling that you’ll always want it and chase that original high that you’ll never be able to achieve again.
Addicts also refer to it as chasin' the dragon, though in some circles that phrase specifically means smoking heroin.
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