Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
DJ
Consequence
Consequence
Vocals
Kool & The Gang
Kool & The Gang
Sampled Artist
Phife Dawg
Phife Dawg
Vocals
Q-Tip
Q-Tip
Vocals
The Ummah
The Ummah
Programming
Tyrone Washington
Tyrone Washington
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kamaal Fareed
Kamaal Fareed
Composer
Dexter Mills
Dexter Mills
Lyrics
Malik Izaak Taylor
Malik Izaak Taylor
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Ummah
The Ummah
Producer
Bob Power
Bob Power
Mixing Engineer
Tom Coyne
Tom Coyne
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Your new lesson is to realize the mission when you hear it
Emceeing, see I got this in my spirit
I got verses like Mahalia singing church hymns
So strap up because you skating on ice that's wild thin
A weak foundation doesn't make a good home
That's why mine's build on chrome microphones
We 'bout to do it theoretically, insteadibly, to the medley
Come on
[Verse 2]
It's the complete Kamaal, unique Fareed, breed
That'll keep you broke down like a Ross 5-speed
So move buddy, ayo we got to get this money
In this land of dead and crummy, ain't a damn thing funny
Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P
Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, and don't sleep
We got reality for the cabbage
Staying sincere to this, so I know we gonna manage
Give me liberty in mass amounts and Swiss bank accounts
With the sustainer, it'll be real
So me and my brothas, we can sit down and build
Like Rampage with that Last Boy Scout appeal
We got that silk, satin, Manhattan intelligence feel
That keeps everything on even keels
So all you slow brothas talking yang, ya poo tang
No we gonna show you how the real crew bang
[Verse 3]
Ayo, I bring it to you live kid, Queens **** love static
Your raps had it, bragging more numbers than mathematics
I get brains on Craftmatics and leave your wet dreams shattered
That's the same guy be skeetin' in your mugshot
I stays hot like summertime on LBQ and boo boos
The love shack is 1 9 2, my joint's smooth
To watch y'all **** fall like Lin Que
I keeps it brand new like school shoppin', it's on and poppin'
The club peeps this ****'s steez like radars
You get laid off while I'll be gaming ghetto girl like 8-Off
The verdict's in, I be the Luke of Linden
Give up your goods cuz it's the start of your ending
[Verse 4]
Where ya at? We seeing life for what it is
Where ya at? We get this money for these kids
Where ya at? We 'bout to build the foundation
Where ya at?
[Verse 5]
Now all that Glock toting trash you talk won't prevail
It's stale, you'll either be dead or in jail
I keeps it realer than the logo on milk
Denouncing tough guy wannabes that look smoother than silk
That's the sound of the man getting yanked off the stage
Trying to front like he mad paid
Sucking so bad, we threw his mama off the train, insane
MC's are just giving it all away (Okay)
Who said him know about the Quest-like sound?
Mess around and get your ass knocked down, clown
I dedicated this to the posers that play hard
You wanna hear some rhymes, well then bring your bodyguard
So he can peep the worldwide Willie that we display
Leaving all MCs in complete disarray
I beez a veteran MC, crushing crews for years
You fronting hard, when you softer than the Berenstain Bears
Yeah, chumps be like "Phife, that ain't fair"
Fuck outta here, do I look like I care?
Come off my stage before I grab ya neck and handle ya
Wet ya like punani, then dry you like Canada
Shaheed Muhammad's on the Gemini mixer
Peach to Derrick Coleman, Mad Max and the Sixers
I'm crapping hard cuz I got this rap shit sold
From Linden Boulevard down to Cascade Road
You know my steez, I treat hip hop like a sport
Holding down fort upon Martinique Court like
[Verse 6]
Where ya at? We seeing life for what it is
Where ya at? We get this money for these kids
Where ya at? We 'bout to build the foundation
Where ya at? We gonna start the Zulu Nation
Where ya at? Come on, come on
Where ya at? We gonna put it all together
Where ya at? No matter what the hell the weather
Where ya at?
[Verse 7]
Uh, uh mind power
Uh, uh mind power
Uh, uh mind power
Uh, uh mind power
Uh, uh mind power
[Verse 8]
Uh, uh kicking willie is good
All throughout your whole hood
But we gotta start with the spirt first y'all
Mind power
Written by: A. Muhammad, D. Mills, Kamaal Fareed, M. Taylor
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