Even though his voice rarely goes above casual speaking volume, when C-Murd… Read Full Bio ↴Even though his voice rarely goes above casual speaking volume, when C-Murder talks, he speaks volumes. Born Corey Miller and raised in New Orleans, a city known for both its good times and crimes, C-Murder adopted his provocative name seeing murders, amongst other ruthless activities. A product of the notorious Calliope Projects, C was able to escape being just another statistic by aligning with his entrepreneur brother Percy Miller, also known to the world as No Limit Record’s CEO and founder Master P. Throughout the mid to late 1990’s No Limit wreaked havoc on the music industry setting gold and platinum standards for almost every album they released. Before becoming one of the most popular solo artists on the label, C-Murder debuted as a member of TRU alongside his brothers P and Silkk The Shocker. The trio put themselves and their label on the national map with their 1995 album True which spurned the worldwide anthem “I’m Bout It, Bout It.” Following TRU’s groundbreaking 1997 album Tru 2 Da Game, C-Murder embarked on what would become a successful solo career. His first album, 1998’s Life Or Death proved to listeners that C was able to hold his own weight using a spectrum of influences ranging from Special Ed to Ice-T to 2Pac, showing that while he had a rough exterior to use in his favor, he had also had immense talent working for him too. His follow-ups, 1999’s Bossalinie, 2000’s Trapped In Crime and an appearance later that year on the 504 Boys’ smash “Wobble, Wobble” would only broaden his fanbase and cement his place in Southern Rap’s hierarchy. C-Murder would go on to follow his brother Master P’s entrepreneur footsteps by founding TRU Records and releasing two more albums 2001’s C-P-3.com and 2002’s Tru Dawgs—with controversy following each one. In 2001 C was indicted on an attempted murder charge for a shooting incident outside of a Baton Rouge nightclub. While out on bond, C-Murder was charged with second-degree murder over a shooting outside of another Louisiana nightclub. Facing two life-altering allegations simultaneously, C’s recording career came to a screeching halt. Sentenced to life for the latter charge, C decided to change his name to C-Miller. He went on to sign with Koch Records to put out some of his previously unreleased material but opted to go back to his original name by the time 2005’s Truest Shit I Ever Said hit shelves. “C-Murder is in my heart, I always knew in the back of my head what it was,” says C about his decision. “It’s never crossed my mind to change. Anyone who knows me knows I am who I am. I’ve been through a lot but I got heart with it too. To let the system take me down, I’ll be a failure.” Literally TRU to his word, the system did not take C-Murder down. Only serving a couple years of his life sentence, C’s second-degree murder conviction was overturned in favor of a retrial. Wasting no time C-Murder released his 2005 album in the form of The Tru Story: Continued with all new songs and offered fans an even bigger glimmer of hope and change with a guest appearance on Ludacris’ Release Therapy album on the song “Do Your Time” when he rapped alongside fellow ex-con emcees Beanie Sigel and Pimp C. Now, with that chapter of his life and even a novel, Death Around the Corner, behind him, C is looking forward to adding more pages to his storied career. The first entry is his TRU/Asylum Records debut Screamin’ 4 Vengeance. “This album is going to be very personal,” insists C. “Its gonna be an open book on my trials and tribulations. Current events, things I’ve been going through, letting the world get it raw.” He pauses to warn, “Everything ain’t gutter about the album though, because at the end of the day its got a message. It ain’t about go bang this and that, it’s just a raw album about life and what’s going on out here. At the end of the day, the end of the beat, you get the message that the streets ain’t what’s really popping.” Backed by a new team and a new attitude, Screamin’ 4 Vengeance is some of C-Murder’s best work to date. As a No Limit Soldier C often had to crank out music at an assembly line rate. But now that he’s calling his own shots and setting his own schedule, C is putting out a high-quality product of 5-star General caliber. “My lyrical content and subject matter on a another level,” says C in between mention in his new in-house production team, Deadly Soundz. “You can hear my confidence now, I can flow on any track now. Earlier in my career, it was easy to do two or three songs a day because I was saying the same things. But this time around its more universal, everything ain’t gonna be the same. I had time to really work on this album and perfect it.” The perfection can be heard in the diversity of songs on Screamin’ For Vengeance. Tracks like “My Set” produced by Baton Rouge underground legend C-Loc will remind hardcore C-Murder fans of what made them make each of his first three albums platinum. “Be Fresh” shows C in rare form actually appreciating the good things in life after a hard day’s work. “Mihita” reunites him with former label mate Mia X while “Gangstafied Lyrics” has C giving a sermon on street life. “I’m just trying to bring that 100% street element back to music,” says C. “You’re not gonna hear me talking about driving this whip with 22s or anything like that. You’re gonna hear real situations. This is my first studio album in a minute so I have to give it my all.” With Screamin’ 4 Vengeance being C-Murder’s first studio album in five years the veteran artist has more than enough to say and expose. With everything from rhymes to emotions being bottled up inside, the volatile contents finally get to explode out of the lyricist’s pen and into your ears. Sure to please both old and new fans alike, Screamin’ 4 Vengeance will reintroduce and reestablish C-Murder and his unique brand of music. “I’m the same C-Murder that you expected and saw on my first albums,” he urges. “It’s just C-Murder with open eyes that wants to give you a message and let you know the consequences of your choices.”

Like A Jungle
C-Murder Lyrics

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I'm here to let the world know I'm hard to the TRU
You can't conquer my soul
Bossalinie, a living legend
With physical evidence, the world, full of corruption

It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
how I keep from goin under (how I keep from goin under)
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder

how I keep from goin under (how I keep from goin under)

Random hits on the block, young homies packin glocks
Picture me a TRU villain, visualizin fools dyin quicker
Murder Murder's in the heart of every killer
Take a look into his eyes, it's evidence, of a homicide
Life gettin tooken faster than the egg leave the womb
Consider me endangered cause I know I'm dyin soon
Twenty-five years incarceration if I pull it
Bring the yellow tape, haters cain't overcome my bullets
Went to jail, tryin to get paid, still on a rampage
Jumped behind some bushes, dodgin cops, another close shave
I'm bumpin heads with the reaper
On a daily basis, can't sleep, with nightmares of dead faces
And watch the man in the mirror, I don't trust him
Check his weapon, it's a shame he got his boy blood on the muzzle
That's why I turn my head and leave him lonely, he phony
He got the whole hood waitin on the ceremony

It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
how I keep from goin under (how I keep from goin under)
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
how I keep from goin under (how I keep from goin under)

I take a deep breath as I blaze this green mixed with hash
and trippin how the Outlawz smoked Tupac ashes
My homie Bad A$$ laid it down, he told me,
"see, real figures, gon' always be around
Livin in the minds and the hearts of the lost souls"
And much love to them Thugged Out Outlawz
Backstage, choppin game with Sean Dogg and Snoop Dogg
and to my thugs in the grave, we miss y'all
I give a toast to you soldiers, you ain't die for nuttin
I read the Bible say, every death mean somethin
And TRU soldiers make the world go 'round
Picked up the black history book and can't seem, to put it down
Black leaders gettin struck down at they peak
Open your eyes that an unliberated life is weak
And throw em up if you a soldier, I told ya
we'll burn this place down, cause them holocaust days is over

It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
how I keep from goin under (how I keep from goin under)
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
how I keep from goin under (how I keep from goin under)

It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
how I keep from goin under (how I keep from goin under)
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
how I keep from goin under (how I keep from goin under)

Hmm, it's like a jungle out here baby (like a jungle out here)
From the streets to the top of the world (the world)
It's changin, and you got the eye on you, you don't even know
The eyes that's watchin yo' life, youknahmsayin, but uhh
we gotta maintain youknahmsayin evade all the problems
and danger brought on by accounts of struggle (struggle)
in society, a.k.a. the streets, a.k.a. our enemies (out enemies)
Black leaders (black leaders) keep doin what you doin (ya heard?)
P (P) keep doin what you doin (keep doin what you doin)
Know me -- I'ma keep bein the mouthpiece, for the hood
for the streets - cause I told ya, it's like a jungle baby
(straight up jungle) so keep it real (keep it real)

guard your grill (guard your grill) stay safe (stay safe, ya heard?)
(peace, it's like a jungle baby, it's like a jungle)

Overall Meaning

The song “Like A Jungle” by C-Murder is a reflection of the artist’s life and the people around him. He starts by asserting his toughness as a TRU bossalinie who cannot be conquered by anyone. However, he acknowledges the corrupt nature of the world and how it can be similar to a jungle that makes him wonder how he keeps from going under. He describes the streets as chaos with gangs and violence, young gangsters packing glocks, and real villains visualizing his opponents' death quickly. Murders are also common, and he acknowledges that life gets taken away faster than the egg leaves the womb. He considers himself a TRU soldier who is endangered and knows he is dying soon. He has a daily encounter with death and lives with the fear of dead faces every day.

He reflects on his life in prison and tries to maintain a positive attitude by reading the Bible and inspiring himself with stories of black leaders. He pays homage to his friends and fallen soldiers who did not die for nothing and acknowledges that every death has meaning. He encourages black leaders and activists to keep fighting for what they believe in and keep doing what they are doing. The song ends with him encouraging people to keep it real, guard their grill and stay safe as the world is like a jungle where only the strongest survive.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm here to let the world know I'm hard to the TRU
I am announcing to the world that I am inherently tough and resilient to TRU.

You can't conquer my soul
My soul cannot be overcome.

Bossalinie, a living legend
Bossalinie is a well-known celebrity.

With physical evidence, the world, full of corruption
Corruption is rampant in the world, and there is physical evidence of it everywhere.

It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
The world is similar to a jungle, and it prompts me to ponder.

how I keep from goin under (how I keep from goin under)
I am astonished at how I manage to keep myself afloat in this world.

Random hits on the block, young homies packin glocks
Unpredictable shootings occur nearby, and young men carry guns.

Picture me a TRU villain, visualizin fools dyin quicker
Imagine me as the bad guy, picturing people meeting their death swiftly.

Murder Murder's in the heart of every killer
Thoughts of killing pump in the heart of anyone who murders.

Take a look into his eyes, it's evidence, of a homicide
Observing someone in the eyes could show proof of them having caused a killing.

Life gettin tooken faster than the egg leave the womb
Life is being taken away abruptly, like an egg leaving the womb too soon.

Consider me endangered cause I know I'm dyin soon
I recognize that I'm at risk, for I sense my impending death.

Twenty-five years incarceration if I pull it
If I were to commit a crime, it would result in a 25-year imprisonment.

Bring the yellow tape, haters cain't overcome my bullets
Enemies will not evade being hit by my gun. Forensic evidence would be needed.

Went to jail, tryin to get paid, still on a rampage
Despite being incarcerated, I'm still on my hustle, trying to make money.

Jumped behind some bushes, dodgin cops, another close shave
I narrowly evaded cops once again, this time by hiding behind shrubs.

I'm bumpin heads with the reaper
I'm close to having a fatal encounter with the Grim Reaper.

On a daily basis, can't sleep, with nightmares of dead faces
Daily, I dream about lifeless faces, rendering me unable to sleep.

And watch the man in the mirror, I don't trust him
I observe the man in the mirror, but I don't have faith in him.

Check his weapon, it's a shame he got his boy blood on the muzzle
Verify his gun; it's disgraceful that he has his friend's blood on it.

That's why I turn my head and leave him lonely, he phony
This is why I turn my head and ignore him; he's fake.

He got the whole hood waitin on the ceremony
His funeral awaits and the whole neighbourhood is excited.

I take a deep breath as I blaze this green mixed with hash
I inhale deeply as I ignite this green herb combined with hash.

and trippin how the Outlawz smoked Tupac ashes
I'm amazed at how the Outlawz smoked the ashes of Tupac.

My homie Bad A$$ laid it down, he told me,
My pal, Bad A$$, explained to me,

"see, real figures, gon' always be around
"Understand that genuine individuals will still exist.

Livin in the minds and the hearts of the lost souls"
They will reside in the memory and hearts of abandoned people.

And much love to them Thugged Out Outlawz
A lot of appreciation to those persistent Thugged Out Outlawz.

Backstage, choppin game with Sean Dogg and Snoop Dogg
Behind the scenes, I'm chatting casually with Sean Dogg and Snoop Dogg.

and to my thugs in the grave, we miss y'all
We mourn for our gangsters who are buried.

I give a toast to you soldiers, you ain't die for nuttin
To all of you, soldiers, cheers! You died for a cause.

I read the Bible say, every death mean somethin
In the Bible, it's said that every death has a meaning.

And TRU soldiers make the world go 'round
TRU soldiers are integral to the world's operation.

Picked up the black history book and can't seem, to put it down
I picked up the history book of black Americans and can't seem to stop reading it.

Black leaders gettin struck down at they peak
Prominent black leaders are being killed at the height of their power and fame.

Open your eyes that an unliberated life is weak
Realize that a non-emancipated life is weak.

And throw em up if you a soldier, I told ya
If you're a soldier, raise your fists, like I've instructed.

we'll burn this place down, cause them holocaust days is over
We'll set this place on fire since the days of holocausts are finished.

Hmm, it's like a jungle out here baby (like a jungle out here)
It's resembling a jungle here, darlin'. (Just like a jungle)

From the streets to the top of the world (the world)
From the rough neighbourhoods to the highest point in the world.

It's changin, and you got the eye on you, you don't even know
Things are evolving, and you're being watched. And you're unaware.

The eyes that's watchin yo' life, youknahmsayin, but uhh
The eyes that watch your life, you understand me, but anyway...

we gotta maintain youknahmsayin evade all the problems
We should maintain and avoid any arising problems.

and danger brought on by accounts of struggle (struggle)
And avoid danger which emerges due to struggle.

in society, a.k.a. the streets, a.k.a. our enemies (out enemies)
In the community, commonly called the streets, or our foes (out enemies)

Black leaders (black leaders) keep doin what you doin (ya heard?)
Black leaders, keep doing what you're doing (understand what I'm saying?)

P (P) keep doin what you doin (keep doin what you doin)
P, continue your work, carry on with what you're doing.

Know me -- I'ma keep bein the mouthpiece, for the hood
Familiarize yourself with me - I'll still be the upfront speaker for the neighbourhood.

for the streets - cause I told ya, it's like a jungle baby
For the streets – I forewarned you, it's like a jungle.

(straight up jungle) so keep it real (keep it real)
(It's strictly a jungle) So be genuine (be authentic).

guard your grill (guard your grill) stay safe (stay safe, ya heard?)
Protect yourself (guard your grill) and stay secure (stay safe, did you hear me?)

(peace, it's like a jungle baby, it's like a jungle)
(Peace, it's like a jungle, my dear. It's like a jungle.)

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