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A Tribe Called Quest

Babies babble on, they lookin' for excuses

Game for the buzzer who kicked it to the losers

Lame as a brain, could be, golly gee

If you see a shrink he'll charge you a fee

If you see me ya see the fee is nothing

Fee will be for patience all that's no fronting


What is a party if it doesn't really rock?

What is a poet? All balls, no cock

What is a war if it doesn't have a general?

What's channel nine if it doesn't have arsenic?


What is life if you don't have fun?

What is a what if you ain't got a gun?

What's Ali without Shaheed Muhammad?

Nothing, calpekur makes you vomit

What is a quest if the players ain't willing?

What is a pence if you don't have a shilling?

Excuse me if I'm chillin', hey what, say what

What's a fat man without food in his gut?


What's a child birth, without the umbilical?

What's united parcel, without the deliverer?

What's momma-san, without poppa-san?

What's martial arts without Daniel-San?

What's Rasheed without Tonya, Tamika?

What's orange juice and Doug E. Doug without Shaniqua?

Not a not a not a, not a damn thing

What's Duke Ellington without that swing?


What's Alex Haley if it doesn't have roots?

What's a weekend if you ain't knockin' boots?

What's a black nation, without black unity?

What is a child who doesn't know puberty?

What is my label when I exit boom status?

What's menage-a-tois, or, that is

What is sex when you have three people?

What are laws if they ain't fair and equal?


What's Clark Kent without a telephone booth?

What is a liquor if it ain't 80 proof?

What are the youth if they ain't rebellin'?

What's Ralph Camden, if he ain't yellin'

At Ed Norton, what is coke snortin'?

What is position if there is no contortin'?

What is hip-hop if it doesn't have violence?

Chill for a minute, Doug E. fresh said silence


What is a glock if you don't have a clip?

What's a lollipop without the good ship?

What's S and M if you don't have chains?

What's a con artist if he doesn't have brains?

What's America without greed and glamor?

What's an MC if he doesn't have stamina?

What's music fractured without Mr. Walt?

What's trugoy without a phrase called torte?


What's Kris Lighty if he wasn't such a baby?

What is a woman if she didn't say maybe?

Baby laid down, I removed the frown

What would be my penal cord if it wasn't brown?

What is a paper without a president?

What is a compound without a element?

What is a jam if you don't spike the punch?

Was it Bruce Lee if you don't like brunch?


Ooh ooh, it's like that you keep goin'

Freak freak y'all 'cause you know that we showin'

What to go what to go what to go what to go

What to go what to go what to go

What


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  1nce Again   4 Moms   8 Million Stories   After Hours   Against The World   Asses Don't Want This   Award Tour   Award Tour [Instrumental]   Award Tour [LP Version]   Award Tour [Radio Version]   Baby Phife's Return   Black Spasmodic   Bonita Applebum   Bonita Applebum (Hootie Mix)   Bonita Applebum (Pharrell Remix)   Bonita Applebum [Hootie Mix]   Buggin Out   Buggin' Out   Buggin' Out   Busta's Lament   Butter   Can I Kick It   Can I Kick It (J. Cole Remix)   Can I Kick It?   Chase, Pt 2   Check The Rhime   Check The Rhyme   Clap Your Hands   Common Ground   Common Ground (Get It Goin' On)   Common Ground (get It Going On)   Conrad Tokyo   Crew   Da Booty   Description of a Fool   Electric Relaxation   Electric Relaxation [Properly Related Mix]   Enough!!   Everything Is Fair   Excursions   Find a Way   Find a Way [Instrumental]   Find Away   Find My Way   Footprint   Footprints   Footprints (Remix)   Get a Hold   Give Me   Glamour & Glitz   Glamour And Glitz   Glamour and Glitz [From the Show Is on]   Go Ahead In the Rain   God Lives Through   Ham 'N' Eggs   Ham N' Eggs   Hey   His Name Is Mutty Ranks   Hot 4 U   Hot Sex   Hot Sex [*]   Hot Sex [Instrumental]   I Left My Wallet in El Segundo   I Left My Wallet In El Segundo (Feature Length)   If the Papes Come   It's Yours   Jam   Jazz   Jazz   Jazz (we Got The...)   Jazz (We've Got...)(Re-recording)   Jazz (We've Got)   Jazz (We've Got) (Re-recording)   Jazz (We've Got) [Re-Recording][Version]   Jazz [Re-Recorded]   Keep It Moving   Keep It Rollin'   Keeping It Moving   Kids   Left My Wallet In El Segundo   Like It Like That   Luck of Lucien   Lyrics to Go   Lyrics To Go (Tumblin' Dice Remix)   Lyrics to Go [Tumblin' Dice Remix]   Mardi Gras At Midnight   Melatonin   Midnight   Midnight Marauders Tour Guide   Mind Power   Money Maker   Money Maker [*]   Motivators   Movin Backwards   Mr Incognito   Mr. Incognito   Mr. Muhammad   Obey Your Thirst/underground   Oh My God   Oh My God (Remix)   Oh My God [Remix]   Oh My God [Remix][*]   Once Again   One Two S**t   One Two S**t [*]   One Two Shit   One, Two, Shit (Featuring Busta Rhymes)   Pad & Pen   Pad & Pen (album Version) (feat. D-Life)   Pad & Pen   Pad and Pen   Pad Pen   Peace, Prosperity & Paper   Peace, Prosperity And Paper   Phony Rappers   Pubic Enemy   Public Enemy   Push It Along   Rap Promoter   Rhythm   Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)   Rock Rock Y'all   Rumble In The Jungle   Same Ol' Thing   Scenario   Scenario (Remix)   Scenario [LP Version]   Scenario [Remix][*]   Separate/Together   Seperate/together   Seperate\/together   SeperateTogether   Shaheed   Shaheed :   Shaheed:   Show Buisness   Show Business   Skypager   Solid Wall Of Sound   Start It Up   Steppin' It Up   Steve Biko   Steve Biko (Stir It Up)   Stressed Out   Stressed Out - Bjork's Say Dip Mix   Stressed Out [Baby Phife Version: Full]   Sucka N***A   Sucka Nigga   The Chase Pt. Ii   The Chase, Part II   The Donald   The Hop   The Infamous Date Rape   The Killing Season   The Love   The Low End Theory   The Night He Got Caught   The Pressure   The Remedy   To Go   Verses from the Abstract   Vibes and Stuff   Vivrant Thing   We Can Get Down   We The People   What Really Goes On   Wild Hot   Word Play   Youthful Expression

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