retaliation

revenge; action taken in return for an injury or offense

Heard in 50 songs (183M+ combined views) — most famously in "Phenomenal" by Eminem.

Updated August 5, 2026

Songs Featuring “retaliation

Eminem - Phenomenal

Time: 3:30

Ready to face any challenge, waitin'

Can taste it, it's salivation, I'm wagin' retaliation

Look what I have built, reputation is validation

Eminem - Phenomenal

Xzibit - Get Your Walk On

Time: 0:27

Bang holes through they coats and they Macy bags

No retaliation you basically runnin' with fags

In these streets, you only good as your last transaction

Xzibit - Get Your Walk On

YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Play Wit Us

Time: 1:08

That's when you niggas die (Bitch ass nigga)

Guns in retaliation, ask me what to make, I say, "A body"

Them drugs bring it out and I can't hide it

YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Play Wit Us

MoneyBagg Yo - Judgment

Time: 0:28

Let off shots, ain't hit shit, they think we don't know who did it

Retaliation a must, when we do it's man down

Grrr, I ain't selfish, give his ass a hundred rounds

MoneyBagg Yo - Judgment

2Pac - No More Pain

Time: 3:25

Now you all thugs, nigga don't you love it

It's similar to multiple gunshots, retaliation is a must

Wasn't too sure what you facin' so watch the guns bust

2Pac - No More Pain

Akon - Blown Away

Time: 1:36

Even a child could take a life by pulling the trigga

Retaliation only takes anger mixed with passion

So you target in the distance and keep on blastin'

Akon - Blown Away

G-Unit - Gangsta Shit

Time: 2:08

Smokin' like we some Jamaicans fuckin' with this ganja

Ride with no hesitation, retaliation is a must

Bad as I want to, some shit I just don't discuss (uh-uh)

G-Unit - Gangsta Shit

Joey Bada$$ - Rockabye Baby

Time: 2:35

Homies murked on the bus benches

Retaliation 'cause his mama cryin'

Kept it gangsta 'til I modify 'em

Joey Bada$$ - Rockabye Baby

Kendrick Lamar - Worldwide Steppers

Time: 1:41

I said, "I might be racist"

Ancestors watchin' me fuck was like retaliation

I'm a killer, he's a killer, she's a killer, bitch

Kendrick Lamar - Worldwide Steppers

Boosie Badazz - Retaliation

Time: 1:18

We searching for blood

Retaliation, it's payback pussy

Like sharks we searching for blood

Boosie Badazz - Retaliation

The Notorious B.I.G. - Somebody's Gotta Die

Time: 0:59

I opens up the door, pitiful, is he in critical?

Retaliation for this one won't be minimal

'Cause I'm a criminal way before the rap shit, bust the gat shit

The Notorious B.I.G. - Somebody's Gotta Die

Polo G - Alright

Time: 0:40

Cold nights on the block, so quiet you can hear a pen drop

Retaliation every time that fourth gen' pop

That glizzy barrel smokin', left his skin hot

Polo G - Alright

Trivium - Villainy Thrives

Time: 0:30

I can feel it aching within every bone inside me

I can feel it breaking out, retaliation, released

I need to cause the evil-doers' suffering

Trivium - Villainy Thrives

Bilal - These Walls

Time: 3:58

Walls telling you to listen to "Sing About Me"

Retaliation is strong you even dream about me

Killed my homeboy and God spared your life

Bilal - These Walls

R. Kelly - Can You Learn

Time: 3:24

Fist fights in night clubs for rap beefs,

Shootings, retaliations, yeah, it's that deed!

I guess they just got to catch me when they catch me

R. Kelly - Can You Learn

NLE Choppa - Neighborhood Watch

Time: 1:50

He told me he need him a Xan', man

Retaliation, that's a must

You bust at us, then you know you a dead man

NLE Choppa - Neighborhood Watch

Rancid - Where I'm Going

Time: 1:29

Retaliation is my crime

Communication, a waste of time

Rancid - Where I'm Going

Mobb Deep - Crawlin

Time: 1:38

I set it off on your bitch ass, dont forget that

And your retaliation was weak, baby pictures

Dunn I'll take you out in the street and spank you bitch

Mobb Deep - Crawlin

Meshuggah - Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion

Time: 3:14

It's subharmonics the undoing of all

So enticing, the retaliation - chords of man

The all-deafening oscillation of the damned.

Meshuggah - Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion

Mack 10 - Get Yo Ride On

Time: 2:34

Take me in the dump schools that, wanna push me

Retaliation, straight better than hitten' pussy

Ride for me, I'ma ride for you

Mack 10 - Get Yo Ride On

Gorillaz - Dirty Harry

Time: 2:17

Some are seekin' and searchin' like Nimoy

I'm a peace-loving decoy, ready for retaliation

I change your whole location to a pine box six-under

Gorillaz - Dirty Harry

Coheed and Cambria - Blind Side Sonny

Time: 1:03

Know this for a fact, I will not hear

Your retaliation doesn't mean shit

Go on, give me a myriad of reasons

Coheed and Cambria - Blind Side Sonny

Mozzy - Heartbroken

Time: 1:54

How you bite the only hand that fed you? I forgive you

Retaliation mandatory, we gon' come and get you (yeah)

You gon' get your wish

Mozzy - Heartbroken

Method Man - Sub Crazy

Time: 0:24

Fuck it! If you ain't with me then forget me

Niggas tried to stick me, retaliation, no hesitation shifty (bitch)

Creepin' niggas in the dark, triggers with no heart

Method Man - Sub Crazy

B.G. - Let's Get Funky

Time: 1:05

Grab the K's and bust, it's ten for one trust

Retaliation a must, ah ah

Lets get funky wit' these niggas

B.G. - Let's Get Funky

Drake - Diplomatic Immunity

Time: 2:22

Wakin' up at 6:00 p.m. like, "Where does the day go?"

Forecastin' tornadoes, brainstormin' retaliation at dinner tables

2010 was when I lost my halo

Drake - Diplomatic Immunity

Alanis Morissette - Can't Not

Time: 0:20

I might be proving you right with my silence or my retaliation

would I be letting you win in my non reaction?

Alanis Morissette - Can't Not

Overkill - Armorist

Time: 1:05

Armory, armory

I'm the swift cold hand of retaliation

Armory, armory.

Overkill - Armorist

Rick Ross - 911

Time: 0:05

God forgives... I don't

In other words, retaliation is a must!

I bow my head, I pray to God

Rick Ross - 911

French Montana - Poetic With No Justice

Time: 1:22

I can't lie, he was dead on scene

Retaliation is a must, in Allah we trust

Fear the woman's ain't no remorse (no remorse)

French Montana - Poetic With No Justice

Cannibal Corpse - The Discipline of Revenge

Time: 1:59

Crushing the pompous fool

Retaliation

This was worth the wait

Cannibal Corpse - The Discipline of Revenge

The Devil Wears Prada - Lord Xenu

Time: 0:00

Gravity, teach me the ways of retaliation, retaliation

I'd like every backbiter to know that audience

The Devil Wears Prada - Lord Xenu

Blonde Redhead - Top Ranking

Time: 1:28

What we need is a persuasion

What you give is retaliation

I hope one day we meet again

Blonde Redhead - Top Ranking

Black Label Society - Parade Of The Dead

Time: 1:35

The machines must be fed

Revenge and retaliation

The shadow of man's war has been cast

Black Label Society - Parade Of The Dead

Bad Religion - Fertile Crescent

Time: 0:50

Aggression rears its ugly head

Retaliation brings further dread

The two are linked by unseen threads

Bad Religion - Fertile Crescent

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - It's All Real

Time: 1:17

(Hey, hey, hey) It's hating baby they gotta be so cold the gotta be heartless

In certain situations like retaliation

()

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - It's All Real

Spandau Ballet - Revenge for Love

Time: 1:10

My love is all but known

Retaliation is emotion I have shown

And I say

Spandau Ballet - Revenge for Love

Insane Clown Posse - Fury!

Time: 1:22

Shapaw, chah, poof, plow

Hey son, you're facin' helly retaliation

Napalm, it's on

Insane Clown Posse - Fury!

Sage Francis - The Buzz Kill

Time: 2:55

(Come on come on, feel it feel it)

The protection which comes with the possesion weapons of retaliation

But is this protection enough?

Sage Francis - The Buzz Kill

Boldy James - Detroit River Rock

Time: 0:37

But, pressure bust pipes and my pressure up (Yup, yup)

Retaliation is a must

What I'ma hit you with, you motherfuckers better duck

Boldy James - Detroit River Rock

Barenaked Ladies - Off His Head

Time: 2:20

Fingers crossed for the salvation

Or retaliation at least

And your Daddy's off his head

Barenaked Ladies - Off His Head

T.I. - Active

Time: 3:43

Bet I will deal with whoever died

Retaliation of the frontline, now the elevation of my mind

Got a nigga tryna make myself calm down

T.I. - Active

Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation

Time: 0:09

Woah now, retaliation

Singing woah now, we a go wake up the nation

Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation

Warren G - Young Locs Slow Down

Time: 1:22

Caught your brother slippin' and flippin' the lead

Retaliation was swift, furious, just know this hood shit is serious

For the sake of if remembers, see your 'bout your paper

Warren G - Young Locs Slow Down

Bright Eyes - Spun Out

Time: 0:25

The razor's edge, test my patience

Retaliation, was it worth it at all?

Number 9 on a cloud

Bright Eyes - Spun Out

Sly - Help Me [Interlude]

Time: 1:55

(Thinking 'bout killing them all)

They say retaliation is mandatory

Lord help me

Sly - Help Me [Interlude]

Pennywise - 18 Soldiers

Time: 1:10

When the rain starts coming down the search for absolution is dry

Retaliation is blind

With underestimated losses of life

Pennywise - 18 Soldiers

Talib Kweli - All of Us

Time: 3:00

The heavens bursted and the rains came

Retaliation of the sons of the fathers who worked the chain gangs

I hit that shmoney dance on the coffin of a crooked cop

Talib Kweli - All of Us

Kasabian - By My Side

Time: 1:09

Come on

No retaliation

Said the poets to his kid

Kasabian - By My Side

Public Enemy - What Good is a Bomb

Time: 1:23

Deserve finer things living interchangable

I recognize retaliation from every angle

What good is a bomb?

Public Enemy - What Good is a Bomb