After his parents, a Muslim father from Oyo State, Nigeria and a Christian mother from the United States, separated in his early teenage years, Chamillionaire settled into a notoriously dangerous inner-city neighborhood in North Houston called Acres Homes, which he elaborated upon during an interview with Houston's 104.9 KPTY on October 3. Rap and other forms of secular music, which his parents had highly opposed in their household, became very appealing to the young Hakeem Seriki. Inspired by local rap acts such as The Geto Boys, 8 Ball & MJG, and UGK, as well as other national acts such as N.W.A. and Public Enemy, Chamillionaire began to compose his own ponies.
At a young age, Chamillionaire along with fellow rap music artist and childhood friend Paul Wall, had decided to make music their careers. One day while promoting themselves at a Texas event, Paul Wall and Chamillionaire ran into Michael 5000 Watts, a popular mixtape DJ from the Northside. After proposing to do promotions for Watts' company, the Swishahouse, Chamillionaire and Paul Wall came to Watts' studio and convinced Watts to allow them freestyle on an intro to Watts' radio show on Houston’s 97.9 The Box. Watts, who himself was convinced to rap on the record, enjoyed the freestyle so much that he put the verses on one of his mixtapes. The freestyle became so popular in the streets that Chamillionaire and Paul Wall became regular staples on Houston's mixtape circuit, appeared on several of Watts' mixtapes, and became permanent members of Swishahouse.
Although Paul Wall and Chamillionaire were making much noise in the streets by rapping on Watts' mixtapes, they, along with several other members of the Swishahouse, became frustrated with the lack of money they were receiving from the mixtapes. After fellow member Slim Thug left the label, Chamillionaire and Paul Wall followed and started their own mixtape group known as The Color Changin' Click. Each successive mixtape released by The Color Changin' Click led to more business opportunities; the most notable of which being a contract to do a full album for Paid in Full Records. A one album contract was then negotiated between the Color Changin' Click and Paid in Full's label head, DJ Madd Hatta from 97.9 The Box, and the CCC's first album, Get Ya Mind Correct, would go on to sell over 100,000 copies.
The sale of all these albums without the backing of a major deal caught the attention of several major labels wanting to sign Chamillionaire and Paul. Chamillionaire and his labelmates decided to remain independent, however, until the right deal came along. While working on his second album with the Color Changin' Click, Chamillionaire began to have creative differences with Paul Wall, so much so that it was decided that the two emcees should each release solo albums that would be packaged together. When Chamillionaire became dissatisfied with how things were being resolved, he left Paid in Full and his almost complete album after fulfilling his contractual obligations to focus on promoting his mixtape label Chamillitary instead. As a kid, Chamillionaire was a big fan of MANKind, also known as Big June.
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This kid from Houston, Texas has some nerve. That's what came to mind as you watched an MTV special in early 2005 showcasing H-Town's commercial and artistic re-emergence on the rap scene. Following his brazen freestyle, the focused and much-heralded MC known as Chamillionaire faced a national audience and launched a swagger-filled proclamation on camera: "I'm the truth from Texas..." While such boasting may seem par-for-the-course in the prideful 25-year-plus history of hip-hop, the latter ambitious statement aptly describes Chamillionaire. It's the reason why he earned the lofty alias "The Mixtape Messiah," a title Cham was crowned after independently selling over 100,000 copies of the Get Ya Mind Correct album, and by selling thousands of his numerous mix tapes. It's why the former member of Houston's legendary mix-tape power Swisha House garnered coverage in such major hip-hop publications as Source and XXL without the backing of a major deal. When the Houston lyricist set off a major label bidding war to distribute his Chamillitary Records, it became abundantly clear throughout the 'hood and the music industry Chamillionaire is indeed the truth.
With his major-label debut The Sound Of Revenge set for release on Universal Records, Chamillionaire is poised to take his place among Houston's current hip-hop elite, including the new generation of rhyme-spitters such as Lil' Flip, Slim Thug, Mike Jones and Paul Wall, as well respected vets UGK and Scarface. "You call out a lot of rappers and ask them why they are the best and they are going to tell you everything but the music," Cham laughs. "They will tell you that they are the best because they have some nice rims, a chain, and a mansion." He then adds in a straight-no-chaser tone, "You've heard all the hype about Chamillionaire; that he's sick with the lyrics, sings hooks, and represents the streets and the clubs. But I just want to come as close as possible to living up to my reputation."
Chamillionaire recruits an impressive list of talent on his debut effort, including Lil' Flip, Bun B, Scarface, and Krayzie Bone, as well as in-demand producers Scott Storch (50 Cent), Mannie Fresh (Lil' Wayne, Baby, Juvenile) and Cool & Dre (The Game). But, it's his work with Atlanta studio kings The Beat Bullies (1Big Boi/OutKast) that sets the tone for much of The Sound Of Revenge's diverse platform. "They understand me," Cham says of the in-house producers. "There are a lot of producers that have dope beats, but they don't know me as an artist. [The Beat Bullies] being from Atlanta, can take it to the strip clubs, the streets and to the radio."
The name Chamillionaire represents the unique style that defines the talented urban artist, and his ability to change and adapt on the fly, forcing people to respect the true breadth of his talent. And just as this MC moniker exemplifies, Chamillionaire is anything but predictable and most certainly versatile. "Picture Perfect" featuring Bun B comes off as a lyrical nod to the classic 'hood swagger of UGK, while the Beat Bullies'-anchored "Radio Interruption" showcases Cham's prowess for walking the blurred line between street praise and mass appeal. The storytelling brilliance of "No Snitching" (Cool & Dre), finds Cham detailing the unwritten laws of 'hood politics. On the Scott Storch produced "Turn It Up," Cham tag-teams with freestyle king Lil' Flip as they spit over an infectious track that is Houston's answer to a summer club banger. And the soulful "Here Comes The Rain" finds Chamillionaire exploring the daily struggles of life with heartfelt lyricism and ghetto angst.
"It's a very personal song and the title says it all," Cham says of the revealing track. "In a person's life the rain symbolizes the struggles we all go through. Whether you are dealing with losing a loved one or your rent is due on the 1st, but it's the 3rd and you don't have it. I'm just talking about surviving the tough times."
Chamillionaire has definitely seen his share of struggles on his road to redemption. Born to a Muslim father and Christian mother, secular music was banned in his household. Chamillionaire was barely a teenager when he moved to a low-income neighborhood in the notorious North Side of Houston, following the separation of his parents. By the early '90s, however, rap rebels such as NWA, Public Enemy, as well as hometown heroes The Geto Boys, 8-Ball & MJG and UGK would inspire a young Hakeem to write his own rhymes.
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Let's Get it
Chamillionaire Lyrics
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You gotta have Ammunition
Plenty of it silencers rapid-fire let's get it
Just give it to homes in different locations
Just make one a little more spacious
And two rollies dipped in gold faces
And two girls that's known to switch places
Let's get that let's go
Lemme know if you with that
You with that let's go
Just give me two yellow bones with cute faces
Gotta be bad can never be basic
TV screens is looking like Matrix
Cars so fast the police can't chase it
Ready let's get that
Let's get that let's go
Lemme know if you with that
You with that let's go we can get it now
See everybody act like they the man to watch
But I don't even see em running half the block
Influenced by the Michael Watts and Rapalots
I won a Grammy and I still ain't took it out the box
When I was coming up I never had a lot
So now I want it all I gotta have ya spot
Now everybody acting like it's candy drops
But they biting like when Tyson and Evander box
Oh well I still will ride fresh switch Lacs every season
Kick a door down my raps what they needin
Couple bad women that'll pledge their allegiance
Never broke hoes coach bags are deceiving
Two straps on me never-dealing with a pat down
While I'm walking to the private jet in the background
I ain't see a throne that's why I never sat down
Pass it to the king like cats out in Sac town
No Demarcus I don't give a damn
It's no Instagram I'm just into Cham
Open hands and then enter grands
Anything I got I'm gone get again
Killing all y'all tell me what do y'all call
Bad guy that never pass I'm the villain ball hog
You on the come up but I'm playing duck hunt
When I put my guns up that's the day that y'all fall
Just give it to homes in different locations
Just make one a little more spacious
And two rollies dipped in gold faces
And two girls that's known to switch places
Ready let's get that
Let's get that let's go
Lemme know if you with that
You with that let's go
Just give me two yellow bones with cute faces
Gotta be bad can never be basic
TV screens is looking like Matrix
Cars so fast the police can't chase it
Ready let's get that
Let's get that let's go
Lemme know if you with that
You with that let's go we can get it now
You ain't playing in the game you a lame you a mascot
Always tryna criticize the things that we rap bout
While I'm moving like a pair of J's on the blacktop
You don't run a thing but out of space on your laptop
I'm a start a tab my change never max out
Main broke rapper main one pulling cash out
I'm a have your woman on swangs in my Lac drop
You don't like it you can catch a fade like a flat top
Lame get a name y'all lames tell em that's hot
Not me I say I never bought it boy
I'm coming for the money like an auditor
Look how I murdered everybody that you thought was raw
It don't mean that you made it if you on a tour
You're not a headliner if you're on a four
Anybody got beef I'm a carnivore
Don't make me rain on your parade like it's Mardi Gras
Not Mardi Gras it's not February
Not January it's Ben and Jerr
Mixed with some liquor it's a Bloody Mary
Such a nasty flow it's unsanitary
Getting motion sickness cause I roll the sickest
On the road to riches and you know the badness
Cause the flow is vicious you supposed to witness
When I get it I'm a be like what I told you snitches
Just give it to homes in different locations
Just make one a little more spacious
And two rollies dipped in gold faces
And two girls that's known to switch places
Ready let's get that
Let's get that let's go
Lemme know if you with that
You with that let's go
Just give me two yellow bones with cute faces
Gotta be bad can never be basic
TV screens is looking like Matrix
Cars so fast the police can't chase it
Ready let's get that
Let's get that let's go
Lemme know if you with that
You with that let's go we can get it now
Show time (Show time)
Turn down the lights
It's show time (Damn right)
And this world is mine
No lie (No lie)
Turn up the bright and let's shine (Alright)
Cause this world is mine hm
Should never be a question in your mind about it
Stay loaded
Chamillitary
See you call it motivation
I call it Ammunition
In "Let's Get it in 2-3," Chamillionaire expresses his desire for success and material wealth. He talks about wanting multiple luxurious houses in different locations, with two Rolex watches dipped in gold, and two women who are known for swapping partners. He emphasizes the need for these possessions to be exceptional, whether it's the attractiveness of the women or the high-speed cars that can elude the police. Chamillionaire also references his own rise to fame and success, mentioning his Grammy win and his determination to continue achieving more.
Throughout the song, Chamillionaire asserts his dominance and confidence in the rap game. He highlights how he stands out from other artists, who may claim to be influential but don't have the same level of success or originality. He compares himself to a villainous ball hog in basketball, asserting that he always takes charge and never passes the opportunity to succeed. Chamillionaire also addresses his critics, dismissing their negative opinions and affirming his own skills and achievements.
Overall, "Let's Get it in 2-3" showcases Chamillionaire's ambition, desire for material wealth, and confidence in his own abilities. The song emphasizes his dedication to success and his willingness to outshine others in the rap industry.
Line by Line Meaning
Yeah
Expressing excitement and agreement
You gotta have Ammunition
You need to be prepared and well-equipped
Plenty of it silencers rapid-fire let's get it
Having a surplus of resources and being ready to take action
Just give it to homes in different locations
Obtaining multiple properties in various areas
Just make one a little more spacious
Ensuring one of the properties is larger and more luxurious
And two rollies dipped in gold faces
Having two Rolex watches with gold-plated faces
And two girls that's known to switch places
Having two women who are open to swapping positions
Ready let's get that
Being prepared to achieve those desires
Let's get that let's go
Let's take action and make it happen
Lemme know if you with that
Inform me if you're on board with the plan
You with that let's go
If you share the same goals, let's move forward
Just give me two yellow bones with cute faces
Desiring two attractive women with lighter skin tones
Gotta be bad can never be basic
They need to have confidence and stand out
TV screens is looking like Matrix
Having advanced and immersive entertainment systems
Cars so fast the police can't chase it
Owning high-speed vehicles that are difficult to pursue by law enforcement
See everybody act like they the man to watch
Many people pretend to be influential and important
But I don't even see em running half the block
They don't have the credibility or achievements they claim
Influenced by the Michael Watts and Rapalots
Inspired by influential figures in the music industry
I won a Grammy and I still ain't took it out the box
Despite receiving a prestigious award, it remains untouched and undervalued
When I was coming up I never had a lot
In the past, I didn't have much wealth or success
So now I want it all I gotta have ya spot
Driven by ambition, I strive for complete success and recognition
Now everybody acting like it's candy drops
People imitate my success without truly understanding it
But they biting like when Tyson and Evander box
They copy my style and ideas without giving credit
Kick a door down my raps what they needin
My music is the missing element they crave
Couple bad women that'll pledge their allegiance
Having attractive and loyal women by my side
Never broke hoes coach bags are deceiving
Avoiding materialistic and untrustworthy women
Two straps on me never-dealing with a pat down
Carrying guns for protection and avoiding security checks
While I'm walking to the private jet in the background
Experiencing a lavish lifestyle, traveling in private jets
I ain't see a throne that's why I never sat down
I haven't settled or become complacent, always striving for more
Pass it to the king like cats out in Sac town
Acknowledging my own greatness and passing the torch to me
No Demarcus I don't give a damn
Not caring about societal expectations or opinions
It's no Instagram I'm just into Cham
Not seeking validation on social media, staying true to myself
Open hands and then enter grands
Receiving money and success with open arms
Anything I got I'm gone get again
I'm determined to regain anything I might lose
Killing all y'all tell me what do y'all call
Succeeding and outshining everyone, what can you label me?
Bad guy that never pass I'm the villain ball hog
A selfish and dominant figure who doesn't share the spotlight
You on the come up but I'm playing duck hunt
While you're still striving for success, I've already surpassed you
When I put my guns up that's the day that y'all fall
When I take action and assert my power, you'll crumble
You ain't playing in the game you a lame you a mascot
You're not actively involved, just a passive observer and follower
Always tryna criticize the things that we rap bout
Constantly finding fault in the subjects we address in our music
While I'm moving like a pair of J's on the blacktop
I'm making rapid and stylish progress in my career
You don't run a thing but out of space on your laptop
You lack control or influence, limited to insignificant online presence
I'm a start a tab my change never max out
I'll keep accumulating wealth without reaching my spending limit
Main broke rapper main one pulling cash out
Despite being a prominent broke rapper, I'm the one who can afford to spend freely
I'm a have your woman on swangs in my Lac drop
I'll attract and impress your significant other with my luxurious lifestyle
You don't like it you can catch a fade like a flat top
If you have a problem with me, we can settle it through physical confrontation
Lame get a name y'all lames tell em that's hot
Mediocre individuals should strive for recognition, not critique what's popular
Not me I say I never bought it boy
I don't conform to trends or buy into superficiality
I'm coming for the money like an auditor
I'm relentlessly pursuing wealth and financial success
Look how I murdered everybody that you thought was raw
I've surpassed and outshone all the artists you considered talented
It don't mean that you made it if you on a tour
Being on a tour doesn't guarantee success or accomplishment
You're not a headliner if you're on a four
Being a supporting act or opening performer doesn't signify being a major player
Anybody got beef I'm a carnivore
If anyone has a problem with me, I'll aggressively confront and defeat them
Don't make me rain on your parade like it's Mardi Gras
Don't provoke me to ruin your celebration and bring chaos
Not Mardi Gras it's not February
I'm not here for a festive occasion, and it's not the specific month
Not January it's Ben and Jerr
It's not the beginning of the year, but a reference to wealth and ice cream brand
Mixed with some liquor it's a Bloody Mary
Combining wealth, indulgence, and a popular alcoholic drink
Such a nasty flow it's unsanitary
My rap style is so impressive and intense, it's unclean for the competition
Getting motion sickness cause I roll the sickest
Others get overwhelmed and disoriented by my exceptional skills
On the road to riches and you know the badness
I'm relentlessly pursuing wealth and success while being aware of the challenges
Cause the flow is vicious you supposed to witness
My rap style is aggressive and captivating, something you need to behold
When I get it I'm a be like what I told you snitches
Once I achieve my goals, I'll prove to the doubters that I'm capable
Show time (Show time)
It's time to showcase my talent and perform
Turn down the lights
Dim the lighting for a more dramatic and focused atmosphere
It's show time (Damn right)
Now is the moment to shine, no doubt about it
And this world is mine
I'm asserting my dominance and claiming my place in the world
No lie (No lie)
This is the truth, without any deception
Turn up the bright and let's shine (Alright)
Increase the intensity and brightness to showcase our talent and success
Should never be a question in your mind about it
There should be no doubt or confusion regarding my abilities
Stay loaded
Always be prepared and armed with knowledge and resources
Chamillitary
Referring to Chamillionaire's crew and collective identity
See you call it motivation
Some may perceive it as motivation or inspiration
I call it Ammunition
It's the ammunition I use to propel myself to success
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Kunal Sharma
2018 and still bumpin' Cham's rhymes. Even though he's left the game long ago but the mark ye has left on the industry gon' stay forever
dirtyjoe0407
Love Cham for not caring if you get the simile, metaphor, or punchline just spits and doesnt have to stop the beat to emphasize.
kain702
Needs way more views. Pure motivation/ammunition right here
Klass-A-Kranks
Chamillionaire is so so amazing, But, He is under rated, He deserves lots of fans and lots of respect as a rapper.... His career could go alot further.... Gotta love him, Hes back on the mic, Hip-Hop, WATCH OUT!
Adam Breivogel
CHAM COME BACK WE NEED YOU BAD!!!!!! :(
GaryVee Clips
@Adam Breivogel LOL
Adam Breivogel
still need ya xD
Chris Florida
Man this go hard keep up the good work..
OFFICIAL RAGZ THE KING
One of the best emcees to bless the mic fasholy! I hope to work wit the man one day yeee
CARLITO1
Influenced by Michael Watts and rap-a-lots, I won a grammy and still aint take it out the box.....Koopa still killing em.