Canibus - Second Round K.O. (Lyrics)

Artist/Group: Canibus
Album: Can-I-Bus
Released: 1998
Label: Universal
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"Second Round K.O." is a single from Canibus' debut album, Can-I-Bus. The song was produced by Wyclef Jean and his cousin Jerry Wonder and features spoken vocals from boxer Mike Tyson.
The song became Canibus's only top 40 single, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Second Round K.O." is a diss track by Canibus directed at LL Cool J. The feud had started after Canibus' appearance on LL's "4, 3, 2, 1. Canibus' original verse contained the lyrics "L, is that a mic on your arm? Let me borrow that", which LL took offense to. LL responded by writing an indirect diss towards Canibus on the same song. Prior to the songs release, LL approached Canibus and told him that if he wanted to remain on the song, he would have to change his lines, to which Canibus agreed, however, LL kept his original verse. When Canibus' original verse leaked, a feud started between the two rappers. LL suggested the two make a song together to squash the beef after he was done filming Any Given Sunday, Canibus, however, recorded and released "Second Round K.O." instead. LL would respond with "The Ripper Strikes Back" and "Back Where I Belong" and even thanked Canibus in the liner notes of his album G.O.A.T. for "inspiration". In the song, Canibus says "the greatest rapper of all time died on March 9.", in reference to The Notorious B.I.G., who died on March 9, 1997. Canibus followed up his diss 1 year later, with a record entitled "Rip the Jacker", over a polished remake of the beat from LL Cool J's "I'm Bad".
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[@zachski133]

Most underrated pure lyricist of ALL TIME. A real " BATTLE RAPPER" at its core. He won some, lost some but never backed down. Special talented dude. Ahead of his time..

[@v.k5417]

what abt dizaster

[@bryanrodasmendez2222]

@@v.k5417 that's why he said he won some and lost some jackass 😂

[@bryanrodasmendez2222]

couldn't have said it any better man

[@v.k5417]

@@bryanrodasmendez2222 Sheesh bro I read it wrong

[@bryanrodasmendez2222]

@@v.k5417 all good bro I ain't have to say all that 🤣🤣 he took a fat ass L vs dizaster tho

[@nawlinsdoc420]

Canibus will go down in Hip-Hop history for this not only because of the passion he expressed but he told the truth. Even LL had to give him props on his G.O.A.T. album

[@husseinmoussa2947]

unfortunately eminem destroyed his career

[@idkwhat123]

@@husseinmoussa2947 nah LL killed his mainstream succes and also his heart and brain. Em just finished him off by shooting off his arms and legs.

[@darksecret6050]

@@idkwhat123 ya man....i am an Eminem fan and that's right....ll destroyed him

[@husseinmoussa2947]

Goopy Le Grande thats why he is still relevant this days.. Eminem didn‘t even toke that battle seriously tbh

[@darksecret6050]

@Goopy Le Grande na man that ain't true....he just didn't wanna start a beef... that's it...

[@soulofachristian8704]

Canibus sound like he was suppose to take over the game, he was elite! He sounded so dangerous and his lyrical skills was top of the line!

[@nckme0595]

In total mike tyson says 32 times man in the song

[@Sewage105]

Your comment deserves more likes man

[@wilderelpillo]

Now tell us how many times Ll say "Nigga" word on Rasta imposter.

[@nckme0595]

@@wilderelpillo ok

[@nckme0595]

@@wilderelpillo 37 times

[@wilderelpillo]

@@nckme0595 I just verified, the song has in total 70 times the nigga word "incluiding the chorus and all".

[@कृष्ण_यादव]

This track I still feel is one of the all time best tracks.

[@WendellGilAtencia]

"but you ain't got the skills to eat a niggu's ass like me" that shits gay bruh

[@JeSsE10mCcOy11]

Canibus, in actuality, won the beef. LL Cool J only "won" because of his influence

[@JeSsE10mCcOy11]

@HAIDER MOHAMMAD YOUSEF HUSSEIN yeah, can-i-bitch did him at the end

[@spector2809]

@HAIDER MOHAMMAD YOUSEF HUSSEIN nah canibus released a song called air strike. Eminem only responded after canibus joined the military and retired so I think that in itself speaks who one that round

[@Geck_Gxng]

@HAIDER MOHAMMAD YOUSEF HUSSEIN Em got destroyed in dr c phd

[@mynamejeff4642]

@@Geck_Gxng yup

[@firsttakegb1744]

listen to riiper strikes back your delusion will get cured

[@krspypatriot3545]

The eating assline was weird but his flow was amazing after that you gotta dmit

[@crashoutfor4way]

You obviously are stupid back then that meant beat some one up in rap

[@d_rell13]

vlorxs That sounds kinda weird

[@charlesquales7450]

It meant something wayyyy different then what it does now

[@krspypatriot3545]

@@charlesquales7450 bro i know i already said that i was kidding

[@charlesquales7450]

@@krspypatriot3545 is all good 🤷‍♂️ i dont read all the replys

[@proudafricanamerican7586]

Canibus definitely won this battle. Btw, LL is one of my favorite rapper of all time.

[@llcooljj]

canibus was nasty

[@bobbyjohnson9409]

Absolutely

[@theoriginal668]

LL ended is career

[@jihigh482]

​​@@theoriginal668Because of clout not skills. LL Cool J was nice but never on Canibus level. This is one of the best diss tracks ever.

[@theoriginal668]

@@jihigh482 did you hear " the ripper strikes back"? he destroyed cannibus in that diss track. There was no coming back from that.

[@Tainopisno1]

In my opinion canibus murdered ll cool j in the battle cause he was up and coming in the rap game but ll cool j was already established and had producers and other rappers behind him cause after all ll cool j was in the rap game 15 yrs before canibus but canibus gets more respect for that battle and he won in my opinion cause he was coming up unlike established ll cool j who was already there in the rap game.

[@isiacfrost5922]

I can't lie I say it's a tie because I like both but LL killed him with shut em down

[@aniqshardin]

yeah but that 'eat a nigga's ass' line could easily be manipulated and use against him if he drop this track today

[@darby9801]

2:33

[@Lucifermakaveli]

He will wait and attack and eat the motherfuckers ass off like me 🦎 lizard beast face 😔 mode he gone crazy on the way they dress 👗 and clam to bang I bang with rep rap rep rip the Reptilian yo can man pass the mic 🎤man they forgotten the warriors of rip the jacker 2 with you and other jackers freestyle mixtape buy it or don't really want it help like support real 👑 💯s and kill all gay rap UNOTS

[@reubenotundo]

He did it.

[@corvettefever360]

When this song dropped, it resonated so hard with my life, almost word for word too. I was On the Island (Rikers) facing charges in Brooklyn & in Suffolk County (Strong Island Long Island), looking at my 2nd state number,.2nd DIN, going back & forth both wanting state time, as a persistent felon, passed predicate, & as a labeled, SRG, Latin King. Which I am King since 2/24/99. Always have love for the Nation, so to all my brothers & sisters 1*4*18. Crowns up! 👑 . Regardless they was coming for so many of us. Anyways this song was so real to so many of us on the inside. Like Mobb deep said, you find out who your true peoples are when you up north bidding. Can't find a shorty to troop the bid with you , & even getting hit with a 2-4 is difficult! Trust me, 16 years total in NYS DOC, & 6 months will change your whole life. Honestly after everyone pretty well gone in the 1st year, the next 5, 10 whatever is like fuck them cuz I'm here now. These are the people I rock with, who we get each other thru good & bad situations. Not saying football numbers don't hurt, not having real freedom doesn't hurt, it still does, but it almost hurts more to think about everyone who forgot or don't really care about you. In some ways its like go home to what? Jumping thru ridiculous hoops for parole, knowing they gonna do anything to send you back. Make shit as hard as possible & almost unachievable so you fail. Living in some halfway house, parole place, or even with family, coming thru violating them so they get tired of it. Sure it's great to get out; fresh air, real food, some women, which we are men & after years, the feminine touch or presence of a woman is absolutely nice. And of course going to bed with one obviously but at the same time just having a woman around when you just do with Manning testosterone the years yeah it's real nice. But the problem is we go out there you start getting into stuff you need a woman you get a little job you get a car and Bam you just going to lose it all just like that cuz you know you got some PO with a chip on their shoulder who can just take it away like that. Definitely been through a few violations and on my last one I was just sit the f*** all your motherfukers. I went up on a violation, was in Wyoming, finally come down to a medium, anyways It was literally on the day I was supposed to go home, signed out gave everything away to my Bros and gang intelligence came in and scooped up my first, and then came over to me and literally addressed me as king Rico, oh so you're the fifth crown back here? and said put your hands behind your back and long story short took me straight to the Box, I lost my parole date and got two years, and did some 18 months out of that and then was sent to Attica. After my box time I went to another parole hearing and they were talkin how about getting some time back and I said man f*** all you. I mean literally that's what I said I said f*** all this coming back in and out b******* Max me the f*** out cuz I'm going to be back here again it's inevitable like how many years we've been doing this dumb s***? I literally told them I don't want to go home I'm sick of this b*******. Pretty much some Shawshank Redemption s***! And guess what? They actually gave me some time back however yeah that never amounted to anything because yeah they can kiss my f****** ass. And on that bid, I maxed out of Attica. Unfortunately I had another one after this, but all that's been done for a long minute now. New life. Living like a real king , taking care of my cattle, my family my princess and princess. Taking care of my queen. Obviously I'm technically ancient and anytime I see brothers or sisters are always show respect because I'm still a king and always will be. But I let the young cats coming up deal with what they gotta. But if a brother-sister ever calls upon me to be there for them I always will. Because I will never forget those brothers who did time with me. We definitely had some bad ones but dammit we had some real good ones. Brothers who I was with that we walk out to some real talk times together, & I will never forget! For we are 24 karat Gold! Yo soy un Rey Latino Todo momento en MI Vida A.L.K.Q.N. NYS Bloodline ☆King Rico Muñeco, signing off ; Tres ciento secenta grados fuerte Todo Dia Cada Dia Nego y oro nunca doblondo Coronas Arriba! Amor De Rey!

[@blaqbastion1501]

Dude stfu aint noone care

[@Leviathan_Art]

I wish more people would understand you know you can love em and also enjoy Canibus. It's not a either or kinda thing. I really wish we got whatever song that got Canibus all in his feeling over em. That shyt probably wouldve been ⚡⚡⚡🔥

[@Loveyourself1965]

Let's just be honest fella, CANIBUS MURDERED LL COOL J, this is top 5 greatest diss records, so precise,detailed and straight to the point...

[@MVRBFree]

Lol We all know the meaning of the bar but I definitely would’ve thrown a pause adlib right after that shit 😂

[@SphericalCheese]

Not the only lyric in hip hop that aged terribly lmao

[@AnonymousUser568]

😂

[@sno4538]

Shame everything gay nowadays.. most ppl sound retard ass hell saying pause 30million times to prove theyre not gay when nobody said so in the first place

[@IGH414]

Yes definitely should’ve said pause… would’ve turned it into a nice metaphor

[@HaTTrickTI9]

This channel is so underrated....it deserve more subscriber😀😀

[@kianvulcan3733]

0:54 when the chaos starts.

[@FIGHT3R49ER]

Second Round K.O was the kill and Rip The Jacker was the funeral. That's just my opinion, though

[@thisisanewusername4662]

indeed

[@nawlinsdoc420]

Oh and fuckin Wyclef got damn this beat still go hard

[@noodle845]

Love it. Always will. 🙏

[@الوحشالشرس-ك6ك]

1:56 🌋🌋🌋🌋

[@casono]

Even tho the line about eating bum is funny now, it was hard af back then. When you hear certain old slang you may laugh but when old head say he feeling creamy is it that different from drippin?

[@DKane-ow3tq]

For me The Rip The Jacker joint is even harder than this. The Canibus is an animal

[@40yearoldman]

I never really listened to it. No coming back from this.

[@ilovemikerogers]

Shit, he's an animal with mechanical mandible coming to damage you spitting understandable slang at you.

[@ahmedmurad5552]

This Mike Tyson song is fire

[@ZestyViperz]

This is the best diss track of all time. Canibus destroyed ll

[@soulofachristian8704]

This some superb music! How lose with a HOT @SS SONG like this?

[@cindylast1901]

2:31 is inexcusable, explain yoself

[@j-Gappy-h]

Cindy Last go to dollaz and sense it has something worse than that

[@basharkhalil4574]

@@j-Gappy-h lmao that line about pising on eiht face before he nuts on his face lmaoooo i have an instagram page where i ranked disstracks @hiphopreviewzz gocheck it out and tell me your opinion

[@NinjaCrazy87]

Lmao he stole that from Mike😂

[@user-di1pn6hb9l]

This was made in 1998. At the time when someone said they were going to eat someone’s ass they meant by ruffing them up. Back then being gay wasn’t a pleasant thing. It’s why he uses the word faggot a lot in this track.

[@Levi-bs4oe]

🤨🤨

[@oliverrando6463]

Cant lie canibus went hard on this

[@kwekujobs4795]

“99% of your fans wear HIGH HEELS 👠” • THAT’S SO DISRESPECTFUL Lord💀😂

[@Grandmaster__Gee]

Fans are trans!

[@djjoe214]

Canibis, he ain't understanding this! Cause 99 percent of his fan's, don't exist!!

[@ilikeminors342]

that makes no sense even if the number is low there is still a percentage im just here for 2:32

[@ilikeminors342]

forgot🤓☝

[@dustindodds4827]

Most confusing flex in rap history. Eating, ummm, what...?

[@Kaykath-yd1ss]

Classic ❤

[@TampaAries]

Mike Tyson Diddy all up in the song.

[@SlimGetsTheBag]

Come on canibus man you gotta do it like this man lead with the right man just come on man 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@leeduarte2043]

Before Tyson knew the word Cannibis... he seems to be confusing it with cannibal

[@danielwhite166]

You ain’t got this skills to what? Ion think I heard right

[@HelloThere-os3ev]

You didnt get it

[@extremedemon3471]

You got it wrong

[@rodbanogonjr.8214]

@@extremedemon3471 hes talking about eating a dudes ass stop pretending it was something else xD

[@extremedemon3471]

@@rodbanogonjr.8214 no he isn't. Back in the day it meant that he destroyed his enemies. You can look it up. Edit : here's where I learned the info : kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKGme3uOndmYors

[@olgafigueroa2909]

@@rodbanogonjr.8214 there was a time when calling a man gay or homo was insult.

[@Oakshield2]

There are four great diss tracks in history: No Vaseline, The Bitch in Yoo, Ether and this one.

[@Bporte]

Hit em up?

[@Oakshield2]

​@@Bporte It's alright. Kinda overly long, not witty and repetitive, just 2pac saying a lot of generalized kindergarden level name calling basically, no real deconstruction of the target, then bringing in a bunch of weak rappers to follow him. Plus he was talking to a vacuum since Biggie paid it no mind, that devalues it for me.

[@tadjburton4473]

Ayoooo the whole intro is a major pause lmaoo

[@shadowy2g]

Top 5 Hip Hop Diss Tracks of ALL Times: 1. Nas - Ether 2. Canibus - Second Round Knockout 3. Ice Cube - No Vaseline 4. DJ Quick - Dollars and Sense 5. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg - Dre Day

[@conlooka9356]

6. Eminem- the Sauce

[@EDITH-h4c]

Dr c PhD

[@pictureperfect2433]

1. 2Pac - Hit Em Up

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

No Hit em up

[@v.k5417]

1. Ether 2. No Vaseline 3. Hit Em Up 4. Second round ko 5 real mutha**** gs

[@leomyers9220]

Skills to eat what???

[@Siweyautism-q9h]

It meant something else, notice tyson told him to eat, then he added the word aśš to put the person down i guess like how you add àśś to bit** àśś

[@husslecrowe2774]

Mike Tyson intro was the most suspect intro I ever heard 😂

[@onetimes1]

Ppl laughing at Canibus for that one line. Back then that word meant different things, but Biggie said much worse AND goes into pretty explicit details, just saying. Canibus won this battle but lost the war.

[@isiacfrost5922]

The thing is they are ignorant they both made jokes

[@kysozza-Lov3]

Nah biggie was saying sum crazy things for the 70s 😭

[@kan50805]

Fuck em in the ass…

[@hezmo940]

They always thing it's a bad song when it's got one bad line but i kinda wish he said beat instead but what can you really do

[@UncleSwell707]

“you look so good, I’d suck on yo daddy’s d1ck.” “I’d f8ck Rupaul before I f8ck them nasty azz Escape beeches.” These were 2 very pausible Biggie lines.🤣 Still one of the GOATS.

[@jamesh2011]

the greatest rapper died on march 9th matpat retired on march 9th what a sad day for history

[@highpixel2200]

Canibus hit ll cool j below the belt.

[@morewithles2738]

LOL

[@Leviathan_Art]

Back then there was no such thing as " below the belt". Which is why diss tracks aren't as great anymore....well than and niggas egos.

[@francesjosephtayag1900]

The beats are best .

[@MileHighBoys]

What beat is playing behind the Tyson intro though? I been needing that for bout 20 years

[@bobtheninja8000]

HOT TAKE: "Ether" is #1 and this is the 2nd best diss song EVER right behind it! Jada/Beanie = best tie that I enjoyed as well.

[@qorpse]

You seriously think this track is better than 300 Bars, Takeover, Hit Em Up, No Vaseline, etc?

[@bobtheninja8000]

Yes. I would put No Vaseline and Hit em up right behind this. I actually meant to put Ether as the best diss with 2nd Rd KO as 2nd. The David vs Goliath context is important and none of those other battles had that. All the rappers involved were already established. This was pure fire and insanity when it came out. "...Live on your own sitcom..." was madness. @@qorpse

[@krushingbro6620]

"Laid your vocals after mine" or is it " laid your vocals at the mine" i.e the way LL handled the whole thing meant it was gonna blow up and you might think you was clever but Canibus is prepared to trigger the mine off and start the war, amazing double meaning knowing canibus's style he definitely intended this. one of my favourite lines ever this is why Canibus is in my top 3 emcees ever.# (we'll skip over that "eat a niggas ass like me line" 🤣)

[@jacobholguin3944]

Laid your vocals after mine he is talking about the song 4321 because Canibus had line referring to LLs mic tattoo

[@kan50805]

Canibus man

[@abdullaal-matri5185]

2:31 wtf was that

[@extremedemon3471]

You didn't get how it was maeant

[@tasium5296]

@@extremedemon3471 what is it suppose to mean?

[@extremedemon3471]

@@tasium5296 it means that he destroyes his enemies

[@BroncoJ]

Tasium this song was made in 98. Back then it meant to fuck somebody up. “Eating ass” like it means today is a pretty new phrase.

[@TampaAries]

He was hopeing LL gave him a call.

[@dynamic9016]

Really dope.

[@mekkelphillip579]

we all heard that😬

[@clue1207]

What is that guitar riff in the way beginning in the song? It’s fire

[@ardaa391]

rip rock from can i bus debut album

[@clue1207]

@@ardaa391 thanks, do you know where I can find the instrumental?

[@ardaa391]

@@clue1207 no. i dont. but sample is "The Streets of Cairo" or "the poor little country maid "

[@clue1207]

@@ardaa391 okay thanks bro ur a g

[@kan50805]

Mike tyson

[@Deniz-li7tu]

Not gonna Lie This is Fire but i liked the ripper strikes back a Little More it was faster and more aggressive it was way more hateful Thats why i liked it

[@lightswitch7424]

2:16 I thought he said "once night"

[@Lucifermakaveli]

Reptilian kidded on em won real rap 💯 coming back 🔙

[@isaacramirez9370]

Def better than ether

[@Kronosthebreaker]

In my opinion Ether was the 2nd best diss track of all time. This in my opinion was 4th.

[@UncleSwell707]

Question of the decade: where the hell did Wyclef find the sample? It’s some Russian choir song.

[@DiegoGene-fh3zp]

I want to know as well i want to listen to it

[@matthewdahlgren9156]

Eminem def did this nigga DIRTYYYYYY and that shit was fuckin hilarious

[@Siweyautism-q9h]

Yeah he won the battle

[@RTDavis0503]

Hey that "eat a ninja ass"line messed this rhyme up and is an automatic self inflicted L to me

[@YF-23_BLACK_WIDOW_ii]

It meant smthn way different then

[@Bladebrown74]

Hindsight hindsight...

[@Ecdemaniac]

I will still never undertstood why he started talkin abt eating ass

[@iam4572]

Shut up idiot

[@alanlacosse8850]

Idc what anyone says, canibus had the better diss. And even the flip from LL "99 percent of his fans dont exist" sounds hard but wasnt canibus one of the most anticipated rappers coming up at the time? Until obviously his first album didn't live up to all the hype surrounding him. But at the time the line doesnt really apply

[@studapeppahead5384]

Poet Laureate

[@ToppyJones]

Pretty sure that line is in rap critics worst lyrics

[@tonyajay7616]

He tried it 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@jbarral6509]

Question who died on March 9th no offense

[@Kronosthebreaker]

Biggie

[@loggiepoggie]

Notorious B.I.G aka Biggie Smalls aka the GOAT

[@TheRealMermaidMan...]

@@loggiepoggie pac=goat

[@loggiepoggie]

@@TheRealMermaidMan... lmao everyone got a different taste, I ain't even gon argue

[@TheRealMermaidMan...]

@@loggiepoggie yeah ik try to avoid arguments so you can say what u say tbh

[@kddreamer5445]

WHAT THE FUCK

[@614Michael]

Yeah ll just comes with so much energy on his response. Not that this sucks but LL was better.

[@danielgibiino2284]

Man

[@NetrunCX]

Why are yall defending this lyric?💀💀💀

[@dead6123]

Best disstrack, hit em up is overrated

[@bastianschweinsteiger1400]

No Vaseline is the best hit em up is overrated tho

[@dead6123]

@@bastianschweinsteiger1400 yea i agree

[@dead6123]

@@bastianschweinsteiger1400 hit em up is overrated like lil pump

[@dead6123]

@@bastianschweinsteiger1400 but just know ice cube was dissing a lot of people i think 5 while canibus was dissing just one and killshot by eminem is great but he had a really easy opponent

[@bastianschweinsteiger1400]

@@dead6123 totally agree I love eminem but MGK is a clown. Nail in the coffin is class tho

[@MMDoom-zb1or]

Deamn

[@shantaacharya8684]

Change this backgound. Make it black.

[@charlesjonessr3684]

This was supposed to be hard?😂😂😂😂😂

[@amishb__]

Good but Eminem bodied this guy, and Ice Cube still got better diss tracks than him

[@moaek3966]

Yes Eminem did him

[@jonjonbest3795]

@@moaek3966 canibus is better then eminem

[@dins5066]

You Eminem fanboys are pathetic.

[@locolo5254]

Bruh y’all Eminem Fanboys are literally under every Canibus video saying that Em is better than him.

[@loggiepoggie]

Statistically speaking (means actually considering and comparing the punchlines, rhyme scheme and lyrics, rather than just dick riding em or canibus), Em got buried by Canibus

[@brolee500]

Then LL responded and ended this battle LOL.....

[@poorboi8093]

Demn Mike Tyson is so annoying.