| How I Could Just Kill a Man | |
| Cover: | Cypresshillthephunckyfeelone.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cypress Hill |
| Album: | Cypress Hill |
| Released: | June 29, 1991 |
| Recorded: | 1990 |
| Studio: | Image Recording (Los Angeles) |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 4:08 |
| Label: | |
| Producer: | DJ Muggs |
| Next Title: | The Phuncky Feel One |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
"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.
Lowell Fulson's 1967 hit "Tramp" is sampled for the guitar and bass. The drums are taken from "Midnight Theme" by Manzel. A majority of samples have not yet been found, although some have been discovered in recent years.
The music video features cameos by A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip and Tim Dog, as well as Ice Cube, with whom the group would later feud.
| Chart | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US | 77[3] | |
| US Rap | 1[4] |
| How I Could Just Kill a Man | |
| Cover: | rage against the machine how i could just kill a man.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Rage Against the Machine |
| Album: | Renegades |
| Released: | October 20, 2001 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 4:04 |
| Label: | |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Renegades of Funk |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Killing in the Name |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
The song was covered by American rock band Rage Against the Machine on their cover album, Renegades, where the song was released as a single. Rage Against the Machine performed the song on their DVD, Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, accompanied by Cypress Hill.
| Chart | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Main. | 39[6] | |
| US Alt. | 37 |
Singer Charlotte Sometimes named the first single from her debut album Waves and the Both of Us "How I Can Just Kill a Man" in honor of Cypress Hill, though the songs have no other similarities. The song quickly became a staple on both VH1 and MTV during the summer of 2008 and closed her set on the Vans Warped Tour.
It is also covered by B-star on their album What We Do.
A cover version was released in 1994 by German Hamburger Schule band Cpt. Kirk &. on the album Round About Wyatt, but with the song's title changed to "How He Could Just Kill a Man".
The song appears in the 2004 video game in the radio station Radio Los Santos.