"How I Could Just Kill a Man" | ||||
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Single by Cypress Hill | ||||
from the album Cypress Hill | ||||
Released | 29 June 1991 | |||
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Recorded | 1990 | |||
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Length | 4:08 | |||
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Writer(s) | Louis Freese, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin, Lawrence Muggerud, Senen Reyes | |||
Producer(s) | DJ Muggs | |||
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"How I Could Just Kill a Man" | ||||
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Single by Rage Against the Machine | ||||
from the album Renegades | ||||
Released | October 20, 2001 | |||
Genre | Rap metal | |||
Length | 4:04 | |||
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"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" and the music video featured cameos by A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip and Ice Cube, with whom the group would later feud. 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". The song was also featured on the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, appearing on the West Coast hip hop station Radio Los Santos. It was voted #79 in About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs.
Towards the end of the song (approximately the last 30 seconds) 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.