The Omen
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"The Omen" | ||
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Song by DMX with Marilyn Manson | ||
Album | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood | |
Released | December 22nd, 1998 | |
Recorded | 1998 | |
Genre | East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, horrorcore | |
Length | 4:56 | |
Label | Ruff Ryders, Def Jam | |
Writer | DMX | |
Producer | Swizz Beatz | |
External links | Search ISRC Search at Musicstax |
"The Omen" is a song featured on DMX's 1998 album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood. The song features guest vocals on the choruses by Marilyn Manson. In the song DMX takes on the roles of both himself and his evil alter-ego "Damien" (represented by a higher pitched, nasal voice) and spends most of the verses conversing with himself as these two characters.
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Appearances[edit]
Albums[edit]
- Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998)
Lyrics[edit]
Woman: "Oh god, please don't take my child He's not ready to die. Oh god, he's gonna take him from us I hear him coming, i hear him coming, I hear him coming..." DMX: "You, right here shorty, told you, I got you Like the way I scooped you, when those faggot niggaz shot you? I'ma hold you down, and I mean that, for real" "But everytime you beef with a nigga, I end up havin' to kill" "Ain't like that, and hey, forget about them 2 kids 'Bout to do a deal, somethin' nice as you is" "Oh you think?" "Nah, I'm just playin', what's up? I got some new bitches, I know you tryin' to fuck" "Not really" "What? I ain't your man no more? Because a nigga, don't need a hand no more? You know how we do, if one don't score We all take the pussy and go up in the roar" "It's like now Where you goin' I ain't trying to take it Fuckin' with a nigga like you, I won't make it" "It'll be what it is" "Yo, you in for the night? I'm 'bout to take it to the crib" "You get home alright" Manson: The snake, the rat The cat and the dog How you gonna live when you're in the fog? The snake, the rat The cat and the dog How you gonna live when you're in the fog? Dmx: "Yo, I ain't fuckin' with this nigga, no more Word to my mother Fuck 'em, so ya know 'em for sure Word to my brother It's like he's gotten worse than before Sometimes I wonder What type of dirt this nigga got in store for me to get under Then I get a call Yo" "X, police just killed your cousin, happened in the projects Don't get back, them niggaz will pay, then I got you, told you I got you Yo, I got you" "I'm in a catch 22 But them niggaz gotta pay But I know he's gonna be askin' for a favor one day But fuck it I ain't got no choice in the matter Them faggots killed my people And I wanna see them splattered" "That's what I'm talkin' 'bout, we ain't on no bitch hit And use the same gun that you killed them 2 kids with Is that hard to live with?" "Nah" "See, you still a playa" "But what you want from me?" "Uh...I'll tell you later" Manson: The snake, the rat The cat and the dog How you gonna live when you're in the fog? The snake, the rat The cat and the dog How you gonna live when you're in the fog? DMX: "Shit is all over the news Bomb goes off in central What the fuck have I gotten myself into? My mental is like Get the fuck outta there I'm out" "Hey, goin' somewhere?" "Nah" "What the bag for?" "Fuck it, what you want?" "Can a nigga come inside for a minute, and puff a blunt?" "Here we go again" "After what I just gave you, with you actin' like that when you asked for that favor" "Yo, I ain't ask you for shit" "Oh yes you did, when you really needed something, and you was out, you did You sold me your soul, when you didn't say no Just let a nigga go, and give me what you owe Fuck what you think, ain't shit for free And a mothafucker you know, can't defeat me" "Forgive me father, for I have sinned And with your help I know, the devil won't win" Manson: (Kill kill kill...) Wicked world on our way to hell (Kill kill kill...) We know what to do, we do it well (Kill kill kill...) Wicked world on our way to hell (Kill kill kill...) We know what to do and we do it well DMX: This is Marilyn Manson, DMX, Ruff Ryders...
Trivia[edit]
- This song is featured on many bootlegs.
- Manson would go on to collaborate with a rapper yet again on a remix of Eminem's single "The Way I Am".
- Manson's repeating lines near the end of the song contain lyrics from "Fundamentally Loathsome", a song from his 1998 album Mechanical Animals.