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G-Unit

G'd Up

Release date: 14th November 2003

From Beg for Mercy
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About This Track

'G'd Up' documents the emotional toll of street life with unflinching directness. 50 Cent's chorus returns to a single refrain: the hood has frozen his feelings, hardened his heart, and locked him into a posture of constant readiness. The verses catalogue the machinery of that world, drugs, violence, territorial disputes, the casual brutality of survival, without apology or distance. Lloyd Banks enters to assert dominance, his verse a warning to rivals and a claim on the group's hierarchy. The track sits within the album's broader formula of gangsta narratives set to production that favours clarity and catchiness over elaboration. What emerges is less a celebration than a diagnosis: a song about how repeated exposure to violence and loss calcifies a person, turning fear into numbness and numbness into a kind of armour.

"G'd Up" is a track by G-Unit, from the album Beg for Mercy, released 14th November 2003. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

G'd Up

[Intro: 50 Cent]

Ah, yeah...

Uh huh...

[Chorus: 50 Cent]

Ain't it amazing how crazy the hood done made me

Feels like my emotions are froze

(I stay G'd up)

It's the things I done seen and the shit I been through

That made my heart turn cold

(I stay G'd up)

I'm a gangsta you find out fo sho if you ever step on my toes

(I stay G'd up)

When I'm hanging out that window with that AK filling your punk ass with holes

(I stay G'd up)

[Verse 1: 50 Cent]

Cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, marijuana

I'm mule on that Greyhound from NY to the Carolina

Paper chase, different name, same face, don't catch a case

My road dog's on parole, his baby girl's four years old

We play the block, pistol cocked, you could shoot or get shot

Kill you for your crack spot take everything your ass got

Semi-automatic spray, bust back or run away

Niggas talkin in the hood we'll handle this another day

In November you make my shitlist, you dead; you can cancel Christmas

I'll send you a gift, niggas'll come and leave your ass twisted

Them hollow tip shells burn baby burn

See a nigga get merked, a baby's born, man the world turns

I seen it all crystal clear so I keep my pistol near

Heart's never full of fear, homie I stay well aware

Of what's going on around me, motherfuckers want me dead

I go with a smile on my face when it's my time kid

[Chorus: 50 Cent]

Ain't it amazing how crazy the hood done made me

Feels like my emotions are froze

(I stay G'd up)

It's the things I done seen and the shit I been through

That made my heart turn cold

(I stay G'd up)

I'm a gangsta you find out fo sho if you ever step on my toes

(I stay G'd up)

When I'm hanging out that window with that AK filling your punk ass with holes

(I stay G'd up)

[Verse 2: Lloyd Banks]

Lil niggas I done paved the way, y'all should thank him

But if you think otherwise, bring your boy over here so I can spank him

I put an end to your career, bitch! (Bitch!)

Before you speak on 50; buy a .40 and a spare clip (Yeah!)

These niggas gassed up, getting to used (Uh huh) to rap

Like I won't give 'em more bloodclots than Supercat

Niggas'll snatch ya (Snatch ya)

I'm like a back catcher (Nigga)

I'll give a sign and then throw something at ya

Round here niggas die off hydro (Uh huh)

And even when it ain't 4th of July it sound like pyro (Boom!)

I'm smart enough to creep and lay your dumb brains down

The pound'll spin you around like the young James Brown, yeah (Uh)

I know I'm hot but hey (Hey)

I'm icy too rocks'll hit you from a block away like a beat from Dr. Dre

We're taking over this year, K's and the soldiers is here

Everyone knows that your scared, yeah!

[Chorus: 50 Cent]

Ain't it amazing how crazy the hood done made me

Feels like my emotions are froze

(I stay G'd up)

It's the things I done seen and the shit I been through

That made my heart turn cold

(I stay G'd up)

I'm a gangsta you find out fo sho if you ever step on my toes

(I stay G'd up)

When I'm hanging out that window with that AK filling your punk ass with holes

(I stay G'd up)

[Verse 3: Young Buck]

My papa never bothered to show me what it was to be a man

He'd just pop another bottle and smoke up a half a gram

I would hop in my Impala and ride all through the night

They gave my homeboy life so when you do it, do it right

My fingernails still filled with cocaine residue

I still got the heart to go and bust me a head or two

No other solution you think we hollering and hooting

Until you wake up and then you got to hear 'bout these shootings

I take a pull from a loosey and put the clip in my pocket

Before I take another bullet I'm gon' pull it and pop it

And if it's beef my nigga, then let your guns do your talking

The graveyard has got plenty room for a coffin

They say that we responsible for boosting the crime rate

They say that we the reason that these young niggas buying weight

But I'm gonna keep this Glock on my waist 'til my dying day

It's Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang, G-Unit and Dr. Dre

[Chorus: 50 Cent]

Ain't it amazing how crazy the hood done made me

Feels like my emotions are froze

(I stay G'd up)

It's the things I done seen and the shit I been through

That made my heart turn cold

(I stay G'd up)

I'm a gangsta you find out fo sho if you ever step on my toes

(I stay G'd up)

When I'm hanging out that window with that AK filling your punk ass with holes

(I stay G'd up)

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Track details

From Beg for Mercy

2003
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Album
Beg for Mercy
Beg for Mercy
G-Unit
Release year
2003
  1. —Footprints
  2. —G'd Up
  3. —Gangsta Shit
  4. —Groupie Love
  5. —G-Unit
  6. —I Smell Pussy
  7. —Lay You Down
  8. —My Buddy
  9. —Poppin' Them Thangs
  10. —Betta Ask Somebody
  11. —You
  12. —Salute U
  13. —Smile
  14. —Baby U Got
  15. —Beg For Mercy
  16. —Eye For Eye
  17. —I'm So Hood
  18. —Poppin' Them Thangs
    4:01
  19. —Smile
    3:38

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Lloyd Banks, Mike Elizondo, Scott Storch, Young Buck
Producer
Dr. Dre
Guitar
Mike Elizondo
Keyboards
Scott Storch
Vocals
50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck
Assistant Recording Engineer
Jason Merrit, Jose Borges, Tom Sweeney
Mixing Engineer
Dr. Dre
Production Coordinator (Management)
Larry Chatman
Recording Engineer
Adam Hawkins, Mauricio Iragorri, Steve “Steve B” Baughman
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