[Q-Tip:]
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I had a dream about my man last night
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And my man came by the studio
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And his name is...
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Busta Rhymes in effect, Shaheed is in effect
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Phife Did-awg is in effect
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Check it out and give me my 'spect
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I'm movin, yes I'm groovin cuz my mouth is on the motor
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Use the Coast in the mornin to avoid the funky odor
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Can't help bein funky, I'm the funky Abstract brotha
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Funky in a sense, but I play the undacova
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Once had a fettish, fettish for some booty
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Now I'm gettin funky and my rappin, that's my duty
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Brothas tend to jock on the style in particular
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If you got the ego like some brothas, then I'll get with ya
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But if I don't pursue, then I just don't give a (fuck)
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My motto in the 90's is be happy makin bucks
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Girls love the jim, cuz it causes crazy friction
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When it goes up in and fluctuates the diction
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I still understand the (uh!) cuz that's what I met her for
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I'm hooked on the swings, so just call me the music whore
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Women love the voice, brothas dig the lyrics
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Quest the people's choice, we thrive it for the spirit
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If you can't hear it, then get the wax utensils
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Write my rhymes straight up, don't get with no fancy stensils
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The rhymes we get is sweet, we stay away from tart
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Our perfection is at work, perkin up the art
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If you want to battle, I suggest you check your clock
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Your demise is comin up and I want your man to watch
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Be the prime example, I deep instilled the sample
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Insignificance, here I'll place you on the mantle
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Born up in Harlem, reside down in Jamaica
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The girl I used to rock, her moms was a claker
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Now what does that make her? The evil money taker?
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The crazy move faker, I used that to break her
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[Vinia Mojica singing in the background]
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Phife is in the house, Uncle Mike is in the house
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Bob Power is in the house, Tim Latham is in the house
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Wise Men is in the house, Brand Nubs is in the house
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The J Beez, they in the house and De La, they in the house
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I must regroup my thoughts and kick the next ones for my people
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Please don't be deceived by ugly slice of evil
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The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket
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Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you'll thank it
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Don't move to rebuttal, wave your hand for action
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The ladies of the '90's want more than satisfaction
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They want keys and Gs, and all those illy things
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If you want to, I'll show you, just what the Ab can bring
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I keep a tight net with my brothas Ken and Kenny
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If the question is of rhymes, then I'll tell ya, I got plenty
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The thing that men and women need to do is stick together
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Progressions can't be made if we're separate forever
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I hooked this funky beat with the loop and the feature
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With the funky singin by Miss Vinia Mojica
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So listen because the Quest is led through the underground
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My people been up on Quest to long, no more will we be down
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People tend to riff cuz they don't know the mental
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People tend to bug cuz their beats are hard but gentle
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Afro kinda lurks through the body of this youngun'
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Play like Bobby Byrd on your back and your comin to
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The house of the jazz, of the funk, of the rhythm
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All the goods are welcome, but if you're a villain
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I'll just wait and debate, contemplate your arrival
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If flexin is your motive, then you don't like survival
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The Abstract is speakin, the hard beats is reachin
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The Black and Puerto Ricans
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Cuz their butt naked, streakin through the ever murky streets
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Of the urbanized areas
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Blastin out the speakers is the hip hop hysteria
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Craig is in the house, Pete Rock is in the house
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CL is in the house, Ultra Mag is in the house
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Nice and Smooth is in the house, Big Daddy Kane is in the house
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Beatnuts is in the house, Special Ed is in the house
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Yeah [7X]
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This one goes out to my man
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Thanks alot Ron Carter on the bass
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Yes my man Ron Carter is on the bass
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Now check it out
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Born into the 91 decade
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You gotta say the Quest is on
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And goddamn it, yes the Quest is on
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And we out!
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For more information visit fanclub of A Tribe Called Quest http://brainstormlive.com/d/pg/groups/78817/a-tribe-called-quest/.
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Verses from the Abstract
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