Bop Gun (One Nation)

"Bop Gun (One Nation)"
Single by Ice Cube featuring George Clinton
from the album Lethal Injection
ReleasedJuly 12, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreG-funk[1]
Length
  • 3:42 (single version)
  • 5:18 (video version)
  • 11:05 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)QDIII
Ice Cube singles chronology
"You Know How We Do It"
(1994)
"Bop Gun (One Nation)"
(1994)
"Natural Born Killaz"
(1994)
Music video
"Bop Gun (One Nation)" on YouTube

"Bop Gun (One Nation)" is the third single from American rapper, actor and filmmaker Ice Cube's fourth album, Lethal Injection (1993). The song samples the Funkadelic song "One Nation Under a Groove". It reached number six on the US Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart and number 23 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. The song features lyrics from Tom Tom Club's hit "Genius of Love."

The song was included on Ice Cube's Greatest Hits album and on the 1996 George Clinton remix album Greatest Funkin' Hits. "Bop Gun (One Nation)" was mixed at Aire LA Studios in Glendale, CA by Raymundo Silva.

The version of "Bop Gun (One Nation)" featured on Lethal Injection is about 11 minutes, while the radio edit clocks in at under four minutes. The radio edit also features slightly different lyrics sung by Ice Cube, such as the replacement of certain expletives, so as to make it more suitable for radio play.

  1. ^ Juon, Steve 'Flash'. "Ice Cube :: Lethal Injection – RapReviews". Retrieved 2021-06-02.