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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Wyclef Jean
Vocals
Lauryn Hill
Vocals
Mary Christine Brockert
Sampled Artist
Pras Michel
Vocals
Ramsey Lewis
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Allen Henry McGrier
Songwriter
Mary Christine Brockert
Songwriter
Lauryn Hill
Songwriter
Pras Michel
Songwriter
Salaam Remi
Songwriter
Wyclef Jean
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Salaam Remi
Producer
Gary Noble
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We used to be number ten
Now we permanent one
In the battle lost my finger, mic became my arm
Pistol nozzle hits your nasal
Blood becomes lukewarm
Tell the woman be easy, now squeeze the Charmin
Test Wyclef, see death flesh get scorned
Beat you so bad, make you feel like you ain't want to be born
And tell your friends, stay the hell out of my lawn
Chicken George became dead tryna steal chickens from my farm
Damn, another dead pigeon
If you're mafiosos then I'm bringing on Haitian Sicilians
Nobody's shooting, my body's made of hand grenades
Girl bled to death while she was tongue kissing a razor blade
That sounds sick, maybe one day I'll write the horror
Blackula come to the ghetto, jacks an Acura
Stevie Wonder sees crack babies
Becoming enemies of their own families
[Verse 2]
Armageddon coming our way soon
Done, gun by my side just in case I gotta run
A boy on the side of Babylon
Tryna front like he down with Mount Zion
[Verse 3]
Ooh, la, la, la
It's the way that we rock when we doing our thing
Ooh, la, la, la
It's the natural law that the Refugees bring
Ooh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la-la-la-la-la
Sweet thing, yeah
[Verse 4]
Yeah, in saloons we drink Boone's
And battle goons to high noon
Bust rap tunes on flat spoons
Take no shorts like pum-pums
See hoochies pop coochies for Gucci's and Lucci
Find me in my Mitsubishi, eating sushi, bumping Fugees
Hey, hey, hey, try to take the crew and we don't play, play
Say, say, say, like Paul McCartney, not hardly
Oddly enough I can see right through your bluff
**** huff and they puff but they can't handle us
We bust 'cause we fortified, we could never hide
Seen Cooley High, cried when Cochise died
I'm twisted, black-listed by some other negroes
Don't remove my Polos on the first episode
[Verse 5]
Ha, ha, ha, ha, you shouldn't diss Refugees
And ha, ha, ha, ha, your whole sound set booty
And ha, ha, ha, ha, you have to respect Jersey
'Cause I'm super fly when I'm super high on the Fu-Gee-La
[Verse 6]
Ooh, la, la, la
It's the way that we rock when we doing our thing
Ooh, la, la, la
It's the natural law that the Refugees bring
Ooh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la-la-la-la-la
Sweet thing, yeah
[Verse 7]
I sit ninety degrees underneath palm trees
Smoking BD's as I burn my calories
Brooklyn rooftops become Brooklyn teepees
Who that be?
Enemies want to see the death of me
From Hawaii to Hawthorne, I run marathons like
My crew a can, I'm a true champion, like
Farah Khan reads his daily Qur'an
It's a phenomenon, lyrics fast like Ramadan
[Verse 8]
What's going on?
Armageddon coming our way soon
Done, gun by my side just in case I gotta run
A boy on the side of Babylon
Tryna front like he down with Mount Zion
[Verse 9]
What's going on?
Armageddon coming our way soon
Done, gun by my side just in case I gotta run
A boy on the side of Babylon
Tryna front like he down with Mount Zion
[Verse 10]
Ooh, la, la, la
It's the way that we rock when we doing our thing
Ooh, la, la, la
It's the natural law that the Refugees bring
Ooh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la-la-la-la-la
Sweet thing
[Verse 11]
Ooh, la, la, la
It's the way that we rock when we doing our thing
Ooh, la, la, la
It's the natural law that the Refugees bring
Ooh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la-la-la-la-la
Sweet thing
[Verse 12]
Yo, kid, we gotta get our family together, man
You know, we gotta get organized
We just can't be out here, you know
Just high and smoked up
And whatever, we gotta get our stuff organized
Whatever we gon' do, we gotta do it right
Written by: Neal Jean, Samuel Michel, Lauryn Hill, Allen McGrier, Teena Marie, Salaam Remi