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Wanksta by 50 Cent

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50 Cent

Wanksta

Release date: 2002

3:39
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About This Track

Released in November 2002 as the third single from the '8 Mile' soundtrack, 'Wanksta' became one of 50 Cent's breakthrough tracks, reaching number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Produced by Sha Money XL and John 'J-Praize' Freeman, the song arrived ahead of his debut album 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'' and helped establish the confrontational persona that would define his early work.

The track is built around a simple accusation: the difference between genuine street credibility and empty posturing. 50 Cent coined the portmanteau to describe what he calls 'a gangster that doesn't progress', and the chorus hammers the distinction home with repetitive force. Across three verses, he contrasts his own criminal history (parole since 1994, he notes) with targets who talk but never act, who visit dealerships but never buy, who hustle but accumulate nothing.

The production is spare and menacing, leaving space for 50's delivery to carry the threat. Lines about running up with a nine and making people 'press rewind' sit alongside more mundane boasts about women and money, the whole thing underpinned by a casual violence that reads as matter-of-fact rather than theatrical. It's a calling card, and it worked.

"Wanksta" is a single by 50 Cent, released 2002. The track is 3:39 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about 50 Cent.

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50 Cent

50 Cent

Lyrics

Wanksta

Woo! Yeah
It's 50, A.K.A. Ferrari F-50
Break it down
I got a lot of livin' to do before I die
And I ain't got time to waste
Let's make it

You say you a gangsta, but you never pop nothin'
You say you a wanksta, and you need to stop frontin'

You ain't a friend of mine (yeah), you ain't no kin of mine (c'mon)
What makes you think that I won't run up on you with a 9? (uh-huh)
We do this all the time (wut?), right now we on the grind (yeah)
So hurry up and cop n' go, we selling nicks n' dimes (huh?)
Shorty she so fine, I gotta make her mine
An ass like that gotta be one of a kind (woo)

I crush 'em every time, punch 'em with every line
I'm fuckin' with they mind, I make 'em press rewind
They know they can't shine if I'm around to rhyme
Been on parole since '94 'cause I commit the crime
I send you my line, I did it three-to-nine
If D's ran up in my crib, you know who droppin' dimes

You say you a gangsta, but you never pop nothin'
We say you a wanksta, and you need to stop frontin'
You go to the dealership, but you never cop nothin'
You been hustlin' in a long time and you ain't got nothin'

You say you a gangsta, but you never pop nothin'
We say you a wanksta, and you need to stop frontin'
You go to the dealership, but you never cop nothin'
You been hustlin' in a long time and you ain't got nothin'

Damn, homie
In high school you was the man, homie
The fuck happened to you?
I got the sickest vendetta, when it come to the cheddar (uh-huh)
If you play with my paper, you gotta meet my Beretta
Now shorty think I'ma sweat her (uh-huh), sippin' on Amaretto (yeah)
I might hit once, then dead her, I know I can do better

She look good, but I know she after my cheddar
She tryin' to get in my pockets, homie, and I ain't gon' let her
Be easy, start some shit, you get your whole crew wet
We in the club doin' the same old two step
Gorilla Unit 'cause they say we bugged out
'Cause we don't go nowhere without toast, we thugged out

You say you a gangsta, but you never pop nothin'
We say you a wanksta, and you need to stop frontin'
You go to the dealership, but you never cop nothin'
You been hustlin' in a long time and you ain't got nothin'

You say you a gangsta, but you neva pop nothin'
We say you a wanksta and you need to stop frontin'
You go to the dealership, but you never cop nothin'
You been hustlin' a long time and you ain't got nothin'

Me I'm no mobster, me I'm no gangsta
Me I'm no hitman, me I'm just me, me
Me I'm no wanksta, me I'm no actor
But it's me you see on your TV
'Cause I hustle baby, this rap shit is so easy

I'm gettin' what you get for a brick to talk greasy
By any means, partner, I got to eat on these streets
If you play me close for sure I'm pop my heat
Niggas sayin' they goin' murk 50, how?
We ridin' round with guns the size of Lil' Bow Wow
What you know about AK's and AR-15's
Equipped with night vision, shell catchers and inf-beams, huh?

You say you a gangsta, but you never pop nothin'
We say you a wanksta, and you need to stop frontin'
You go to the dealership, but you never cop nothin'
You been hustlin' in a long time and you ain't got nothin'

You say you a gangsta, but you never pop nothin'
We say you a wanksta, and you need to stop frontin'
You go to the dealership, but you never cop nothin'
You been hustlin' in a long time and you ain't got nothin'

A-ha!
Damn homie

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Wanksta

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    50 Cent, J-Praize
    Producer
    J-Praize, Sha Money XL
    Mastering Engineer
    Brian Gardner
    Mixing Engineer
    Dr. Dre
    Video Director
    Jessy Terrero
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