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De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres. The members are Kelvin Mercer, David Jude Jolicoeur and Vincent Mason, known under a variety of nicknames. The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'". more »

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Yeah, (yeah man) Yeah!
(Aight let's do it man, c'mon) One two and ah
Can I kick it? Well ah, yes you can
Can I kick a hole in the speaker and then jet?
Well of course you can! First Serve's the best yet
Can I kick a hole in the speaker and then jet?
My nigga yes you can, First Serve's the best kept!


I play the intro, middle, ending back to the intro
Reborn to bring NEW beginnings
How many lives, have you ran through?
I think I'm on number five, came back strivin
For the same thing, the GAME thing
Microphone remain king, yeah my need
They say it's in the blood, and in my thoughts as well
Since the days of the, ways of the walk
Through the park in the BX, me and D got next
Verbal push-ups, titles, concepts, beats
Yo D, it's time to eat!


..And with this gravy
Make fritters out of these tater sacks, you quarterbacks
Ought to back it up two yards, we bought it back
That old chord mic's the prototype
Connect it like Siamese deep in the work
Sweat a Hi-C packet a day, now sip on that
[Chorus]
("Let me be") At the front of the line
("It was plain to see") Cause it's our time
("It's over now") in bright lights surrounded by skirts
("You had me found, you shot me down")
Pop Life and Deen Whitter, we puttin in work!
Work! Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!)
Work! Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!)
Work! (Yeah!) Work (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!)
Work! (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!) Work (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!)
WORK WORK WORK!

Can't a monkey stop us in this bar game
The guitar lickin the far lane
Yo I got crazy visions~! (Nigga, put 'em on paper!)
The contracts, contacts puffin haze per page
And Almanac of ideas for five years
Book stick it in that "I so solemnly swear" joint
Economy scare point (Yo, studio costs is for horses!)
Nigga we can play the mule and get Pro Tools
And show fools the A-game, set up in the crib and live


Word! Man, but yo..
I'm on that song ass first, I'm on the last verse
Finish line 24 but I got 20 more things I gotta do
Like, make the name up for the crew
Might call it Witter Pop! (Naw, nigga that's wack)
Yeah you right, yo did you find a studio?
(Yeah I came across two you know the one Ken-doo talk about?
The other one's called Odyssey)
Oh yeah yeah, let's take it there man
I heard it's more private, B

("Let me be") At the front of the line
("It was plain to see") Cause it's our time
("It's over now") in bright lights surrounded by skirts
("You had me found, you shot me down")
Pop Life and Deen Whitter, we puttin in work!
Work! Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!)
Work! Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!)
Work! (Yeah!) Work (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!)
Work! (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!) Work (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!)
WORK WORK WORK!

 Aiyyo, we spent many years
 brushin the plaque off the teeth
 It's time to switch gears
 and place the plaques underneath the roof
 The gold ones
 was platinum plus much better
 The right contract bring the right con-CHEDDAR
 And we ain't cons


So just like Etta +At Last+
We have to blast through, anybody ask you
Who works harder? You say First Serve
Try to say different, say you got some nerve!
[Deen]
See you got some herbs that gon' hate
The Band-Aid is for dem boys! Nikita La Femme boys!


The key to the city is ours
The broads, the house, the cars
The sky's the limit, the stars
Shalamars in it, there it is!


But what took you so long?
The energy's a tall glass of milk, the secret's best kept
In the basement, potential amazement
Until we hit the surface of the pavement, PEACE!


("Let me be") At the front of the line
("It was plain to see") Cause it's our time
("It's over now") in bright lights surrounded by skirts
("You had me found, you shot me down")
Pop Life and Deen Whitter, we puttin in work!
Work! Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!)
Work! Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!) Work! (Work!)
Work! (Yeah!) Work (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!)
Work! (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!) Work (Yeah!) Work! (Yeah!)
WORK WORK WORK!


We got the work alright
Ken-Doo put a plan together, got us organized
Studio time, little shows here and there, AND means!
But, things weren't happenin overnight now..
Shit, days became weeks, weeks into months
And months? Months turned into doubt
(sigh) What we gon' do now?

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