[ti:Vibes and Stuff]
[ar:A Tribe Called Quest]
[al:The Best of A Tribe Called Quest]
[by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:02.110] Let me flaunt the style, I think that the time's near
[00:05.140] That we drop Scuds, there won't be no duds here
[00:07.570] Rappers play the dumb, kinda on the space tip
[00:10.100] But when they hear the jams, they be on the dilsnick
[00:12.610] Now I'm not for the rock, I know the territory
[00:15.170] Go ahead and try, that's a different story
[00:17.780] Similar to Grimm, I could tell a better one
[00:20.340] All about a kid, who couldn't rap and didn't run
[00:23.110] Stands on the side when the mic is getting dumb
[00:25.650] Resorts to bagging Billy, asking could he have some
[00:28.340] No never ever, go back and try again man
[00:30.770] If you come back, I'll be the first to shake your hand
[00:33.480] Competition's good, it brings out the vital parts
[00:36.230] The Abstract Poetic, majors in recital arts
[00:38.660] Do it for the kids, the elders and the rap peers
[00:41.190] We know the job is done when we hear a lot of cheers
[00:43.830] Gotta feel the vibes, real from my creation
[00:46.520] If the hands clap I'm filled with elation
[00:49.030] Here I am ghetto, full with a lot of steam
[00:51.690] Think I gotta, I think I gotta, I think I gotta scream
[00:55.240] Cause that's how good it feels child
[00:57.280] Let your hair down, so we can get buckwild
[00:59.480] Do your ill dance, don't think about the next man
[01:02.090] We must have unity and think of the bigger plan
[01:04.670] Division we will fall, we must stick together, see
[01:07.230] I'd like to take this time to say what's up to Kool G
[01:09.920] The name is Q-Tip, the Midnight Marauder
[01:12.430] Giving nuff respects to Afrika Bambaataa
[01:15.100] As a man in the world, I must do my job
[01:17.420] Take care of Mama Duke, I won't resort to rob
[01:20.240] Bob you'll get your dough, Mase is my witness
[01:22.750] Obsessed with the rap, for it's the mental fitness
[01:25.390] Like shooting Cee-lo, and always hitting head cracks
[01:28.110] The industry is luck, winning with the fake raps
[01:30.690] Peace to the crews who pump the real hip hop
[01:33.540] Not selling out, from hardrock to disc jock
[01:36.280] I don't know what to say, but here I go freak it
[01:38.550] If the papes come, then you know I'll seek it
[01:40.930] I'm just a short brother, dark skin face
[01:43.620] Weigh a buck-fifty, 36 waist
[01:46.130] Hair is crazy curly, flip like Mr. Furley
[01:48.720] To this day I still believe that no MC can serve me
[01:51.410] Brothers try to front, but everybody know
[01:53.970] I get more props than the Arsenio Hall Show
[01:56.500] Party animal I was, but now I chill at home
[01:59.220] All I do is write rhymes, eat, drink, **** and bone
[02:01.670] Found my thrill in Amityville, I'm always in the Island
[02:04.230] Fudge and Lucky know the time, they know who keeps 'em smiling
[02:07.050] Go out on my own, something that I gotta do
[02:09.460] Do what the hell I want and have no one to listen to
[02:11.940] I'm prompt with my business and I do things on the double
[02:14.730] Yo, I'm out like Buster Douglas, I say peace to MC Trouble
[02:17.480] Rest in peace
[02:19.380] Word Up, rest in Peace, and you know what else?
[02:21.320] We got, we got, we got the vibes
[02:23.070] All the people in Long Island, we got the vibes
[02:25.940] Brooklyn and Queens, we got the vibes
[02:28.630] Uptown and Now Rule, we got the vibes
[02:31.270] People Upstate, we got the vibes
[02:33.860] If you're in DC, you got the vibes
[02:36.260] Maryland, Virginia, Carolina vibes
[02:38.850] Out West, we got the vibes
[02:41.640] In the Bahamas, we got the vibes
[02:44.330] Over in Europe, you know what, we got the vibes
[02:46.840] And we gotta keep it alive, it goes um...
[02:48.820] Of rap I'm a fan, I've seen a whole lot of slums
[02:51.460] Good with the girls, I get a whole lot of 'em
[02:53.760] From fat to skinny, Freda to Winnie
[02:56.370] Emma to Cindy, Constance to Wendy
[02:59.060] Cause I be real friendly, never on the snotty side
[03:01.620] I don't brag to brothers about the little papes I got
[03:04.260] My vocal styles can vary, the sight is never scary
[03:06.930] It's only legendary, my father well prepared me
[03:09.330] My job ain't temporary, I'm here for the long shot
[03:11.940] Better yet the long term, I don't have a perm
[03:14.630] In a way I do, call 'em the perma-naps
[03:17.320] I'm crazy slap-happy and I'm scrappy and I'm nappy
[03:19.810] When I get the mic in my hand with the crowd in the stands
[03:22.890] It's as good as grand like that
[03:26.310] Yo, I wanna say peace and dedicate this joint to MC Trouble
[03:29.550] And to uh... Trouble T Roy
[03:31.480] And to um... Scott La Rock
[03:33.490] And to um... Cowboy, you know what I'm sayin?
[03:36.320] This is for the slain rappers and the fallen rappers, you know what I'm saying?
[03:39.760] This is a special, special, special, special, special dedication
[03:42.820] And also to my Pops and also to Vinia's Moms, you know what I'm saying?
[03:47.290] You just gotta keep it happy and keep the vibes going
[03:49.770] Cause this is vibes and stuff, and we out...