House of Pain

Released: January 1, 1996

Songwriter: Everlast

Producer: Everlast DJ Lethal

[Verse 1: Everlast]
I say hey, baby doll
You swing your shit like a wrecking ball
5 foot 11 inches tall
Dark brown eyes, caramel skin
I ain't seen you all my life, sugar, where you been?
Tell me, who's your friend, cause this is my man
So won't you set it off between em love cause that's the plan
Hook your friend with my man
Come sit in my lap
I'll listen to you yap then
I'll bust my rap
I'll size up your gap
You size up my bone
It's thick and meaty like a hot calzone
Fresh out the oven with the all-night loving
I'll freak the styles you like but don't get from your husband
And when I call just tell em I'm your cousin
I got a dozen cousins just like you

[Hook: Cockni O'Dire]
Reaching out to all princess and queens
(all di nasty gal pickin up and nice enough in the scene)
Reaching out to all princess and queens
(Pamela, Madonna and the one named Maxine, uh)
Reaching out to all princess and queens
(Joanna, Monique and the gal named Irene)
Reaching out to all princess and queens
(keep ya mind dutty but ya body clean)

[Verse 2: Divine Styler]
And like the other jam, let's keep the doors shut
Your nut to mine, I murder thrust with no cut
I've never been sucked from neck back to butt
Handcuffs and snuff as I watch you strut
To the window you lez out with your silhouette
Then you bend low, lift my crack to my chest
I defend my manhood and cold represent
I command my sex with the harmony tense
Mystery's designed to quake the dove stew
Destiny's blessin me when I arrive D infects the C
You do me so slow I blaze your D
I nickname you lunar beam LSD
I be eyeing any queen who wish to see
If you can dissect me in my scientific scene
Sicko, baby I'm real
Redbone steel and Cherokee appeal

[Hook: Cockni O'Dire]

[Verse 3: Everlast]
Hey shorty earth piece
Stop me dead
Had to cease in my tracks
Run up and ask
At any time in your life have you been blessed?
No need to second guess
You be banging like that dress
Hanging off your frame
If it's all the same
Let me throw my game
Hit ya for your name
Plus your area code
I might overload
But I won't explode, baby doll, until you ready
My name ain't crazy legs, hon, but I can rock it steady
Blowing up the spot like J. Paul Getty

[Outro: Cockni O'Dire]

Everlast was barely of legal drinking age when he released his major label rap debut, Forever Everlasting, as part of Ice-T’s Rhyme Syndicate. Next he teamed with his high school pal Danny “Danny Boy” O'Connor, a hype man and graphic designer, to form the Irish American-centric House Of Pain, backed by Everlast’s longtime DJ, DJ Lethal (who is of Latvian/Russian descent).

“Jump Around” (produced by DJ Muggs) pushed House Of Pain’s debut to multiplatinum status, followed by the crossover rap/rock remix of “Shamrocks & Shenanigans.” After tours with Beastie Boys and Rage Against The Machine, their sophomore album went gold, but the group disbanded by the time their third album dropped.

DJ Lethal joined Limp Bizkit and Everlast went solo, going multiplatinum yet again on the acoustic/rap hybrid, Whitey Ford Sings The Blues. House Of Pain has reformed for festivals and club dates here and there ever since, often performing with Everlast’s backing band.

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