by Amanda London· Published June 5, 2020· Updated June 5, 2020

There’s a whole lot going on lyrically in 50 Cent’s “Patiently Waiting”. But in trying to derive a succinct theme, we can say that it is an ode to perseverance, particularly from 50 Cent’s personal perspective. For as fans of the artist know he had endured various setbacks, including an assassination attempt on his life which led to him catching nine bullets, before making it big. So the way the title of this song has been interpreted is as highlighting the ‘patience’ Fif exercised before finally becoming a big-name artist, which occurred during the same era in which this song was released.

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Meanwhile Eminem serves more as a backup, if you will, to 50, reiterating many of the same ideas and bigging up the lead rapper in the process. And on top of being persevering artists they also depict themselves as being accordingly tough, and Fif especially comes off as someone you wouldn’t want to play with.

“I been patiently waitin’ for a track to explode on”

Release Date of “Patiently Waiting”

“Patiently Waiting” was not released as one of the singles from “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”.  However, it still managed to appear on Billboard’s “Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs” listing. It actually peaked at number 56 on said chart.

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February 6th, 2003 was the official release date of Fif’s best-selling album “Get Rich or Die Tryin'”. On the track listing, this track appears at number 3. Said album also features such global hits as “Many Men“, “21 Questions” and “In da Club“.

50 Cent and Eminem

This is one of two collaborations on the album which 50 Cent has with Eminem. The other is entitled “Don’t Push Me”. Actually this marked the beginning of a series of successful collaboration between Fif and Em.

Writing Credits for “Patiently Waiting”

50 along with his buddy Eminem penned this song with L. Resto and M. Elizondo. Eminem solely handled the entire production of this track.