War with God

"War with God"
Song

"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.

Synopsis

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 rumors were directly relating to T.I.. T.I. responds to this song on the remix of Umma Do Me by Rocko saying:

Money you say u get 30 mil. in six years / Listen forbes put me down fa 20, dat was dis year / And let's get dis clear just between you and me / Dat apology was for B.E.T not D.T.P It was really aimed at Gucci Mane

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 that War With God is a subliminal diss to rapper Lil' Wayne.

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

It is believed that he's referencing the song "The Mobb" by Lil' Wayne. He also mentions Tha Carter II 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."

Credits and personnel

The credits for "War With God" are adapted from the liner notes of Release Therapy.

Recording

• Recorded at: The Ludaplex in Atlanta, Georgia.

Personnel

• Ludacris – vocals, songwriting
• Dre & Vidal – producers, songwriting
• Don Cheegro – co-producer
• Alexander Chiger – songwriting
• Harry "Dirty Harry" Zelnick - songwriting, co-producer
• Joshua Monroy – recording
• Leon Huff – songwriting
• Kenny Gamble – songwriting
• Vincent Dilorenzo - mixing
• Phil Tan - mixing
• Michael Tsarfati - recording, assistant mixer