Originally Posted by Nostradamus

Tryna' escape the wicked empire of Def Jam
and the land where lyrics are bland and heretics hang
Self explanatory

Every warrior has an axe to bury
but he has to learn to discern between enemy and adversary
Talking about when he dissed eminem, Eminem was down at a press conference and he was saying that he respected Bis's lyrical skill but Canibus took some of his comments as shit talking and his insecuritys played a big part of why em and bis started beefing.. Hes saying that he should of not been so quick to diss back cause he didnt think before he spoke.. He essentually "had to learn to discern between enemy and adversary"...

I said to myself, "Germaine this is insane
its suicide its controlled flight into terrain"
I fought to regain, control of the plain, but went up in a ball of flames
and got banned from the hip hop hall of fame
For 2 bars I kept hearin in my head
over and over again, it cost me everything
This is where he is talking about being booted off Def Jam and being cut from the hip hop hall of fame. The bars in the question were "I am the illest nigga alive, watch me prove it / I'll snatch ya crown with ya head still attached to it". He said it in a battle against LL Cool J and LL took it to heart and saw it as a personal diss and that started beef which ofcourse eventually ended up with canibus being booted from the label and def jam began to pay off radio stations to not play his songs and a bunch of other bullshit..