War With God
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"War with God" is a song on the album Release Therapy by rapper Ludacris. Released in July 2006, the song saw Ludacris return to music after some time off to concentrate on his acting career.[citation needed]
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In the track, Ludacris goes on the offensive against an unknown rapper who has sold drugs, and makes repeated references to firing guns in his songs, isn't as rich as Ludacris himself and likes to give himself titles — all very well known characteristics and facts directly relating to T.I.. Ludacris recently stated that the song was deeper than just a diss, and the song is more about him than anyone else, it's showing that he isn't just the 'cartoon entertainer' type rapper that he has always been portrayed as, when asked about who specific rhymes were aimed at he said "The guilty will speak". It is also believed[weasel words] that War With God is a subliminal diss to rapper Lil' Wayne.[citation needed]
I give a damn about your hootin' and hollerin', it ain't botherin' me / I hear you talkin', but you ain't made it to three / You know where I live but you ain't made it to me, you ain't made nigga! / I'm havin' a house party 'kid', come get 'played' nigga / You got played, my record label never jerked me[Quotation needed from source]
It is believed[weasel words] that he's referencing the song "The Mobb" by Lil' Wayne. He also mentions Tha Carter III and the label disputes that he and other former Cash Money Records artists had involving royalty money. He also mentions that his resume isn't limited to mixtapes.
Later, in SOHH.com's Pre VMA Interview, Ludacris responded to an interview question, "Man we heard, 'War With God' and when we heard it, [they said that you said] it was about you". Ludacris replied, "Man, somebody misquoted me talking about...they misquoted me saying it was about me. What I was telling them was that I devote a lot of information about myself, and I think they're taking that in. I'm not battling myself on the record, that's ridiculous. What happens is you got a lot of people taking subliminal shots, but nobody ever says my name. I'm not for sure, so that record is like my way of taking subliminal shots right back. Don't get it misquoted, don't get it messed up. That's basically what it is man. It's like, you know, like I said I do devote a lot of information about myself on there. I started to wreck it up by saying I'm the best, and there's nothing you could do about it. [They say] I've never done this I've never done that, so you know when you look into it, it's a lot more records where it comes from on the album, September 26, Release Therapy, where it's the most personal album I've done. It's nothing but honesty so you can criticize it all you want to but at the end of the day you got to respect it cause I'm coming straight from the heart. [I'm] just telling the truth, [and] that's all you gotta know."[Quotation needed from source]
