Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix) by Common
Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix) by Common

Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix)

Common * Track #1 On Soul by the Pound (12" Single)

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Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix) by Common

Release Date
Tue Jul 13 1993
Performed by
Common
Produced by
No I.D.
Writed by
No I.D. & Common
About

An incredibly dense, pop-culture heavy freestyle rap, the “Soul By the Pound” remix—known as the “Thump Mix"—was third single released in support of Common’s 1992 debut album, Can I Borrow a Dollar?. This version was used in the music video and features different lyrics from the album version along...

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Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix) Lyrics

[Hook: Repeat 2X]
"Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your jeep" - Q-Tip
"Type of shit that hit when you pump it in your trunk" - Puba
"Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your jeep" - Q-Tip
"Ba-bump, ba-bump, make your speakers pop!" - Redman

[Verse 1]
I'm as bad, bad as Leroy Brown, Brown
I'm a pro p-pro, but not a noun n-noun
If you got beef, beef, you get ground, ground
Cut up and sold, sold, by the pound for pound
I'm going downtown like Julie Brown, I'm the round mound
Not of rebound, but like a hound, I get down
Never wore a leash but I'm a show ya
How loose is my goose, got more soul than combat boots
("I got soul, you got it!") That's why I came
They keep callin me, man, they keep callin me, they call my name
Ese I can't - give it away, give it away now!
Or say when, say what?! Or say how
Shh okay between you and me man what's all this white rap?
I Got the Power! And I just, I just might Snap
Bum ba-bum, bum bum!!
Think fast... cause I'm the Ramadan
Ahoy-he-hoy-he, I'm Fat Boy
Shibidabibidabee, boom boom, I'll be the bad boy
Having a party, but I'm not a Democrat
Spoiled as a child, but now I'm milk like similac
Don't have Cinemax, because my cable's pirated
Bug out wit the rhyme, try to swat and I'll get fly wit it
For pest control, I suggest some soul
As far as dick I got it but I have no breath control
So gimme a T.O. baby like umm, Chris Webber
I got myself together
Now I'm straight, are you straight, if you straight, then I'm straight
Rock me tonight, just for old time's sake

[Hook: Repeat 2X]
"Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your jeep" - Q-Tip
"Type of shit that hit when you pump it in your trunk" - Puba
"Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your jeep" - Q-Tip
"Ba-bump, ba-bump, make your speakers pop!" - Redman

[Verse 2]
Roll to the rock, rock to the roll
Can't no A&R tell me that I ain't got soul
C'mon, can I get a clap?
Can't you see I'm trapped, and I'm so confused
Dues is gettin' paid but what about the bills
I wanna make some dough yet I wanna show my skills
Do you even know where I'm goin?
I ain't scared of you motherfucker, though I am of the Omen
I jam like a Cult but make note, I'm not Koresh
Cause I control minds with rhymes
So FBI don't test, I got a no. 2 pencil
And I'm a scribble all over your faaaace!
You see I don't pack no gat
I didn't see CB4 cause I heard that shit was wack
Like Chris, I Rock, I'm strapped like my jock
Peace to No ID and my nigga Y-not!
Check it

[Hook: Repeat 2X]
"Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your jeep" - Q-Tip
"Type of shit that hit when you pump it in your trunk" - Puba
"Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your jeep" - Q-Tip
"Ba-bump, ba-bump, make your speakers pop!" - Redman

[Verse 3]
Whoopee, look at me, I'm hipper than a hippie chick Flyer than the flu, so ill, the MC's say, "You make me sick!"
Well, go see the doctor — in your car, rock my tune
Wit the Boom shak lak lak boom
I'll fire on a cracker, bayow, watch where the sparks went
Fatter than Dre, a Lover like Ed, super as Clark Kent
So gimme the Lane, Lois as I change clothes without a booth
And light high ish like woof
The roof is on fire, it's not an L.A. riot
I got more ho, ho ho's than the Jolly Green Giant
Large as the Professor and I'm never faking funk, akh
Fat as heavy metal yet I'm harder than punk rock
So take me to a land I know not too far away
I got skills like Tim, and I'm coming in a Hardaway
So keep the crossover, Common is a b-boy
While you be dragging last, I be kicking like Bruce Leroy
Sho' nuff! Yo, I got the stuff that tops the stove
And I am about to explo-o-o-ode
Who was that masked kid? That's what'cha ask, kid
Petey Wheatstraw, Cutthroat, Lonnie or Rashid
But oh no, this was Common with his soul glow
Coming from Chica- but yo I gotta go-go
The go, check, check the go (ha-ha)
The go, check check the go (yeah)

[Hook: Repeat 2X]
"Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your jeep" - Q-Tip
"Type of shit that hit when you pump it in your trunk" - Puba
"Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your jeep" - Q-Tip
"Ba-bump, ba-bump, make your speakers pop!" - Redman

"Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your jeep" - Q-Tip

Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix) Q&A

Who wrote Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix)'s ?

Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix) was written by No I.D. & Common.

Who produced Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix)'s ?

Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix) was produced by No I.D..

When did Common release Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix)?

Common released Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix) on Tue Jul 13 1993.

What did Common say about "Soul By the Pound (Thump Mix)"?

I feel like that was the record that broke us out of being just some guys from Chicago. I think people heard that record and said ‘Those guys are dope.’ The remix actually meant more than the original to me. It was the third single from Can I Borrow A Dollar, so by the time we did the video, we had...

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