Word Play

Uh, one, two, whatcha wanna do

Three, four, 'cause we gonna give you more

Five, six, and we ain't the tricks

Seven, eight, and we got it straight

Nine, ten, 'cause we make it blend

11, 12, never ever goin' for self

Tribe Called Quest situation, check it out

Power, people really get caught up with this

On different levels power controls your life

Money, the companion of the first

Some people tend to worship and we know this ain't right

Attitude (attitude) that's how I get my point across

You can't call yourself a emcee if you know that you're soft

Agressive is how the stage is approached, I burn emcees like toast

'Cause I'm the host with the most

Illin' (illin') that's what you do when you're assin'

Whether it be you or all up in your fashion

Cashin', it turned your peoples corrupt

It's six o'clock, girl, you gotta get your weight up

Sex (sex) either a man or a woman

This is gender, but when lovers get down

Froggin' when niggas try to play roles

But when they really need to put that shit background

Miserable (miserable) is what your whole crew will be

If you're not original and you show no strategy

Heavenly is how the track tends to flow

And if you don't know, tell 'em Diggy said so

We livin' this 'cause it's deep in our bones

A Tribe Called Quest with this hip-hop jones

So sit and analyze the lyrical spray

'Cause all it really is is word play (word play, word)

Willie that's what I kick to get this millie on a lilly

Now, I'm baggin' dimes like Chilli

Stress (stress) that's what I always go through

'Cause it's survival of the fittest on the one-nine-two

Knowledge, when the mind accept facts

On this plane of livin', knowledge be the key, black

Understandin', gettin' a grip on what's revealed

When shit be real, can't give understandin' back

Analyze that's what I do to emcees

That be talkin' 'bout they this and that, money please

Ego, I'm on my own jock skill

'Cause if I don't say I'm the best, tell me who the hell will

Cheeba smoke y'all, that's what I use to get high

When I'm in a rut and I don't know why

Try, yo try again my friend

'Cause you can't see this emcee representin' Linden

Freestyle (freestyle) a true emcee trait

And when you do it ill, niggas respect it as great

Yo, I gotta (I gotta)

We livin' this 'cause it's deep in our bones

A Tribe Called Quest with the hip-hop jones

So sit and analyze the lyrical spray

'Cause all it really is is word play (word play)