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I'm back like the night, swooping down on The Riddler Jeru the Damaja – 99.9 Pa Cent
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Aside from the night, which returns every day, this line also plays on the homophones “night” and “knight”. The Riddler is an enemy of the Black Night, also known Batman. (The Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher Batman movie series have the title Batman Returns.)

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[Chorus] Fat Joe (Ft. Birdman, Scarface & Tony Sunshine) – Bust at You
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The hook is sampled from the hook of Bootsy’s Rubber Band’s “I’d Rather Be With You”, from their album Stretchin' Out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4t3qtgO1wHc#t=26s

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[Intro: Sample] Fat Joe (Ft. Birdman, Scarface & Tony Sunshine) – Bust at You
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The intro is sampled from Bootsy’s Rubber Band’s “What’s a Telephone Bill?”, from the album Ahh… The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FJAQdwyFD64#t=191s

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Excuse me if I seem obscene to you
I'm being real and that seems the thang to do

[Hook]
I'm just living and I'm loving, waiting for the moment
When you got time to kill
And if I can get your love
Then what's a telephone bill?
I'm just living and I'm loving, waiting for the moment
When you got time to kill
And if I can get your love
Then what's a telephone bill? Bootsy's Rubber Band – What's a Telephone Bill?
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These lyrics are sampled in the intro of Fat Joe’s “Bust at You”, from his album Loyalty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mQosOZG-FOY

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[Chorus] Bootsy's Rubber Band – I'd Rather Be With You
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Big KRIT samples these lyrics in the bridge of his song “Highs & Lows”, from his mixtape Return of 4Eva
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e-uJI12vH4Q#t=179s

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I'd rather be with you-oo, yeah
Said I'd rather be with you
I'd rather be with you-oo, yeah
Said I'd rather be with you, ooh Big K.R.I.T. – Highs and Lows
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These lyrics are sampled from Bootsy’s Rubber Band’s I’d Rather Be With You’s hook, from their album Stretchin' Out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band

I’d rather be with you, yeah
Yeah, I’d rather be with you
I’d rather be with you, yeah
Yeah, I’d rather be with you

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[Chorus] Bootsy's Rubber Band – I'd Rather Be With You
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The hook is sampled in Zed Zilla’s “I Rather B With U”, from his album Rent’s Due
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=77gbRvImtdY

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Deez Nutz
7 years

Eazy E sampled this song too. But I thought this was Genius, not WhoSampled

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Also sampled by Del tha Funkee Homosapien in “Why You Wanna Get Funkee Wit Me” http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xaJf0sWqPbQ#t=2s

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[Chorus] Bootsy's Rubber Band – I'd Rather Be With You
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The “yeah” from the second line is sampled in Shabazz Palaces‘ A Mess, from his self-titled album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MWdDSkXSc9Q#t=49s

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I'd rather be with you, yeah
Yeah, I'd rather be with you
I'd rather be with you, yeah
Yeah, I'd rather be with you Bootsy's Rubber Band – I'd Rather Be With You
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Beyoncé sampled the lyrics and melody from the hook in her song Be With You, from her album Dangerously in Love

I’d rather be with you ‘cause I love the way you scream my name
And there’s no other man that gives me what I want and makes me feel this way
I’d rather be with you 'cause you hustle hard to take care of me
I’d rather be with you; boy,I’d rather be with you

While Fat Joe sampled it in Bust at You, from his album Loyalty, and changed the lyrics to

I’d rather touch you, yeah
‘Said I’d rather bust at you
I’d rather touch you, yeah
'Said I’d rather bust at you

And Big Shasta sampled it in the hook of Lil Flip’s Stay Ballin', from Flip’s album I Need Mine

All my partners got loot too, yeah
Said I’d rather ball with you
And we flippin new Benz Coupes, yeah
And we ridin on 22’s

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[Intro: Tanya Howard & Niguay Fa] Akinyele (Ft. Niguay Fa & Tanya Howard) – Sister, Sister
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The melody of the background vocals is sampled from Bootsy’s Rubber Band’s “I’d Rather Be With You”, from their album Stretchin' Out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4t3qtgO1wHc#t=49s

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