[ti:Get A Hold] [ar:A Tribe Called Quest] [al:Beats, Rhymes & Life] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Get A Hold - A Tribe Called Quest [00:00.25]Drifting drifting drifting drifting drifting [00:03.20]Drifting drifting drifting drifting by totally [00:10.11]Drifting by just totally [00:15.09]Drifting by just totally [00:19.99]The deadly venom let me start from the beginning [00:22.65]We always hittin so yo there'll be no extra innings [00:25.18]As I send the mic out the park like Reggie Jackson [00:27.72]You be the minor leaguer who sees no action [00:30.15]The coming attraction what [00:31.76]The main feature [00:32.82]And I'ma greet ya like a rhymin a*s creature [00:35.38]Lurking all up in the dark unknown parts [00:37.59]The brotha well prepared is the brotha who will start [00:40.23]And that's me akki as long as the ladies move they bodies [00:43.57]Well have a four on two stand [00:45.37]'Cuz that happens to be the nature of man [00:47.85]Sexuality it is the format baby [00:50.39]Ain't no ifs no buts no ands or maybes [00:52.83]But I praise Lord in the worlds thats unseen [00:55.46]Respect me for that and let me do my thing [00:57.79]I said respect me for that and let me do my thing [01:00.54]Drifting by you know we gotta get a hold [01:04.62]Over the illest drum rolls [01:05.99]Totally drifting by just [01:10.41]Yo how you doin let me give you an intro [01:13.05]My names the abstract now let me give you some info [01:15.46]Got the diamond in the back and the sunroof s**t [01:18.05]That makes the hardcore M C S resort to being b***h [01:20.53]And I don't give a s**t about being wild rich [01:23.17]Just make me comfortable and I'll deal with it [01:25.69]Your lust for the riches make a n***a feel sick [01:28.21]Down to his zealots upchuck and then spit [01:30.69]Denouncin my beliefs well then your wig get split [01:33.00]Lay your ego on the ground so that you'll benefit [01:35.82]You can take these words and relay it to your click [01:38.02]Take some time for your mind and get off them head trips [01:40.71]Don't try and play me see my name not dick [01:43.27]The tribe is the crew that makes your mics get lit [01:45.56]Like the fourth of July on some firework s**t [01:48.35]My record company be on some true jerk s**t [01:50.80]But thats I ight now I'm on some true work s**t [01:53.39]And I'ma make it happen for my whole outfit [01:55.99]Drifting by you know we got to get control [02:00.19]Over the illest drum rolls [02:01.29]Totally drifting by just [02:05.66]A yo we just gettin started [02:07.11]Got to redirect this vision [02:08.32]Got the beauty of a flower [02:09.58]Plus dimensions like a prism [02:10.94]Your minds are locked down like prison [02:13.01]Yall really need to go lay down [02:14.55]'Cuz positivity has risen [02:16.16]We hittin [02:16.61]Yo bust how we too strong to be broken [02:18.68]Occasional malfunction pressure time [02:20.38]We ain't jokin' [02:21.17]For security we on this run like Logan [02:23.66]Kamaals doin the hustle [02:24.83]And you backstage voguin [02:26.18]We all got flaws [02:26.98]Don't ever try to think that you perfect [02:28.76]We all are human beings [02:29.78]Theres bulls**t at the surface [02:31.17]Sometimes I mean we rhyme [02:32.77]D**n we ain't prophets [02:33.75]And if you think so you need to stop it [02:35.96]So jump back inside your shell [02:37.81]Let your million dollar thoughts propel [02:39.63]But next man don't get jel [02:41.12]Playa hate that all carries weight [02:42.73]That we don't need [02:43.66]We slim with disabilities and [02:45.21]Thick with possibilities [02:46.76]'Cuz then you can't move with fertility [02:49.30]Navigatin with good visibility [02:51.76]We put these tunes out in record shop facilities [02:54.32]Let's strive to get this constant money activity [02:56.76]We try to stay on the scene like fidel [02:58.79]So if you get enraged with these names it still rebels [03:01.38]There ain't no plan bees [03:02.57]Yo watch we movin through with plan A [03:04.41]Money market doin things the right way [03:06.65]Totally you know we got to get control [03:10.63]Over the illest drum roll [03:11.90]Totally drifting by just [03:16.71]Totally drifting by just [03:21.76]Totally drifting by just [03:26.80]Totally just [03:29.32]Totally just [03:31.78]Totally just