Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
A Tribe Called Quest
Performer
Busta Rhymes
Vocals
Dinco D
Vocals
Charlie Brown
Vocals
Leaders Of The New School
Vocals
Phife Dawg
Vocals
Q-Tip
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Jackson
Songwriter
Trevor Smith
Songwriter
Kamaal Fareed
Songwriter
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
Songwriter
Malik Izaak Taylor
Songwriter
Bryan Higgins
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
A Tribe Called Quest
Producer
Bob Power
Mixing Engineer
Tom Coyne
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Chorus]
Here we go, yo, here we go, yo
So what, so what, so what's the scenario?
Here we go, yo, here we go, yo
So what, so what, so what's the scenario?
[Verse 1]
Ay yo, Bo knows this (What?)
And Bo knows that (What?)
But Bo don't know jack 'cause Bo can't rap
Well, what do you know? The Di-Dawg is first up to bat
No batteries included and no strings attached
[Verse 2]
No holds barred, no time for move-fakin'
Gots to get the loot so I can bring home the bacon
Brothers front, they say the Tribe can't flow
But we've been known to do the impossible like Broadway Joe, so
[Verse 3]
Sleep if you want, NyQuil will help you get your Zs, troop
But here's the real scoop
I'm all that and then some, short, dark, and handsome
Bust a nut inside your eye, to show you where I come from
[Verse 4]
I'm vexed, fumin', I've had it up to here
My days of payin' dues are over, acknowledge we is in there (Yeah)
Head for the border, go get a taco
Watch me wreckin' from the jump street, meaning from the get-go
Sit back, relax and let yourself go
Don't sweat what you heard, but act like you know
[Verse 5]
Yes, yes, y'all (Yes, y'all)
Who got the vibe? It's the Tribe y'all (Tribe y'all)
Real live y'all (Live y'all)
Inside, outside, come around (Who's that?)
Brown
[Verse 6]
So, may I say, call me Charlie
The word is the herb, and I'm deep like Bob Marley
Lay back on the payback, evolve, rotate the gates (Contact)
Can I get a hit? (Hit)
Boom bip, with a brother named Tip, and we're ready to flip
[Verse 7]
East coast stompin', rippin', and rompin'
New York, North Cak-a-laka, and Compton
Checka-checka-check it out
The loops for the troops, more bounce to the ounce
[Verse 8]
And wow-how-now-wow, how now, Brown cow?
We're ill 'til the skill gets down
For the flex, next, it's the textbook old to the new
But the rest are doo doo
From radio, to the video, to Arsenio
Tell me, yo, what's the scenario? (True blue!)
[Verse 9]
Scooby Doo, whoopie doo
Scenarios, radios, rates more than four
Scores for the s'mores that smother dance floors
Now I go for mine, shades of seashore
[Verse 10]
Ship-shape, crushed grapes, apes that play tapes
Papes make drakes, baked for the wakes
Of an, an, simply just a leader (L-ah, -eader)
Base in the space means peace, see ya later
[Verse 11]
Later, later, alligator (Later)
Pop blows the weasel and the urge to inflate her
So yo the D, what the O, incorporated I-N-C into a flow
Funk flipped, flat back, first this foul fight, fight, fight
Laugh, yo, how'd that sound? (Ooh!)
[Verse 12]
It's a Leader-Quest mission and we got the goods here (Here!)
Never on the left 'cause my right's my good ear (Ear!)
I could give a damn about a ill subliminal
Stay away from crime so I ain't no (Criminal)
[Verse 13]
I love my young nation, groovy sensation
No time for hibernation, only elation
Don't ever try to test the water, little kid
Yo, Mr. Busta Rhymes, tell him what I did
[Verse 14]
I heard you rushed and rushed (And attacked!)
Then they rebuked and you (Had to smack)
Causin' rambunction throughout the sphere
Raise the levels of the boom inside the ear
You know I did it
[Verse 15]
So don't violate or you'll get violated
The hip hop sound is well agitated
Won't ever waste no time on a played out ego
So here's Busta Rhymes with the scenario
[Verse 16]
Watch as I combine all the juice from the mind
Heel up, wheel up, bring it back, come, rewind
Powerful impact from the cannon (Boom)
Not braggin', tryna read my mind, just imagine
[Verse 17]
Vo-cab-u-lary's necessary
When diggin' into my library
Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!
Eating Ital stew like the one Peter Tosh
Unh! Unh! Unh! All over the track, man
Unh, pardon me, unh! As I come back!
[Verse 18]
As I did it, yo, I had to beg your pardon
When I travel to the Sun, I roll with the squadron
Rawr! Rawr! Like a dungeon dragon
Change your little drawers 'cause your pants were saggin'
[Verse 19]
Try to step to this, I will twist you in a turban
And have you smellin' rank like some old, stale urine
Chickity-choco, the chocolate chicken
The rear cock diesel, buttcheeks, they were kickin'
[Verse 20]
Yo, bust it out before the Busta bust another rhyme
The rhythm is in sync (Uh)
The rhymes are on time (Time)
Rippin' up the sound just like Horatio
Observe the rhyme and check out the scenario, yeah, my man, muthafucka!
[Chorus]
Here we go, yo, here we go, yo
So what, so what, so what's the scenario?
Here we go, yo, here we go, yo
So what, so what, so what's the scenario?
[Outro]
Here we go, yo, here we go, yo
So what, so what, so what's the scenario?
Here we go, yo, here we go, yo
So what, so what, so what's the scenario?
Written by: Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, Brian Higgins, James Jackson, Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Trevor Smith