乐队的原始成员包括了DJ Muggs (原名b. Lawrence Muggerud, 生于1968年1月28日,纽约皇后区,义大利移民后裔)，歌手B-Real (原名b. Louis Freese, 生于1970年6月2日, 洛杉矶人，古巴/墨西哥移民后裔)以及Sen Dog (原名b. Senen Reyes,生于1965年11月20日，古巴移民)。Sen Dog在14岁的时候从自己的故乡古巴移民到洛杉矶。他和他的弟弟Mellow Man Ace组成了乐队的雏形，当时名字叫DVX，并且宣称自己的风格是独创一家的西班牙俚语风格，乐队还包括了前7A3乐队成员DJ Muggs和 B-Real。当Mellow Man Ace离开乐队开始单飞，其余成员决定把乐队名改为当地街区的名字。

但乐队取得巨大成功并不是因为这个，而是得益于他们流畅的融合了R&B的曲风，而其含糊不清的演唱和偶尔涉及枪枝的内容为他们庸懒的节奏增色不少。

It's another one of them ol' funky Cypress Hill things

YouknowhatI'msayin?

And it goes like thisss...

Hey don't miss out on what your passin

You're missin the hoota of the funky Buddha

Eluder or the fucked up styles to get wicked

So come on as cypress starts to kick it

Cuz we're like the outlaw stridin

Suckers are hidein

Jump behind the bush when they see me driving

by

Hangin out my window

And my magnum takin out some puto's

Acting kinda loco

I'm just another local

Kid from from the street getting paid for my

vocals

(Be-Real) Here is something you can't understand

(Sen Dog) How I could just kill a man

(Be-Real) Here is something you can't understand

(Sen Dog) How I could just kill a man

(Be-Real) Here is something you can't understand

(Sen Dog) How I could just kill a man

(Be-Real) Here is something you can't understand

(Sen Dog) How I could just kill a man

(Be-Real) Here is something you can't understand

I been doin' all the dumb shit,

yo, because I bet it's comin' from it

I'm not gonna waste no time,

fuckin' around like I got ya hummin

Hummin'... comin' at cha...

And you know I had to gat ya.

Time for some action, just a fraction of friction

I got the clearance to run the interference

into your sattelite, shinin a battle light,

swing out the gat, and I know that will gat ya right.

Here's an example, just a little sample.

How I could just kill a man!

One-time tried to come in my home,

take my chrome, I said "Yo, it's on.

Take cover son, or you're ass-out.

How you like my chrome?", then I watched the rookie pass out.

Didn't have to blast him, but I did anyway...

Hahaha... that young punk had to pay.

So I just killed a man!

(Be-Real) Here is something you can't understand

(Sen Dog) How I could just kill a man

(Be-Real) Here is something you can't understand

(Sen Dog) How I could just kill a man

(Be-Real) Here is something you can't understand

(Sen Dog) How I could just kill a man

(Be-Real) Here is something you can't understand

(Sen Dog) How I could just kill a man

It's gonna be a long time before I finish

one of the many missions that I have to establish

To light my spliff, ignite ya with these sights

and if you ain't down: bullshit!

Say some punk try to get you for your auto,

Would you call the one-time, play the role model?

No, I think you play like a thug

Next hear the shot of a magnum slug

Hummin', comin' at cha

yeah ya know I'm gonna gat ya

How you know where I'm at when you haven't been where I've been,

understand where I'm coming from.

When you're up on the hill, in your big home

I'm out here, risking my dome.

Just for a bucket, or a fast ducat

just to stay alive, aiyyo I gotta say "fuck it".

(Be-Real) Here is something you can't understand

(Sen Dog) How I could just kill a man

Chorus:

All I wanted was a Pepsi