Jazz (We've Got) A Tribe Called Quest

[00:00.09] We've got the jazz
[00:01.58] We've got the jazz
[00:02.76] We've got the jazz
[00:03.97] We've got the jazz
[00:05.37] We've got the jazz
[00:06.53] We've got the jazz
[00:07.82] We've got the jazz
[00:09.16] We've got the jazz
[00:10.54] Stern firm and young with a laid-back tongue
[00:12.88] The aim is to succeed and achieve at 21
[00:15.56] Just like Ringling Brothers, I'll daze and astound
[00:18.20] Captivate the mass, 'cause the prose is profound
[00:20.82] Do it for the strong, we do it for the meek
[00:23.39] Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your Jeep
[00:25.73] Or your Honda or your Beamer or your Legend or your Benz
[00:28.58] The rave of the town to your foes and your friends
[00:31.16] So push it, along, trails, we blaze
[00:33.83] Don't deserve the gong, don't deserve the praise
[00:36.37] The tranquility will make ya unball your fist
[00:38.88] For we put hip-hop on a brand-new twist
[00:41.65] A brand new twist with the homie-alistic
[00:44.16] So low-key that ya probably missed it
[00:46.77] And yet it's so loud that it stands in the crowd
[00:49.26] When the guy takes the beat, they bowed
[00:51.86] So raise up squire, adjust your attire
[00:54.52] We have no time to wallow in the mire
[00:57.09] If you're on a foreign path, then let me do the lead
[00:59.64] Join in the essence of the cool-out breed
[01:02.35] Then cool out to the music 'cause it makes ya feel serene
[01:04.65] With the birds and the bees and all those groovy things
[01:07.39] Like getting stomach aches when ya gotta go to work
[01:09.93] Or staring into space when ya feelin' berserk
[01:12.73] I don't really mind if it's over your head
[01:15.04] 'Cause the job of resurrectors is to wake up the dead
[01:17.51] So pay attention, it's not hard to decipher
[01:20.58] And after the horns, you can check out the Phifer
[01:23.27] We've got the jazz
[01:24.53] We've got the jazz
[01:25.74] We've got the jazz
[01:26.92] We've got the jazz
[01:28.22] We've got the jazz
[01:29.59] We've got the jazz
[01:30.81] We've got the jazz
[01:32.13] We've got the jazz
[01:33.28] Competition, them Phifer come sideway
[01:35.66] But competition, they mus' come straightway
[01:38.33] Competition, them Phifer come sideway
[01:40.92] But competition, they mus' come straightway
[01:43.79] How's about that, it seems like it's my turn again
[01:46.50] Althrough the years my mic has been my best friend
[01:49.00] I know some brothers wonder, can Phifer really kick it?
[01:51.54] Some even wanna diss me, but why sweat it?
[01:54.27] I'm all into my music 'cause it's how I make papes
[01:56.76] Tryin' to make hits, like Kid Capri mixtapes
[01:59.39] Me sweat another? I do my own thing
[02:01.62] Strictly hardcore tracks, not a new jack swing
[02:04.59] I grew up as a Christian so to Jah I give thanks
[02:07.08] Collect my banks, listen to Shabba Ranks
[02:09.87] I sing, and chat, I do all of that
[02:12.34] It's 1991 and I refuse to come wack
[02:14.93] I take off my hat to other crews that intend to rock
[02:17.54] But The Low End Theory's here, it's time to wreck shop
[02:19.98] I got Tip and Shah, so whom shall I fear
[02:22.75] Stop look and listen, but please don't stare
[02:25.39] So jet to the store, and buy the LP
[02:27.98] On Jive or RCA, cassettes and CD's
[02:30.44] Produced and arranged by the four-man crew
[02:32.76] And oh shit, Skeff Anselm, he gets props too
[02:35.60] Make sure you have a system with some phat house speakers
[02:38.27] So the new shit can rock, from Mars to Massapequot
[02:40.99] 'Cause where I come from, quality is job one
[02:43.11] And everybody up on Linden know we get the job done
[02:46.08] So peace to that crew, and peace to this crew
[02:48.41] Bring on the tour, we'll see you at a theater nearest you
[02:51.06] Ayo but wait, back it up, huh, easy back it up
[02:53.84] Please let the Abstract embellish on the cut
[02:56.46] Back and forth just like a Cameo song
[02:59.07] If you dig this joint then please come dance along
[03:01.47] To the music 'cause it's done just for the rhyme
[03:04.04] Now I gotta scat and get mine, underlined
[03:06.98] The jazz, the what? The jazz to move that ass
[03:09.48] 'Cause the Tribe originates that feelin' of pizazz
[03:11.98] It's the universal sound, best to brothers on the ground
[03:14.53] And the ones six below, ya didn't have to go
[03:17.24] Some say that I'm a sinner 'cause I once had an orgy
[03:19.79] And sometimes for breakfast I eat grits and porgies
[03:22.47] If this is a stinker, then call me a stink, I ask
[03:25.62] "Whas-whas-what" check it out
[03:27.47] All my peoples in Queens, ya don't stop
[03:29.93] Now all my peoples in Brooklyn, ya don't stop
[03:32.46] And all my peoples uptown, ya don't stop
[03:35.00] That includes the Bronx an' Harlem, ya don't stop
[03:37.77] Now to that girl Ramelle, ya don't stop
[03:40.24] I say because Ladies First, ya don't stop
[03:42.87] And to the JB's, ya don't stop
[03:45.36] And De La Soul, ya don't stop
[03:47.92] To my Brand Nubians, ya don't stop
[03:50.69] And to my Leaders of the New, ya don't stop
[03:53.14] To my man Large Professor, ya don't stop
[03:55.72] Pete Rock for the beat, ya don't stop
[03:58.48] Everybody in the place, ya don't stop
[04:01.02] Ya keep it on, to the rhythm, ya don't stop
[04:03.54] And last but not least on the sure shot
[04:06.14] It's the Zulu nation
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