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Dreams of '99
01:29
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Intro:
What we're gonna do right here is go back,
Way back,
Back into time.
Nineteen Ninety-Nine A.D., more then a generation away and yet dreams travel faster than light. And even an odd shape like this, the oldest and strongest natural shape known. Hexagon modules that grow with a family's size and interest...
Know what this is...? It's a man... (Of the fifteen carloads shipped transfer twelve "A" units to area three in sixteen...) ...talking to a machine. (...to area four.) ***Phone dial beep...*** And this is a machine talking to a machine. ***Phone dial beep...***
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2. |
Machine Man
03:31
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First Phrase:
Here everything is regulated by machines.
You've arrived here at a critical moment.
Turn the power back-on! 'Ok'
What are the facts he asks?
Check it!
Don't say I didn't want it...
Go on over and use that mic now, will it click here?
That's what the chicks thrive on...
Second Phrase:
And he agrees to give him all the dope, no pun intended...
Can you hear it? Hear it? Yes! Night after night, I'm awake until dawn... Waiting. Bring it!
And so, as near as it had began, five-hundred years earlier, Copernicus and Galileo end as the first astronauts... exist first falling steps onto the shores of the moon...
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R-A-D-I-O
00:35
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Now... here comes the music:
(Cheerfully): You may not find us on your tv, because in case you did not know.
We're being brought to you on, brought to you on, brought to you by
R-A-D-I-O. (Applause)
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[Intro:]
You on point Phife?
Once Again Tip
You on point Phife?
Once Again Tip
You on point Phife?
Once Again Tip
Word
Watch me bust they shit
OK
[Verse 1: Phife Dawg]
This is the year that I come in and just devastate
My style is great ask your peoples can I dominate?
My rhymes are harder than last night's erection
Don't play me close, I'll have this mic up in your mid-section
My shit is lovely simply meaning that my joint is tight
Amping up the mic making sure production's tight
Sometimes I might catch a severe case of writer's block
But by the end of the day you'll be on my jock
My name's Malik my hobby's putting MC's to the test
And if you front I'll put my foot up in your freaking chest
Freestyle fanatic, and never will it ever stop
You crew is loose, you might just want to call the cops
[Q-Tip]
Aye, yo I gotta put some action on paper
Make sure my verse jump up and spread out like the raper
The only tip I got for a waiter
Is watch the doorknob hit me where the dirty dog shoulda' bit me
That was my train of thought, but for so long I fought
Now I'm at a level supreme to the devil
So turn up the bass and lay low on the treble
We be the real MC's and you dead, bring a shovel
Revitalize, the vital Tribe nigga, WHAT?
The ladies sweat the style like the squirrel sweat the nuts
You know a fellas good for the moola
Don't smoke no woolas, read the name call me Slick Tip the Ruler
You on point Phife?
Once Again Tip
You on point Phife?
Once Again Tip
You on point Phife?
Once Again Tip
Word
Watch me bust they shit
OK
[Phife Dawg]
I fought my shit up on Linden in the one-nine-two
Forever writing never biting ain't shit else to do
Hoping to battle, but most MC's ain't ready yet
But if they utter one word then it's as good as set
You have MC's dropping bombs that's incredible
Some of the brothers, their styles are just despicable
As for me see I just do how I love to do
Try to deny me of my props then I'll be seeing you
Most of you suckers wanna be down for the tag along
The freaking fame, someone tell em that this shit ain't games
You gots to do this from your heart meaning your inner soul
And if it's real only then will you be on a roll
I try to stay on top my game there ain't no time to lose
Four albums deep as a Quester but still we payin' dues
So hear me out one time, you gots to be yourself
Cause if you ain't yourself you end up by your freaking self
I'm coming rugged with the Linden Boule type of slang
And yo, we'll see who can hang yo
You on point Phife?
Once Again Tip
You on point Phife?
Once Again Tip
You on point Phife?
Once Again Tip
Word
Watch me bust they shit
OK
- 1nce Again, Phife Dawg & Q-Tip, A Tribe Called Quest
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5. |
Swing.FM
00:22
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You're listening... (yeah, like all the time I'm listening) to the station that swings... (this station really swings me) for the swingin'-est sounds in music... (ooooo, the swingin'inest ringin'inest) it's the station that swings... (ooooo, this station's really got me in orbit)
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Lotus
03:23
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7. |
Word of Appreciation
00:56
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In appreciation of the stylists of America,
who work in lines, forms, and textures, and colors.
To give to us beauty, charm, and elegance in the conveniences, comforts, and necessities of our daily living. As a tribute to men and women who design...
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8. |
Style (feat. Method Man)
03:05
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Method Man:
'Here comes the ruckus the motherfucking ruckus
Thousands of cut throats and purse snatchin' fucks
Straight from the brain I'll be givin you the pain anger
Comin' from the thirty sixth chamber bang!
'Tical hittin' with the Buddha fist style
Shotgun slammin' in your chest piece, plow!
Brain, is blown all over the terrain
Like a man without no arms you can't hang.'
- P. L. O. Style, Method Man
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9. |
Portable Radio
00:38
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Where-ever you go... You can listen to the news, you can swing with the blues on this wonderful, wonderful station. Just take a lively companion where-ever you go... take a portable radio, take a portable radio!
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10. |
Cornerstore on '82
03:18
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JΔY ΔTE Livermore, California
Jay Ate is the brain-child alias of Josh Parrott. Sound designer & audio engineer, he strives to create unique sonic experiences through his music & custom-built sound system designed specifically for his music.
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