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Jazz (We've Got) - A Tribe Called Quest (探索一族)[00:00:00]
Stern firm and young with a laid-back tongue[00:00:10]
The aim is to succeed and achieve at 21[00:00:13]
Just like Ringling Brothers I'll daze and astound[00:00:16]
Captivate the mass cause the prose is profound[00:00:18]
Do it for the strong we do it for the meek[00:00:20]
Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your Jeep[00:00:23]
Or your Honda or your Beemer or your Legend or your Benz[00:00:26]
The rave of the town to your foes and your friends[00:00:28]
So push it along trails we blaze[00:00:30]
Don't deserve the gong don't deserve the praise[00:00:33]
The tranquility will make ya unball your fist[00:00:35]
For we put hip-hop on a brand new twist[00:00:38]
A brand new twist with the homie-alistic[00:00:41]
So low-key that ya probably missed it[00:00:43]
And yet it's so loud that it stands in the crowd[00:00:46]
When the guy takes the beat they bowed[00:00:48]
So raise up squire adjust your attire[00:00:51]
We have no time to wallow in the mire[00:00:54]
If you're on a foreign path then let me do the lead[00:00:56]
Join in the essence of the cool-out breed[00:00:59]
Then cool out to the music cuz it makes ya feel serene[00:01:01]
Like the birds and the bees and all those groovy things[00:01:06]
Like getting stomach aches when ya gotta go to work[00:01:11]
Or staring into space when ya feelin' berserk[00:01:13]
I don't really mind if it's over your head[00:01:15]
Cuz the job of resurrectors is to wake up the dead[00:01:16]
So pay attention it's not hard to decipher[00:01:20]
And after the horns you can check out the Phifer[00:01:21]
(Chorus)[00:01:23]
(Verse Two: Phife)[00:01:36]
Competition dem Phifer come sideway[00:01:37]
But competition dey mus' me come straightway[00:01:37]
Competition dem Phifer come sideway[00:01:43]
But competition dey mus' me come straightway[00:01:43]
How's about that it seems like it's my turn again[00:01:45]
All through the years my mike has been my best friend[00:01:46]
I know some brothers wonder can Phifer really kick it [00:01:49]
Some even wanna dis me but why sweat it [00:01:51]
I'm all into my music cuz it's how I make papes[00:01:54]
Tryin' to make hits like Kid Capri mix tapes[00:01:56]
Me sweat another I do my own thing[00:01:58]
Strictly hardcore tracks not a new jack swing[00:02:01]
I grew up as a Christian so to Jah I give thanks[00:02:03]
Collect my banks listen to Shabba Ranks[00:02:07]
I sing and chat I do all of that[00:02:09]
It's 1991 and I refuse to come wack[00:02:12]
I take off my hat to other crews that intend to rock[00:02:14]
But the Low End Theory's here it's time to wreck shop[00:02:17]
I got Tip and Shah so whom shall I fear[00:02:20]
Stop look and listen but please don't stare[00:02:22]
So jet to the store and buy the LP[00:02:24]
On Jive/RCA cassettes and CD's[00:02:27]
Produced and arranged by the four-man crew[00:02:29]
And oh sh*t Skeff Anslem he gets props too[00:02:32]
Make sure you have a system with some phat house speakers[00:02:36]
So the new sh*t can rock from Mars to Massapequot[00:02:39]
Cuz where I come from quality is job one[00:02:43]
And everybody up on Linden know we get the job done[00:02:44]
So peace to that crew and peace to this crew[00:02:46]
Bring on the tour we'll see you at a theatre nearest you[00:02:48]
(Verse Three: Q-Tip)[00:02:52]
Hey yo but wait back it up huh easy back it up[00:02:52]
Please let the Abstract embellish on the cut[00:02:55]
Back and forth just like a Cameo song[00:02:56]
If you dig this joint then please come dance along[00:02:59]
To the music cuz it's done just for the rhyme[00:03:00]
Now I gotta scat and get mine underlined[00:03:03]
The jazz the what The jazz to move that a**[00:03:06]
Cuz the Tribe originates that feelin' of pizzazz[00:03:09]
It's the universal sound best to brothers on the ground[00:03:11]
And the ones six below ya didn't have to go[00:03:13]
Some say that I'm a sinner cuz I once had an orgy[00:03:17]
And sometimes for breakfast I eat grits and porgies[00:03:20]
If this is a stinker then call me a stink I ask[00:03:22]
"What What What " - check it out[00:03:26]
All my peoples in Queens ya don't stop[00:03:28]
Now all my peoples in Brooklyn ya don't stop[00:03:29]
And all my peoples uptown ya don't stop[00:03:32]
That includes the Bronx an' Harlem ya don't stop[00:03:34]
Now to that girl Ramelle ya don't stop[00:03:37]
I say because Ladies First ya don't stop[00:03:39]
And to the JB's ya don't stop[00:03:42]
And De La Soul ya don't stop[00:03:44]
To my Brand Nubians ya don't stop[00:03:47]
And to my Leaders of the New ya don't stop[00:03:49]
To my man Large Professor ya don't stop[00:03:52]
Pete Rock for the beat ya don't stop[00:03:55]
Everybody in the place ya don't stop[00:03:57]
Ya keep it on to the rhythm ya don't stop[00:04:00]
And last but not least on the sure shot[00:04:04]
It's the Zulu nation[00:04:06]