"How I Could Just Kill a Man" | ||||
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Single by Cypress Hill | ||||
from the album Cypress Hill | ||||
Released | June 29, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Studio | Image Recording (Los Angeles) | |||
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Length | 4:08 | |||
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Producer(s) | DJ Muggs | |||
Cypress Hill singles chronology | ||||
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"How I Could Just Kill a Man" on YouTube |
"How I Could Just Kill a Man" is the debut single by hip hop group Cypress Hill from their eponymous debut album, Cypress Hill, and was their first major hit in 1991. It was released as a double A-side to "The Phuncky Feel One". The song was also in the movie Juice (1992). It was re-released in 1999 with Spanish lyrics and a new video. It is featured as the first track on their greatest hits compilation Greatest Hits from the Bong. It was voted number 79 in About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs.[2]
Towards the end of the song (approximately the 3:48 point) someone is heard saying, "All I wanted was a Pepsi". This quote is taken from the well-known Suicidal Tendencies song, "Institutionalized".
In 2001, Cypress Hill included a sequel to the song on their album Stoned Raiders entitled "Here Is Something You Can't Understand", using the same chorus but with new verses from B-Real, Sen Dog and guest Kurupt.