Funky like your grandpa’s drawers, don’t test me We in like that, you’re dead like Presley
Q-TIPThere’s divinity within because we come from the divine, A force that’s not seen, but you feel it every time: When the wind blows, and the world turns, And the rain drops, and the baby cries, And the bird flies, and the ground quake, And the stars gleam.
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I’ll have you weak in the knees that you could hardly speak, Or we could do like Uncle L and swing an ep in my Jeep.
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There’s divinity within because we come from the divine, A force that’s not seen, but you feel it every time: When the wind blows, and the world turns, And the rain drops, and the baby cries, And the bird flies, and the ground quake, And the stars gleam.
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Shorty, let me tell you about my only vice: It has to do with lots of lovin’, and it ain’t nuttin’ nice.
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You can tell how good a filmmaker is if you can turn the sound down but you can still feel the story.
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It’s not just a struggle for blacks to be accepted by whites, but the other way around as well. A lot of people don’t see that.
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The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you’ll thank it.
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So concisely, musically we are the herb So sit back and light me. Inhale… My style’s kinda fat, reminiscent of a whale.
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Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, so don’t sleep
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So pay attention, it’s not hard to decipher, And after the horns, you can check out the Phifer
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Genetics and beats? I feel like the drumbeat is a natural thing. Our heartbeat moves at a certain BPM. The drumbeat, being the first instrument, the platform for us, being that we all kind of come from that – it’s all beats.
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One step at a time, a man walked on the moon. One record got played, Kool Herc said, ‘Boom!’
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I am recognizing that the voice inside my head Is urging me to be myself, but never follow someone else Because opinions are like voices, we all have a different kind.
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For people who love Tribe, I’m the defector. They say, ‘You should get back with Ali to do the beats.’ But a lot of people don’t realize I did all the music in Tribe. In the first three albums, I did all the beats!
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And even though we both fly Give each other space and not the evil eye
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I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.
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