50 Cent - Many Men - A História por trás da letra | Entenda a tradução da música

And on May 24, 2000, 50 Cent was on the brink of death after being shot 9 times. Sometime later, he released a song that would reveal the dark fate of all those who tried to end his life. I'm Guilherme, and today I'm going to reveal the story behind the song “Many Men”, and the analysis of the lyrics here on the DecifraHITS channel.

To understand the lyrics of “Many Men”, we need to understand what scenario 50 Cent emerged from and what led to him being shot. Curtis James Jackson III — born June 6, 1975 in South Jamaica Queens, New York; had a troubled childhood. His mother Sabrina, his sole guardian, had him at age 15 and was a c*caine dealer.

When Curtis was 8 years old, his mother was drugged and gassed to death. Curtis went to live with his grandparents. At 12, he started selling cr*ck and c*caine, and was arrested after being caught armed at school.

From then on, he called himself “50 Cent”, after a Brooklyn burglar of the same code name, who would steal anything, even if it was 50 cents. At the same time, and in the same neighborhood of South Jamaica Queens, who owned the drug tr*ffic was the gang The Supreme Team, ran by the drug dealer Kenneth McGriff, known as Supreme, or just 'Preme; and his nephew Gerald Miller, a. k.

a Prince. The gang was renowned for a life of ostentation, and for cruel and bloody m*rders; and was often represented on television and in film; as in 50 Cent's own 2005 film "Get Rich Or Die Tryin", in which Preme is portrayed by the character Majestic. Growing up with drug dealers as a reference, 50 Cent extolled and was inspired by Supreme but that inspiration almost ended his life.

In early 2000, 50 Cent released the song “Ghetto Quran” (The Quran of the Ghetto), which paid tribute to local drug dealers, and even gave details about the Supreme gang's way of acting and its composition. The song was not well received by Supreme, who ended up feeling exposed and considered 50 Cent a snitch. From there, 50 Cent was blacklisted by Supreme.

And on May 24, 2000, 50 Cent was on the brink of death after being shot 9 times. of all those who tried to end his life. Now let's breakdown the lyrics of the song "Many Men", and see how it relates to this whole scenario.

Bro and these guys paying for my head? Go and get your money back, I didn't die After the release of Ghetto Quran, Supreme reportedly offered money to a marksman to end 50's life; Who survived the attack And mocked by telling 'Preme to get the money back, because the job was not concluded. When I rap, something special happens I'm the best, like Ali in his prime 50 Cent was always a big boxing fan.

He started boxing at age 11 and even competed in Junior Olympics. Like any boxer of the time, his biggest idol was the famous Muhammed Ali known as "The Greatest"; who racked up 56 wins in 61 fights in the 1960's. I walk around with packages, I was caught by surprise.

Block is slang for “neighborhood” as is “Hood” or “The Projects. ” According to the Urban Dictionary website, “Bundle” specifically refers to an amount of heroin. The expression "Knocked on the humble" means something like "knocked down while in humility" that is, knocked down unfairly, as he showed no risk.

Probably a reference to the attack that 50 suffered, in which he was taken by surprise. I swing the switchblade in the fight, show you what my weapon is capable of . In other words, 50 is saying he uses any artifice in a fight.

“your ass” is just another, more aggressive way of saying “you”. Are you stressed? Go ahead, you'll lose your head Turn your back on me, you'll be knocked down and you'll lose your legs I walk around with an arm* around my waist and a short fuse.

Until I'm not done with you, the fight won't be over The expression “chip on the shoulder” means to be ready to fight, or always angry. The expression originates from a 19th century game, in which someone would put a splinter of wood (wood chip) on their shoulder and challenged others to knock it down. The intention was to fight anyone who tried to.

Beef is also slang for "fight". This one goes to my n*ggas in the hood, rolling weed with tobacco And to my n*ggas in jail, spending their lives behind bars Despite selling drugs from an early age, 50 Cent revealed in his book, Formula 50: "I don't drink and I don't do drugs, and I ever did. " "I put these things on my 1st album because I saw artists selling 500k with this content.

" I don't say "Only God can judge me" because I see things clearly These white people can give me 100 years in jail Cracker is pejorative slang for white people. It probably comes from the sound produced by the whip cracking, in reference to the times of slavery. I'm like Paulie in Goodfellas, you can call me The Don Paul Cicero, a.

k. a. Paulie, was a gangster boss in the 1990 movie Goodfellas.

Don is what the Italian mafia bosses call themselves. I'm like Malcolm, by any means with my gun in my hand In this part, 50 references Malcolm X, an American activist who fought for black rights in the 50's and 60's. Slim betrayed me, let some guys attack me I thought we were cool, why did you want me to die, bro?

Opposite to what you might think, "Slim" is not about Eminem, who has always been 50 Cent's friend. It refers to Charles Williams, known as "Chaz" or also as "Slim". Slim was an "OG", which stands for "Original Gangsta".

He was well respected in Queens, and had been protecting 50 Cent and promoting his career. In '99, when 50 Cent released several songs dissing Ja Rule and members of Murder Inc, he had Slim protecting him. But Slim was also connected to Supreme.

50 claimed that Slim knew of Supreme's plan, but abandoned him, leaving him to die Every night I talk to God but he doesn't answer me I know he protects me but I don't put down my gun Gat is slang for gun. This slang originates from the machine gun called Gatling Gun, created by Richard Gatling, during the American civil war of 1860. In my nightmares, guys point Tec's at me Tec is slang for TEC-9, from Intratec, a semiautomatic submachine gun, the same used to try to ass*ssinate 50 Cent, and heavily used by gangs across the United States.

The police didn't find out much when Pac was shot I got a message from jail telling me they got Tut 50 Cent is referring to the first time 2Pac was shot at Quad Studios in New York. The main suspect in the attack on Pac was Walter Johnson, known as King Tut. The FBI questioned Tut about his involvement in the shooting, but could not get enough evidence, and they closed the investigation.

Some time later, Tut ended up in prison for other reasons, and 50 Cent brags that he received this information from inside the jail, through a kite (a form of communication by the inmates), which shows that he has access to more reliable information. and faster than the FBI. The bible says, whatever a man sows, he will also reap Hommo shot me, 3 weeks later he was shot dead Now it's clear why I'm still here Because he got hit just like me but he stopped breathing This is certainly the most important and emblematic part of the song.

Hommo, which 50 refers to, was the nickname of Darryl Baum, a criminal from Brooklyn. Hommo and his partner in crime, Mike Tyson, committed several robberies in their youth. Mike quit crime and started his promising boxing career, but he maintained his friendship with Hommo, who even worked as Mike Tyson's private security guard.

Hommo, in turn, pursued a life of crime, until allegedly being hired by Supreme to put an end to 50 cent's life, and 3 weeks after shooting 50, Hommo was shot in the back of the head. However, as incredible as it may seem, Hommo's murder had nothing to do with the attack against 50 Cent's. Hommo was killed by a violent New York gang, the Cash Money Brothers, after trying to extort a member of that gang.

Police didn't have enough evidence that Supreme hired gunmen to have 50 Cent killed, and in 2002, Supreme ended up going on trial for other crimes. The song Many Men would not be released until the following year, 2003. 50 Cent knew that when his song was released, the police would investigate the song, and use it as evidence against Supreme in court.

If 50 Cent revealed at that time that Supreme or his subordinates had a major role on his shooting Supreme would surely face life in prison because of 50 cent, who would again be labeled a snitch. Therefore, 50 Cent would have decided to mention "Hommo", who was a criminal with no ties to Supreme, and who had already died, to mislead the police, and prove that he was not a snitch. Despite everything, Supreme ended up being arrested for good in 2007, and sentenced to life in prison for several other crimes he committed.

However, at his trial, the authorities had not given up on trying to prove Supreme's association with 50 Cent's assassination attempt, and offered a reduced sentence for members of Supreme's gang who came forward with information about the assassination attempt on 50 Cent. Cent. John Ragin, one of Supreme's former gang members, accepted the authorities' proposal.

Indifferent to the presence of the press and the public, John Ragin began to give his testimony about the incident Ragin explained that 'Preme met 50 Cent face to face and warned him: stop talking about Ja Rule and Murder Inc, which was the record company. which Supreme was associated at the time. The prosecutor asked Ragin if he knew who actually shot 50 Cent, Ragin replied, "Yes, it was the Sun.

" In reference to Murder Inc's head of security: Robert “Sun” Lyons. Ragin, claimed that he was part of Sun's alibi, and that he met Supreme, Sun, and another gang member , in a shopping mall shortly after 50 cent's shooting Ragin also claimed to have seen Sun clean the gunpowder residue from his hands. , rubbing with alcohol.

However, this testimony alone was not considered sufficient evidence to confirm that Supreme hired gunmen to kill 50 cent And in defense of Supreme, the Murder Inc team said that the lyrics of Many Men spoke the truth that is, according to Murder Inc, who shot 50 Cent was actually Hommo. However, this has also never been proven by the authorities. What about you?

What do you think? Was it really Hommo who tried to kill 50 Cent? Or was it the Sun, ordered by Supreme?

The truth is: these two versions are the closest the police have been able to come to solving this case, to this date. Comment below which version you think makes the most sense. That's it folks!

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