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Quiet

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Sep. 27, 20051 viewer12.7K views

Quiet Lyrics

[Chorus: The Game]
When the sun goes down and them guns come out
Them niggas that was talkin', they won't run they mouth
When them shells start poppin', bodies start droppin'
(It's so quiet you can hear a rat pissin' on cotton)
When the sun goes down and them guns come out
Them niggas that was talkin', they won't run they mouth
When them shells start poppin', bodies start droppin'
(It's so quiet you can hear a rat pissin' on cotton)

[Verse 1: Lil' Kim]
Do you see what I see, can you hear what I hear?
All these studio gangsters, year after year
With these gimmicks, I can't take it
They ain't real, so they fakin' it
How did they make it in this game for so long?
I know what's right from what's wrong, I know what's soft from what's hard
I know a federal case from a publicity charge

Man I fought tooth and nail to keep them punks out of jail
But hoes wanna go to court for not payin' for their nails
Who you tryin' to be? Man, it couldn't be me
My man spent guap and bought me my Continental T
You spent your advance on your Continental T
I know you sick when you clean your rims
You still see a Bee
And we see you a liar, tryna deny her
Jackie O. proved you far from a fighter
Comin' at me, bitch, you playin' with fire
I ain't gon' come back at you, I'm comin' at your ghostwriters
[Chorus: The Game]
When the sun goes down and them guns come out
Them niggas that was talkin', they won't run they mouth
When them shells start poppin', bodies start droppin'
(It's so quiet you can hear a rat pissin' on cotton)
When the sun goes down and them guns come out
Them niggas that was talkin', they won't run they mouth
When them shells start poppin', bodies start droppin'
(It's so quiet you can hear a rat pissin' on cotton)

[Verse 2: Lil' Kim]
I hear 'em talkin' like they gangster material
But I don't see it, man, their gangster's invisible
That hot iron's what them gangsters put into you
'Til you laid up and your gangster's on critical
Shots get into you, bleedin' like my menstrual
And if I don't like you then I won't pretend to
It's the ones that befriend you that turn up against you
In the court of law and drop a dime like Sprint do

Supposed to be tough, huh? 'Til them boys touch ya
Chump motherfuckers start confessin' like Usher
I cut you off 'cause I knew I couldn't trust ya
Lame-ass busters, backwards-ass hustlers
You fake phony, you always was lil' homey
Big lil' son baby boy like Jody
I put you under my wing, bought you your first Rollie
Nigga, I helped raised you, why would I play you?
[Chorus: The Game]
When the sun goes down and them guns come out
Them niggas that was talkin', they won't run they mouth
When them shells start poppin', bodies start droppin'
(It's so quiet you can hear a rat pissin' on cotton)
When the sun goes down and them guns come out
Them niggas that was talkin', they won't run they mouth
When them shells start poppin', bodies start droppin'
(It's so quiet you can hear a rat pissin' on cotton)

[Verse 3: Lil' Kim]
You see it always be them ones talkin' this and that
How they knife game ill and they gun go clap
Them niggas rats, they run and they trap
'Til they run in a trap, and there's no comin' back
It be the same ones talkin' 'bout the guns they sparkin'
The dogs never bite but do a whole lotta barkin'
A whole lotta growlin' 'til the wolves start howlin'
They pitbull shit, man, them niggas straight cowards
Got 'em scared to death, pissin' in they trousers
Always was a bitch, that's why I sent his ass flowers
Thanks to the queen, he can share 'em with his team
You can run top speed, but you can't dodge the beam
Got a clean 16 and my spit game mean
Don't be fooled and deceived, everythin' ain't what it seems
You act like you don't know what side of town is realer
Niggas softer than chinchillas, but on wax, they killers
[Chorus: The Game]
When the sun goes down and them guns come out
Them niggas that was talkin', they won't run they mouth
When them shells start poppin', bodies start droppin'
(It's so quiet you can hear a rat pissin' on cotton)

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Here the Queen Bitch of Hip Hop takes the title ‘bitch’ literally, as she barks back at the haters, and rightfully so. By the time of release of The Naked Truth, it had been two years since Lil Kim left the music scene temporarily to focus on Fashion, Hollywood, and her crippling legal issues. All the while, other artists had been attacking Kim, and coming for her crown, and we all know Queen Bee ain’t letting that go down.

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September 27, 2005
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