Jazz (We've Got)-A Tribe Called Quest

[00:04.61] [00:10.83]Stern firm and young with a laid-back tongue [00:13.05]The aim is to succeed and achieve at 21 [00:16.37]Just like Ringling Brothers I'll daze and astound [00:18.87]Captivate the mass cause the prose is profound [00:20.81]Do it for the strong we do it for the meek [00:23.35]Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your Jeep [00:26.40]Or your Honda or your Beemer or your Legend or your Benz [00:28.86]The rave of the town to your foes and your friends [00:30.58]So push it along trails we blaze [00:33.43]Don't deserve the gong don't deserve the praise [00:35.88]The tranquility will make ya unball your fist [00:38.60]For we put hip-hop on a brand new twist [00:41.45]A brand new twist with the homie-alistic [00:43.34]So low-key that ya probably missed it [00:46.59]And yet it's so loud that it stands in the crowd [00:48.06]When the guy takes the beat they bowed [00:51.37]So raise up squire adjust your attire [00:54.11]We have no time to wallow in the mire [00:56.67]If you're on a foreign path then let me do the lead [00:59.31]Join in the essence of the cool-out breed [01:01.50]Then cool out to the music cuz it makes ya feel serene [01:06.83]Like the birds and the bees and all those groovy things [01:11.00]Like getting stomach aches when ya gotta go to work [01:13.80]Or staring into space when ya feelin' berserk [01:15.41]I don't really mind if it's over your head [01:16.70]Cuz the job of resurrectors is to wake up the dead [01:18.51] [01:20.69]So pay attention it's not hard to decipher [01:21.98]And after the horns you can check out the Phifer [01:23.88](Chorus) [01:36.75](Verse Two: Phife) [01:37.31]Competition dem Phifer come sideway [01:37.95]But competition dey mus' me come straightway [01:43.05]Competition dem Phifer come sideway [01:43.95]But competition dey mus' me come straightway [01:45.05]How's about that it seems like it's my turn again [01:46.92]All through the years my mike has been my best friend [01:49.51]I know some brothers wonder can Phifer really kick it [01:51.55]Some even wanna dis me but why sweat it [01:54.03] [01:54.61]I'm all into my music cuz it's how I make papes [01:56.33]Tryin' to make hits like Kid Capri mix tapes [01:58.58]Me sweat another I do my own thing [02:01.63]Strictly hardcore tracks not a new jack swing [02:03.94]I grew up as a Christian so to Jah I give thanks [02:07.75]Collect my banks listen to Shabba Ranks [02:09.63]I sing and chat I do all of that [02:12.09]It's 1991 and I refuse to come wack [02:14.83]I take off my hat to other crews that intend to rock [02:17.78]But the Low End Theory's here it's time to wreck shop [02:20.37]I got Tip and Shah so whom shall I fear [02:22.99]Stop look and listen but please don't stare [02:24.64]So jet to the store and buy the LP [02:27.13]On Jive/RCA cassettes and CD's [02:29.80]Produced and arranged by the four-man crew [02:32.66]And oh **** Skeff Anslem he gets props too [02:35.86] [02:36.72]Make sure you have a system with some phat house speakers [02:39.94]So the new **** can rock from Mars to Massapequot [02:43.21]Cuz where I come from quality is job one [02:44.50]And everybody up on Linden know we get the job done [02:46.38]So peace to that crew and peace to this crew [02:48.63]Bring on the tour we'll see you at a theatre nearest you [02:51.27] [02:52.02](Verse Three: Q-Tip) [02:52.85]Hey yo but wait back it up huh easy back it up [02:55.04]Please let the Abstract embellish on the cut [02:56.77]Back and forth just like a Cameo song [02:59.08]If you dig this joint then please come dance along [03:00.78]To the music cuz it's done just for the rhyme [03:03.47]Now I gotta scat and get mine underlined [03:06.08]The jazz the what The jazz to move that ass [03:09.74]Cuz the Tribe originates that feelin' of pizzazz [03:11.10]It's the universal sound best to brothers on the ground [03:13.75]And the ones six below ya didn't have to go [03:17.47]Some say that I'm a sinner cuz I once had an orgy [03:20.32]And sometimes for breakfast I eat grits and porgies [03:22.44]If this is a stinker then call me a stink I ask [03:25.90] [03:26.93]"What What What " - check it out [03:28.62]All my peoples in Queens ya don't stop [03:29.76]Now all my peoples in Brooklyn ya don't stop [03:32.36]And all my peoples uptown ya don't stop [03:34.47]That includes the Bronx an' Harlem ya don't stop [03:37.10]Now to that girl Ramelle ya don't stop [03:39.50]I say because Ladies First ya don't stop [03:42.21]And to the JB's ya don't stop [03:44.66]And De La Soul ya don't stop [03:47.00]To my Brand Nubians ya don't stop [03:49.91]And to my Leaders of the New ya don't stop [03:52.66]To my man Large Professor ya don't stop [03:55.05]Pete Rock for the beat ya don't stop [03:57.54]Everybody in the place ya don't stop [04:00.07]Ya keep it on to the rhythm ya don't stop [04:04.05]And last but not least on the sure shot [04:06.51]It's the Zulu nation