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Ice Cube Freestyle (Kam Diss)

By Ice Cube · Targeting Kam

Ice Cube Freestyle (Kam Diss) is a diss track by Ice Cube targeting Kam. The recording comes from a West Coast dispute addressed directly in the supplied transcript.

Released1996
Annotated2
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro]

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    Ice Cube

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    From the west side connect gang

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    Puttin' it down on this underground tape

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    Check the lyrics

  2. 06

    [Verse]

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    I regulate on ya'll bustas, the west way

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    Niggas can't see me on they best day

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    Come one, come all, stand tall, I have a ball fuckin' all y'all

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    When it comes to this gangsta shit, I'm the king

  3. 11

    Kiss the ring don't say a motherfuckin' thing, stop starin'

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    With mo hits than Hank Aaron, nigga

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    You know, five [?] in a row

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    Now which one of ya'll niggas could see me?

  4. 15

    I'm like Harry, fuckin' Whodini in a beanie

    Multi-line diss block
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    So put me on your next record, how the fuck you gon' tell me

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    I wrecks a whole LP

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    So tell me that I'm wrong

    Block noteMakes the rejection unmistakably direct

    TargetKam

    MeaningWhat it means: In “So put me on your next record, how the fuck you gon' tell me,” Ice Cube drops any pretense of a subliminal and rejects Kam in blunt, unqualified language. Why it was said: The recording comes from a West Coast dispute addressed directly in the supplied transcript. The direct wording removes plausible deniability: listeners are not left guessing whether Kam is part of the dispute or whether a response is being invited.

    ContextThe recording comes from a West Coast dispute addressed directly in the supplied transcript.

  5. 19

    Niggas sayin' that's thеy favorite song, I'm King fuckin' Kong

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    I gets deep to freak thе nigga [?] technique, have ya pissin' blood for a week

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    So pass me the lupe and I shoot up the coupe

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    A few [?] niggas and [?] everybody killa

  6. 23

    Cross 'em out and put a K is what I say

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    I spray chest cavities, bring down the gravity

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    Niggas mad at me I can't believe

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    Pullin' hoe cards but got one up they sleeve

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    Shut the fuck up 'fore you get set the fuck up, stomach open, chokin', wake the fuck up chokin', on ya own blood

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    It's like the flood of Mississippi

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    Miss me, diss me, you history

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    Turn your sperm into a germ, on sherm make ya funky worm burn 'till you squirm ([?] [?])

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    So many suckers in the industry, pass the Hennessey so my enemies'll think it's ten of me

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    So when ya face me, you can mace me, I still flip a serial killa John Wayne Gacy

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    Only hell knows, I break ya motherfuckin' elbows, bailin' through ya hood in jail clothes

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    Every bitch in the area like my style (Tadow)

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    Hoes be singin' "Tadow, how you like me now"

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    Pullin' up to the liquor store, only ghetto hoes can open suicide doors

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    I'm like Don King in the ring, it's all about the bucks, hair fucked up so

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    Remember the Alamo nigga, you better go and get your calico nigga

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    You got it out for me but I'm takin' all your shots like Scarface on the balcony

    Multi-line diss block
    40

    Stick my pistol in your gristle, might launch a missile, don't whistle, shut the fuck up

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetKam

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Stick my pistol in your gristle, might launch a missile, don't whistle, shut the fuck up,” Ice Cube converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Kam. Why it was said: The recording comes from a West Coast dispute addressed directly in the supplied transcript. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Kam as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe recording comes from a West Coast dispute addressed directly in the supplied transcript.

  11. 41

    [Outro]

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    West side for life, nigga

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    Fuck them other fools

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    Fresh, for 96, you wack ass motherfuckers