Fugees - Vocab * Lyrics
* originally avail. on the vocab 12"Intro: lauryn hillYo, this is the fugeesRefugeesAbout to take you on a journeyInto the dimensions of the booka basementThe basement, wordUhhHey yo, one two three! the crew is called re-fu-ge-ee-esAn if yu come fa tes the rap styleeStop the violence and just bring it on, willldVerse one: lauryn hillHey yo i, feel kind of melancholy people think they really know meI keep a wrap about me while i'm driving daddy's audiI pay the toll fighting for my own soulCause the bourgeoise type of mental sucks like a flat combBut i be baitin the rebel base to bass distort the eqThe devil's wishin they could send me back to mogadishuCause i've been wild since i was a juvenileAfro-centric profile, back when righteous rap was your styleNow kids are whylin so i ask the bad blackBoogie bandit, what's the damage, gimme the estimate thenPray tell me when's the revolution will begin?I turn on my tv i check out farrakhan on cnn seeI'm like the phantom that's flying like the bird doAnd things you never heard plus i come from the suburbsWord to god, i heard you're acting kind of hardAnd you got your skin scarred when they was shootin on the boulevard[lauryn hill](you got the vocab) i got the vocab(on the real got the vocab) you know we got the vocab(all my peeps got the vocab) yeah, we got the vocab[lauryn] aiyyo praz, grab the mic and show you got the gift of gabVerse two: prazwellThen cast off from here to mexicoYou see my four-five-six a-be my celoAnd when i rest my head is on a pillowBe-ba-dee-be, be-dee-be, be-dee-be-boYou see the skills i manifest is very tho-roughAnd if you don't believe me ask freres ja-cquesMmmm, freres jacques, freres jacquesA dorme vous? a dorme vous?Watch out now! when i choose to speakI'm forming the cipher fly east to the five percenterKnowledge is born, to all beginnersCast the first stone, if you feel you ain't a sinner, ahhSay o-ur father, who art in heavenForgive the foolish rapper for he not know how fugee be steppinCorrect and, stopped and kept in, nuff respect to theDj, that be selectin, the type of record ahhh[prazwell](you got the vocab) i got the vocab(the click's got the vocab) you know they got vocab(brooklyn got the vocab) we got the vocab[lauryn] aiyyo clef grab the mic and show you got the gift of gabVerse three: wyclefCheck it out, here we goBack in eighty-tree, no one wanted to be nappyI turn on my tv, it's a dreadlock for freeKill the gimmickIt's nonsense, it's no sense or valueA rapper, disaster, nobody ever told me that"roxanne, you don't got to work for money no more!!"... and...Back in the days i used to listen to kool g rapWay back when before guns became gats andRun-d.m.c. used to ask mary was she buggin?I loved p.e., they kept me concious of what i was sayingAfrika bambaata, poor righteous teacherGot within myself so it made me a five percenterSay la-di-da-di, uhh! we like to party butMy jam was bdp, with my philosophySay grandmaster flash, mc melle melThen ll cool j came with rock the bells!See i'm the one for the crew, like a jew is a jewLike apollo got the moon, like the men who got the blueLike the fu got the manchu, chaka got the zuluHawaii got the honoluluI got the rap lieu, so skippedy-de-bop-bop you don't stopYou do the rock-rock from hip-hop through be-bopFrom be-bop to bee-bee[lauryn hill](you got the vocab) i got the vocab(boogie down got the vocab) you know they got the vocab(black people got the vocab) word, we got the vocab[lauryn] aiyyo peeps, grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab(you got the vocab) yeahh, we got the vocab(queens got the vocab) you know y'all got the vocab(uptown got the vocab) yeahh, they got the vocab[lauryn] aiyyo, bros grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab(dc got the vocab) word, y'all got the vocab(virginia got the vocab) aiyy, i know y'all got the vocab(oakland got the vocab) word, they got the vocab[lauryn] aiyyo, sisters grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab
