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pan-pan: gram or dime? Cam'ron (Ft. Opera Steve) – Killa Cam
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Pan Pan Hard Times Diner is a famous soul food restaurant chain. The flagship location in Harlem – which was located at 135th st. and Lenox ave. – burned down in 2004

Cam'ron is imitating himself as a young man, selling cocaine in front of the Pan Pan diner: a gram of yayo is $50, a dime is $10 (hence “dime”)

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Soon as the stoolie sings
That when the toolie sing! Cam'ron (Ft. Opera Steve) – Killa Cam
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Soon as the stool pigeon gives the cops information, Cam will shoot him

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And you know my drift
Used to figures, dough and shit Cam'ron (Ft. Opera Steve) – Killa Cam
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He’s talking about how he can get money off the same customer hence “and you know my drift” refers to the previous four lines. The lines also show that he is an experienced drug dealer, hence ‘used to figures, dough and shit.’

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Yo, I'm from where Nicky Barnes got rich as fuck Cam'ron (Ft. Opera Steve) – Killa Cam
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Leroy “Nicky” Barnes aka Mr. Untouchable aka The Teflon Don is a famous drug dealer who made his fortune selling heroin in Harlem (Cam is from there as well, and he also sells drugs)

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Bang! Bang!
Came from that movie ring
Snap, crack jewelry bling
Flapjack, ooh he bring
Clack-clack, "ooh he ring!"
Bad rap, cuties cling Cam'ron (Ft. Opera Steve) – Killa Cam
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This is a typical example of Cam'ron cutting the rhyme of the verse in half, resulting in elusive lyrics.

The gunshots (from killing the stool pigeon in the line above) were like a movie soundtrack.

Or they killed/scared a person like in the movie The Ring?

“Snap crack” is a reference to Rice Krispies as well as a description of the visual sound his diamonds make when they glisten. “Flapjack” is a stand in for crack. “Clack clack” is the sound of flipping open his cell phone to call a girl…who claims that he has a bad rap for cheating on girls

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The onomatopoeia and imagery used here could potentially echo the graphic murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents, as suggested by phrases like: “movie” and “jewelry ring”

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He says Bang Bang LIKE KANE from that movie…
Kane is a reference to the movie Menace 2 Society where the main character’s name was Kane.

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Snap crack jewelry bling he describing a robbery
flapjack ohh he bring, flapjacks are pancakes mean cake he brings. clack clack, oh he ring. meaning gunshot rings your ears.

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Rich and A hit the kitchens then were pitchin' up Cam'ron (Ft. Opera Steve) – Killa Cam
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“Rich and A” are Rich Porter and Alpo, two flamboyant New York drug kingpins of the 80s. Alpo killed Rich in 1990 over (you guessed it) yayo

The movie Paid in Full, which Cam'ron starred in, was based on Rich and A (Cam'ron suavely portrayed Rico)

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A is for Azie aka AZ not Alpo!

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You a rooster nigga, just a roaster, bitch
And I roast ya bitch Cam'ron (Ft. Opera Steve) – Killa Cam
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  1. You are a “rooster” (i.e. you’re a loser / you cooperate with the cops)

  2. So I’m going to pick your girl up in my “roaster” (short for Ferarri Testarossa, as explained in the background: “TESTarossa!”)

  3. And “roast” her (have sex, maybe kill)

  4. Roaster (or heater, or burner) is a gun.

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Quintuple entendre… dont ask me how

A roaster is an older chicken about 3 to 5 months old which weighs 5 to 7 pounds. It yields more meat per pound than a broiler-fryer. It’s usually roasted whole.

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Not toes or MC when I say "hammer time" Cam'ron (Ft. Opera Steve) – Killa Cam
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A “hammer” is a gun. When Cam'ron declares “hammer time” he doesn’t mean what MC Hammer means or the foot condition known as hammer toe (called “hammer time” in the Eddie Murphy movie Boomerang); he means his gun.

Also a reference to Arm & Hammer baking soda, which is used to make crack. This follows directly the gram or dime line mentioned just before

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I think he says “toes”, a reference to the classic “Boomerang” scene with Eddie Murphy and Lela Rochon.

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I always thought it was not toes or MC. Like hammer toes?

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Not “tools” or MC when I say hammer time.

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Beef: I hammer mine, when I get my hands on nines Cam'ron (Ft. Opera Steve) – Killa Cam
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A double entendre: a butcher “hammers” ground beef; Cam'ron settles “beef” – disagreements – with his “hammer” – his – in this case nine milimeter – gun

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head dead in the mic
Forgettin' all I ever knew, convenient amnesia
"I suggest you call my lawyer, I know the procedure." JAY-Z – Can I Live
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He is conveniently feigning amnesia, telling the police that “he doesn’t remember” in response to questioning about his drug business

By asking for his lawyer, he is also invoking his 5th Amendment Miranda rights, which demonstrates his familiarity with criminal procedure.

At the time, Jay’s lawyer was none other than Combat Jack, Reggie Ossé.

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