Give the People

"Give the People"
Single by EPMD
from the album Business as Usual
B-side"Manslaughter"
ReleasedJune 13, 1991
Recorded1990–1991
GenreHip hop
Length3:30
LabelDef Jam/RAL/Columbia
(original release)
Songwriter(s)Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
Producer(s)EPMD, DJ Scratch
EPMD singles chronology
"Rampage"
(1991)
"Give the People"
(1991)
"Crossover"
(1992)

"Give the People" is the third and final single released from EPMD's third album, Business as Usual. It peaked at No. 28 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.

The song is built around a sample of the O'Jays' "Give the People What They Want".