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Swagga Talk

November 21st, 2007 by

Alright, I'm an idiot for posting this, a link which is gonna appeal to a slim niche of dy/dan's already-niched readership.

Swagga Talk is a track off Cam'ron's new Public Enemy mixtape. It's profane, crude, misogynistic — standard issue Cam'ron — and, for any language enthusiasts undeterred by those descriptors, totally irresistible.

With assistance from Hell Rell and 40 Cal, Cam'ron rhymes up a comprehensive dissertation of New York's street slang.

I know you miss us.
We back New York.
You wanna talk like us
here goes some swagga talk.

It's authoritative. And awesome.

a kilo is a bird
500 grams is a half a wing
Snow cone on my finger
that's my ring.
Tweeties is yellow diamonds
smurfs is blue diamonds.
Everybody eatin'
that mean the whole crew shinin'.
If you don't gang bang
that mean you 550 and neutral.

A diamond ring is a "snow cone"!? Oh, man, that's great.

(NSFW)

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6 Responses to “Swagga Talk”

  1. on 21 Nov 2007 at 6:30 pm1 jose

    I still can’t believe you’re quoting Cam’Ron. Ouch.

  2. on 21 Nov 2007 at 7:48 pm2 dan

    Whoops. I was lumping you into the slender niche of folks this post might’ve appealed to. Down to, like, Taylor and, I dunno, maybe Tom now.

  3. on 21 Nov 2007 at 8:25 pm3 jose

    I like Cam’ron’s zany lyrics usually, but he’s given us such crap over the last couple of years that I have a hard time trusting his quotability.

  4. on 22 Nov 2007 at 2:03 pm4 killa

    It not sweeties, is tweeties

  5. on 23 Nov 2007 at 2:02 pm5 dan

    Fixed that. Good lookin’ out.

  6. on 24 Nov 2007 at 1:38 pm6 judah

    It banana’d me. That’s “Swagga Talk” for “it appealed to me”. Okay, maybe that’s “Dad joke talk”.