List of songs that reference video games
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- "13th Floor/Growing" by OutKast (ATLiens, 1996):
"To stand up on yo' game and pimpin these crows you must be flawless
Like Mortal Kombat, but fuckin these wombats got you dizzy"
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- "Anyone Else But You" by The Moldy Peaches (The Moldy Peaches, 2001):
"Up up down down left right left right B A start
Just because we use cheats doesn't mean we're not smart"
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- Has It Come To This" by The Streets (Original Pirate Material, 2002):
"Turn off your phone
Cos this is our zone
Videos, televisions, 64s, playstations" - "Human video game" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper, 1988):
"It's me against an ape, he's got my girl, I've got to save her!
Oh no, I feel an attack coming on
Yo Ready Rock C I wanna play a game of Donkey Kong"
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- "Juicy" by The Notorius B.I.G. (Ready To Die, 1994):
"Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis
When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this" - "Jump Around" by House of Pain (House of Pain, 1992):
"Tryin' to play me out like as if my name was Sega"
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- "Murder Murder" by Eminem (The Slim Shady EP, 1997):
"Actin' like they never seen nobody hit a nick before
Smashed the window, grabbed the Nintendo 64
When they sell out in stores the price triples
I ran up the block jumpin' kids on tricycles"
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- "Nobody's Hippie" by Kimya Dawson (Knock-Knock Who?, 2004):
"Maybe I'll play Tekken 2 all alone again
Hold down select and then laff at big heads"
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- "The Irony Of It All" by The Streets (Original Pirate Material, 2002):
"I just completed Gran Tourismo on the hardest setting"
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- "You're Only A Customer" by Jay-Z (Streets Is Watching, 1998):
"More flavor than y'all can image havin'
Graphic like Sega, Saturn, traffic like the Bodega"
