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"How I Could Just Kill a Man" is the debut single by hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 group Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill is an American Hip hop music group from South Gate, California. Originally called DVX, the name was changed after Mellow Man Ace left in 1988....
 from their eponymous debut album, Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill (album)

Cypress Hill is the self titled debut album of Cypress Hill, released in August 1991.It was both critically and commercially hailed eventually allowing it to be certified double Platinum by the RIAA....
, 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
A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest is an United States Hip hop music group, formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad....
's Q-Tip
Q-Tip (rapper)

Q-Tip , is an American hip hop music artist, singer, and occasional actor from Queens, New York City, perhaps best known as the leader of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest....
 and Ice Cube
Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube is an United States of America rapper, actor, screenwriter, and film producer.He began his career as a member of the rap group N.W.A along with group leader Eazy-E, and later launched a successful solo career in music and Film....
, with whom B-Real
B-Real

Louis Freese, better known by his stage name B-Real, is a rapper of Mexico and Afro-Cuban heritage. He is best known for being the lead rapper in hip hop group Cypress Hill, who debuted with their self-titled album Cypress Hill in 1991....
 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
Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band. To increase the appeal of the album – especially to people who already own the previously released material – it is common to include remixes or alternate takes of popular songs or new material, with new son...
 compilation "Greatest Hits From the Bong
Greatest Hits From the Bong

Greatest Hits From the Bong is the greatest hits CD by the hip-hop group Cypress Hill, it was released on December 13, 2005....
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"How I Could Just Kill a Man" is the debut single by hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 group Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill is an American Hip hop music group from South Gate, California. Originally called DVX, the name was changed after Mellow Man Ace left in 1988....
 from their eponymous debut album, Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill (album)

Cypress Hill is the self titled debut album of Cypress Hill, released in August 1991.It was both critically and commercially hailed eventually allowing it to be certified double Platinum by the RIAA....
, 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
A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest is an United States Hip hop music group, formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad....
's Q-Tip
Q-Tip (rapper)

Q-Tip , is an American hip hop music artist, singer, and occasional actor from Queens, New York City, perhaps best known as the leader of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest....
 and Ice Cube
Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube is an United States of America rapper, actor, screenwriter, and film producer.He began his career as a member of the rap group N.W.A along with group leader Eazy-E, and later launched a successful solo career in music and Film....
, with whom B-Real
B-Real

Louis Freese, better known by his stage name B-Real, is a rapper of Mexico and Afro-Cuban heritage. He is best known for being the lead rapper in hip hop group Cypress Hill, who debuted with their self-titled album Cypress Hill in 1991....
 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
Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band. To increase the appeal of the album – especially to people who already own the previously released material – it is common to include remixes or alternate takes of popular songs or new material, with new son...
 compilation "Greatest Hits From the Bong
Greatest Hits From the Bong

Greatest Hits From the Bong is the greatest hits CD by the hip-hop group Cypress Hill, it was released on December 13, 2005....
". The song was also featured on the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a Nonlinear gameplay action-adventure game computer game and video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the third 3D computer graphics game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and fifth original game overall....
, appearing on the West Coast hip hop
West Coast hip hop

West Coast hip hop is a style of hip hop music that originated in California in the early 1980s. It has since grown into a sub-genre of hip hop and has developed several creative centers, most of which are in communities in California....
 station Radio Los Santos
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack

The soundtrack of the computer and video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which is set in 1992 in the fictional West Coast of the United States state of San Andreas , required that the game's radio stations reflect the music tastes of the time and area, in addition to covering current events in the state of San Andreas, and even...
. It was voted #79 in About.com
About.com

About.com is an online source for original information and advice,and was among the top 15 US Websites . It is written in English, and is aimed primarily at North Americans....
'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
Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies is an American hardcore punk and Heavy metal music band. They were formed in Venice, Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by the leader and only permanent member, singer Mike Muir....
 song, "Institutionalized
Institutionalized (song)

"Institutionalized" is a song penned by frontman Mike Muir for Suicidal Tendencies' 1983 Suicidal Tendencies . It is often classified as the band's signature song and would be re-recorded for the album Still Cyco After All These Years ten years later....
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Rage Against the Machine version


The song was famously covered by rock band Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. The band's lineup, unchanged since formation, consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk....
 on their cover album, Renegades
Renegades (album)

Renegades is the first cover album by American rap rock band Rage Against the Machine and the final release by the band. The album consists entirely of cover songs and includes covers of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Minor Threat, Eric B....
. Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. The band's lineup, unchanged since formation, consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk....
 performed the song live along with Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill is an American Hip hop music group from South Gate, California. Originally called DVX, the name was changed after Mellow Man Ace left in 1988....
 on their DVD, Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium

Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium is currently the last album released by the band Rage Against the Machine, on November 25, 2003. It is a recording of the final two shows Rage played at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles on September 12 and September 13, 2000....
.

Charlotte Sometimes version

Charlotte Sometimes' debut CD, Waves and the Both of Us
Waves and the Both of Us

Waves and the Both of Us is the debut album by Charlotte Sometimes . It was released on May 6, 2008....
, also features a song with this title. The chorus of the Cypress Hill song provided the inspiration for Sometimes' version. This song came off the Reagade album of Rage against the Machine