[ti:Mind Power] [ar:A Tribe Called Quest] [al:Beats, Rhymes & Life] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mind Power - A Tribe Called Quest [00:02.36]So funky [00:03.62]Ahh ahhh [00:05.15]Emmmm [00:06.78]Emmmm [00:07.32]So funky [00:08.62]Ahh ahhh [00:09.68]I said emmm [00:12.35]So funky [00:13.62]Ahh ahhh [00:14.75]I said emmm [00:17.36]So funky [00:19.75]Your new lesson is to realize the mission when you hear it [00:22.59]M C in see I got this in my spirit [00:24.77]I got verses like Mahalia singin' church hymns [00:27.29]So strap up because you skatin on ice that's wild thin [00:30.13]A weak foundation doesn't make a good home [00:32.39]That's why mine is built on chrome microphones [00:35.11]We 'bout to do it theoretically insteadibly to the medley [00:39.32]Come on [00:39.99]It's the complete Kamal unique Fareed breed [00:42.45]That'll keep you broke down like a horse five speed [00:45.17]So move buddy a yo we got to get this money [00:47.44]In this land of dead and crummy ain't a d**n thing funny [00:49.99]A yo shout out to Mobb Deep the Extra P [00:53.13]Busta Rhymes De La the J Beez so don't sleep [00:55.81]We got reality for the carriage [00:57.52]Stayin sincere to this so I know we gonna manage [00:59.98]Give me Liberty in mass amounts and Swiss bank accounts [01:03.45]With the sustainer it'll be real [01:05.19]So me and my brothas we can sit down and build [01:07.69]Like rampage with that last boy scout appeal [01:09.91]We got that silk satin Manhattan intelligence feel [01:12.49]That keeps everything on even keels [01:15.01]So all you slow brothas talkin yang ya poo tang [01:17.86]Now we gonna show you how the real crew bang [01:19.92]A yo I bring it to you live [01:21.26]Kid Queens niggaz love static [01:22.77]Your rap's had it braggin more numbers than mathematics [01:25.07]I get brains on progmatic from leavin wet dreams shattered [01:27.88]That's the same copy gettin in your mug shot [01:30.28]I stays hot like summertime on L B Q and boo boo [01:33.40]The love shack is one nine two my joint's smooth [01:35.94]To watch them niggaz fall like Linque [01:37.77]I keeps it brand new like school shoppin [01:39.66]It's on and poppin [01:40.62]The club peeps this ni**a's steez like rayon [01:42.79]You get laid off while I'll be gamin ghetto girl [01:44.59]Like eight off [01:45.28]The verdict's in I be the look of blendin [01:47.82]Give up your goods 'cuz it's the start of your endin [01:51.08]Where ya at we seein life for what it is [01:53.56]Where ya at we get this money for these kids [01:56.09]Where ya at we 'bout to build the foundation [01:57.97]Where ya at at at at at [01:59.98]Now all that glock totin' trash you talk will not prevail [02:02.82]It's stale you'll either be dead or in jail [02:05.64]I keeps it realer than the local one mill [02:07.70]Denouncin tough guy wannabes that look smoother than silk [02:10.73]That's the sound of the man gettin yanked off the stage [02:13.63]Tryin to front like he mad paid [02:15.36]Suckin so bad we threw his mama off the train insane [02:18.50]M Cs are just givin it all away O K [02:20.73]Who said him know about the quest type sound [02:22.76]Sound [02:23.41]Mess around and get your a** knocked down clown [02:25.75]I dedicate this to the posers that play hard [02:27.94]You wanna hear some rhymes well come bring your bodyguard [02:30.41]So he can peep the worldwide Willie that we display [02:33.15]Leavin all M Cs in complete disarray [02:35.14]I beez a veteran M C crushin crews for years [02:37.63]You frontin hard when you softer than the Berenstain Bears [02:40.63]Yeah chumps be like Phife that ain't fair [02:43.14]F**k outta here do I look like I care [02:45.81]Come off my stage before I grab ya neck and handle ya [02:48.18]Wet ya like punani then dry you like Canada [02:50.82]Shaheed Muhammad's on the Gemini mixer [02:53.16]Peace to Derrick Coleman Mad Max and the Sixers [02:55.84]I'm cappin hard 'cuz I got this rap sh*t sold [02:57.87]From Linden Boulevard down to Cascade Road [03:00.86]You know my steez I treat hip hop like a sport [03:03.17]Holdin down fort up on Martinique Court like [03:06.36]Where ya at [03:07.14]We seein life for what it is [03:08.78]Where ya at [03:09.60]We get this money for these kids [03:11.32]Where ya at [03:12.12]We 'bout to build the foundation [03:13.86]Where ya at [03:14.58]We gonna start the Zulu Nation [03:16.36]Where ya at [03:17.27]Come on come on [03:18.86]Where ya at [03:19.64]We gonna put it all together [03:21.38]Where ya at [03:22.15]No matter what the hell the weather [03:23.86]Where ya at at at at at [03:26.71]Uh uh mind power [03:29.16]Uh uh mind power [03:31.67]Uh uh mind power [03:34.20]Uh uh mind power [03:36.70]Uh uh mind power [03:39.22]Uh uh kickin willie is good all throughout your whole hood [03:42.99]But we gotta start with the spirit first y'all [03:45.47]Mind power