How I Could Just Kill A Man (Song)

"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 Tim Dog, as well as Ice Cube, with whom the group would later feud. 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.

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.

## Lyrics

* 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