Intro:
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A: Because I got it like that, uh huh
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Because I got it like that, wooh, uh huh
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Because I got it like that
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G: Like how?
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A: Like that
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Verse 1: Afrika, Mike G
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Dancin' on the dance floor
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Girl, it's you that I adore
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Step on stage, you scream for more
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Afrika got rhymes galore
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Snap my fingers, make you mine
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If not, I'll snap a second time
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After that, I guarantee
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You will be standing next to me
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Left or right side, take your pick
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But girl, you've got to make it quick
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Baby, baby, baby
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I know I drive you crazy
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MC's know me as Mike G
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Girls hold on to me tightly
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Warm personality
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That's why they get close to me
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Try their best to drive me wild
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Say they want to bear my child
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I go away, they say, "Come back"
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Why? Because I got it like that
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Chorus:
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A: Yeah, uh huh
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G: Because I got it like that
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A: Yeah, uh huh
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G: Because I got it like that
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A: A ha ha, uh huh
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G: Because I got it like that
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A: Like how?
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G: Like that
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Verse 2: Afrika, Mike G
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No problem, (why?) because I got it like that
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A Baby Bam beat and an African rap
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My partner by my side, Sammy B is on the cut
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Your DJs chill and chill, but hey, so what?
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Ducats in my pocket, findin' in my hand
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I got it like that, but you still don't understand
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It comes to me natural, it comes to me easy
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I just lay back and let the big beat lead me
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I never work a day in my life
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Single jungle brother, no kids, no wife
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100,000 rhymes from one band, that's many
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But back where I come from, they ain't worth a penny
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You've got a lot of talent, but you fail to see
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You paid for yours, I got mine for free
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Play in the rain and don't get wet
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Walk through the desert and don't even sweat
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Play in the snow and don't get cold
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I'm just a cool young brother who looks kinda old
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Love around the world schoolin' the sound
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If I could bet a crowd and get caught us loud
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I've got ladies uptown and money on the floor
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There's not a thing in the world that I'm askin' for
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Chorus 2:
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A: Wooh, uh huh
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G: Because I got it like that
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You wanna know why, brother?
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Because I got it like that
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A: Uh huh
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G: I ain't jokin', I ain't playin', it's just my brother
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I got it like that
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A: A ha ha
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Verse 3: Afrika
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Used to be a player, couldn't be trusted
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But still in all, I never got busted
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Knowin' every part of New York City
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I thought it was fun, it used to look witty
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I had it all spread out, even one next door
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I had it like that, so what ya askin' for?
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4 to 5, you see, was my minimum
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And every day, I used to go and get with 'em
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One for every hour on the hour
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One on the way while I was in the shower
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It sounds kinda crazy, it sounds kinda bugged
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But you see, Afrika was the one they loved
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So you see, it got to a point where they didn't care
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They didn't wanna give me up, so they agreed to share
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Chorus 3:
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A: Because I got it like that
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G: I hear you, brother, word
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A: Because I got it like that
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G: Man, you's one baaaaaad jungle brother
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A: Like that
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Like that
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Outro:
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A: Uh, wooh, Sammy B, B, you got it like that
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I know you got it like that
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Yo Mike G from the Jungle Brothers, man
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New Orleans got it like that
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New York City got it like that
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Los Angeles got it like that
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Cleveland got it like that
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Let me see, who else got it like that?
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G: Detroit
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A: Who?
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G: Detroit
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A: Man, yeah, Atlanta got it like that
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Philadelphia got it like that
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Texas got it like that, let me see
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Somebody else got it like that
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G: D.C.
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A: Yea, D.C., D.C. got it like that
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Boston, Miami, I know you got it like that, Miami
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G: Word
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A: Word up, yo, I'm outta here, you know why?
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Both: BECAUSE I GOT IT LIKE THAT
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Because I Got it Like That
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Jungle Brothers |