[Phife Dawg] The madman Malik makes MCs run for Milk of Magnesia Maybe that´ll ease ya Master of this microphone mackin´, master as in great
I´ll have your brain goin´ in circles as my style tends to ovulate I´m makin´ moves, never movies, that´s why y´all MCs lose me Retrace, won´t, so you´re stubborn like groupies Kid, you know my flava, tear this whole jam apart Fuck around and have your heart, like Jordan had Starks´ While you playin´ hokey pokey, there´s no time to be dokey ´Cause I come out to play every night like Charles Oakley Dissin´ around with wack rhymin´ You lose your grip from chalk climbin´ Let me take this time to say R.I.P. to Phyllis Hyman Who never got the props that she damn well deserved
But see me, you don´t wanna see me, ´cause all MCs are gettin´ served The nerve, for you to even step to the Phifer I´ll bumrush your set and crush your whole cipher Reserve, a spot for me in hip hop´s hall of fame ´Cause rappin´ ain´t no game, big up your head and maintain Yeah, Queens forever in this piece crushin´ any beef Ain´t nothin´ sweet, the bakery´s across the fuckin´ street Phife Dawg, swingin´ it back and forth just like Aaliyah Makin´ moves on your heart like that trick Tamia No doubt about it, I love hip hop to death But yo Tip, bring in the chorus ´cause I´m losin´ my breath
[Consequence] Ay yo, you know the deal when the diggy Dawg is on the scene We got the fiend bumpin´ straight from the borough Queens You know the deal when the diggy Dawg is on the scene We got the fiend bumpin´ straight from the borough Queens You know the deal when the diggy Dawg is on the scene You know the deal, ha, you know the deal
[Phife Dawg] Big up pop Duke, that´s where I caught my athleticism My mama, no doubt, that´s where I got my lyricism My nana, that´s where I got my spiritualism
As for Tip and Shah, they made me stop from smokin´ izm Now, when I´m with some cheese, I´ll be lettin´ off gism Writin´ rhymes since Daddy Kane and Biz Mark was on Prism I got a brave heart like the one named Shirley Chisholm As for my late twin, boy, I wish I was with him Got the Lightro in the back talkin´ bout (come on, get him) And when it comes to rhymes, no doubt, I flip em Sucka MC in my path, hey man, I say we ship him Money please, your rhymes are wack, say word, this geek is trippin´ Just because my name is Phife, my man, I´m never slippin´ I got the type of flave to have your ass straight bitchin´
For those who act cute, see I got them on mute Have you walkin´ through your projects in your birthday suit ´Cause your style is off loot, so I played him like a flute If you a sucka MC, then it´s you I rebuke My style is, every day all day, similar to water Crushin´ MCs as if my name was Sargent Slaughter Keep shit hotter...than a sauna Or better yet, the hormones on your Christian daughter Hey, I tried to warn her My sounds the type to kill, like the grill on Lauryn Hill So all ya sucka MCs, y´all best go chill Bout to go to Union Square so I can see my care bear Singin´ good stuff in my ear, runnin´ fingers through my hair
Represent the Zulu Nation with illy rap creations Just keep shit hotter than Death Row-Bad Boy confrontations Chillin´ with Fudge Love because he represents the Haitians Ya new mean
Word up I just wanna big up everybody for supportin´ A Tribe Called Quest Through the years This be the fourth LP, you know what I´m sayin´? Tip, Shaheed and Phife, Beats, Rhymes and Life Featuring my man, you know what I´m sayin´, Consequence 192 is the area where we represent, for the ladies and gents, haha You know what I´m sayin´? Big up Shaheed Muhammad, that´s my man
Christine, you know what I´m sayin´, word life (fading out) The Abstract Poetic, rockin´ this track Bouncin´ it all over the place, up in your face You know what I´m sayin´? My man Lightro...