House of Pain

Released: January 1, 1996

Songwriter: Everlast

Producer: DJ Lethal

[Verse 1: Everlast]
I'll get your dome piece open, just like a New York deli
I'm mad cool like Art Fonzarelli
You've seen him on the telly, with Ralph The Mouth
I rock the east, west, north and the south
Without a doubt I've been know to turn the party out
You want clout, let me show you what it's all about
Cause I can give it up more than Madonna
You want to plea, it's not guilty, your honor
Cause I can rock it all kinds of live ways
Like my man Dennis Miller does it on Fridays
I get closer than the Nine Inch Nails
I'm the opposite of the definition of stale
I'm fresher than the lettuce in your produce section
If you come to get us, better bring protection
I could rock a Texan, I could rock an Asian
I could rock the spectrum from black to Caucasian

[Hook: Everlast] (x4)
It's the same old, same old, blasé-blah
Sipping on the forty and puffing La

[Verse 2: Everlast]
I got the soundbite that'll get you uptight
You wanna dis then there might be a fist fight
I measure ten on the Richter scale
So call me Moby Dick and watch the great white whale
You could play the Ishmael but you're doomed to fail
And if you didn't know you better read the tale
Cause I get mail every time I play
And I can take it up town J-Disco's way
And I can take it back down through the depths of Hell
And blow up the spot like an artillery shell
Cause I've been all the way to the grave and back
And mad crews are coming out sounding crazy wack

[Hook: Everlast] (x4)
It's the same old, same old, blasé-blah
Sipping on the forty and puffing La

[Verse 3: Everlast]
I'm sicker than the AIDS sores with Band-Aids
If my eyes are bloodshot, I just put on my shades
I never got good grades, cause I was acting the fool
Ducking out of my school, hiding smoke in the wool
And I never knew the plague until it claimed my cousin
I acted like he wasn't, but junkies come a dime a dozen
I've seen the needle and the damage done
A syringe in the vein is like a loaded gun
In your mouth blowing up the backside of your mental
The only records they can verify are your dental
The instrumental is my forum
And when I rock the mic I do it with poise and decorum

[Hook: Everlast] (x4)
It's the same old, same old, blasé-blah
Sipping on the forty and puffing La

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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