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Stan [RMX]

By Cam'ron · Targeting Stan Spit

Stan [RMX] is a diss track by Cam'ron targeting Stan Spit. Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.

Released2001

Annotated10

ExplicitYes

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Lyrics & breakdown

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[Intro]
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Wow
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Stanley's really mad
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Maybe he's mad 'cause he's livin' with the same bitch that be givin' Fat Shawn and Jimmy head every day, trickin' on him ([?])
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Or maybe he's mad because he never got called for another movie since Belly (True)
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Or maybe he's mad he's just broke ([?])
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Or maybe he's mad 'cause he been rappin' for ten years and still didn't get a deal (I think that's what it is)
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Maybe if I write him a letter I'll try and help him get a deal, ([?] [?]) let's see
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[Verse]
Multi-line diss block
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Dear Stan, I gotta let this pen cross the line
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You took too much ecstasy, I see you lost your mind
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You forgotten where you're really from, you're really a bum
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On top of that, you're silly and dumb
Block noteTurns the target's own work into ammunition
TargetStan Spit
MeaningWhat it means: In “Dear Stan, I gotta let this pen cross the line,” Cam'ron quotes or reshapes a recognizable phrase associated with Stan Spit, using the target's own catalogue or public image as the setup for the insult. Why it was said: Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening. The callback is meant to deny Stan Spit control of a familiar signature: the audience recognizes the source, but now hears it serving the opponent's punchline.
ContextCam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.
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But I was nice to you, a real brother instead
Multi-line diss block
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Hung out with you on mothers day, because your mother's dead
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I got stuff to yell about, to tell about
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How I had to swell your mouth, diss me to get on?
Block noteMakes the feud personal through family
TargetStan Spit
MeaningWhat it means: In “Hung out with you on mothers day, because your mother's dead,” Cam'ron brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Stan Spit, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Stan Spit and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.
ContextCam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.
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Well, I'll help you out
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I don't know if you'll make it as a rapper, we all seen Belly
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You're a very good actor
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But you wasn't acting, that's your real life, dunn dunn
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You gon' get killed, and you was DMX son son
Multi-line diss block
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But where's your money?
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You wanna start that bad?
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You spent it all on Branson, a ho, and Harlem cabs?
Block noteTurns money and possessions into leverage
TargetStan Spit
MeaningWhat it means: In “But where's your money?,” Cam'ron contrasts financial power or possessions with Stan Spit's alleged lack of money, access, or control. Why it was said: Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening. The comparison converts status into material evidence and is meant to make Stan Spit's success claims look hollow beside something listeners can picture and measure.
ContextCam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.
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Come on, eat at my house
Multi-line diss block
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No, Stanley. not the floor, sleep on the couch
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Your wife, you was eating her out
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I fucked her
Block noteMakes the feud personal through family
TargetStan Spit
MeaningWhat it means: In “Your wife, you was eating her out,” Cam'ron brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Stan Spit, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Stan Spit and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.
ContextCam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.
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I don't know why, she's a deuce
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Maybe Stanley's mad, because I wouldn't buy him a loosie
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He had them blistering toes
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Frostbitten nose
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Waiting in the blistering cold
Multi-line diss block
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For a quarter, and I just said no...
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But to diss me, you never had the right
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Everyone in Harlem knows you've never had a fight
Block notePressures the target to answer
TargetStan Spit
MeaningWhat it means: In “But to diss me, you never had the right,” Cam'ron treats Stan Spit's response, delay, or silence as part of the contest rather than a neutral choice. Why it was said: Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening. By defining silence as concession, the line tries to control the timetable of the feud and force Stan Spit into replying on the artist's terms.
ContextCam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.
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You're not top dog, you're not hard, you're not god
Multi-line diss block
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You're the type to get the work, fuck it up, come back, and say I got robbed
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I took little orphan Stanley out the outreach, even let him go to the super bowl in south beach
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Take the car, Stan, whip the whip
Block noteTurns the target's own work into ammunition
TargetStan Spit
MeaningWhat it means: In “Take the car, Stan, whip the whip,” Cam'ron quotes or reshapes a recognizable phrase associated with Stan Spit, using the target's own catalogue or public image as the setup for the insult. Why it was said: Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening. The callback is meant to deny Stan Spit control of a familiar signature: the audience recognizes the source, but now hears it serving the opponent's punchline.
ContextCam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.
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What'd he do? Get car jacked and pistol whipped
Multi-line diss block
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Fuck 'em
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I ain't gonna bother, Stan
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Because I father'd Stan
Block noteTurns the target's own work into ammunition
TargetStan Spit
MeaningWhat it means: In “I ain't gonna bother, Stan,” Cam'ron quotes or reshapes a recognizable phrase associated with Stan Spit, using the target's own catalogue or public image as the setup for the insult. Why it was said: Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening. The callback is meant to deny Stan Spit control of a familiar signature: the audience recognizes the source, but now hears it serving the opponent's punchline.
ContextCam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.
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Maybe I let him know now
Multi-line diss block
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I'm YOUR FATHER Stan
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Call 'em tampax, pussy needs tampons
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Remember how they used to call you little Stan'ron, fam'ron?
Block noteTurns the target's own work into ammunition
TargetStan Spit
MeaningWhat it means: In “I'm YOUR FATHER Stan,” Cam'ron quotes or reshapes a recognizable phrase associated with Stan Spit, using the target's own catalogue or public image as the setup for the insult. Why it was said: Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening. The callback is meant to deny Stan Spit control of a familiar signature: the audience recognizes the source, but now hears it serving the opponent's punchline.
ContextCam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.
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You'll get slapped in your cheek
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I stopped fucking with you
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You couldn't rap to the beat
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Man, you couldn't do an album cut
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Rest in peace, you fuck my man Big L album up
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Forgive him, L
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It's a pity tho (Pity tho)
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I mean, that verse was real shitty, yo (Shitty, yo)
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Rocking all Jim Jones jewels in the video? (Video)
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Stanley Drayton, I think you need to think about it
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You gonna get hit with clips, I hope you dream about it
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And when you dream, I hope you can't sleep, and you scream about it
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And when you scream, you gon' yell "that team Dips about it"
Multi-line diss block
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See Stan I'm gettin' tired of this pen
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And even if you diss, I'm not writin' you again because you need some help
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Plus your shit is trash, you a young buck (Buck)
Block noteTurns the target's own work into ammunition
TargetStan Spit
MeaningWhat it means: In “See Stan I'm gettin' tired of this pen,” Cam'ron quotes or reshapes a recognizable phrase associated with Stan Spit, using the target's own catalogue or public image as the setup for the insult. Why it was said: Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening. The callback is meant to deny Stan Spit control of a familiar signature: the audience recognizes the source, but now hears it serving the opponent's punchline.
ContextCam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.
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Why don't you go and get some ass and relax a little?
Multi-line diss block
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See Stan this is the end
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And don't come to 40th ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever again
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Faggot
Block noteTurns the target's own work into ammunition
TargetStan Spit
MeaningWhat it means: In “See Stan this is the end,” Cam'ron quotes or reshapes a recognizable phrase associated with Stan Spit, using the target's own catalogue or public image as the setup for the insult. Why it was said: Cam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening. The callback is meant to deny Stan Spit control of a familiar signature: the audience recognizes the source, but now hears it serving the opponent's punchline.
ContextCam'ron's records answer Harlem rapper Stan Spit after their mentor–protégé relationship broke down and Stan criticized Cam in a freestyle. Cam makes the dispute about loyalty, career dependence and who gave whom an opening.
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[Outro]
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I'll see you when I see you