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→‎Lyrics: the "Don't get too close because you might get shot" is a vocal sample: it's heard /included in the instrumental version of the song / it's also heard in the acappella version but it's not sampled from another song that im aware of - more like how PON sampled his own voice in some of his songs
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== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
<pre>I shot- I shot- I shot- I shot- I shot the sheriff
<pre>Just think while I sink, into the brain structure
Think while I sink, into the brain structure
Just think while I sink...
Think while I sink


Chaos, the mass confusion, EPMD's in town
Chaos, no mass confusion, EPMD in town
Total chaos, the mass confusion
Total chaos, no mass confusion
Rhymes so hypnotiz- EPMD's in town. Don't- EPMD's in town
Rhymes so hypnotiz- (EPMD in town) Total (EPMD in town)
Just think while I sink, into the brain structure
Total- Just think while I sink, into the brain structure
(Don't sleep on the E) You see, somethin' might rupture
(Don't sleep on the e) you see, something might rupture
It don't take time for me to blow your mind
I don't take time for me to blow your mind
Now take a second to wreck it because you're dumb and blind
Take a second to wreck it because you're dumb and blind
So just lounge, cause you're an MC clown
So just lounge, cause you're a MC clown
Go join the circus: EPMD's in town
Go join the circus, EPMD in town


Total chaos, the mass confusion
Total chaos, no mass confusion
Rhymes so hypnotizing known to cause an illusion
Rhymes so hypnotizing known to cause an illusion
Like a magician, he draws a rabbit out a hat, son
Like a magician, who pulls a rabbit out a hat, son
I draw 'em all like a .44 Magnum
I pull them all like a .44 magnum
MC, freeze: stop, look, and listen, and try to imagine
MC freeze stop look and listen, and try to imagine
It's travellin' the speed of light,  
Its traveling the speed of light, but everything's motion
But everything's motion is frightening, plus the thought you alone
Is frightening, plus the thought you alone
You now enter dimension called the Twilight Zone
You now enter dimension, called the twilight zone
You're terrified, plus you can't bear the thought
You're terrified, plus you cant bear the thought
You and I one-on-one in the Land of the Lost
You and I one-on-one, in the land of the lost
You fuckin' shiver, then you scream, my friend
You start to shiver, but then you scream, my friend
You wake up Muttley because you're dreamin' again
Yo wake up muttley, because you're dreaming again
But next time I'm on the scene, do not try to diss us
But next time I'm on the scene, do not try to diss us
Keep your mouth shut: sucker, duck, because I'm Strictly Business
Keep your mouth shut sucker duck, because I'm strictly business</pre>
 
I-I-I shot the sheriff (Don't get too close because you might get shot)
I-I shot the sheriff (Don't get too close because you might get shot)
I shot the sheriff (Don't get too close because you might get shot)
I-I shot the sheriff (Don't get too close because you might get shot)
 
Don't get too close because you might get shot
Don't get too close because you might get shot
Don't get too close because you might get shot
Don't get too close because you might get shot
 
I shot the sheriff (Don't get too close because you might get shot)
I-I shot the sheriff (Don't get too close because you might get sho-)</pre>


== Song Connections / Remixes ==
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
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