How Many Licks? by American singer Kelis and verses by American rappers Lil' Cease and Snoop Dogg. The song's original version was included on several compilations, including the 2001 albums "The Source Hip Hop Music Awards 2001", "Pure Dance 2001", "Hip Hop Soul Party: Episode V", and 2008's "15 of the Best Urban Classics". "How Many Licks?" is a three-minute and 52-second hip hop song that uses a sample from the theme song of the television series "Knight Rider". Music critic Simon Reynolds described its composition as "full of Daft Punk-like noises", and an "NME" writer called it "pornographic funk". Michael Arceneaux of
How It Is crawls through endless mud, recalling his life separated into three distinct periods. The title is Beckett's literal translation of the French phrase, "comment c'est" (how it is), a pun on the French verb "commencer" or 'to begin'. The text is divided into three parts: "before Pim" - the solitary narrator journeys in the mud-dark until he encounters another creature like himself thereby forming a "couple". His journey is abundant with recollections from his life above, including reminiscences of a woman and of his parents. "with Pim" - the narrator is motionless in the mud-dark until he is abandoned by Pim.