True Story Lyrics

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“True Story,” the seventh track off of Cancer 4 Cure (2012), the fourth studio album by El-P.

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What did El-P say about "True Story"?
Genius Answer

This is just a quick palm read on how I see shit going down right now; another peek behind the curtain. I took my dude Heems [of Das Racist]’s vocal chop from the joint I produced on Relax and flipped it through the song. There were about eight versions of this beat before I landed on this one.

El-P via The Skinny.

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Release Date
May 22, 2012
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