Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
A Tribe Called Quest
Performer
Busta Rhymes
Performer
Tony Smalios
Remixer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kamaal Fareed
Composer
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
Composer
Malik Izaak Taylor
Composer
Trevor Smith
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
A Tribe Called Quest
Producer
Tony Smalios
Mixing Engineer
Bob Power
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
One two, one two
One-wa-wa-one, one two, one two
One-wa-wa-one, one two, one two
One-wa-wa-one, one two, one two
[Verse 2]
Yo, it's the Q-Tip, you know I get down
Yes, I rock to the rhythm of a funky sound, it go
One-wa-wa-one, one two, one two
One-wa-wa-one, one two, one two
[Verse 3]
And it's the Phife Dawg, and I do the same
And when it comes to ripping mics, a-yo it ain't no games
One-wa-wa-one, one two, one two
One-wa-wa-one, one two, one two
[Verse 4]
A-yo you know it's Busta Rhymes, every time
Oh yes, I'm coming wicked with a new design, I'm saying
One-wa-wa-one, one two, one two
One-wa-wa-one, one two, one two
[Verse 5]
MC's ain't comin' equipped with the rhymes
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time
The time is eternal when you play with the miser
Soul is in my body and the health make me wiser
[Verse 6]
The tantalizing wordplay, yeah, that's the joint
Sometimes I have to cuss just to prove my damn point
Brothers need to come with better compositions
I write and recite to make good position
[Verse 7]
In this rap game here, we engineer
Stabbin' up the jam, yeah, son, shit's clear
And I be kicking rhymes in my own damn way
Beatin' **** to the punch like Sugar Ray
[Verse 8]
Got the cool-ass style that's cooler than the cool
My lyrics is the bullet and the mic is the tool
Peace to C-73 and C-74
Do a little somethin' when I'm out on tour
[Verse 9]
Comin' through like narcotics for the antibiotics
Flap a shorty's pockets to the space like Sprockets
What you really need to do is just boogie your ass
It's not gas, we got to make the good times last
[Verse 10]
Let the good times roll, 'cause we in control
Take you out on your hide, 'less you payin' the toll
Let the good times roll, let the good times roll
Take you out on your hide, 'less you payin' the toll
[Verse 11]
Question, why is that MCs be wack
And major labels wanna sign all that crap, a-yo funk that
Word to life, I'm coming rugged
'Cause once you add the hip to the hop, kid, it equals out to love
[Verse 12]
If the beat's fat, I use it, some wack shit, I lose it
Refuse it, how could you choose it, it stinks, reuse it
Put down the mic, kid, 'cause you gets no dap
How long did it take for you to see you can't rap
[Verse 13]
That name is Phife Dawg and I got 'nuff styles
It doesn't take long for me to get buckwild
So bust when I'm swinging, what I'm swinging, when I swing
I rap when I rap, 'cause I never wanna sing
[Verse 14]
Go ask the last MC what happened when he said battle
I bust his ass in Cleveland now he's sleepless in Seattle
Rude Boy official comin' with the ill grammar
Comin' back on kids like Joey Montana
[Verse 15]
We be the three MC's that make your mind go batty
Mad play on WKRP in Cincinnati
So Lord, send a hand and if you can't send a hand, send a man
And if you can't send a man, come yourself
[Verse 16]
'Cause all these bitin' MCs, Lord, them somethin' else
See, I kick the styles that'll make your ass melt
Money on my mind, so never mind a trick
New York is the town and the team is the Knicks
[Verse 17]
World's geratest five-footer rippin' parties apart
Here comes Shaheed with the big green shark
Never had to rhyme about filling one with lead
Never mind that, man, here come the dread
[Verse 18]
We coming far, far, far
Busta Rhymes is coming far, far, far
You know you hear me, star, bet your bottom dollar
Right after this jam about one million, one two **** gon' follow
Whether it be today or tomorrow
**** become aggravating, sickening, you beat them like they father
[Verse 19]
Oh shit, check out what I'm saying
A-ha-a-ha, oh, a-ha-a-ha, you know my **** don't be playing
Once upon a motherfucking time
I recieved the opportunities to represent my first rhymes
[Verse 20]
To define lyrical sensations
Black masons blowing up the spot just to represent the Nations
Three dimenions, tryclops
Mr. Busta Rhymes' three eyes
Fat like a burger and fries
[Verse 21]
Mama-so, mama-sa, mama-makossa
Go back to the country to go check my grandmama
Eee-yah, bring it to the table at the meetings
Gathering large receivings, delivering intellectual ass beatings
As I carry on with my proceedings
Greetings, watch a **** debut on premier movie screenings
But before I be face to face with my eternal resting place
I hope to find civilized every soul and every race
Sit, dog, sit, Busta Rhymes forever on the ultrasonic shit
Written by: Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Trevor Smith