How I Could Just Kill A Man

Album: Cypress Hill (1991)
Charted: 77
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  • It's another one of them ol' funky Cypress Hill things
    You know what I'm sayin?
    And it goes like this

    Hey don't miss out on what you're passin'
    You're missin' the hoota of the funky Buddha
    Eluder or the fucked up styles to get wicked
    So come on as Cypress starts to kick it
    'Cause we're like the outlaw stridin' while suckers are hidin'
    Jump behind the bush when they see me (us) driving
    By, hangin' out the window
    With my Magnum, takin' out some puto's
    Actin' kinda loco, I'm just another local
    Kid from the street gettin' paid for my vocals

    Here is somethin' you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is somethin' you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is somethin' you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is somethin' you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is somethin' you can't understand

    I'm ignoring all the dumb shit
    Yo, because nothin' is comin' from it
    I'm not gonna waste no time
    Fuckin' around, my gat straight hummin'
    Hummin', comin' at cha
    And you know I had to gat ya

    Time for some action, just a fraction of friction
    I got the clearance to run the interference
    Into your satellite, shinin' a battle light
    Swing out the gat, and I know that will gat ya right
    Here's an example, just a little sample
    How I could just kill a man
    One-time tried to come in my home
    Take my chrome, I said, "Yo, it's on
    Take cover son, or you're ass-out
    How you like my chrome?", then I watched the rookie pass out
    Didn't have to blast out, but I did anyway
    That young punk had to pay
    So I just killed a man

    Here is something you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is something you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is something you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is something you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)

    It's gonna be a long time before I finish
    One of the many missions that I have to establish
    To light my spliff, ignite ya with insights
    And if you ain't down, bullshit
    Say some punk try to get you for your auto
    Would you call the one-time, play the role model?
    No, I think you play like a thug
    Next, hear the shot of a Magnum slug
    Hummin', comin' at cha
    Yeah ya know I'm gonna gat ya
    How do you know where I'm at when you haven't been where I've been
    Understand where I'm comin' from
    When you're up on the hill, in your big home
    I'm out here, riskin' my dome
    Just for a bucket, or a fast Ducat
    Just to stay alive, aiyyo I gotta say, "Fuck it"

    Here is somethin' you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is somethin' you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is somethin' you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is somethin' you can't understand
    (How I could just kill a man)
    Here is somethin' you can't understand

    (All I wanted was a Pepsi) Writer/s: Hugh McCracken, Lamont Holbdy, Larry E Muggerud, Lowell Fulsom, Morris J Taft, Rod Navarro, Rudy Archuleta
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SOUL ASSASSINS INC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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