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PERFORMING ARTISTS
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kamaal Fareed
Kamaal Fareed
Composer
Malik Izaak Taylor
Malik Izaak Taylor
Composer
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
Composer
James Dewitt Yancey
James Dewitt Yancey
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Ummah
The Ummah
Producer
David Kennedy
David Kennedy
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Live and direct, live and direct
You know what live and direct means?
Live and direct, come
[Verse 2]
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
How you be? How you be?
From New York to ATLiens, you know what I'm sayin'?
Word up, do it like this
Word up, word up, do it like that
And you don't stop, and you don't quit
Unless you're in the studio doin' wack shit
Yo, check it
[Verse 3]
Boom batta, watch your teeth shatter
All that shit you pop in your jams, it won't matter
Bust your whole grill, now watch that joint shatter
I'm the captain of the ship, fuck a William Shatner
MCs be poppin' shit when they sweeter than cake batter
Claimin' they style be fat, but guess whose style is fatter
The ill beat jacker, MC attacker
Fuckin' with the diggy it don't, get no blacker
Malik Izaak Taylor, Ey the stress reliever
Brown eyed shorty chocolate like Godiva
Fuck what you heard, I'll make you a believer
Me gettin' burnt that's like a white girl named Shareema
You never see her, 'cause she's the black like Sarafina
Set shit off like Latifah single like Khadijah
So girls with fat asses and tits, nice to meet ya
Do five plus five equals ten? Ask your teacher
For God so loved the world he said Phife, ask your preacher
Love to toot my own Horne, similar to Lena
Before I take stage, I take sips of Aquafina
Fucked Judy Jetson, now they me jet screamer
Love my coffee dark so you can keep your dairy creamer
Tribe fallin' off, well youse a got damn dreamer
[Verse 4]
Hah, ya nah mean?
A word up, a word up, a word up, a word up, yo
Have you ever wondered what make crowd rock?
Tribe Called Quest we have to do it non-stop
Listen to the radio, we're never goin' pop 'cause
[Verse 5]
Ya not ready for this yet, boy
Say ya nah ready, say ya nah ready
Say ya nah ready for dis yet, boy
Say ya nah ready, say ya nah ready
Say ya nah ready for dis yet, boy
And we out like that, bump that
Written by: Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, James Dewitt Yancey, Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor
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