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Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MC's: Grand Puba (born Maxwell Dixon, on March 4, 1966), Sadat X (formerly Derek X, born Derek Murphy, on December 29, 1968) and Lord Jamar (born Lorenzo Dechalus, on September 17, 1968), and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere. Its debut album, One for All is one of the most popular and acclaimed alternative hip hop albums of the 1990s, known for socially conscious and politically charged content inspired by the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths.About.com placed the group on its list of the "25 Greatest Rap Groups of All Time." more »

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1993

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"Took a Lear jet, don't fear yet" 
[LJ] Ahh, seven o'clock in the motherfuckin mornin 
"Took a Lear jet, don't fear yet" 
[LJ] It's time to be out like shout, yaknahmsayin? 
"My suitcases is packed, and I'm goin on a trip" -> Derek X 
[LJ] Call the brother Sadat 
"My suitcases is packed, and I'm goin on a trip" -> Derek X 
[LJ] See, like this.. 
[LJ] Aiyyo Peace God 
[SX] Peace! 
[LJ] Yo you up? 
[SX] Yeah I'm up and packed 
And my bags is at the door 
[LJ] Well don't forget your leather bomber 
Where we're goin it's kinda cold 
I'ma go and kiss my momma and my Grand Old Earth goodbye 
[SX] Cool, I guess we're splittin 
Is there anything I'm forgettin? 
Let me check my room, oh yeah there goes my boom 
[LJ] Shit, don't forget that 
[SX] Cause when you travel they sell gravel 
[LJ] Well I got my own shit - NOW LET'S SPLIT 
Not like a banana, where we're goin to Savannah 
Heartland of Georgia, Florida, or Peoria 
Yo I think here and now know downstairs why'knahmsayin? 
We gonna come get you, head on over to the airport 
[SX] The airport staff at LaGuardia knows 
that Brand Nubian do daily shows 
Up in the Carolina NORTH, Carolina SOUTH 
I kick the visit, in Richmond, lost in Boston 
Benz in Houston, two hours away from Austin 
[LJ] TEXAS, where you don't see no Lexus 
Just low cars that bounce 
[SX] And Taco Bells by the ounce 
[LJ] Speakin of food, yo Sincere you made it clear 
We need our meals kosher on this flight 
Don't want no swine in my sight 
[GS] Aiyyo God, everything's straight 
The kid's sendin a limo, to meet us at the gate 
[LJ] Word that's cool, youknowhatI'msayin? 
That motherfucker that time sent a fuckin ham sandwich 
[SX] I conditioned my mind to finally come to grips 
With knockin out trips like at six hour clips 
Up in the Cali in the mornin groundstandin 
BAGGAGE CLAIM AND OUR BAGGAGE WE'RE DEMANDIN 
[LJ] Now we hit the hotel and unpack the bag 
Feelin like crap, take a nap from the jet lag 
WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP 
for the soundcheck.. before we GETS wreck 
Now before the show, we gotta have a buddha fest 
Call every brother's room so we can hit the buddha bless 
Spark a L, here we go, SPARK ANOTHER L 
Time for the show yo, and now we're feelin kinda swell 
Aiyyo X - ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE LOOT? 
Aiyyo Sin - ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE LOOT? 
Aiyyo Spark - ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE LOOT? 
Aiyyo Wise - ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE LOOT? 
Jahweil - ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE LOOT? 
Now Rule Mob - ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE LOOT? 
Everybody - ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE LOOT? 
Man if we don't have that shit, then shoot 
[SX] Now if you missed the show you gots to feel this 
Dreads on stage combine with baldhead kids 
Now I'm the Hey-Baby man who gets his drinks ? 
Major in History (defeatin all the mystery) 
I would think it's plain to see 
[LJ] We come in the name of G-O-D, GIRLS 
[SX] Form a line at the hotel 
[LJ] No this ain't a motel 
Did you leave the hoe with a story to tell? 
[SX] Could be, or could be not 
Dependin on the mental and the body that she's got 
[LJ] Well I can definitely dig that black man yaknahmsayin? 
But uhh, let's pack up these bags 
And get the f*ck outta Dodge, word to mother 
[SX] Yeah and I definitely can get with that black man 
But I let a.. I want to let em know ONE thing 
'fore we be out 
[LJ] And.. what's that black man? 
New York, BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it out 
Well D.C., BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it out 
Boston, BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it out 
In L.A., BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it out 
Syracuse, BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it out 
And Atlanta, BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it out 
Virginia Beach, BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it 
out 
And Houston, BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it out 
San Francisco, BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it 
out 
And, Miami, BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it out 
And Cleveland, BANG, rock the house, POW, c'mon and help me turn it 
out 
Sheboygan.. help me turn it out

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