William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), better known by his sta… Read Full Bio ↴William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross. Ross founded the record label Maybach Music Group, on which he released his studio albums Deeper Than Rap ,Teflon Don, God Forgives, I Don't, Mastermind, Hood Billionaire, Black Market, Rather You Than Me, and most recently Port of Miami 2.
William Leonard Roberts II was born in Coahoma County, Mississippi and raised in Carol City, Florida, near Miami After graduating from Carol City Senior High School, he later attended the historically black college Albany State University in Albany, Georgia.
After being signed to Suave House Records, former label for rap duo 8Ball & MJG, he eventually signed a deal with Slip-n-Slide Records, which has been under the Def Jam umbrella since 2006. While signed to Slip-n-Slide, Ross toured with fellow rapper Trick Daddy and made guest performances on other Slip-n-Slide rap albums
His debut album Port of Miami was released in August 2006 and debuted at the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, with sales at 187,000 units after its first week
In March 2008, his second album Trilla was released and, as its predecessor Port of Miami had, debuted at the top of the Billboard 200.[8] Its lead single "Speedin'" featuring R. Kelly peaked at #121 on the Billboard Hot 100; the next one, "The Boss" featuring T-Pain peaked at #17 on the Hot 100. The third single "Here I Am" featured Nelly and Avery Storm
Deeper Than Rap is the third studio album by American rapper Rick Ross, released April 21, 2009 on his label Maybach Music Group and Slip-n-Slide Records, with distribution from Def Jam Recordings. The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 158,000 copies its first week. Singles from the album were: Mafia Music, Maybach Music II, Magnificent, & All I Really Want.
Teflon Don is the fourth studio album by American rapper Rick Ross, released July 20, 2010 on Maybach Music Group and Def Jam Recordings. Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 and was handled by several record producers, including Clark Kent, No I.D., The Olympicks, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Lex Luger, Danja, The Inkredibles, The Remedy, and Kanye West
The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 176,300 copies in its first week. It attained some international charting and produced three singles with moderate Billboard chart success. Upon its release, Teflon Don received generally positive reviews from most music critics, earning praise for its cinematic production and Ross's lyrical persona.
Ross has signed Pill, Meek Mill, & Wale to his label Maybach Music Group. In 2010 Rick Ross made an offer to rapper Wiz Khalifa to sign to Maybach Music Group but he decided to sign with Atlantic instead.
William Leonard Roberts II was born in Coahoma County, Mississippi and raised in Carol City, Florida, near Miami After graduating from Carol City Senior High School, he later attended the historically black college Albany State University in Albany, Georgia.
After being signed to Suave House Records, former label for rap duo 8Ball & MJG, he eventually signed a deal with Slip-n-Slide Records, which has been under the Def Jam umbrella since 2006. While signed to Slip-n-Slide, Ross toured with fellow rapper Trick Daddy and made guest performances on other Slip-n-Slide rap albums
His debut album Port of Miami was released in August 2006 and debuted at the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, with sales at 187,000 units after its first week
In March 2008, his second album Trilla was released and, as its predecessor Port of Miami had, debuted at the top of the Billboard 200.[8] Its lead single "Speedin'" featuring R. Kelly peaked at #121 on the Billboard Hot 100; the next one, "The Boss" featuring T-Pain peaked at #17 on the Hot 100. The third single "Here I Am" featured Nelly and Avery Storm
Deeper Than Rap is the third studio album by American rapper Rick Ross, released April 21, 2009 on his label Maybach Music Group and Slip-n-Slide Records, with distribution from Def Jam Recordings. The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 158,000 copies its first week. Singles from the album were: Mafia Music, Maybach Music II, Magnificent, & All I Really Want.
Teflon Don is the fourth studio album by American rapper Rick Ross, released July 20, 2010 on Maybach Music Group and Def Jam Recordings. Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 and was handled by several record producers, including Clark Kent, No I.D., The Olympicks, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Lex Luger, Danja, The Inkredibles, The Remedy, and Kanye West
The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 176,300 copies in its first week. It attained some international charting and produced three singles with moderate Billboard chart success. Upon its release, Teflon Don received generally positive reviews from most music critics, earning praise for its cinematic production and Ross's lyrical persona.
Ross has signed Pill, Meek Mill, & Wale to his label Maybach Music Group. In 2010 Rick Ross made an offer to rapper Wiz Khalifa to sign to Maybach Music Group but he decided to sign with Atlantic instead.
Paranoid
Rick Ross Lyrics
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(M-m-m) real nigga walk through, been real
(Dream Team), lot of cake
Coke Boy (Coke Boy baby), Black Bottle Boys, (Bad Boy, ha ha)
Ciroc lifestyle, (yo, check this out)
I been getting high since '94 (been real, long money)
Money from the ceiling down to the floor (ten figures)
I see myself, I can't trust no more (Rozay)
Damn French, I'm so paranoid! (French, huh)
Huh, I got this my nigga
I make big money, I drive big cars (huh, I got this my nigga)
Everybody know me, it's like I'm a movie star! (Diddy what up?)
This some real shit right here, let me take you back
Bullets ripping through my door like I was Biggie, nigga
But my voodoo strong enough for fifty niggas (stay in my room)
(Stay in my four corner room, stay on that camera, ha ha) that's fifty niggas
Let's hold hands, nigga, let's get this money, nigga
Ou paka bat mwen, yeah
Bullets ripping through my door like I was Biggie, nigga (rest in peace)
But my voodoo strong enough for fifty niggas (ou paka bat mwen)
Skyscraper, my bitches be tall as ceilings (yeah)
So it's only right we looking down on niggas (we see you)
Started as a indie, now we fifty million (sixty million)
I got bury money, my bitch watching Wendy Williams (that's right)
Bulletproof my SUV, it burn a lot of gas (woo)
Send black folk to your city just to drop a body bag (woo)
You talking but my niggas speak a different code (bang, bang, bang)
Women love me, say my dick feel like it's dipped in gold (bang, bang, bang)
Diamonds on my fingers like I'm Liberace (boss)
How many of you niggas really been a papi? (Oh yeah)
So callate la boca, baby (huh)
See gordito with some refugees off the coast of Haiti
Mastermind (Mastermind), it's on the way (it's on the way)
We run the game (we run the game)
Eight hundred ways (eight hundred ways) (Coke Boy baby)
I be so (I be so) paranoid (paranoid)
I hear these niggas tryin' to fuck with me
But, real shit, I know I got enemies
I can't let them niggas into me
I ain't scared to die, nigga
I'll take your life, nigga
Fuckin' shoot 'em down, nigga
A hundred rounds'll blow you down, nigga
Let's get it, paranoia got me feeling woozy
Copped a Uzi, clip hanging over like the movies (grah)
Say your statements, how you telling scripts long as movies
I'm a wild nigga, I'm a wild nigga (yeah)
Last time I broke sweat, it was trial, nigga
State game, I rolled fifty, lost trial, nigga
Daddy gone, I was a lost child, nigga
Found God when I picked my first vows, nigga
I married the streets, kissed my mama goodbye (muah)
She say "Seventeen?"
The way she thinking, had dreams I'ma die (let's get it)
Real nigga for life (real nigga for life), so paranoid (so paranoid) (woo)
Connect had hit me, he got shooters in California
Yeah, since they killed Stack from this building, I relocated my children
Hope his shooter step forth and just make his debut appearance
They try to lock up my kind, scared to pick up my line
My phone tapped like Avon, my Cuban link like Raekwon
These streets all that I know, my block hot like pyro (boy)
All we know is get it so, nigga, if you scared, call five-0 (yeah)
Finna go bulletproof all of my whips
Watch what I say when I lay with my bitch
'Cause when that shit hit the fan and them choppers start blamming
She pro'ly be down with the hit, boy!
I be so (I be so) paranoid (paranoid)
I hear these niggas tryin' to fuck with me
But, real shit, I know I got enemies
I can't let them niggas into me
Aye, I-I be the hottest nigga out my city
Hit-hit-hit you with some shit you never seen, on Tip
Know a nigga shining, all my diamonds pretty
I-I-I hit a lick, I'm worth a couple million (huh)
Aye, that car I'm in, four hundred thou' nigga
That top drop like Pacquiao, nigga
I-I-I hit up K.O.D and left a hundred in it (hundred in it)
Hundred on my watch, I'm shining every minute
They-they-they caught him on that corner, left a hundred in him (hundred in him)
Niggas goin' broke, that'll never be me (haan)
That-that paranoia (paranoia), got me watchin' lawyer (watchin' lawyer)
Molly water (molly water), tryna wake up sober
I keep my hitter with me (on deck), that's my shooter, nigga
Only thing I'm scared of is what he'll do to niggas (ha ha)
Just for the love (love), I'ma do it with ya (yup)
Closed casket, let 'em come and view a picture
Yeah, it's amazing how the time fly (amazing)
Yeah, the hate is at a all-time high (hate)
Yeah, I got them things in the hood working
Uh, death is the only thing certain
F-Y-I, nah I ain't scared to die
Ain't afraid to lose and I ain't scared to try (never)
Game of destroyer, you better retain a lawyer
Federal indictment, that's paranoia
(Dream Team), lot of cake
Coke Boy (Coke Boy baby), Black Bottle Boys, (Bad Boy, ha ha)
Ciroc lifestyle, (yo, check this out)
I been getting high since '94 (been real, long money)
Money from the ceiling down to the floor (ten figures)
I see myself, I can't trust no more (Rozay)
Huh, I got this my nigga
I make big money, I drive big cars (huh, I got this my nigga)
Everybody know me, it's like I'm a movie star! (Diddy what up?)
This some real shit right here, let me take you back
Bullets ripping through my door like I was Biggie, nigga
But my voodoo strong enough for fifty niggas (stay in my room)
(Stay in my four corner room, stay on that camera, ha ha) that's fifty niggas
Let's hold hands, nigga, let's get this money, nigga
Ou paka bat mwen, yeah
Bullets ripping through my door like I was Biggie, nigga (rest in peace)
But my voodoo strong enough for fifty niggas (ou paka bat mwen)
Skyscraper, my bitches be tall as ceilings (yeah)
So it's only right we looking down on niggas (we see you)
Started as a indie, now we fifty million (sixty million)
I got bury money, my bitch watching Wendy Williams (that's right)
Bulletproof my SUV, it burn a lot of gas (woo)
Send black folk to your city just to drop a body bag (woo)
You talking but my niggas speak a different code (bang, bang, bang)
Women love me, say my dick feel like it's dipped in gold (bang, bang, bang)
Diamonds on my fingers like I'm Liberace (boss)
How many of you niggas really been a papi? (Oh yeah)
So callate la boca, baby (huh)
See gordito with some refugees off the coast of Haiti
Mastermind (Mastermind), it's on the way (it's on the way)
We run the game (we run the game)
Eight hundred ways (eight hundred ways) (Coke Boy baby)
I be so (I be so) paranoid (paranoid)
I hear these niggas tryin' to fuck with me
But, real shit, I know I got enemies
I can't let them niggas into me
I ain't scared to die, nigga
I'll take your life, nigga
Fuckin' shoot 'em down, nigga
A hundred rounds'll blow you down, nigga
Let's get it, paranoia got me feeling woozy
Copped a Uzi, clip hanging over like the movies (grah)
Say your statements, how you telling scripts long as movies
I'm a wild nigga, I'm a wild nigga (yeah)
Last time I broke sweat, it was trial, nigga
State game, I rolled fifty, lost trial, nigga
Daddy gone, I was a lost child, nigga
Found God when I picked my first vows, nigga
I married the streets, kissed my mama goodbye (muah)
She say "Seventeen?"
The way she thinking, had dreams I'ma die (let's get it)
Real nigga for life (real nigga for life), so paranoid (so paranoid) (woo)
Connect had hit me, he got shooters in California
Yeah, since they killed Stack from this building, I relocated my children
Hope his shooter step forth and just make his debut appearance
They try to lock up my kind, scared to pick up my line
My phone tapped like Avon, my Cuban link like Raekwon
These streets all that I know, my block hot like pyro (boy)
All we know is get it so, nigga, if you scared, call five-0 (yeah)
Finna go bulletproof all of my whips
Watch what I say when I lay with my bitch
'Cause when that shit hit the fan and them choppers start blamming
She pro'ly be down with the hit, boy!
I be so (I be so) paranoid (paranoid)
I hear these niggas tryin' to fuck with me
But, real shit, I know I got enemies
I can't let them niggas into me
Aye, I-I be the hottest nigga out my city
Hit-hit-hit you with some shit you never seen, on Tip
Know a nigga shining, all my diamonds pretty
I-I-I hit a lick, I'm worth a couple million (huh)
Aye, that car I'm in, four hundred thou' nigga
That top drop like Pacquiao, nigga
I-I-I hit up K.O.D and left a hundred in it (hundred in it)
Hundred on my watch, I'm shining every minute
They-they-they caught him on that corner, left a hundred in him (hundred in him)
Niggas goin' broke, that'll never be me (haan)
That-that paranoia (paranoia), got me watchin' lawyer (watchin' lawyer)
Molly water (molly water), tryna wake up sober
I keep my hitter with me (on deck), that's my shooter, nigga
Only thing I'm scared of is what he'll do to niggas (ha ha)
Just for the love (love), I'ma do it with ya (yup)
Closed casket, let 'em come and view a picture
Yeah, it's amazing how the time fly (amazing)
Yeah, the hate is at a all-time high (hate)
Yeah, I got them things in the hood working
Uh, death is the only thing certain
F-Y-I, nah I ain't scared to die
Ain't afraid to lose and I ain't scared to try (never)
Game of destroyer, you better retain a lawyer
Federal indictment, that's paranoia
The opening lines of Rick Ross’s song “Paranoid” are somewhat of a declaration of his nature as a rapper, “real nigga walk through, been real”. The song is also heavily focused on the theme of money, with Ross referencing how he’s been getting high since ‘94, and having money from the ceiling down to the floor. He also mentions that “I see myself, I can’t trust no more”, perhaps a reflection on the paranoia that comes with being wealthy and successful. The chorus reiterates this, with Ross stating that he knows he has enemies but he can’t let them into him, and he’s not scared to die.
The second verse of the song appears to be a bit of a throwback to the golden era of hip-hop, with Ross referencing the shooting of Notorious B.I.G and how it impacted him. He also references the Haitian Creole phrase “ou paka bat mwen,” which means “you can't beat me” or “I can't be beaten,” and implies his strength and resilience. The song ultimately feels like a reflection of the paranoia that can come with success and the dangers of the rap world, ultimately ending on a note of acknowledging how paranoia can lead to federal indictments.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
Written by: Clarence Montgomery III, Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., Tyrone William Griffin Jr., Dijon Isaiah Mcfarlane
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@beast2x96
Song still gives me chills after 6 years
@britinibritini6135
Me tooooo till this day.
@iwannacrashoutsobad2041
Damn brah it been 8 years already😔
@Rblock777
R.I.P Chinx
R.I.P King Von
@CmarBwell
Look how much rap has changed
@saadjarir148
yeeh montana iis changed
@khalidelbaroudi172
French just kill it every time🔝
@bonaventuregoat5502
Rickross never disappoints
@gerrysosa
Never still till this day
@Topversetv
Rest in piece Chinx