Mama Said Knock You Out

Album: Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
Charted: 41 17
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: George Clinton, Gregory E. Jacobs, James Louis McCants, James Todd Smith, Leroy McCants, Marlon Lu'ree Williams, Sylvester Stewart, Walter Morrison, William Earl Collins
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Word Collections Publishing

Comments: 7

  • Andre from Porto, PortugalFive Finger Death Punch covered this song on their album "The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1", featuring rapper Tech N9ne
  • Matthew from Milford, Ma...Is it just me, or does this song fit Knuckles the Echidna to a tee?
  • Erik from Bloomfield Hills, MiMost radio stations played a version of the song that omits the last verse (the part where he's talking about killing people).
  • Jason from Boulder, CoL.L. wrote this song drunk out of his mind on Olde English 800. This is true, and evidenced by his sloppy phrasing, simple rhyme schemes and the lyric "Olde English filled my mind / And I came up with the funky rhyme".
  • Dale from Henderson, KyDon't you love how L.L. talks about bombing towns, slaying people,shotgun ready to blast and how his "nine is easy to load" in this song and then goes on to thank God for all of it...WHAT THA???? No wonder Moe Dee kills him lyrically.
  • Chris from Auckland, New ZealandPunk band Lagwagon did a pariody of this song which goes by the same name, has different lyrics and is shorter. Its the closing number for their 1994 album "Trashed"
  • Andrew from Glamorgan , United Stateswill smith used the line 'mama said knock you out!' in an episode of the fresh prince of bel air when he was losing 2 a girl at boxing. not that anybody cares, but still.
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