[00:00.000] 作词 : Dechalus, Dixon, Hall, Murphy
[00:11.374]Intro/Chorus:
[00:13.049]Lord Jamar,
[00:15.143]Grand Puba
[00:15.815]Straight outta
[00:17.600]Now Rule,
[00:18.202]Brand Nu keepin cool
[00:19.697]We drop a jewel and never stoppin what we do
[00:22.477]Always do what we must, everything that we touch is going platinum plus, comin thru in a clutch *repeat*
[00:27.868]Verse One:
[00:28.370]Lord Jamar,
[00:29.186]Grand Puba
[00:39.212]A lot of y'all ****** is 85th, on some shady ****
[00:41.854]Bark is much worse than your bite like a baby pit
[00:44.740]In the pitch dark of the night you's afraid to get exposed like the sunlight which rose in the morning
[00:50.427]Froze in a gunfight, forcing those who run with you to reevaluate affiliations
[00:54.090]We salivate from hunger, placed in ****ed up situations and wonder when retaliation will occur
[00:59.330]Build destroy
[01:01.129]H-he or her
[01:02.225]It's time to fill the void, ****** kill the noise
[01:04.838]To the young boys, you ****in with a grown-ass man
[01:07.420]Watch your tone or get acquainted with the back of my hand
[01:10.253]Nubian Brand steadily influencin fans
[01:12.757]For other rappers we gon' ruin your plans
[01:15.057]What we doin stands as a motto
[01:17.198]Like Grace
[01:18.032]Jones' nipple to the bottle
[01:19.255]We pioneer and never follow
[01:20.923]We're out for the lion's share now watch me take it there
[01:23.897]Yeah, my verbal clarity speaks for my popularity
[01:27.028]Sell 5 million
[01:28.364]CDs and give the proceeds to my favorite charity
[01:30.336]Son, I ain't gonna super splash you with no
[01:31.964]Fantasy Island ****
[01:32.641]I mean I work hard for what
[01:33.988]I got and
[01:34.634]I be thankful for what
[01:35.654]I get And if you practice, spit your verbs properly, not sloppily
[01:38.377]Like monopoly, you can end up with cheese, whips and property
[01:41.342]Oh damn, silly of me,
[01:42.738]I forgot to let y'all know it's one thing you should never do in this game and that's sell your soul
[01:46.707]I make a lot of sense then
[01:48.408]I go and make the dollars
[01:49.664]Work hard like blue collars, ghetto scholars is hard to follow
[01:52.447]****** say it's real rough today and
[01:54.425]I say what you say
[01:55.430]They promised me 40 acres and a mule and all
[01:57.672]I got was a project and a subway
[01:58.232]I stay positive, ****** mistake that for not hard
[02:00.780]***** I'm
[02:01.739]GOD, walk thru
[02:02.750]North America like
[02:03.557]Master Farrad
[02:03.796]Me and my squad, separating the peas from the pod
[02:06.351]No bodyguard, **** around and roll a tank thru your yard
[02:08.992]Chorus Verse
[02:10.072]Two: Sadat
[02:31.885]X Yeah Man, these ****-in-the-butt rappers could get shot in the face
[02:34.951]Dragged thru the streets and probably left some place
[02:37.677]I seem shootouts in the park
[02:39.075]Ball games turned tragic, ***** ****** gettin smacked and smacked again in front of they girl, and she's throwing away that ass
[02:46.311]And I ain't really asked for it cos a lot of ****** tore it
[02:48.946]And yes, my man
[02:50.303]Hav had bought me something from
[02:51.740]VA I was gonna hit him with doe but he ain't reall want no shorts
[02:54.411]Cos we had worked together and he knew
[02:56.367]I was true blue
[02:57.479]Man, I swore
[02:58.384]I would never go to
[02:59.401]VA again until
[03:00.158]I found out who killed my best friend
[03:02.951]I can tell by the wind somebody's gettin ready to bend
[03:06.083]They lifestyle's bout to end
[03:07.947]I'm in these
[03:09.804]African cabs on stores run by the
[03:11.368]Arabs with pictures of yen, seem like they schemin
[03:14.129]Herculoid cats get flattened and reduced to pitchin
[03:16.553]That girl gave you crabs but
[03:18.137]I can't explain those scabs
[03:19.733]Ha ha, where we at?
[03:21.767]Flash one-time
[03:22.947]Chorus (x2)
[04:07.715]Ha, '98, too soon
[04:14.557]Brand Nubian, what?

作词 : Dechalus, Dixon, Hall, Murphy
Intro/Chorus:
Lord Jamar,
Grand Puba
Straight outta
Now Rule,
Brand Nu keepin cool
We drop a jewel and never stoppin what we do
Always do what we must, everything that we touch is going platinum plus, comin thru in a clutch *repeat*
Verse One:
Lord Jamar,
Grand Puba
A lot of y'all ****** is 85th, on some shady ****
Bark is much worse than your bite like a baby pit
In the pitch dark of the night you's afraid to get exposed like the sunlight which rose in the morning
Froze in a gunfight, forcing those who run with you to reevaluate affiliations
We salivate from hunger, placed in ****ed up situations and wonder when retaliation will occur
Build destroy
H-he or her
It's time to fill the void, ****** kill the noise
To the young boys, you ****in with a grown-ass man
Watch your tone or get acquainted with the back of my hand
Nubian Brand steadily influencin fans
For other rappers we gon' ruin your plans
What we doin stands as a motto
Like Grace
Jones' nipple to the bottle
We pioneer and never follow
We're out for the lion's share now watch me take it there
Yeah, my verbal clarity speaks for my popularity
Sell 5 million
CDs and give the proceeds to my favorite charity
Son, I ain't gonna super splash you with no
Fantasy Island ****
I mean I work hard for what
I got and
I be thankful for what
I get And if you practice, spit your verbs properly, not sloppily
Like monopoly, you can end up with cheese, whips and property
Oh damn, silly of me,
I forgot to let y'all know it's one thing you should never do in this game and that's sell your soul
I make a lot of sense then
I go and make the dollars
Work hard like blue collars, ghetto scholars is hard to follow
****** say it's real rough today and
I say what you say
They promised me 40 acres and a mule and all
I got was a project and a subway
I stay positive, ****** mistake that for not hard
***** I'm
GOD, walk thru
North America like
Master Farrad
Me and my squad, separating the peas from the pod
No bodyguard, **** around and roll a tank thru your yard
Chorus Verse
Two: Sadat
X Yeah Man, these ****-in-the-butt rappers could get shot in the face
Dragged thru the streets and probably left some place
I seem shootouts in the park
Ball games turned tragic, ***** ****** gettin smacked and smacked again in front of they girl, and she's throwing away that ass
And I ain't really asked for it cos a lot of ****** tore it
And yes, my man
Hav had bought me something from
VA I was gonna hit him with doe but he ain't reall want no shorts
Cos we had worked together and he knew
I was true blue
Man, I swore
I would never go to
VA again until
I found out who killed my best friend
I can tell by the wind somebody's gettin ready to bend
They lifestyle's bout to end
I'm in these
African cabs on stores run by the
Arabs with pictures of yen, seem like they schemin
Herculoid cats get flattened and reduced to pitchin
That girl gave you crabs but
I can't explain those scabs
Ha ha, where we at?
Flash one-time
Chorus (x2)
Ha, '98, too soon
Brand Nubian, what?