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C.O.B is an acronym for a lot of things as Crooked I represents. In this case it stands for Crip or Blood or Circle of Bosses.
He is saying these over hype lying rappers, would point a gun at another rapper, but wouldn’t dare pulling one in front of a real gangster.
With a sniper designed, rifle aligned right for ya mind
I target a man
I was thuggin' before I became a marketing plan Crooked I – The Kite
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Crooked is a notorious gangsta in the L.B.C. and when in the streets, his life is on the line.
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Reach is a boxing term used to describe how long a boxers arms can go to hit someone. Royce here is using an simile to say he’s got hands like Rocky Balboa, (the boxer from the Rocky series) to compare his greatness and ability to verbally knock you out..
Beta drums the size of Kanye's mullet in that Aston Royce da 5'9" (Ft. Trick Trick) – Gangsta (Street Hop)
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Royce ties these lines to his automatic weapons to being faster and stronger, to a reference with the Kanye West song Stronger.
Also, beta drums is just another way of saying ammunition magazine he is referring to them being large, because at that time Kanye West had a pretty big mullet.
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“The butt of the gun” is the back/handle of it. He is using a simile to say that the handle gun is bigger than Buffie the Body a model famous for her “butt.”
Same niggas that used to hate wanna show me round
Ho sit down
I don't fuck around with these niggas that one bitch screaming
(Dizzy tried to choke me out!) Dizzy Wright (Ft. SwizZz) – Who Want It
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To figure out which city really gon' hold me down Dizzy Wright (Ft. SwizZz) – Who Want It
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Crooked I is always rapping about how he rhymes like Pac, Biggie, Big Pun, Big L, and so many other of raps legends who we’re also O.G.’s, because he adapts their style each time he rhymes.