The Pressure - A Tribe Called Quest.mp3

[00:00.00] Verse [Q -Tip ]
[01:00.51]In this American metropolis filled with
[01:02.94]MC's A Tribe
[01:03.57]Called Quest came to drop jewels wit' ease
[01:05.58]Plus make you party, we do this music thing for everybody
[01:08.28]Black, White,
[01:08.94]Latino and
[01:09.75]Asian, we cold raisin'
[01:11.01]The stakes of hip-hop to a new plateau
[01:13.14]To bridge gaps in generations for future plantations
[01:16.14]A god-fearin' folk cos we all from the yolk
[01:18.33]Of one breed, one seed, to good goals we proceed
[01:20.94]Nowadays I strive to be a very good influence
[01:23.55]Even though not too long ago
[01:25.29]I was a truant
[01:26.10]Now I'm droppin' it on this and many broad topics
[01:28.74]From man's obsession with money to holy prophets
[01:31.14]Like Mohammed, yo, you know the scene is so freaky
[01:33.69]Enemies they denounce me and my own try to sweep me
[01:36.18]Now I got hip-hop acts posin' like fat cats
[01:39.03]Lex and a
[01:39.69]Rolex, Moet and a top hat
[01:41.46]But what about your contract, slick?
[01:43.17]Is you proper?
[01:44.01]It's time we turned the tables of this hip-hop fable
[01:46.38]I be strivin yo', tryna bang these joints out my skillet
[01:48.90]And fulfil it, think about these kids, we can't kill it [Phife]
[01:51.48]Now every dog has his day, but eff that, it's my year
[01:53.97]All you gat pullin'
[01:55.11]MC's could never come near
[01:56.46]All that bogus type chatter, please put it to rest
[01:59.01]It's the Phifer from
[01:59.79]Quest leavin' venues a mess
[02:01.47]So I even start to (Rap) when you know you have no (Haps)
[02:04.11]Wit' your simpleton (Lyrics), your light-hearted (Act)
[02:06.54]Step back, me no have no time for dat
[02:09.00]I'm blowin' up the spot for all you ras clot idi-ots
[02:12.18]In a world where you have like a zillion
[02:13.83]MC's Ninety percent of all you suckers have filthy
[02:16.20]LPs nigga this, trick that, come on, act like you know
[02:19.20]I be that up north
[02:20.19]MC who never chose to play the down-low (His name is Phife Dawg)
[02:22.38]I label myself as
[02:23.31]The Boss (True dat)
[02:24.42]Same height as
[02:25.08]Little Vicious, yet
[02:25.89]I'm shorter than
[02:26.40]Kriss Kross
[02:27.39]Queens representation, son, you know how we do
[02:29.28]While Light' and
[02:29.76]Sha, they represent
[02:30.93]BK to the fullest
[02:31.89]I be the sidekick to
[02:32.94]The Abstract, so get ready for combat
[02:34.77]Yo, what about about them biters?
[02:35.97]Errr! Me not like that
[02:37.32]My motto is to wreck shop,
[02:38.52]I do it on the non-stop
[02:39.78]Come on party people, you must give me my props
[02:42.03]Cos y'all know good and damn well that the style has been mastered
[02:44.85]So head for the border you peasy-haired bastards
[02:47.25]Before I start to put it on ya, come on now, must
[02:49.38]I warn ya?
[02:49.86]Queens is in the house so all
[02:51.30]MC's go hold their corner
[02:52.14]Outro We feelin' pressures in here
[02:53.76]You know we feelin' pressures
[02:54.93]Feelin' pressures in here
[02:56.31]You know we feelin' pressures
[02:57.57]We gotta stand clear
[02:59.01]Jus' gotta stand clear
[02:59.97]Gotta gotta stand clear of the pressure
[03:02.01]The what?