twist one’s cap
v. phr.— «You raise your glock at my clique (we’ll take your life nigga)/It ain’t no thing for us to blast/(And twist your cap and leave a hole in your ass).» —“IMG” by CMT, E A Ski, Posse West Coast Bad Boyz II Jan. 10, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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