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It's like 6 milli' ways to die, my nigga, choose one Joey Bada$$ (Ft. Capital STEEZ) – Survival Tactics
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Steez will kill you anyway possible, he’s at least nice enough to let you choose which you’d prefer. 6 million ways to die was also the name of a Cutty Ranks album. This actually comes from Big Daddy Kane’s “Lyrical Gymnastics” however, which in turn borrowed from a track by Cutty Ranks. Mos Def also uses it in “Mathematics”, as well as Common in “Watermelon”.

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10 months

also snoop dog uses this line as the opening line of: serial killa (doggystyle)

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6 Million Ways To Die is also a song by Funkmaster Flex , from 1993. Possibly a small tribute to the funkmaster ?

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mos def mentioned this on mathematics

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He also might just be saying that there are countless ways to die. It’s inevitable so just choose one because it’s going to happen

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7 years

Also when he says this line on the video it cuts to a shot of a 6 story roof from the ground, like he jumped from, the verses are shot in a basement….like where you end up jumping off a building…….he planned his death years before, EVERY single track he made DIRECTLY references it and the date using 47. In the I-Ching Hexagram 47 means sacrifice is needed to succeed. ????

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TIM
10 years

This could also be an inversion of song Six Million Ways to Live by the hip-hop group Dub Pistols.

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josh
10 years

Redman in How High “6 million ways to die, so I chose”

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Cami
10 years


6 MILLION WAYS TO DIE – DO OR DIE

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airhead503
11 years

Big Boi

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12 years

AND please don’t forget this CLASSIC either! 1993

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11 years

are we all forgetting possibly the best rap song ever made?

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11 years

Let’s not forget its use in this classic song

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