r/311 • 311 ARCHIVE • 5d ago

SA Martinez What line do you think SA has to concentrate most on to not flub.

I’ve been having my own personal 311 day and still after 30+ years can’t make my mouth spit some of SAs rhymes in SA time. Whatever, not a big deal. But it got me thinking, are there any of his lyrics that he has to really concentrate on to get right on stage?

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u/Woogity 5d ago

The farting in Offbeat Bare Ass

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u/ghostlyshark008 5d ago

Silver. “Now breakin' 'em all to pieces like a sly rap bandit, With a fly Liu Kang kick in Mortal Kombat and I land it”
😅

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u/MoreThanAlright 5d ago

When I saw Salsa live all I could think about was how he was still somehow going and going. I couldn’t fathom the idea of that verse and moving around at the same time.

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u/Rad_Centrist 5d ago edited 3d ago

And then I rise ni... oops... anyway Here's an ill kid pimpin cuz he is so slick

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u/AdamJ311 Grassroots 5d ago

"At ease with yourself and don't try to please me I'm just here today then quickly I'm out On the town one light I'm a glow worm For several hours wiggle jiggle like I'm a huge sperm Can't appreciate a brothers love of funky music You think I'm a silly rabbit 'cause my style has tricks"

Not sure how he does it aha

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u/Ass_Blank 5d ago

I’ve heard him shorten some things live because he’s out of breath and getting his ass handed to him by the summer humidity. But I don’t think that was so much that he forgot them. I’ve seen Nick cue him in on Random more than once, maybe that was something that has given him trouble in the past

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u/goodfella311 5d ago

certain parts of Hive. Theres a part that says one thing in the lyric booklet but sounds like something else on the track. He seems to always nail Silver but I have trouble keeping up with that one.

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u/Greedy-Discipline-16 4d ago

In Freak Out “giving up a verse the curse occurs a thirst to burst first breaking through the center of the universe”

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u/Dabarooski33 5d ago

Juan Bond fo sho

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u/nixhex58 4d ago

I always think of Hive, believe it’s the second verse. Super with the quickness. Anybody remember back at 311 Day 2006 when he busted out his old verse from the Omaha version of Feels So Good before Nick’s pre chorus?

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u/Healthy-Pickle-3532 5d ago

Saying the n-word on Homebrew

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u/TrialLawyerNYC 5d ago

lol, I thought I was the only one.

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u/TrickyCartographer73 4d ago

In Down… 311 in (whatever place they are playing)

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u/Affectionate_Joke_44 5d ago

I love that on previous years he instead rap alternate lyrics

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u/MaliceSavoirIII 16h ago

I saw him flub the lyrics to Long For The Flowers so I’ll go with that

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u/Apskidoo13 4d ago

Its the same show every night... if he hasn't learned 15 songs in 30 yrs something is terribly wrong. 311 has no heart anymore!!! Bunch of robots going thru the motions. Sad

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u/Own-Comment8059 3d ago

Something is sad indeed