I Got 5 On It - Luniz

Reviving an old discussion regarding "I Got 5 On It" by the Luniz, it was previosuly mentioned in an old thread that the 45 version should be the cassingle version which Ed says can be found on "The Bomb" cd on Backstage Records. I just recently compared the cassette single version with the LP version which appears on the cd "Operation Stackola" and I do not hear any difference at all between "The Bomb" version, the "Operation Stackola" version and the cassingle version. In other words, there would be no distinction between the 45 and LP version. Can anyone else point out any differences between the 3 sources that I just mentioned that perhaps I am overlooking?

Edited by Pat Downey

I'm just asking if someone can point out the censored words (if there are any) as I don't hear any censorship.

Well, this is interesting... I don't have the dirty version either, but I do have both the Clean and Clean Weedless versions, and I looked up the lyrics to the album version on the Internet.

Luniz actually DID re-record his vocals for the different versions! The LP version (presumably... these were the lyrics I found online) has "nigga" and "f**k" all though it. Take the censored versions and substitute "niggas" for "fools," and you get an idea of the original lyrics.

The Clean Weedless mix is yet another recording of the lyrics that removes specific references to marijuana in the song (no easy trick!). It's noticable very early on. The first two lines:

Clean Version (45 version):

Playa, give me some brew and I might chill
'Cause I'm the type that likes to light another joint like Cypress Hill

Clean Weedless:

Playa, give me some brew and I might chill
You know stoned is the way of the walk like Cypress Hill

Basically, if that second line matches the Clean Version, and there is no "nigga" or other profanity in the song, and it runs 4:14, it should be the 45 version.

It sounds like the alternate "clean" lyrics are the standard version.

Here's a link to the lyrics for the Weedless mix:

Clean Weedless

And to the dirty version, which appears to be much longer and not even get to the single lyrics till the last verse:

Dirty

Edited by Brian W.

Track one is not the cassette single version. The cassette single version is not on the commercial CD-EP. The instrumental is the only track from the CD-EP that was on the cassette single. The cassette single version is mixed like the Clean Weedless mix, but with some alternate lyrics.

I'm actually wondering if the full length uncensored version was scrubbed after first pressings of the album.