Verses from the Abstract A Tribe Called Quest

[00:00.30] I had a dream about my man last night
[00:02.14] And my man came by the studio
[00:06.41] And his name is...
[00:08.27] Busta Rhymes in effect, Shaheed is in effect
[00:13.90] Phife Did-awg is in effect
[00:16.57] Check it out and give me my 'spect
[00:19.59] I'm moving, yes I'm grooving 'cause my mouth is on the motor
[00:22.45] Use the Coast in the morning to avoid the funky odor
[00:25.10] Can't help being funky, I'm the funky Abstract brother
[00:27.81] Funky in a sense, but I play the undercover
[00:30.70] Once had a fetish, fetish for some booty
[00:33.32] Now I'm getting funky in my rap and that's my duty
[00:36.02] Brothers tend to jock on the style in particular
[00:38.70] If you got the ego like some brothers then I'll get with ya
[00:41.53] But if I don't pursue, then I just don't give a-
[00:44.35] My motto in the '90s is "Be happy making bucks"
[00:47.01] Girls love the jim, 'cause it causes crazy friction
[00:49.82] When it goes up in and fluctuates the diction
[00:52.52] I still understand the oomph 'cause that's what I met her for
[00:55.35] I'm hooked on the swing, so just call me the music whore
[00:58.03] Women love the voice, brothers dig the lyrics
[01:00.76] Quest the people's choice, we driving for the spirit
[01:03.41] If you can't hear it, then get the wax utensil
[01:06.29] Write my rhymes straight up, don't give it no fancy stencil
[01:08.96] The rhymes be getting sweet, we stay away from tart
[01:11.49] A perfectionist at work, perking up the art
[01:14.49] If you want to battle, I suggest you check your clock
[01:16.95] Your demise is coming up and I want your man to watch
[01:19.94] Be the prime example, or deeper still the sample
[01:22.64] Insignificance, here I'll place you on the mantle
[01:25.45] Born up in Harlem, reside down in Jamaica
[01:28.15] The girl I used to rock, her moms was a Quaker
[01:30.89] Now what does that make her? The evil money taker?
[01:33.55] The crazy move faker, I use that to break her
[01:36.22] Phife is in the house (oohh, you know you got going on)
[01:38.88] Uncle Mike is in the house (this ain't a R&B song)
[01:41.72] Bob Power is in the house (you got it going on)
[01:44.22] Tim Latham is in the house (and on and on and on)
[01:47.24] Wise Men is in the house
[01:49.67] The Brand Nubes is in the house
[01:52.37] The J Beez, they in the house
[01:55.20] And De La, they in the house
[01:58.08] I must regroup my thoughts and kick the next ones for my people
[02:00.92] Please don't be deceived by the ugly slice of evil
[02:03.73] The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket
[02:06.48] Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you'll thank it
[02:09.19] Don't move to rebuttal, wave your hand for action
[02:11.60] Some women in the '90s want more than satisfaction
[02:14.30] They want keys and Gs, and all those illy things
[02:17.36] If you want to, I'll show you, just what the Ab can bring
[02:20.03] I keep a tight net with my brothers Ken and Kenny
[02:22.77] If the question is of rhymes, then I'll tell ya, I got plenty
[02:25.52] The thing that men and women need to do is stick together
[02:28.26] Progressions can't be made if we're separate forever
[02:31.05] I hooked this funky beat with the loop and the feature
[02:33.89] This the funky singing by Miss Vinia Mojica
[02:36.58] So listen because the Quest is led through the underground
[02:39.26] My people have been oppressed too long, no more will we be down
[02:42.18] People tend to riff 'cause they don't know the mental
[02:44.86] People tend to bug 'cause the beats are hard but gentle
[02:47.53] Africano lurks through the body of this youngun'
[02:50.21] Play like Bobby Byrd on your back and you're coming to
[02:53.05] The house of the jazz, of the funk, of the rhythm
[02:55.74] All the goods are welcome, but if you're a villain
[02:58.49] I'll just wait and debate, contemplate your arrival
[03:01.26] If flexing is your motive, then you don't like survival
[03:03.10] The Abstract is speaking, the hard beats is reaching
[03:06.63] To Black and Puerto Ricans 'cause they're butt naked streaking
[03:09.19] Through the ever murky streets of the urbanized areas
[03:12.23] Blasting out the speakers is the hip hop hysteria
[03:14.98] Craig is in the house (oohh, you know you got going on)
[03:17.35] Pete Rock is in the house (this ain't a R&B song)
[03:20.04] CL is in the house (you got it going on)
[03:22.88] Ultramag is in the house (and on and on and on)
[03:25.68] Nice and Smooth is in the house
[03:27.95] Big Daddy Kane is in the house
[03:30.97] Beatnuts is in the house
[03:33.56] Special Ed is in the house
[03:36.75] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[03:39.27] And this one goes out to my man
[03:41.33] Thanks a lot, Ron Carter on the bass
[03:44.29] Yes, my man Ron Carter is on the bass
[03:47.34] And check it out, going into the '91 decade
[03:51.05] Up in until the 2000 decade
[03:53.15] You gotta say the Quest is on
[03:55.38] And goddamn it, yes the Quest is on
[03:57.74] And we out!
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