[ti:Word Play] [ar:A Tribe Called Quest] [al:Beats, Rhymes & Life] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.60]Word Play - A Tribe Called Quest [00:03.99]One two what'cha wanna do [00:06.21]Three four 'cuz we're gonna give you more [00:08.81]Five six and we ain't the tricks [00:11.40]Seven eight and we got it straight [00:13.88]Nine ten 'cuz we make it blend [00:16.50]Eleven twelve never ever goin for self [00:20.31]Tribe Called Quest situation [00:23.02]Check it out [00:24.73]Power people really get caught with this on different levels [00:28.13]Power controls your life [00:29.78]Money the companion of the first some people tend to worship [00:33.34]And we know this ain't right [00:34.91]Attitude attitude is how I get my point across [00:37.20]You can't call yourself an MC if you know that you're soft [00:39.78]Aggressive is how the stage is approached I burn MCs like toast [00:43.35]'Cuz I'm the host with the most [00:45.01]Illin illin is what you do when you're assin [00:47.60]Whether it be you or all up in your fashion [00:50.15]Cashin it turns your people corrupt [00:52.42]It's six o'clock yo you gotta get your weight up [00:55.04]Sex sex either a man or a woman [00:57.74]It's a gender or when lovers get down [01:00.24]Froggin when n***as try to play roles [01:02.77]But when they really need to put that s**t background [01:05.49]Miserable miserable is what your whole crew will be [01:08.01]If you're not original and you show no strategy [01:10.57]Heavenly is how the track tends to flow [01:13.09]And if you don't know tell 'em diggy said so [01:15.61]We livin this 'cuz it's deep in our bones [01:18.29]A Tribe Called Quest with this hip hop jones [01:20.75]So sit and analyze the lyrical spray [01:23.38]'Cuz all it really is is word playword playword [01:26.37]Willie that's what I kick to get this Millie on a lilly [01:29.30]Now I'm baggin dimes like Chilli [01:31.10]Stress stress that's what I always go through [01:33.44]'Cuz it's survival of the fittest on the 192 [01:36.15]Knowledge when the mind accept facts [01:38.64]On this plane of livin knowledge be the key black [01:41.32]Understanding gettin a grip on what's revealed [01:43.94]When s**t be real can't give understanding back [01:46.49]Analyze that's what I do to MCs [01:49.06]That be talkin 'bout they this and that money please [01:51.62]Ego I'm on my own jock skill [01:53.87]'Cuz if I don't say [01:54.82]I'm the best tell me who the hell will [01:56.59]Cheeba smoke y'all that's what I use to get high [01:59.26]When I'm in a rut and I don't know why [02:01.88]Try yo try again my friend [02:04.19]'Cuz you can't see this MC representin Linden [02:06.92]Freestyle freestyle a true MC trait [02:09.50]And when you do it ill n***as respect it as great [02:12.14]Yo I gotta I gotta [02:17.73]We livin this 'cuz it's deep in our bones [02:19.73]A Tribe Called Quest with the hip-hop jawns [02:22.60]So sit and analyze the lyrical spray [02:24.94]'Cuz all it really is is word play word play