Word Play
A Tribe Called Quest

One, two, what'cha wanna do?

Three, four, 'cuz we're gonna give you more

Five, six and we ain't the tricks

Seven, eight and we got it straight

Nine, ten, 'cuz we make it blend

Eleven, twelve, never ever goin' for self

Tribe called Quest situation

Check it out


Power, people really get caught up with this on different levels

Power controls your life

Money, the companion of the first

Some people tend to worship and we know this ain't right


Attitude, is how I get my point across

You can't call yourself an MC if you know that you're soft

Aggressive, is how the stage is approached

I burn MC's like toast 'cuz I'm the host with the most


Illin' that's what you do when you're assin'

Whether it be you or all up in your past and

Cashin', you turned your people corrupt

It's six o'clock, girl, you gotta get your weight up


Sex, either a man or a woman

Is the agenda, but when lovers get down

Froggin', when niggaz try to play roles

But when they really need to put that shit background


Miserable, is what your whole crew will be

If you're not original and you show no strategy

Heavenly, is how the track tends to flow

And if you don't know, tell 'em Diggy said so


We livin' this 'cuz it's deep in our bones

A tribe called Quest with this hip hop Jones

So sit and analyze the lyrical spray

'Cuz all it really is, is word play


Willie, that's what I kick to get this Millie on a lily

Now, I'm packin' dimes like chilli

Stress, that's what I always go through

'Cuz it's survival of the fittest on the 192


Knowledge, when the mind accept facts

On this plane of livin', knowledge be the key, black

Understanding, gettin' a grip on what's revealed

When shit be real, can't give understanding back


Analyze, that's what I do to MC's

That be talkin' 'bout they this and that, money please

Ego, I'm on my own jock skill

'Cuz if I don't say I'm the best, tell me who the hell will


Cheeba smoke y'all, that's what I use to get high

When I'm in a rut and I don't know why

Try, yo try again my friend

'Cuz you can't see this MC representin' Linden


Freestyle, a true MC trait

And when you do it ill

Niggaz respect it as great

Yo, I gotta


We livin' this 'cuz it's deep in our bones

A Tribe called Quest with the hip hop Jones

So sit and analyze the lyrical spray

'Cuz all it really is, is word play


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