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De La Soul feat. Redman Lyrics

Party people, your dreams have now been fulfilled
Get ready to dance and have a good time!

Get your ass up and let's get ill, that's right y'all
It's time to party and have fun!

We more than rough, we callin' your bluff
We're not scared of anyone and we're ready to prove it!

And when it comes to rhymes
We're experts in rapping and we're ready to show it!

(Brick city)
We're from Newark, New Jersey!

Yo, don't scandalize mine
Don't insult or harm me!

I spent too much time
I've worked too hard!

Straight talk with the catch to etch my line walk
I speak honestly and clearly about my beliefs!

Never fetchin' for crime, halt, who goes there?
I never commit crimes and am always on guard!

Yo, it's the squeeze of five fingers
I'm shaking hands with someone!

Puffin' Smokey the bear
I'm smoking a powerful strain of marijuana!

Shinin' black like Darth Vader caps
My clothes are black and shiny like Darth Vader's helmet!

They on stare
People are looking at us!

While we rockin' it, I'll rock in it
We're performing well and getting the crowd excited!

(Rock in it)
Keep rocking it!

Like the little ball inside the spray can
We're adding color and flavor to the world like the ball inside a spray can of paint!

Providing three coats
We're making sure everyone gets enough of our music!

For both child, woman and man
Our music is for everyone, regardless of age or gender!

God bless the God, lay these streets wall to wall
May God bless us and our music, and make it popular everywhere!

It go, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
This is the chorus!

Yo, you got popped like a flick by that rivalry click
You got caught by a group of people who don't like you!

It went, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
This is the chorus again!

It ain't my fault your ass is on the asphalt
It's not my fault you got beat up!

Got your chin touched by my fam
My family attacked you!

Who thought you brought harm, you see
They believed you had bad intentions!

I'm iced out like a glass of tea
I'm wearing a lot of jewelry and it's very cold!

Better yet, oatmeal cookies
I prefer oatmeal cookies to other types of snacks!

Y'all just rookies to me
You guys are inexperienced compared to me!

Slidin' up and down the court
We're dancing and moving around!

But I don't think you can D
But I don't think you can handle it!

Why try? Maseo be gettin' high
Why bother? We're having a good time smoking weed!

Since Luke was Luke Skywalk
We've been smoking weed for a long time!

Man, my topic of talk is sheddin' shame
I'm talking about things that are shameful!

All over your game like them shorties who claim
We're dominating the music industry like young people who claim to love Afrocentric culture!

That Afrocentric lovin' is the past drug
People used to be obsessed with Afrocentric culture, but now they're not!

A life filled with (unverified) that's what thugs love
Thugs like to live a life filled with danger and excitement!

Snatch you fast, wrap that ass in the rug of your choice
We'll attack you quickly and wrap you up in a rug of your choosing!

While it muffles your voice
So you can't scream or yell!

Now when I'm swimmin' through the joint, I put the funk on hold
When I'm performing, I stop everything else and focus on the music!

'Cause if you don't, you'll see the bubbles come up
If you don't focus on the music, you'll start to hear the sound of bubbles!

We run up a tab and gladly add a little extra for miss
We spend a lot of money and are happy to tip well!

Flashy faces with bigger lips for that ass to kiss
We like people who are flashy and attractive!

Most crews are post current while we're forever
Most music groups are only popular for a short while, but we're always relevant!

Direct beats that's contagious, loved by all ages
Our music has a great beat that everyone loves!

Graduated from the you and I versity
We've become experts in our field!

Of hard hitters, for real
We're serious and skilled!

I got niggas in the streets that'll blast your ass for the shine
I know people in the streets who will attack you to steal your jewelry!

And get, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
This is the chorus again!

Yo, if you a fat chick gettin' your fuck on tonight
If you're a plus-sized woman having sex tonight...

Then go, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
...this is the chorus again!

Yo, put your hands opposite to the ground if you're lovin' our sound
If you're enjoying our music, raise your hands up!

Go, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
...this is the chorus again.

Yo and to my broke niggaz on the corner holdin' me down
Shout-out to my friends who are struggling financially and still supporting me!

Yo, I swear Tommy gonna get it, he done did me wrong
I'm angry at someone named Tommy who wronged me!

I had plans to buy more land, plant corn
I had plans to invest in property and grow crops!

Bust kernels on heat, work hard like wetbacks
I was going to work hard and make a lot of money!

Set backs is gonna get my ass to be hostile
But setbacks are making me angry and aggressive!

Rockwilder the beat, top dollar defeat
We have a great beat that can't be beat by anyone else!

Big moneys make the big decisions
People with a lot of money have a lot of power!

Keep hip hop alive, it's just an intermission
We're taking a break, but don't worry - hip hop will never die!

Back to the second half of the feature flick
Now we're getting back to the main event!

Dick stacks and fuck rap
We don't care about getting rich or famous from our music!

I had a name for makin' paper since paper mache
I've always known how to make money!

Now, my dollar coins join pounds of yen for play
Now I have a lot of money from different countries!

While you broke niggaz reach drunk much quicker
People who are broke get drunk faster!

You don't make enough bread to soak up all your liquor
You don't have enough money to buy enough food to absorb all the alcohol!

Went from God to God damn
I went from feeling blessed to feeling cursed!

Damn God, you're killin' it
I'm angry at God for making things so difficult!

Should incorporate it, invest half a mil' in it
I should start a business and invest a lot of money in it!

Rap cats talk with no will in it
Some rappers don't have a lot of passion for what they do!

Soundin' like they virtual, this joint'll hurt you, yo
They sound fake and their music won't be as good as ours!

Twas the night before Christmas and my crib got robbed
Someone broke into my house on Christmas Eve!

(Shh, shh, shh, shh)
Be quiet!

They did a job
They stole everything of value!

Took all my goodies out from under the tree
They stole all the Christmas presents!

Except the CD's
They didn't take the CDs!

Of shiny suit rappers and flossin' M C's
They left behind CDs from other rappers with flashy outfits!

Who fail at takin' it to rhyme degrees
Who aren't as good at rapping as we are!

Man, you know, no wack poems get no play in our homes
We only listen to good music and don't have time for anything bad!

You need to not get nappy with me
Don't get mad at me for speaking my mind!

Or else we gon' relax your mind
Or else we'll calm you down!

Let your conscious be free
And let yourself be free!

Yo, where my Wall Street niggaz, if ya up in the stands
Shout-out to the people making money on Wall Street!

To my women that'll throw they hands against they punk ass man
And to the women who stand up to their abusive partners!

Yo, if you never been shot or stabbed
If you've never been the victim of violent crime...

Brick city, go, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
...let's hear it for Newark, New Jersey!

Yo, I gotta catch a cab back to the lab so I can smoke
I need to go back to the studio so I can smoke some more weed!

Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
...and this is the chorus one last time!