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911 (Live in NYC) is a live performance of the single 911 by Gorillaz and D12 (minus Eminem) featuring Terry Hall at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on the 28th of February, 2002 part of the Gorillaz LIVE tour. It was released as a minor single exclusive to Spotify on the band's tenth anniversary as part of the We Are Ten Radio Show, made to promote the compilation album The Singles Collection 2001-2011.
Two different versions of the performance were released on the platform: the "single" version, with a length of 8:04, which includes the audio for the G-Bite "Jump the Gut", which was played immediately after it on the live performance, and a shorter version with a fade-out in the end and audio commentary by Murdoc, host of the show, after its ending, without the G-Bite.
Lyrics[]
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
D12
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Come on!
Come on!
Get up and rock!
Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
(Yeah)
Come on!
(Yeah)
Come on!
(Yeah)
Come on!
(Yeah)
Come on!
(Yeah)
Come on!
(Yeah)
Come on!
(Yeah)
Come on!
(Yeah)
Come on!
(Yeah)
Come on!
(Yeah)
Come on!
(Yeah)
Fuck it
Come on!
(Yeah)
The new terrors in rock
On every block
Late for school, late for work
But ahead of these cops
My credit is shot, end up dead in a box, right?
Until my life ends as pathetic as Pac's
A waste of the talent, they say my boys is just nowhere
Placed on the planet, inside of poisonous warfare
Derelict Arabic terrorists in the air
Shit, arrogant, and apparent to punish people by their heritage
NATO barriers, hate embarrassed
There is the faith to cherish
In your room face to face with the race awareness
A race to scare off the army bombing, your God is with you
Calm over war, we got a starter pistol
Cause if you right, and know you right, then where's your righteous ways
We snatch your life, and sacrifice, for many nights and days
Follow me into equality, we might behave
(Yeah!)
And only Christ can save the trife when we unite again
Yo!
I'm far away staring at home
Barin' my bones, in the streets [...] straightening combs
Stay in my zone, every now I stay in my zone
Everything full of [...] striking like straightening combs
Stay in the streets, bullshit and playing for keeps
Spray at your peeps for christmas, give a K to my niece
Real n•••as feel us and fear us, Gorillaz beat on they chest when
Danger is near us, I hope that you fear us
The spirit of Bugz is still in me
God bless it, the Trinity
'Cause my bullets, they come in threes like trilogies
Put your knife away, bullets always strike and blaze
So much smoke you can't tell the difference of night and day
Right away, you blow your life away, so light your haze
Hold tight grenedes so when it blows I'm slightly grazed
Kuniva might be crazed, unleashing an unlikely rage
The next time you hear a verse from me I might be caged
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayayaya
(Put your hands up!)
(Put your hands up!)
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayaaa
Ahyayayayaaa
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
(Come on! Come on!)
Ahhhayayayayaya
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayaaa
(Come on! Come on!)
Ahyayayayaaa
Every night I talk to a black hawk
Taking heroin in bulks, and my body's [...] chalks
I'm craze, mescaline's got me crazy
Raping this old lady, while the bitch was having a baby
And Bizarre is too far fucking gone
Got me deciphering right from wrong
As I rely in my seat and keep calm
Relax, here comes the bomb
(Swifty!)
I'm getting the fuck on, I'm aggravated
I know I'll make it, I'm in a place full of hatred
Treating my life like it's sacred
Try to check me, I break your neck
Disrespect me, you'll get injected
It's hectic when some bullshit happen when you least expect it
But I just won't accept it, n•••a
I go ahead and lift my trigger
Get rid of bitches, pay you a visit, then get your shit lit
I'm a nitwit with a big dick and big balls
I don't miss shit
I hit all, whoever that did this
We gonna getchy'all
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
(Put your hands up! Put your hands up!)
Ahhhayayayayaya
(Put your hands up! Put your hands up! Like that!)
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
(Put your hands up! Put your hands up!)
Ahhhayayayaaa
(Put your hands up! Put your hands up!)
Ahyayayayaaa
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayayaya
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
(Put your hands up! Put your hands up!)
Ahhhayayayaaa
(Come on! Come on!)
Ahyayayayaaa
(Come on! Come on!)
Now whether its Saddam or Bin Laden that's been startin all this trouble for us
Creeping horrors, doing show after show, sleeping on the tour bus
We lost Aaliyah, lost our families, it takes no genius
You dont need us to say the world is fucked up, y'all can see it
Now it seems the public needs this shit to calm its kids
'Cause they findin out how you lied about your twisted sins
They say we bad for you, but shit, our music is your friend
They can't deter you from the truth 'cause we're the helping hand
Come on! Come here!
Come on!
Put your hands up! (Yeah!)
Put your hands up! (Like that!)
Put your hands up! (Like that!)
Put your hands up! (Like that!)
Put your hands up! (Like that!)
Everybody!
We are one, and one is all
(Come on! Come on!)
We are, we are one
(Come on! Come on!)
And one is all
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayayaya
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayaaa
Yayayayayaa
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayayaya
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayaaa
Yayayayayaa
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayayaya
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayaaa
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayayaya
Aaaahhhiyyyaaaa
Ahhhayayayaaa
Ahyayayayaaa
D12 and Gorillaz, dedicated to all Americans lost on 911
Video[]
Gorillaz & D12 - 911 (Live at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC) (Feat. Terry Hall)
Full version
Trivia[]
- The full name for the single on Spotify is, strangely, "911 [Live in NYC] (feat. D12) [Live in NYC;feat.D12]", and Terry Hall is not credited on the title, despite him being present on the live performance and Murdoc mentioning him on the tenth episode of the first compilation of the show.
- 911 has only been performed live twice: this one, on New York City, and with hip hop group Phi-Life Cypher at the Isle of MTV Festival in Lisbon, Portugal, on the 20th of July, 2002.