Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mos Def
Vocals
Busta Rhymes
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dante Smith
Songwriter
Busta Rhymes
Songwriter
Mos Def
Songwriter
Mr. Khallyl
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mr. Khallyl
Producer
Johnny, Why?
Recording Engineer
David Kennedy
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Back up, back up, back up, back up
Back up, back up, back up, back up, ease off
This goes out to all area crew
To my BK crew
To my QB crew
My LI crew, my Shaolin crew
My Dirty South crew
Atlanta, North Cackalack'
For all my fam, all area crew
Yeah, man
[Verse 2]
Yes the first cut should be the deepest
To penetrate beyond the muscle walls' inner regions
First you was icin' me, connect with the starin' at the speakers
Heard the rhyme, head high, what ya starin' at, ya sneakers?
You shy now? Got a lot of things on your mind, now
You don't feel fly, now, you huntin' the exit sign down
Fuck what you heard 'cause I snatch the grapevine down
Don't understand how I ran the line down? Rewind now
[Verse 3]
We be the most magnetic, so athletic
Leave your peeps on the side
So they can watch you and your man's get it
Take the arch rivalry stance up on the podium
And give the flavor to ****, but keep it low on sodium
Possess shit that got you wonderin' how we holdin' 'em
Things that'll lay you out like a piece of linoleum
Bring whoever you want, we 'bout to bug son and bounce
Down to Henry Hudson after I bust one
[Verse 4]
Yo, Mos Def (Alright, okay how you feel?)
What cha want? (I wanna do it to death, what up wit you?)
You know my steez (True, indeed)
Say it loud (Black and proud)
Ain't no time to hesitate at the gate (Do it now)
[Verse 5]
Bus-a-Bus (What a gwan?)
How you feel? (Feelin' great)
What chu want? (I wanna do it to death, what up wit you?)
You know my steez (True, indeed)
Say it loud (Black and proud)
Ain't no time to hesitate at the gate (Do it now)
[Verse 6]
Ay dios mio, me and Bustarimo muy peligro
The two hottest negroes en Los Estados Unidos
Hotter than Reno when discovered by Bugsy Siegel
I'm black like Don Cheadle shoutin' power to the people
Rep rhymes that be like the lifeline on the e-boat
The raw sugar cane, NutraSweet, never Equal
If you in a Benzito or your mother's Buick Regal
I get up like Chino shoutin' power to the people
[Verse 7]
Yo, me and the Mighty Mos shine like a light post
Live **** shit be straight fuckin' up the white folks
That's why they with it now, because **** like me and you
We did it now, brought it to that level so they get it now
We graduated, saturated the game now
Infatuated with the fame now, let me explain how we doin' this
At any time or any place, ready, willin', and able
Let's get the dough, secure the food on the table
[Verse 8]
Ay, Mos Def, (Oh my god)
How you feel? (I'm feelin' great)
What chu want? (I wanna do it to death, what up wit you?)
You know my steez (True, indeed)
Say it loud (Black and proud)
Ain't no time to hesitate at the gate (Do it now)
[Verse 9]
Bus-a-Bus, what the deal? (Rhymes galore, feelin' great)
What chu want? (I wanna do it to death, what up wit you?)
You know my steez (True, indeed)
Say it loud (Black and proud)
Ain't no time to hesitate at the gate (Do it now)
[Verse 10]
From East, West, North, and South
I got joints for all of those
Heavy aquatic water flows keepin' them on they toes
Tell them thugs that wanna be CEO's to be de-robed
'Fore I wear your lil' dumb ass out like Easter clothes
[Verse 11]
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, it's like a freak show soon as my heat blow
Sometime I speak slow so people understand my street flow
And while we keep it hot, we got the most shine up in
This whole shit, me and Mos spit and blow the show quick
[Verse 12]
Watch out, your pussy sound get bucked South
Mos and Bussa Rhymes, too bad man-a-shutout
Watch out, give a damn whut fancy car ya hop out
Shut down your game like da NBA lockout
[Verse 13]
Ya betta watch out, I'm 'bout to black on, ****
Like I'm blowin' on a sax, blowin' my gats on ****
Blowin' my raps on ****, now let me mash out
We fatter than the biggest ass chicks pokin' they ass out
[Verse 14]
Ay, Mos Def, how you feel? (Magnetism, feelin' great)
What cha want? (I wanna do it to death, what up wit you?)
You know my steez (True, indeed)
Say it loud (Black and proud)
Ain't no time to hesitate at the gate (Do it now)
[Verse 15]
Bus-a-Bus (Woo-ha)
How you feel? (Feelin' great)
What chu want? (I wanna do it to death, what up wit you?)
You know my steez (True, indeed)
Say it loud (Black and proud)
Ain't no time to hesitate at the gate (Do it now)
[Verse 16]
What, what, we got to do it, do it
We got to do it, do it, make me do it, do it
What, wha-what-what we got to do it, do it
Make me do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
What, what, we got to do it, do it
Do we do it, do it, do it, ah, do it now
What, what, we got to do it, do it
Got to do it, do it, do it now
Written by: A. Dillon, Dante Smith, Trevor Smith