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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Maseo
Vocals
Parliament
Sampled Artist
Posdnuos
Vocals
Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three
Sampled Artist
Trugoy the Dove
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Jude Jolicoeur
Composer
Kelvin Mercer
Composer
Paul Huston
Composer
Vincent Mason
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
De La Soul
Producer
Prince Paul
Producer
Bob Power
Mixing Engineer
Tim Latham
Additional Engineer
Patrick Derivaz
Recording Engineer
Gerard Julien
Assistant Engineer
Brad Schmidt
Assistant Engineer
Ken Quartarone
Assistant Engineer
Mikael Ifversen
Assistant Engineer
Brian Sperber
Assistant Engineer
Eric Gast
Assistant Engineer
Hoover Le
Assistant Engineer
Scotty Hard
Mixing Engineer
Chris Flam
Assistant Engineer
Howard Kessler
Mastering Engineer
Joe Warda
Assistant Engineer
Tom Coyne
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
Just another area
For me to patrol
Just another area
That shows I got soul
Just another area
For me to patrol
Just another area
That shows I got soul
I got soul you see, I'm swimming in the De La
I'm in my hood man, my manhood worries ya
I'm known for samplin' of soul food
Off the old school plates
When I met up with my **** from the 7-1-8
One the Jungle Bro, the other Questas from Queens
Yet, I had the matrix of the 516 in my genes
So, I sided with my funk to bring my second on call
For me and the Sheep, our mission's on the beach of 8-0-4
You're runnin' on an empty tank
But still get paid in full
And get the girls
Man, I'm packing gravitational pull
Bring the instamatic avalanche, my code intervenes
I'm out to scout the areas that remains to be seen
What?
Well, many many digits had me seeking in my Wizard
Man, who's ringing up my area, oh!
I used to shoe it to the bridge, but that's gone
Like the 7-1-8's out of Vietnam
Sniffin' skypagers had me drugged
Man, I knew a psycho
7-0-3's on my love bug
I made mates with the brothers up in 2-1-5
Crazy buddhas in my mind
My Chattanooga champs had me late for the camp
And my 2-0-2 keeps me marvelous
I guess Mars was my hideaway
But if the stars for a getaway
Since I'm capable, I conjure up the walkin’ this way
I slip a syllable for Aspen and a Chester soufflé
I be the 9-1-9 seeker, cause ain't off legit
So when I'm with my crew I always have a place to sit
Due to this, a brother tries to play me
Yeah, like one in 5-1-4
Yo, some kid tried to flip on me
They instigated a brawl
So we set our knuckles on stun and made them all fall
Then I just laughed
We whooped that ass
And put the feelings aside, I know who I am
I cashed the grain by the pound
I make sounds with the horn
When I color the corn, caught the fit
And sit the two when honey slung the tip
Well, I'm taking my funds to the 3-0-1's
While I'm playin' my flute in the rear kibbut
My man from the 9-0-8, he don't like it like that
So I pipes till the sunshine hikes
A kettle of our master plan makes the Malibu idol
God forgive me
Well, it's a hook
The third to the 0 to the 5 had top feel the vibe
When the 5-1-6 played convicts
The man Maseo is here to put the habit along
And what you have, I'm 'bout to speak about your area code
Is it 9-0-8?
Is it 2-1-2?
Speakin' on 4-0-4?
What about 5-1-6?
What is it? Not tellin' ya
What is it? Not tellin' ya
What is it? Not tellin' ya
What is it?
Huh, what?
Just another area for me to patrol
I got status 'cause I'm baddest with the paint
Giving upside down frowns to London when 7-0-3
Her moms didn't like it, I had to let be
For the fact I lays bricks
'Cause my semen ends with the letter T
My seed is hard to submerge
I play the tack in the wall if my rear's not watched
'Cause some knuckle might just head for the urge
But I got Prince Paul in the Area
Oh, it's like that now
I got Hot Dog in the area
I got the Violators in the area
I got the Violators in the area
It don't matter where you hide, I clear up the fall
Cop the fuck outta here, you fake-ass fraud
Clear my area
I'm going home now, I have been up all night
I been up all night, it's still Friday to me
Come on now, hey, Ellory, I'm going home!
Bob to the bob, d-dang, d-dang diggy-diggy
Written by: David Jude Jolicoeur, Kelvin Mercer, Paul Huston, Vincent Mason