A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz

Q-tip:


Woo...grand groovegrand groove (2x)





Roughroughrugged


Tough like a nugget


Listen to the abstract poeticdon’t snub it


The midnight marauder is the hype beat arranger


Don’t front on the lyrics or the two cuz it’s danger


Hook you like a junkieyou’ll flip like a monkey


To the openness of the rhythmso proceed because I’m funky


I get downdown like a fly hooker’s panties


Make you catch a spirit and motivate a fanny


I be the fly poetrappersthey get jelly


Upset when I rockcuz yothey beats is smelly


SeeI got it goin on like a forbes tax return


Listenin to these lyrics when it’s hot will make it burn


Baby burnbaby burnup into the heavens


The skies up abovethe one you think of


Is the highly regardedhell of the people


Your mic and my mic? come onyono equal


So if ya wanna do it to yourself


That is to mess around with the jazzthen just blame yourself


Cuz you made your bedso now you lay in it


That’s your (shit) on the floorthen go and play in it


I refuse to catch a ’l’ in a battle


Cuz yoI got the jazz and I’ll whup a rapper’s (ass)


Into little next to nuthin


Test me if I’m frontin


I’m passin flyin colors cuz yo...





Chorus (q-tip):


Who got the jazz? (we’ve got the jazz) (7x)


We’ve got the jazz


Come on


Come onphife





Phife:


No need for introductions cuz you know who I be (the phife dawg)


Yepthe one who loves to slaugher mcs


I got stylegrace and razamatazz


I’m like my girl patrice rushenyo


I add pizazznow


Most people remember phife from the phife like smoothness


But now it’s time to hit you with roughneck rudeness


I’m still vexedfuminggots to come raw


The first punk that tries to flexI’ll be cracking your jaw


I’ll mold youfold youroll you up like a spliff


Don’t ever try to test or else that (ass) will get whipped


I’m forever poppin junkit’s like a fat invite


To any mc who wants to flexyowe can do this tonight


Gel up my posse up on linden and 1-9-2


Pull up my brothas from sayers ave.the brooklyn zoo


All my crew up in strong islandso yodon’t sleep


Cuz it only takes a peek to watch that (ass) get beat


Brothas wanna play roughbut they can all get some


Wanna be herobut you’re a zerothat means you gets none


Don’t ever try to step to a kid you can’t get with


Why mess with a brotha that your girl once slept with?


I’m a negrohe’s a negrowanna be a negro too?


But beatin on a womanis somethin that a puss would do


I love jazzbut that doesn’t mean that I’m timid


Not really a gangsta rapper but I can swing it for a minute





Q-tip:


Who got the jazz? (we’ve got the jazz) (3x)


Come on


Who got the jazz? (we’ve got the jazz) (3x)


Come on


I go...woo...grand groovegrand groove


Ooh...grand groovegrand groove


Check it out


We got the jazz y’all (3x)


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