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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
DJ
Phife Dawg
Phife Dawg
Vocals
Q-Tip
Q-Tip
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
Songwriter
Kamaal Fareed
Kamaal Fareed
Songwriter
Malik Izaak Taylor
Malik Izaak Taylor
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
Producer
Bob Power
Bob Power
Mixing Engineer
Brad Schmidt
Brad Schmidt
Assistant Engineer
Chris Flam
Chris Flam
Assistant Engineer
Eric Gast
Eric Gast
Assistant Engineer
George Spatta
George Spatta
Assistant Engineer
Gerard Julien
Gerard Julien
Assistant Engineer
Hoover Le
Hoover Le
Assistant Engineer
Patrick Derivaz
Patrick Derivaz
Assistant Engineer
Pete Christensen
Pete Christensen
Assistant Engineer
Tom Coyne
Tom Coyne
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Chorus]
Lyrics to go (Lyrics to go)
Lyrics to go (Lyrics to go)
Lyrics to go (Lyrics to go)
Lyrics to go (Lyrics to go)
Lyrics to go (Lyrics to go)
[Verse 1]
Goin' on and on to the rhythmic variation
Wakin' in the morning, I still represent the nation
When I speak of nation, please don't make the deviation
Rebels of the party who create the drum sensation
Mind is a pit of different information
Microphone is on, so I cause communication
Bogle at the party, then you got the bogle-ation
Decapitatin' foes, yo, as if my name was Jason (Come on)
Makin' all the fellas at the party lose composure
Hook up the beat with the mic, and it's over (Original)
A Tribe Called Quest, we on the run for whatever (Right)
Trials and tribulations that we have to endeavor (Come on)
Brothers know my steelo, it's a letter to the better
If you see a shorty that you like, then you sweat her (Yeah)
Silly with the microphone, in other words, I'm loco
Six-foot-zero with my height, complexion cocoa
Representin' on the mic, it seems to be my daily (Right)
I can do a split and turn around like Alvin Ailey
But when it comes to days like this
[Chorus]
I got lyrics to go (It's like that, y'all, c'mon, y'all)
Lyrics to go (It's like that, y'all, c'mon, y'all, it's like that)
[Verse 2]
I know it's been two years, but see, the Tribe was never fallin'
Would have tried for singin', but that stuff was not my callin'
The mic is in effect, so you know I'm never stallin'
Walkin' through the door and all them suckas started haulin'
Talk a lot of trash, but no one can seem to beat it
Pull out your microphone and watch the Phifer make you eat it
The MCs, they get jelly when the girlies rub my belly
Kick a slow dance like my brother R. Kelly (Bust a rhyme)
Today's a hip-hop draft, will I be top-seeded?
Worked too frickin' hard while all the rest were gettin' weeded
Steady kickin' styles so I can reach that other level
Don't worry about gettin' gassed, I push the pedal to the metal
Always wanted this 'cause it surely beats a scramble (Right)
I'm Jordan with the mic, huh, wanna gamble? (Mmm)
This I dedicate to all the honeys that be bogle-in' (Come on)
'Cause at the end of the night, you know Malik will have his Trojans
But when it comes to nights like this
[Chorus]
I got lyrics to go (Check it out, y'all, it's like that, y'all)
Lyrics to go (Check it out, y'all, it's like that, y'all)
Lyrics to go (Check it out, y'all, it's like that, y'all)
Lyrics to go (Check it out, y'all, it's like that, y'all)
It's like that, y'all, check it out, y'all
It's like that, y'all, check it out, y'all
It's like that, y'all, check it out, here we go
[Verse 3]
Please proceed with caution 'cause the lyricist is fatal
I can kick your little monkey ass like Kato (Yes, Dread, uh)
Formulate your rhymes like a child forms Play-Doh (Right)
Calm and serene like the study was Tao
Poetry machine with correct mechanisms
Immune to disease, I defeat organisms (Come on)
That are waitin' in my path, I overstep the critters
Give your ass the willies and your moms'll get the jitters
Quitters turn to losers, losers are forgotten
Tanglin' my cord with hopes that I'll stop rockin'
Never will that happen, only if it is permitted
Wait, I think somebody shitted (Come on)
I guess that would be me 'cause I'm the only one MC-in' (Right)
I go for what I know, doin' a show for human beings
Always try to lead, yo, never will I follow
Blowin' up the spot like Fred did to Rollo
And when it comes to days like this
[Chorus]
I got lyrics to go (Check it out, y'all, it's like that, y'all)
I got lyrics to go (Everybody, come on now)
I got lyrics to go (Check it out, y'all, it's like that now)
I got lyrics to go (Everybody, come on now)
I got lyrics to go (Check it out, y'all, it's like that now)
I got lyrics to go (Come on, y'all, everybody)
I got lyrics to go (It's like that, y'all, check it out now)
I got lyrics to go (Come on, y'all, everybody)
I got lyrics to go (It's like that, y'all, check it out now)
I got lyrics to go (It's like that, y'all, everybody)
I got lyrics to go (It's like that, y'all, check it out now)
It's like that, y'all, check it out now
It's like that, y'all, check it out now
It goes, uh
Written by: A. Muhammad, John Davis, M. Taylor
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