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Fabolous

Started Something

Release date: 26th November 2015

From Summertime Shootout
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About This Track

Fabolous positions himself as a man wronged, his verse a catalogue of slights and betrayals that have pushed him past patience. The song's title announces its thesis: someone has crossed a line, and now there will be consequences. He moves through grievances with methodical precision, calling out phoniness, disloyalty, and the particular sting of friends turned enemies. The tone is less hot-headed than coldly certain; this is a man who has thought about what he will do. Daphne Larue's chorus frames the warning in family terms. To cross Fabolous is to cross The Family, a boundary drawn in blood and loyalty. The repetition of "niggas done started something" becomes both statement and threat, a reminder that actions have reactions. Fabolous's delivery matches this restraint, his bars sharp and specific rather than shouted, the rhyme schemes tight enough to cut. He moves between personal insult and larger principle, from a woman's infidelity to questions of authenticity and respect, all of it orbiting a single demand: know who you are dealing with.

"Started Something" is a track by Fabolous, from the album Summertime Shootout, released 26th November 2015. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Fabolous

Fabolous

Lyrics

Started Something

[Chorus: Daphne Larue]

Understand me, you fucking with The Family

You know who my man be

(Niggas done started something)

Ungrateful, I see what the hate do

Even though we made you

(Niggas done started something)

If you try to play me, you're crazy, crazy

(Niggas done started something)

If you try to play me, you're crazy, crazy

(Niggas done started something)

[Verse: Fabolous]

Yeah, you bit off more than you can chew

Ain't much more that I could do

Than go look for you niggas, I got a warrant for your crew

Y'all done got me started, put me in this position

Pushed my buttons, put the key in my ignition

Nigga once the engine running, I'm coming to injure something

Fuck me like I'm sex, promise revenge is coming

Sometimes, can't wait for karma to get 'em back

And momma said, "if they hit you, you better hit 'em back"

See, that's how I was raised, that's how I'm not phased

'Cause I'm worth too much nigga, that's how I appraise

I done cut off the frauds, disappeared enemies

I'm not a fan of phony vibes, and weird energy

Even a friend of me, started hating on a G

It seem petty, like Bruce spelling his Kaitlyn with a C

Man I see it all, if he tazed me it wouldn't shock me

Dog I heard it all, if you Jay-Z you couldn't rock me

Couldn't knock me, so they had to go another route

White sheets over you, for helping undercovers out

Like Thanksgiving day, slide through your mother house

We gon' pull them muffins out, blow a nigga stuffing out

Shorty you know nothing 'bout, finishing games

This the flow that blemish yo' name, diminish yo' fame

Boy your whole style is trash, your image is lame

I'll set yo' ass on fire, then extinguish yo' flame (woo!)

From start to finish, I finish then I start again

Ran into yo' broad again, I met her at the Party Inn

Fed her that Bacardi then, spread it like accordions

Then she made it clap for me, better than a audience

She say you keep calling, tryna get her into arguments

How you was cool, but now you sweat her like a cardigan

Once you get a real nigga, get rid of the fraudulent

I can handle that baby, tell me where he at baby

[Chorus: Daphne Larue]

Understand me, you fucking with The Family

You know who my man be

(Niggas done started something)

Ungrateful, I see what the hate do

Even though we made you

(Niggas done started something)

If you try to play me, you're crazy, crazy

(Niggas done started something)

If you try to play me, you're crazy, crazy

(Niggas done started something)

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Track details

From Summertime Shootout

2015
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Album
Summertime Shootout
Summertime Shootout
Fabolous
Release year
2015
  1. —Trapline Bling
  2. —Started Something
  3. —Summertime Sadness
  4. —Sorry Not Sorry
  5. —Trap Royalty
  6. —Real One
  7. —For the Summer
  8. —Motivation
  9. —Nu Gambino
  10. —Tell Ya Friends
  11. —Doin It Well
  12. —Vanilla
  13. —The Plug

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Writer
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