De La Soul – Eye Know (ft. Otis Redding) (Audio, Lyrics, Video)

The 34-year-old “Eye Know” song by De La Soul featuring Otis Redding is released, produced by De La Soul & Prince Paul. Watch the music video, listen, stream, read the lyrics, buy the track, mp3 download.

De La Soul Eye Know

“Eye Know” is the fifth single from De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising. It was not released as a single in the US, but made the top 30 in several countries overseas, including a #14 peak in the UK.

Its B-side is the non-album track “The Mack Daddy on the Left.”

BBC One used an instrumental version of “Eye Know” for the Saturday’s goals portion of “Match of the Day 2” from 2004 to the end of the 2007/2008 season.

Samples:

Steely Dan’s “Peg” is heavily sampled throughout the song, providing the backing beat and some backup vocals for the chorus.

The Mad Lads’ “Make This Young Lady Mine” provides the sample for both the guitar and the horn heard throughout the track.

The whistling heard throughout the track is an Otis Redding sample from his song “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay”

And drums from “Sing a Simple Song” by Sly & the Family Stone are also sampled in the track.

De La Soul – Eye Know (ft. Otis Redding) (prod. De La Soul & Prince Paul)

February 2, 2023
1 Song, 4 minutes
℗ 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

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Lyrics

[Verse 1: Pos]
Greetings girl and welcome to my world of phrase
I’m right up to bat
It’s a Daisy Age and you’re about to walk top-stage
So wipe your Lottos on the mat
Hip-hop love this is and don’t mind when I quiz your
Involvements before the sun
But clear your court cause this is a one-man sport
And who’s better for this than Plug One? (Plug One)
Now you don’t have to worry about me squashin’ other deals
‘Cause they’ve already been squooshed
Freeze a frame about moods the same which we can continue
Right behind the bush
You’ll stay with me, I know this
But not because of all my Earthly treasures
Or regardless to the fact that I’m Posdnuos
But because

[Chorus: Steely Dan]
I know I’ll love you better

[Verse 2: Dove]
May I cut this dance to introduce myself as
The chosen one to speak?
Let me lay my hand across yours
And aim a kiss upon your cheek
The name’s Plug Two (Is Plug Two)
And from the soul I bring you
The Daisy of your choice
May it be filled with the pleasure principle
In circumference to my voice
About those other Jennys I reckoned with
Lost them all like a homework excuse
This time the Magic Number is two
‘Cause it takes two, not three, to seduce
My destiny of love is brought to an apex
Sex is a mere molecule
In this world of love that I have for you
It’s true (True)

[Chorus: Steely Dan]
I know I’ll love you better

[Verse 3: Pos]
Now it’s time to let this rhyme style
Get somewhat poured in the mold
Hold my hand and we’ll pick my plantation
Of Daisies for a bouquet of Soul (Soul)
Life will begin at the cut of a rim
Take it as filled to the rim as in brim
Squeeze your stoop like Betty Boop
We’ll make Campbell’s Alphabet Soup
And spell Plug One’s within
Forward march is the say
When transistors will play
Come into bed is the mood
Dolby sound will be then top crowned
When I put the needle into your groove
I got a good thing
And in full swing (In full swing)
I show this in gifts, words or letters
But even without those three
Eye know you’ll be close to me ’cause

[Chorus: Steely Dan]
I know I’ll love you better

[Verse 4: Dove]
It’s I again, and the soul that I send
Is taking steps to reach your heart
Any moment you feel alone
I can fill up your empty part
We can ascend ’til we reach De La Heaven
And in a spin we’ll hit the Top Ten
Then we can meet Mr Stuckie
And Pos’ brother Lucky will preach
“Let the wedding begin” (The wedding begin)
Shot by an arrow of cupid
Through the string of a G-clef
My dear, I claim you’re deaf
And if you can hear me, by golly gee
Trugoy is ready for what you possess
We could live in my Plug Two home
And on Mars where we could be all alone
And we make a song for two
Picture perfect things and I sing of how

[Chorus: Steely Dan]
I know I’ll love you better