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Bigger Picture

By The Diplomats · Targeting Jay-Z

Bigger Picture is a diss track by The Diplomats targeting Jay-Z. The recording also credits Juelz Santana and Cam’ron. Cam'ron's conflict with Jay-Z grew out of Roc-A-Fella business tensions, Dipset's relationship with Damon Dash and competing accounts of who created opportunities for whom. The lyrics challenge Jay-Z's authorship, loyalty, fashion, executive record and claim to have made Cam wealthy.

Released2004

Annotated1

ExplicitYes

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[Intro: Cam'Ron]
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Killa, Uh Huh
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Heatmakerz, (Yes sir)
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Jones, Santana
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Freekey (The Union)
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Holla at da boys, man (Uh-huh)
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This is Diplomat Records, man (Yes sir)
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Ya'll can't fuck wit us (At all)
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We could go to war for years, let's do it, man (Our grandkids could get it on, man)
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It's nuffin', man
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(Let's do it) Yo
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[Verse 1: Cam'ron]
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Yo, these stories I spit, I seen 'em I wrote 'em (I wrote 'em)
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Like a teen he was boastin, "La Vida Loc'in"
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In his dream I awoke him, the Beamer, I drove it (I drove it)
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It was the beam that I showed him, (Uh-huh) that I keep by my scrotum
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I seen him, I showed him, I leaned him, I told him (I told him)
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The demons arose and, bullets, pull it, a hour just to clean 'em and load 'em, doggy
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You had a slow summer, I didn't (Not us)
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H.2 gold Hummer, not to mention new Range, no number (Oww)
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And you know the Rover (Rover)
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So move over soldier (Soldier)
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Flavor Coca Cola, garage the soda holder (Holder)
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And it's over, over, here's a clover Doja
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I'm that nigga now, everyone that knows ya told ya (Everybody)
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Byrd Gang but we live by the codes of cobras (Cobras)
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Hoopties, drive-by's, long nose through Nova's (Nova's)
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If you dope I dope ya, (Dope ya) where the Pensacola
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The end is over, Coroner come roll him over (Over)
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And I don't just look real, this crook deals coke (Coke)
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Only thing whiter, dog, is Brooke Shields (That bitch)
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Harlem, holla back, how the hood feel? (How y'all feel?)
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Platinum, I'm that real, you that shook deal (I bring it home, y'all)
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Took deals out the building, up the block (Block)
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Up 29 flights, plugged up with the Roc
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Now it's hurtin' ya heart to see Dame fuckin' wit me (It hurt, huh?)
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Worse than that, the whole game fuckin' wit me (Even worse)
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A little beef, a few lames fuckin' wit me (It's nuffin')
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They actin like success it came luckily (Shit)
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Same lame duckin me, (Duckin' me) is same dame in love wit me
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Dip-Set but one set I claim is sucker free
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Don't fuck wit me
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[Chorus: Juelz Santana & Cam'ron]
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It's da all new Thrilla in Manilla, foreala
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Killa I'm wit ya, lets kill these niggas, I'm wit ya
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(Let's go to war, man)
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They ain't wit it, or gettin' the bigger picture
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We livin' the bigger picture
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Ya niggas is really wit ya, ohhh
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It's da all new Thrilla in Manilla, foreala
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(Killa)
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Killa I'm wit ya, lets kill (We ready for this, man) these niggas, I'm wit ya (Harlem)
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They ain't wit it, or gettin' the bigger picture (Uh, Killa)
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We livin' the bigger picture ([?] [?] it on)
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Ya niggas is really wit ya, ohhh
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[Verse 2: Cam'ron]
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When it comes to beef, yes (Yessss)
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Indeed it get hazardous, C's can't be saved by Jesus and Nazareth (Nazareth)
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To my nigga weez, it's hilarious (Uh-huh)
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They squeeze at the cabbages, (Damn) seeds in the carriages (Shit)
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Thieves, Bronx, Queens, and the Razamith (Uh-huh)
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Milk, and Ock Mu'll come steamin' the Ratchet, bitch (Holla)
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Transaction, lobby get done
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Being cocky is fun, these are Versace air ones (Never seen 'em)
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Yea, thanks a lot, it been great Dame (Uh-huh)
Multi-line diss block
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My bitch is a great dame, my dog is a great dane (What's your resume?)
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You know me, I’m from the 2, 4, and A train (Uh-huh)
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Now I got 6 homes, 10 cars, 8 names (Owww)
Block noteUses a pointed question as an accusation
TargetJay-Z
MeaningWhat it means: In “My bitch is a great dame, my dog is a great dane (What's your resume?),” The Diplomats puts Jay-Z's conduct on trial through a question that is meant as a challenge, not a neutral request for information. Why it was said: Cam'ron's conflict with Jay-Z grew out of Roc-A-Fella business tensions, Dipset's relationship with Damon Dash and competing accounts of who created opportunities for whom. The lyrics challenge Jay-Z's authorship, loyalty, fashion, executive record and claim to have made Cam wealthy. The question shifts the burden onto Jay-Z: any answer must accept the premise raised in the lyric or explain why that premise is false.
ContextCam'ron's conflict with Jay-Z grew out of Roc-A-Fella business tensions, Dipset's relationship with Damon Dash and competing accounts of who created opportunities for whom. The lyrics challenge Jay-Z's authorship, loyalty, fashion, executive record and claim to have made Cam wealthy.
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I might be Charles Johnson, John Bronson (Bronson)
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Oscar Martinez, Omar Swanson (Swanson)
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And don't front, I'm jinglin' baby (Happy)
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Chains, bracelet, rings, blingin' all crazy (Crazy)
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Rob me? I think that he's crazy (For real)
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Violets, Orchids, reefs, roses, they'll be bringing him daisies (Daisies)
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I tell bitches that I'm "Sa Da Te", Fellacio in the tower of my casa, ayyy (Ayyy)
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All they say is "Papa play" (Play) but I pop shit, pop guns, and pop some Yay
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And I don't care where you been, or what Jail (Jail)
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Go tell Disney (Uh) all ya fuckin' Ducktales (Uh)
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Killa
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[Chorus: Juelz Santana & Cam'ron]
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It's da all new Thrilla in Manilla, foreala
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Killa I'm wit ya, lets kill these niggas, I'm wit ya
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They ain't wit it, or gettin' the bigger picture
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We livin' the bigger picture
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Ya niggas is really wit ya, ohhh
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It's da all new Thrilla in Manilla, foreala
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Killa I'm wit ya, lets kill these niggas, I'm wit ya
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They ain't wit it, or gettin' the bigger picture
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We livin' the bigger picture
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Ya niggas is really wit ya, ohhh