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Manslaughter by EPMD

Lyrics

EPMD

Manslaughter

From Business as Usual1990

Written by Barry White, Erick Sermon, PMD

Produced by EPMD

Lyrics

Manslaughter

[Intro: PMD] Manslaughter Manslaughter Manslaughter [Verse 1: Erick Sermon] Code name ED, check on the one, two, three Black male, hard MC Rap record slave, a brother on the scene With a machine gun and one magazine Wanted, a half a million for the body alone Two million for the microphone If you see him, dial five-dash-slayer A hotline to the governor and mayor He's armed with ammo, a weapon that's mine All black in rap, strap TEC-9 Silencer clipped, check the rip on the sneak tip The boy's about to flip [Chorus] Manslaughter Manslaughter They call him manslaughter Manslaughter [Verse 2: PMD] Code name MD, rappin' fanatic No short taken, Black Asiatic Hit man, keeps my belt unbuckled Book a look on my grill with no signs of a chuckle Or laughter, 'cause my name ain't Casper The Friendly Ghost, but I smoke an MC if I have to Quick fast like alakazoo, alakazam And I'll be damned, 'cause my rhymes slam like Bamm-Bamm Rubble, partner code name is E Double It's those hazel green eyes that keep my man in trouble Girls ride the tip, brothers on his sack Had to change my name to Bruce Wayne, also known as Batman And grab the bozack with this hand As I slay ya, manslaughter [Chorus] Manslaughter They call him manslaughter Manslaughter [Verse 3: Erick Sermon] Mad man, fully strapped, and I quote Don't flex, last chump who did, he got smoked Undercover, not DT, but ED And wonder why you're spinnin' my records on thirty-three I'm the original, never did crime, I'm no criminal No static, pack a 45 automatic Black cat strapped with raps, holding my johnson Walkin' the streets, a vigilante Charles Bronson As the beat kick, face his plate on the M1 done Style's sharper than a blade in Shogun First suckers disrupt the brain of a sucker MC That can't count one, two, three I manage to damage or roast the whole membrane Insane like a basehead doing cocaine I kill a farmer plus his daughter 'Cause I'm the E Double and this is manslaughter [Chorus] They call us manslaughter They call it manslaughter Manslaughter [Verse 4: PMD] As I stare deep into the mirror, I could only resort To a hardcore gangster penile train of thought You're stomped out, you're beat down, you go big top shit Run your trunk jewels or get pistol whipped 'Cause I'm too swift to slip or miss a stitch on my rap hit Sleep on a sucker and you still can't get with Me, bro, with this flow and I don't know judo Gun Fu is my style, say this so that you know There's no time to dance or romance with a nuisance Play ya like a puppet to put some lead in ya pants Then off you go to the rap rat pack We stripped of your mic, punk, and on your head, we stamped bozack That's what the doctor ordered Take two of these, dead, manslaughter [Chorus] They call it manslaughter They call it manslaughter Manslaughter To the farmer and his daughter, manslaughter

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About this track

"Manslaughter" is a song by EPMD from the album Business as Usual, released in 1990. The song was written by Barry White, Erick Sermon, PMD. It was produced by EPMD.

EPMD profile →Business as Usual album →Track profile →

Contributors

  • Everett Ramos— 33 credits as assistant engineer →
  • Charlie Marotta— 86 credits as producer →
  • Ivan “Doc” Rodriguez— 162 credits as producer →
  • EPMD— 73 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • Charlie Marotta— 86 credits as producer →
  • Ivan “Doc” Rodriguez— 162 credits as producer →
  • Barry White— 93 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • Erick Sermon— 720 credits as songwriter & producer →

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