"Stop Being Greedy" is the second single by DMX from his debut Studio album. The single peaked at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 in the U.S.

Production

The instrumental was produced by P.K. for Ruff Ryders Entertainment

Ruff Ryders

Ruff Ryders Entertainment is a record label founded by brothers Darrin "Dee" Dean and Joaquin "Waah" Dean, uncles of producer Swizz Beatz. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and is distributed by Fontana Distribution.The label is currently active as Ruff Ryders...

. This is also one of the songs on the album

It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

It's Dark and Hell is Hot is the debut album of American rapper DMX, released May 19, 1998 on Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings. The album featured four singles with music videos, "Get at Me Dog", "Stop Being Greedy", "How's It Goin' Down" and the "Ruff Ryders Anthem"...

 to feature DMX's well known various dog Barking. The song features DMX's double personas; the smooth voice represents a person with no trouble, while the angry voice represents a person showing hostility and trouble.

Lyrics

Lyrics are focused on violence

Violence

Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...

 and stress which represents DMX's anger to people who are greedy and not wanting to help the one who needs it.

Music Video

The music video for the song was shot in the town of Chester, NY and features the old MSB bank and the Glenmere Mansion

Glenmere mansion

The Glenmere mansion, overlooking Glenmere Lake, approximately 50 miles northwest of New York City in Orange County, New York, was built by New York City real estate developer Robert Wilson Goelet in 1911, on the grounds of his sprawling estate in Sugar Loaf, a hamlet of the town of Chester, New...

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Samples

• The song samples "My Hero Is a Gun" by Diana Ross
  Diana Ross
  Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
  
   from the 1975 film Mahogany
  Mahogany (1975 film)
  Mahogany is a 1975 feature film, produced by Motown Productions and released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on October 8, 1975. Directed by Motown founder Berry Gordy , Mahogany stars Diana Ross as Tracy Chambers, a poor African-American woman who rises to become a popular fashion designer in Rome...
  
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Chart positions

Chart	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	79
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	45