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[ti:Jazz (We've Got)] |
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[ar:A Tribe Called Quest] |
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[al:Hits, Rarities & Remixes] |
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Stern firm and young with a laid-back tongue |
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The aim is to succeed and achieve at 21 |
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Just like Ringling Brothers I'll daze and astound |
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Captivate the mass cause the prose is profound |
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Do it for the strong we do it for the meek |
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Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your Jeep |
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Or your Honda or your Beemer or your Legend or your Benz |
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The rave of the town to your foes and your friends |
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So push it along trails we blaze |
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Don't deserve the gong don't deserve the praise |
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The tranquility will make ya unball your fist |
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For we put hip-hop on a brand new twist |
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A brand new twist with the homie-alistic |
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So low-key that ya probably missed it |
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And yet it's so loud that it stands in the crowd |
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When the guy takes the beat they bowed |
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So raise up squire adjust your attire |
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We have no time to wallow in the mire |
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If you're on a foreign path then let me do the lead |
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Join in the essence of the cool-out breed |
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Then cool out to the music cuz it makes ya feel serene |
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Like the birds and the bees and all those groovy things |
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Like getting stomach aches when ya gotta go to work |
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Or staring into space when ya feelin' berserk |
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I don't really mind if it's over your head |
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Cuz the job of resurrectors is to wake up the dead |
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So pay attention it's not hard to decipher |
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And after the horns you can check out the Phifer |
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(Chorus) |
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(Verse Two: Phife) |
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Competition dem Phifer come sideway |
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But competition dey mus' me come straightway |
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Competition dem Phifer come sideway |
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But competition dey mus' me come straightway |
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How's about that it seems like it's my turn again |
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All through the years my mike has been my best friend |
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I know some brothers wonder can Phifer really kick it |
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Some even wanna dis me but why sweat it |
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I'm all into my music cuz it's how I make papes |
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Tryin' to make hits like Kid Capri mix tapes |
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Me sweat another I do my own thing |
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Strictly hardcore tracks not a new jack swing |
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I grew up as a Christian so to Jah I give thanks |
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Collect my banks listen to Shabba Ranks |
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I sing and chat I do all of that |
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It's 1991 and I refuse to come wack |
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I take off my hat to other crews that intend to rock |
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But the Low End Theory's here it's time to wreck shop |
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I got Tip and Shah so whom shall I fear |
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Stop look and listen but please don't stare |
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So jet to the store and buy the LP |
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On Jive/RCA cassettes and CD's |
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Produced and arranged by the four-man crew |
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And oh shit Skeff Anslem he gets props too |
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Make sure you have a system with some phat house speakers |
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So the new shit can rock from Mars to Massapequot |
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Cuz where I come from quality is job one |
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And everybody up on Linden know we get the job done |
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So peace to that crew and peace to this crew |
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Bring on the tour we'll see you at a theatre nearest you |
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(Verse Three: Q-Tip) |
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Hey yo but wait back it up huh easy back it up |
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Please let the Abstract embellish on the cut |
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Back and forth just like a Cameo song |
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If you dig this joint then please come dance along |
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To the music cuz it's done just for the rhyme |
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Now I gotta scat and get mine underlined |
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The jazz the what The jazz to move that ass |
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Cuz the Tribe originates that feelin' of pizzazz |
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It's the universal sound best to brothers on the ground |
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And the ones six below ya didn't have to go |
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Some say that I'm a sinner cuz I once had an orgy |
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And sometimes for breakfast I eat grits and porgies |
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If this is a stinker then call me a stink I ask |
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"What What What " - check it out |
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All my peoples in Queens ya don't stop |
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Now all my peoples in Brooklyn ya don't stop |
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And all my peoples uptown ya don't stop |
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That includes the Bronx an' Harlem ya don't stop |
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Now to that girl Ramelle ya don't stop |
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I say because Ladies First ya don't stop |
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And to the JB's ya don't stop |
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And De La Soul ya don't stop |
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To my Brand Nubians ya don't stop |
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And to my Leaders of the New ya don't stop |
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To my man Large Professor ya don't stop |
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Pete Rock for the beat ya don't stop |
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Everybody in the place ya don't stop |
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Ya keep it on to the rhythm ya don't stop |
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And last but not least on the sure shot |
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It's the Zulu nation |
