When the Shit Goes Down

"When the Shit Goes Down"
Single by Cypress Hill
from the album Black Sunday
Released	1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	West Coast hip hop hardcore hip hop
Length	3:09
Label	Ruffhouse Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Louis Freese Lawrence Muggerud Lawrence Emmett Dickens
Producer(s)	DJ Muggs
Cypress Hill singles chronology
"Insane in the Brain" (1993) "When the Shit Goes Down" (1993) "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" (1993)
Music video
"When the Shit Goes Down" on YouTube

"When the Shit Goes Down" ("When the Ship Goes Down" on edited versions) is a song by American hip hop group Cypress Hill. It was released in 1993 by Ruffhouse and Columbia Records as the second single from the group's second studio album, Black Sunday (1993). The song is written by Louis Freese, Lawrence Muggerud and Lawrence Emmett Dickens, and produced by Muggerud. It was released exclusively in Australia and Europe.