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.

I'm A Chicken Head
Cam'ron Lyrics

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Get it right I am a chicken
I'll be a chicken cause your a cat
So I need you to go meow at that gir door and get my buddy passes

Camron:
Get it all right now cause I will not even be answering the phone for you

Girl:

I'm sayin hello and you just hung up the fuckin phone and then when I was calling back you wasn't even answerin the fuckin phone I don't understand

Camron:
So what you said you wasn't even gonna call me no more any ways so why you callin me?

Girl:
Fuck I say the fuck I wanna say and so what
You say a lot of fuckin things and don't do it you wanna get technical

Camron:
Why are you callin?

Girl:
Don't fuckin play with me cause I will come to manhattan fuckin and punch you in your face that's how you got me feelin right now, don't play with me

Camron:
Don't call me no more

Girl:
I'll call you when I feel like it, change your number, ima chicken so ima act like a chicken quack quack quack quack quack o whatever the fuck sound the they make

Camron: that's a duck you see how you see how chicks do get ya sound right wat you wanna be a duck or a chicken

Girl:i wanna fuckin bunch you right in ya fuckin eye I swere da god I wanna punch you in ya eye dats wat I wanns do I wanna bunch you in in ya fuckin nose wat street you goin to

Camron:
I'm going to my photo shoot

Girl:
Where on 20 um 4th

Camron:
Don't worry where I'm at cause...

Girl:
I swear to god I will call fuckin ever fuckin studio and fuckin find you I get on my cumputer right now and get a list I swear to god if I have to find you on my own I swear I'm a fuckin act crazy play wit me play wit me and you know I will cum down der so fuckin play wit me like you don't know how we used to act do in 97 98 99

Camron:
Man listen

Girl:
No you fuckin listen don't tell me listen you fuckin listen

Camron:

Overall Meaning

In this passage from Cam'ron's song "I'm A Chicken Head," he and a woman argue over the phone. Cam'ron tells the woman that he's a chicken, meaning he's scared of her and she's like a cat ready to pounce. He then instructs her to go to someone's door and get buddy passes for him. When the woman calls him back, Cam'ron refuses to answer the phone because she had previously stated she would no longer call him. The woman becomes angry and threatens to come to Manhattan to punch him in the face. Cam'ron tells her not to call him anymore, but the woman insists she'll call him when she feels like it and says she'll act like a chicken (making quack sounds), to which Cam'ron corrects her by saying that sound belongs to a duck.

Throughout the conversation, the woman becomes increasingly violent in her language and actions, threatening physical harm to Cam'ron. The song seems to be a commentary on volatile relationships and how they can become abusive and dangerous. The comparison between a chicken and a cat highlights the power dynamic, with the woman being the aggressor and Cam'ron being the victim.

Line by Line Meaning

Get it right I am a chicken
Understand that I am submissive and passive

I'll be a chicken cause your a cat
I will act meek because of your dominant nature

So I need you to go meow at that girl door and get my buddy passes
I need you to use your power and influence to help me get what I want

So what you said you wasn't even gonna call me no more any ways so why you callin me?
You said you wouldn't call me, so why are you calling now?

Why are you callin?
What is the reason for your call?

Don't call me no more
Stop contacting me

That's a duck you see how you see how chicks do get ya sound right wat you wanna be a duck or a chicken
You are mistaking the sound of a chicken for a duck, pay better attention. Also, you need to decide whether you want to act like a chicken or a duck

I'm going to my photo shoot
I have an appointment for a photo session

Don't worry where I'm at cause...
It's not necessary for you to know my location

Man listen
Please pay attention to what I am saying

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: CAMERON GILES

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