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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Fugees
Fugees
Performer
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Vocals
Prakazrel
Prakazrel
Vocals
Lauryn
Lauryn
Vocals
Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi
Remixer
Khalis Bayyan
Khalis Bayyan
Keyboards
DJ Boy Wonder
DJ Boy Wonder
Scratches
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Vocals
Pras Michel
Pras Michel
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Songwriter
Pras Michel
Pras Michel
Songwriter
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi
Mixing Engineer
Gary "Mon" Noble
Gary "Mon" Noble
Engineer
Eddison Electrik
Eddison Electrik
Engineer
FatKevneck P
FatKevneck P
Assistant Engineer
Jim Viviano
Jim Viviano
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Yo, Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday?
And if you're busy, I wouldn't mind takin' Saturday-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
Round up the posse, Fugee comin' around the way
[Verse 2]
Yo, hey, nappy head
[Verse 3]
Yo, what's up?
[Verse 4]
What you got there?
[Verse 5]
I got some of that lyrical cheeba, cheeba
[Verse 6]
Word
[Verse 7]
A cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
A cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
[Verse 8]
You wanna battle swing, I bring
Commanding men like I was king
In all your dreams, I write the horror flick of Stephen King
Cling to thoughts, all those that favor, say ah
I got tired of the fat lady so I sing to my own opera
Ba-lang-balang-balang-to-de-man-de-rock-cause I love thee
If you live by the sword, you hope to die by the gun
'Cause all guys tell lies and and more girls commit sin
I was ordered to code red, but now I'm chillin' with a few good men
Assassination on the kid from the capitol
I never played a soap opera, but now I'm in General Hospital
Condition critical, spirit over, who's the physical?
So if I die, catch me at the funeral
I'll fly away, oh, glory
With a mic in my hand to a land where only God knows me
And the angels write raps on holy paper
I said, I'ma lookin' Jesus, he said, take the escalator
One flight up, it's guaranteed you'll be there
My sister be there, my mother be there, so
[Verse 9]
Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday?
And if you're busy, I wouldn't mind takin' Saturday-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
Round up the posse, Fugees comin' around the way
[Verse 10]
I don't puff blunts, so I always got my breath
Never had to battle with a bulletproof vest
They call me cock weasel, but I still cave a chest
I don't wear Jheri curls 'cause I'm not from the West
No disrespect to the West, true indeed
I rock it to the East, the East is the seed
To see that them days back, yo, sheepskins and hot tracks
Peace to Mr. Magic, things are getting tragic
Now we on some new stuff, I never feared the Ku Klux
My own clan is acting up, I blame it on the Phillie blunt
What you gonna do? Kids are acting, ooh
Hill is gettin' better, yo, where's the corporate ladder? Mr. Three-piece suit
Check the square roots, Girbauds and Timberland boots
Nah, that's the serpents, and know them garment tips
I got a head full of problems and a hand full of nappy root
I feel a jones comin' down, yo, I
[Verse 11]
I got the slang to make the chitty-bang-bang
A re-dang, d-dang, the nappy-head bang
No, I got the slang to make the chitty-bang-bang
A re-dang, d-dang, the nappy-heads reign
[Verse 12]
Yo, Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday?
And if you're busy, I wouldn't mind takin' Saturday-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
Round up the posse, Fugees comin' around the way
Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay, nappy heads in the zone and we're not goin' home
[Verse 13]
Hey yo, a battle is a battle, but a battle's not a battle
If it's slick as a rattle
'Cause my style's as old as a reptile's
Slick as that new Nile, as new as a new child
So come follow me to the land of Abraham
This land's your land, this land's my land
The blacker the black man, the better the next man
[Verse 14]
Yo, some nappy heads need to check they necks for red
[Verse 15]
I feel injection
Put the needle to your skin, feel reality's heroin
You maintain to put a negro in pain
You used to diss me, oh, you wanna hang with old Eddie Kane?
Ain't nothing wrong, snap your hand to the song
Word is bond, you get wrong, I have you sing like Louis Armstrong
And I say to myself, what a wonderful world
But what the hell was so wonderful 'bout picking cotton in the farm
Mr. Slave Man
The harder they come, the harder they fall
So come one, come all
Don't stall or I'ma stick you like a voodoo doll
Doors locked, stop drawer for the count who drops
You slept on a kid from the boondocks
Out of Hoodaville, land of the ill kill
Valisburg Vikings, so you know I'm top-ranking Phil
Some say newcomer like the Yuma but save the rumor
'Cause I been rocking ever since '82 when I used to rock my Puma's
[Verse 16]
Cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
A cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
Cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
A cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
[Verse 17]
Yo, Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday?
And if you're busy, I wouldn't mind takin' Saturday-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
Round up the posse, Fugees coming around the way
Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay, nappy heads in the zone and we're not goin' home
Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday?
And if you're busy, I wouldn't mind takin' Saturday-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
Round up the posse, Fugees coming around the way
Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay, nappy heads in the zone and we're not goin' home
[Verse 18]
I wear my sunglasses at night
To spy on my girlfriends, that's right
They dancin', romancin', freakin' at night
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, y'all
[Verse 19]
I wear my sunglasses at night
To spy on my girlfriends, that's right
They dancin', romancin', freakin' at night
Cheeba, cheeba, y'all
[Verse 20]
Say, Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday?
And if you're busy, I wouldn't mind takin' Saturday-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
Round up the posse, Fugees comin' around the way
Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay, nappy heads in the zone and we're not goin' home
[Verse 21]
Cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
A cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
Cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
A cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
[Verse 22]
Until the beat is gone, until the beat is gone
Come on, everybody
Until the beat is gone, until the beat is gone
Come on, everybody
[Verse 23]
A cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
A cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
A cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
A cheeba, cheeba, y'all
Well, I'm a Libra, y'all
Written by: Claydes Smith, Dennis Thomas, George Melvin Brown, Lauryn Hill, Muhammad Rashad, N. Jean, Pras Michel, Richard Westfield, Robert Bell, Robert Spike Mickens, Ronald Bell, S. Michel
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