Genius Lyrics
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MF DOOM (Ft. Pebbles the Invisible Girl) – Doomsday
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Samples “Kiss of Life” by Sade and “Poetry” by Boogie Down Productions.
DOOM explains in XXL Magazine:
[This song was] a while ago, so I’m trying to remember what inspired it. It
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MF DOOM (Ft. Kurious) – ? (Question Mark)
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In this masterpiece, DOOM chronicles the experiences he had with his late brother DJ Subroc.
The song has an intro from one of the old 60’s-70’s Marvel cartoons and samples “Vykki
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JJ DOOM – Guv'nor
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Contains samples from the Regular Show episode “Ello Guv'nor”.
The end of the song on the album version has a sample from the movie The Oblong Box a horror movie from 1969:
You
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MF DOOM – Kon Karne
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“Kon Karne,” which is Spanish for “with meat” but with Ks instead of Cs, is DOOM’s evocative tribute to his late brother, DJ Subroc, who was tragically killed in a car accident in
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MF DOOM – Lunch Break
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[Verse 1] / Lunch break, special herbs, fries and a sammich / Unleashed on the city, maximize damage / Onlookers all famished, these guys is outlandish / Negro, Spanish, leggo, don
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MF DOOM – Beef Rap
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“Beef Rapp,” the first track off of MM.. Food.
Written and produced by MF DOOM, (a.k.a. Metal Fingers when he’s producing).
This ditty here is about those rappers who make their
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MF DOOM (Ft. E. Mason) – Hero vs. Villain (Epilogue)
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The entire song is a debate on whether or not MF Doom is a hero or villain. You be the judge.
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MF DOOM (Ft. MF Grimm) – Tick, Tick...
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Originally released as one-half of an MF Grimm solo 12" on Fondle ‘Em, this Doom-produced track was included in the latter’s 1999 Operation: Doomsday LP. The song’s title is in
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MF DOOM – Hoe Cakes
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The second track off the MM…FOOD album makes use of some pretty sick beatboxing throughout.
“Hoe Cakes” (spelled “hoecakes”) is an African American food from the 19th century
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DANGERDOOM (Ft. Ghostface Killah) – The Mask
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Third song off The Mouse & The Mask, a song featuring Ghostface Killah with whom DOOM reportedly had an album in the works together as DOOMSTARKS.
Samples:
“Sadness Theme” by
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MF DOOM – Gas Drawls
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Just another dope track off MF DOOM’s debut album, it samples “Black Cow” by Steely Dan, a famous jazz-rock band. Also this song seems to be an homage to Zev Love X’s appearance on
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MF DOOM (Ft. Megalon & Tommy Gunn) – The Finest
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[Intro: MF DOOM] / The, the finest / As the life cycle goes on (Goes on) / And you learn to hold on (Hold on) / To things like the mic (The mic) / And you learn to appreciate who's
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MF DOOM – Dead Bent
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[Produced by MF DOOM] / [Intro] / Goddamn it / Super motherfucking villain goddamn it / About to get these millions, stacks and shit / Yo, his dip tried to tell him / Ooh, you're
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DANGERDOOM (Ft. Talib Kweli) – Old School Rules
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The song is built around a sample from Keith Mansfield’s “Funky Fanfare” (1969).
https://youtu.be/8HEL4YHdj68
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MF DOOM (Ft. Megalon) – Operation: Greenbacks
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[Produced by MF DOOM] / [Hook] / M-O-N-E-Y / Never did a thing for L-O-V-I-N / Never understand what people's heads are in / Ask me what I need / [Verse 1: King Geedorah] / A fly
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MF DOOM (Ft. Monsta Island Czars) – Who You Think I Am?
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This song’s about the fictitious monsters who live on Monster Island.
From MF Doom’s debut album Operation Doomsday.
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CZARFACE & MF DOOM – Bomb Thrown
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On March 20, 2018, “Bomb Thrown” was the second single to be released off of CZARFACE Meets Metal Face.
As part of this track’s release, the CZARFACE YouTube channel released an
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MF DOOM – The Hands of Doom
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A skit/interlude track on Operation: Doomsday that samples vocals from Fantastic Four and “Wild Style” over some guitars from the New Birth and drums from Dee Felice Trio.
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MF DOOM – Go with the Flow
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Samples “Ain’t No Price on Happiness” by The Spinners and “Truly Yours” by Kool G Rap.
You can find this beat on Metal Fingers’s(MF DOOM) album Special Herbs, Vol. 4 :
https://
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CZARFACE & MF DOOM – DOOM Unto Others
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[Intro: Samples & MF DOOM] / Viktor, any ideas? / We came, we came / We came, we came, we came / We came, we came (Ten feet, nigga) / We came, we came, we came / DOOM, what you
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Madvillain – Figaro
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“Figaro” is track 14 of Madvillainy, the collab album between Madlib & MF DOOM.
This song samples Dr. Lonnie Smith’s ‘In the Beginning’ and ‘Jeannine’ (Sample appears at 2:20).
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MF DOOM – Ballskin
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[Verse] / Mmmm! / The flow is toe in, precision as an afro trim / All big letters but isn't no acronym / Smack the thin grin off a chin for crack smoking / DDT the first bar, leave
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MF DOOM (Ft. Mr. Chop) – Cellz
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The introduction of “Cellz” is a reading by Charles Bukowski from the poem “Dinosauria, We”. The recording is from the documentary Born Into This, which is also takes its name from
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MF DOOM – Saffron
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DOOM raps over this beat on the track “Doomsday” on his debut solo album, {Operation: Doomsday.](https://genius.com/albums/Mf-doom/Operation-doomsday)
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MF DOOM – Bells of DOOM
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[Intro: Samples & MF DOOM] / I'll show the world, and more particularly those dim-witted, no-talent studio execs, that I— I'll prove that I'm the greatest soundman of all time
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MF DOOM – Coffin Nails
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This song samples David Matthews' “Space Oddity,” and was used as the beat for “Rapp Snitch Knishes” off MM..FOOD.
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MF DOOM (Ft. J Dilla) – Lightworks
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“Lightworks” is a slight re-working of a song J Dilla released on his classic Donuts. MF DOOM decided to spice it up with his own unique swag, but the background sample remains
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MF DOOM – Gumbo
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Third part of DOOM’s MM.. FOOD sound collage suite.
Interpolates “ Would You Like a Snack”, by Frank Zappa.
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MF DOOM (Ft. Madlib) – Absolutely
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The larger than life story of a kingpin addressing his minions about how to deal with a number of issues threatening the crime syndicate. From how to handle judges to how to avoid
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MF DOOM – I Hear Voices Pt.1
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This song was first included on the 2001 re-release of MF DOOM’s first album “Operation: Doomsday”
It samples “For Love (I Come Your Friend)” by George Duke
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MF DOOM – Bergamot
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[Instrumental]
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MF DOOM – More Rhymin'
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DOOM took some girl’s virginity and then decided to go to a Paul Simon concert. Next, DOOM spits 16 incredible sounding bars – that only DOOM understands. DOOM destroys a fake
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MF DOOM – Vervain
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[Instrumental]
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MF DOOM (Ft. Ghostface Killah) – Angelz
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This is one of those songs that exemplifies the need and/or purpose of a site like Genius. Like many filmmakers and other storytellers do, DOOM and Ghostface use reverse
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'Cause I eat 'em up faster than Hannibal Lecter
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Hannibal Lecter is a famous character from books and films, most notably the Academy Award winning 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, after the book of the same name.
Hannibal Lecter is a cannibal. Inspectah Deck eats his enemies like Hannibal Lecter.
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Traveled in a trio, or maybe just abandoned
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DOOM’s trio seems to be describing himself and a pair of shoulder angels here. Once which gives good advice and encourages good acts, and one which encourages bad behavior.
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MF DOOM – Fig Leaf Bi-Carbonate
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The 4th and last part in the sound collage suite in Mm.. Food.
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MF DOOM & MF Grimm – Impostas
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MF DOOM - “Impostas” / [Emcee(s): MF DOOM] / [Producer(s): MF DOOM and Ill Clown] / [Sample (Melody): Setsuo Yamamoto, Shun Nishigaki, and Tatsuro Suzuki - “Charlie Ending” (0:31
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