Mind Blowin' - Lyrics

Lyrics

Vanilla Ice's mainstream fame during the early 1990's bothered some in the hip hop community. The same year, 3rd Bass released their single Pop Goes the Weasel which was a full-on verbal assault on Ice. Ice answered back with a song called "The Wrath" which he played at live shows throughout 1992. When it was time to release his second album, Ice featured 'The Wrath' with a different beat and tune, but the lyrics stayed the same. 3rd Bass were not the only ones that Ice answered back to. Much of the album was a reply to those who did not think Vanilla Ice deserved his fame or following.

Mark Wahlberg, then in the rap group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch had also made remarks on Ice in one of his songs. Ice answered back in the song 'Hit 'em Hard' which was almost in its entirety a dis song aimed at Mark, but Ice also included 3rd Bass again. Neither 3rd Bass nor Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch responded.

A lot of the lyrics were drug influenced and featured references to smoking marijuana, especially in the single 'Roll 'em Up'. The song 'I Go Down' pays tribute to Gang Starr, Mary J. Blige and Tupac Shakur.