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| Nicki Minaj Beam Me Up Scotty | ||
| Released | April 18, 2009 | |
| Genre | Rap | |
| Length | 3:08 | |
| Label | Trapaholics Records | |
| Writer | Onika Maraj | |
| Producer | Danja | |
| Beam Me Up Scotty track listing | |
| "Still I Rise" is track number 20. | |
| Previous track "Can Anybody Hear Me?" |
Next track "I Feel Free" |
"Still I Rise" is the 20th track on Nicki Minaj's mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty. The song was originally leaked in 2008 and was ultimately added to Beam Me Up Scotty. The song is about Nicki standing up to the haters, and addressing certain situations/rumors people spread about her, including being Chinese, having a sexual relationship with Lil Wayne, being a lesbian, and copying Lil' Kim's style.
The recording is an original rap over the beat of "No Matter What" by T.I.
Background[]
Minaj revealed via Twitter that she wrote the song in her BMW, parked in front of her mother's house.[1]
Cross references[]
- Direct reference to "Go Hard".
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Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
She said "fuck Fendi" but I think she was playin'
I heard she move them thangs, I think she fuckin' Wayne
She call herself Lewinsky, that means she give him brain
She tryna' be like Lil Kim; her picture looks the same
Why she ain't signed with G-Unit, she from Queens, right?
And what's her nationality? She Chinese, right?
I mean she okay, but she ain't all that,
She ain't the next bitch, tell that bitch fall back
See I'm a hater, I go hard listen, let's begin
You know her last name Minaj? She a lesbian,
And she ain't never comin' out, look at Currensy
But every time she do an interview, you know I run and see
She get me so sick, it make me vomit
That's why I spend my time online, leaving comments
And you know, that I got some more haters with me, might hit up This Is 50
MTV, hit up BET, tell 'em pretty, pretty please don't play Nicki
[Chorus]
Still I rise, still I fight
Still I might crack a smile
Keep my eyes on the prize
See my haters, tell 'em hi
One day you'll remember this
One day when we reminisce
Nothing I do ever is good enough for the music biz
Still I rise, still I fight
Still I might crack a smile
Keep my eyes on the prize
See my haters, tell 'em hi
One day you'll remember this
One day when we reminisce
Nothing I do ever is good enough for the music biz
(Nothing I do is good enough for you)
[Verse 2]
Bitches is like crabs in a bucket
You see a bad bitch gettin' shine, you should love it
Cause every time a door opens, for me that means you
Just got a better opportunity, to do you
They don't understand, these labels look at numbers, it's statistics
I lose, you lose, ma, it's just logistics
Anyway, real bitches listen when I'm speakin'
Cause if Nicki win, then all of y'all gettin' meetings
Ask L.A. Reid, ask Jay
Then hit up Universal, see what Sylvia Rhone say
Ask Craig Kallman, you can ask Chris-
Lighty, when you're done, just salute a bad bitch
Only underground bitch around that's ducking the paparazzi
In and outta town, be swervin' the Maserati
Stay around the white like a Nazi
Pussy p-p-popping on my poppers so the cops see, bitches
[Chorus]
Still I rise, still I fight
Still I might crack a smile (Still I might)
Keep my eyes on the prize
See my haters, tell 'em hi (I'mma keep my eyes on the price, oh, oh)
One day you'll remember this,
One day when we reminisce
Nothing I do ever is good enough for the music biz
Still I rise, still I fight
Still I might crack a smile
Keep my eyes on the prize
See my haters, tell 'em hi (tell 'em hi from me)
One day you'll remember this
One day when we reminisce (when we reminisce, reminisce, baby)
Nothing I do ever is good enough for the music biz