No
De La Soul

I never can say goodbye

No no, no no, I never can say goodbye

I don't, I don't know the rest


We those pros, we never procrastinate, ah

Them guardians they shouldn't let you get past the gate

Watch out dawg, the watchdog's showin' his teeth

Guess you bit too much, they bitin' your beat

While I speak from experience, hunger and hurt

And a little bit of hate from niggaz doin' me dirt

I just wash it all out with tide and show love

To those who ride with me while I'm puttin' in work


Full-timin' it, 8:30 to 6, the graveyard shift

The three months before the benefits hit

But my position went temp' to perm', I sat and listened

Like an intern watchin' who applied get fired

Now I'm sittin' in the break room, they gotta make room

My paper stacks, put staples through 'em

So I can keep my money together

Some die-hard fans just don't want it like, Put Pos back on it


I'm back on it, that's why you never disappointed

We give you what we live through for real

Don't own a crown but I'm royalty

And tryin' to see the royalty checks about a half a mil'

Whether off or on the chart, my cuts grips your heart

You know we got you open like your gut splits apart

I never pass the buck, my shoulder holds the weights

So don't beef when we don't pass collection plates


I don't give money, I don't support the needy

Schooled in America, taught to be greedy

And everythin' ought to be easy

But I never could say goodbye to my friends who get high

I wonder why, I'm rockin' with that guy, it's serious

Still make him cry when the satire's hilarious

Cold for your areas, flows come in various shapes and sizes

So hot that you despise it


Never last up to bat, no no, no no

These skills we don't lack, no no, no no

We never fall and pray, no no, no no no

Make all the ladies say, ooh ooh baby

You can't knock the hustle, no no, no no

Can't be budged by your muscle, no no, no no

Never ridin' on E, no no, no no no

It's De La and Butta V, drive you crazy


Yo, if you are what you eat, some of you cats head's

Between your girl's legs a lot 'cause y'all act too sweet

Go brush your teeth then after that

Put in a little more practice on your rhymin' attack

What you write's not the least bit hot

Maybe 'cause your wrist is so cold from all that ice you cop

Hate to hate a playa but you know what?

I still smother ya like cheese and rockin' leaves freshly cut


And we the steak and potatoes and De La's the greatest

And ladies be on the floor thankin' the Lord that He made us

I'm tellin' you, I swoop her like a pelican do

You sayin' look at that pelican fly, you spittin' gelatin rhymes

They shaky as shit, ugly in the mold you fit

We the square peg on the round hole, sound's soulful

Your imitation flavor is tofu

It's true we make our bed all day and we are


The world of rap, take you back

In the days of all four hundred ways that people lack

It's that, what, authentic, big-nosed mic music

Four to five survive all night to it

I'm tryin to keep up with my Jones' and Thomas'

'Til I'm broke like them New Year's Eve promises

And that's alright, I just penned another sixteen

To fill my bank account with the mixed greens


Moms want 5's and 10's

The girls I got is 9's and 10's, VH1 'Behind The Pens'

You anticipate greatness from elder statesmen

I ch, ch, ch, ah, like Biz Mark' or Jason

I bust one shot just to start the racin'

The tortoise and the hare, which one there is chasin'?

Slow and steady, we already Andretti

Get ticket take parades, waves and confetti and


Never last up to bat, no no, no no

These skills we don't lack, no no, no no

We never fall and pray, no no, no no no

Make all the ladies say, ooh ooh baby

You can't knock the hustle, no no, no no

Can't be budged by your muscle, no no, no no

Never ridin' on E, no no, no no no

It's De La and Butta V, drive you crazy


If the soul keeps rockin', the streets will keep rockin'

If the streets keep rockin', the soul will keep rockin'

If the streets stop rockin', the soul will keep rockin'

If the soul keeps rockin', the streets will keep rockin'

If the soul keeps rockin', the streets will keep rockin'

If the streets keep rockin', the soul will keep rockin'

If the streets stop rockin', the soul will keep rockin'

If the soul keeps rockin', the streets will keep rockin'


If the soul keeps rockin', the streets will keep rockin'

If the streets keep rockin', the soul will keep rockin'

If the streets stop rockin', the soul will keep rockin'

If the soul keeps rockin', the streets will keep rockin'

If the soul keeps rockin', the streets will keep rockin'

If the streets keep rockin', the soul will keep rockin'

If the streets stop rockin', the soul will keep rockin'

If the soul keeps rockin', the streets will keep rockin'


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