Cameron Ezike Giles (born February 4, 1976 in Harlem, New York), better kno… Read Full Bio ↴Cameron Ezike Giles (born February 4, 1976 in Harlem, New York), better known as Cam'ron or Killa Cam, is an American rapper, actor, co-founder of Diplomat Records and of the group The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He began his musical career in 1994, rapping alongside Big L, Mase and his cousin Bloodshed in a group called Children Of The Corn. The group dissolved after Bloodshed's death in a car accident in 1997. However, Cam'ron continued to rap, and he released his solo debut album, Confessions of Fire, in 1998. He has since released 2000's S.D.E, 2002's Come Home With Me, 2004's Purple Haze, 2006's Killa Season and 2009's Crime Pays.

Cam'ron made his acting debut on the 2002 film Paid in Full, where he played the character Rico, who is based on former Harlem drug dealer Alpo. In 2006, Cam'ron would return to his acting career and make his debut in screen writing in his movie Killa Season. Cam'ron plays a high school basketball player who eventually drops out of high school to begin his own drug ring. The movie was released in 2006, simultaneous with the Killa Season album.

A Pimp's A Pimp feat. JD
Cam'ron Lyrics

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[Chorus:]
Ayyo a pimp's a pimp
Flow is flow
Doe is do
Ho's a ho
Chic's a chic
Trick's a trick
Bitch a bitch across the world

So nigga, getcha money and attend to your girl

Now when it comes to these hoes I did'em I got'em
Rip'em and rock'em
But if I hit'em I pop'em
But if I lick'em I lock'em
And I ain't famous at all
Let my game tell it all
But they a pain in my balls
Got to train'em like dogs
From how they, walk and they talk and when they sit on the couch
To how they, lick in they mouth and never shit in the house
But I make, babies with babies
Let the street drive'em crazy
They say "Cam, good you saved me"
Now I pimp'em and they pay me
They feelin' it like Jay-Z
Or Suger Hill like AZ
When Party Time like plainly
I'm So-So Def like JD
Oh baby they have you stressed, nigga
Mad depressed
I want they mind... Muthafucka, you could have the rest
'Cause I gas'em up, I tell them I'm more than just the lover
I want to be your friend, father, confidant and brother
See my, nine-inch slugger now she, chose her devotion
With messing with my money, girl you messing with my emotion

[Chorus]

Now baby-cakes what's your name?
(Ain't no need to explain)
Why is that?
('Cause I'm from Down South)
Well I got Down South game
And to mess wit' you this my last attempt
'Cause I only like when you're ass is bent
So they're dumb they're sashin'
You ain't know why you catch their pimp?
Go ask him, my whores are fresh
So I afforded them
Explore the rest
Tell you now backdoor's the best
For the stress
We never raw in flesh
Why I'm sores a guess
I done pay for yeah I stack them chips
Condoms when I grab them hips
Kiss and mix you wrap them lips
And if she act (Smack the bitch)
If she whack (Smack the bitch)
Sad to see the way it had to be
Smack the bitch the bitch don't smack me
Cupid's snap me but so are mine on my lines
Yo, my rhymes got a concubine
'Cause I control they mind
Avoid the crew
'Void the groove
Got more doe, than the feud
Got more hoes, than the few
If I die they wouldn't know what to do
Whatcha think all they do is cry?
Tell you this between you and I
Forty slit wrists outta the forty nine suicide

[Chorus]

And now I'm drunk off the Henny now
Went off the Remmy now
Niggaz always envy now
'Cause I'm good and plenty now
And when it come to gettin' head, yo many bow
Girls acting friendly now
(Killa c'mon feel me, ow
I leave'm past sleeping
Last weekend
I took Cardin to get his ass eatin'
He said you pass freepin'
But I'ma ace so throw your cards up
But if you stink baby, I ain't hard up
Parl' up
To wash up
But that's insulting
Revolting
But if you clean we ballin'
Eat you 'til you catch convulsions
And girls all feign, for the bod
On my team and my mob
Think we scheme and we rob the way they screamin' for God
And all sluts, with he V's
Let'em see how it be
They be like "No, you ain't puttin' all that meat up in me"
You wil'in out
For the styin'out
Girls say I'm foul and doubt
But baby got to understand
That's what my style's 'bout

[Chorus x 2]

Ayyo a pimp's a pimp.

Overall Meaning

In "A Pimp's A Pimp" by Cam’ron featuring JD, the chorus repeats the phrase “a pimp’s a pimp” to iterate the message that certain a person will remain who they are, no matter where they go. The lyrics discuss Cam’ron's life as a pimp, including his sexual escapades with women, his mastery of controlling their behavior, and the consequences if he didn’t take control. Cam’ron talks about training women to behave a certain way, communicating that he wants only the best for both parties. He wants to be a friend, father, confidant, and brother, but he also wants money, and he tells the women that they must pay him for his services.

Cam’ron also alludes to the idea that sex work might be the only profession that can put that many women in control: “They feelin' it like Jay-Z, or Sugar Hill like AZ." Cam’ron doesn’t hold back the details of his pimping, and he has no issue beating a woman if she does not behave as he desires. The song concludes with lyrics expressing the rapper’s particular proclivities when it comes to sex, including dislike for vaginal sex but being more open to anal, indicating his attempt to be honest with his sexual partners.

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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CAMERON GILES, DARRELL BRANCH, LAMONT DOZIER

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