A Tribe Called Quest - We Can Get Down Lyrics
Chorus:We can get downWe can, we can get down(both lines 4x)Ah, its like that man, its like that (yes!)Its like that man, its like that (yes!) (2x)Its like that man, its like that(rakim from my melody:why waste time on the microphone)Check itPhife:Im not your average mc with the joe schmoe flowIf you dont know me by now, youll never knowSteppin on my critics, beatin on my foesThe plan is to stay focused, only then I can goStraight from the heart, I represent hip hopI be three albums deep, but I dont wanna go popToo many candy rappers seem to be at the topToo much candy is no good, so now Im closin the shopCrushin competition like your tires on grapesMy rhymes styles be blendin like a ron g tapeMy man where ya goin? you cant escapeWhen the tribe is in the house, that means nobody is safeHow can a reverend preach, when a rev cant defineThe music of our youth from 1979We rap about what we see, meaning reality>from people bustin caps and like mandela bein freeNot every mc be with the negativityWe have a slew of rappers pushin positivityHip hop will never die yo, its all about the rapSo marion barry smokin crack, lets preach about thatThe trash you talk wont matter, that old bogus chatterThe more that you condemn us, it only makes us phatterWhen I talk, I know Im talkin for you poppers all aroundYou know you love the sound, we gets downChorus:Q-tip:Im the cherry on the top of yo ice creamIm the wish you thought inside your dreamListen to the way we pulsate the jamIm the nigga here with the mic in handStyles that we present are just a fewTo do away with you and your hum drum crewThis is 93 and the shit is realBlack people unite and put down your steelLadies make a forum on your sexual driveDevoted to your lover and make it thriveThe riff was of f, Im a hip hop bodyRelease the energy like the force of a shottyStandin on the wall with my polo onTalkin to the girl with the liz claiborneKeep the poetry in my black knapsackGot my timbo horse and my doublemint packHit the city streets to enhance my soulI can kick a rhyme over ill drum rollsWith a kick, snare, kicks and high hatSkilled in the trade of that old boom bapI can do a trick with the opposite breedI used to down 40s and smoke grain weedNow, Im doin shows with half loot downNow its time for me to take ya uptownIts like that man, its like that (yes!) (7x)Its like this, shaheed!Shaheed:(scratching)(until end)Rakim: why waste time on the microphone
