go ham

Etymology

 * the earliest use of the term in the idiomatic sense appears to be in the 2007 song "Go Ham on 'Em" by (see quotation below). "Ham" is often thought to be an  of "hard as a motherfucker" (with go ham then parsing as go hard as a motherfucker), although this may be a . Alternatively, it could be a phonetic . The term was popularized by the 2011 song "" by  and.

Verb

 * 1)  To enter an enraged and uncontrollable state; to go berserk.
 * 2) * 2011 August, Jay-Z and Kanye West, “H•A•M”, Watch the Throne, deluxe edition, Roc-A-Fella Records:
 * I'm about to go HAM / Hard as a muthafucker, let these niggas know who I am
 * 1)  To do something with the maximum possible effort; to go all out.
 * 1) * 2011 August, Jay-Z and Kanye West, “H•A•M”, Watch the Throne, deluxe edition, Roc-A-Fella Records:
 * I'm about to go HAM / Hard as a muthafucker, let these niggas know who I am
 * 1)  To do something with the maximum possible effort; to go all out.
 * 1)  To do something with the maximum possible effort; to go all out.
 * 1)  To do something with the maximum possible effort; to go all out.