You Know How We Do It

"You Know How We Do It"
Single by Ice Cube
from the album Lethal Injection
ReleasedFebruary 2, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreG-funk
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)QDIII
Ice Cube singles chronology
"Really Doe"
(1993) 		"You Know How We Do It"
(1994) 		"Bop Gun (One Nation)"
(1994)
Music video
"You Know How We Do It" on YouTube

"You Know How We Do It" is a song by American rapper, actor and filmmaker Ice Cube, released as the second single from his fourth studio album, Lethal Injection (1993). The song was released on February 2, 1994 by Lench Mob and Priority, and was a No. 30 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. Musically, it is in the G-funk genre,[1][2][3][4][5][6] and has the same kind of mood and feeling as "It Was a Good Day".[7] The song samples "The Show Is Over" by Evelyn "Champagne" King, "Summer Madness" by Kool & the Gang, and "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson.[8]

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