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Distant Land Lyrics — Madlib | Dork

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Madlib
Distant Land Lyrics

Lyrics

Distant Land

From Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note2003

Written by Donald Byrd

Produced by Madlib

Lyrics

Distant Land

[Common]

"It's real— music, from the soul, y'all"

"Yeah, check"

"Yeah"

[Big L]

"Yeah-yeah— holding it down, baby— for life"

"Come on, come on"

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

About this track

"Distant Land" is a song by Madlib from the album Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note, released in 2003. The song was written by Donald Byrd. It was produced by Madlib.

Madlib profile →Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note album →Track profile →

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Donald Byrd— 8 credits as songwriter →
Caroline Distribution— 17 credits as manufacturer →
Dave Cooley— 824 credits as songwriter & producer →
Madlib— 1,080 credits as songwriter & producer →
Donald Byrd— 8 credits as songwriter →

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