No-De La Soul

[ti:No] [ar:De La Soul] [al:The Grind Date] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]No - De La Soul [00:02.40]I never can say goodbye [00:04.34]No no n-no I never can say goodbye [00:09.25] [00:10.87]I I don't know the rest [00:13.37] [00:14.93]We those pros we never procrastinate (ah) [00:17.50]Them guardians they shouldn't let you get past the gate [00:20.56]Watch out dawg the watchdog's showin his teeth [00:23.12](Guess you bit too much sh*t) they bitin your beat [00:26.06]While I speak from experience hunger and hurt [00:28.12]And a little bit of hate from niggaz doin me dirt [00:31.18]I just wash it all out with Tide and show love [00:34.06]To those who ride with me while I'm puttin in work [00:36.93]Full-timin it 8:30 to 6 the graveyard shift [00:39.12]The three months before the benefits hit [00:42.25]But my position went temp' to perm' [00:44.37]I sat and listened like an intern watchin who applied get fired [00:47.56]Now I'm sittin in the break room they gotta make room (make room) [00:51.12]My paper stacks put staples through 'em [00:52.87]So I can keep my money together [00:54.68]Some die-hard fans just don't want it like "Put Pos back on it" [00:58.56]I'm back on it that's why you never disappointed [01:00.81]We give you what we live through for real (for real) [01:04.75]Don't own a crown but I'm royalty [01:07.56]And tryin to see the royalty checks about a half a mil' [01:10.31]Whether off or on the chart my cuts grips your heart [01:12.31](You know we got you open) like your gut splits apart [01:14.62]I never pass the buck my shoulder holds the weights [01:16.87]So don't beef when we don't pass collection plates [01:18.75] [01:20.92]I don't give money I don't support the needy [01:23.48]Schooled in America taught to be greedy [01:25.23]And everything ought to be easy [01:27.67]But I never could say goodbye to my friends who get high [01:30.60]I wonder why I'm rockin with that guy it's serious [01:33.73]Still make him cry when the satire's hilarious [01:35.29]Cold for your areas flows come in various shapes and sizes [01:40.36]So hot that you despise it [01:42.29]Never last up to bat (no no no no) [01:45.10]These skills we don't lack (no no no no) [01:47.79]We never fall and pray (no no n-no no) [01:51.42]Make all the ladies say (ooh ooh baby) [01:53.79]You can't knock the hustle - not at all (no no no no) [01:56.42]Can't be budged by your muscle (no no no no) [01:58.79]Never ridin on E (no no n-no no) [02:01.17]It's De La and Butta V (drive you crazy) [02:03.92]Yo if you are what you eat; some of you [02:05.73]Cats heads between your girl's legs a lot cause y'all act too sweet [02:09.67](Go brush your teeth ) Then after that [02:12.04]Put in a little more practice on your rhymin attack [02:14.67]What you write's not the least bit hot [02:17.35]Maybe cause your wrist is so cold from all that ice you cop [02:20.54]Hate to hate a playa but you know what [02:22.67]I still smother ya like cheese and rockin leaves freshly cut [02:25.06]And we the steak and potatoes and De La's the greatest [02:27.12]And ladies be on the floor thankin the Lord that He made us [02:30.69]I'm tellin you I swoop her like a pelican do [02:33.73]You sayin look at that pelican fly; you spittin gelatin rhymes [02:36.36]They shaky as sh*t ugly in the mold you fit [02:39.42]We the square peg on the round hole sound's soulful [02:42.04]Your imitation flavor is tofu [02:43.79]It's true we make our bed all day and we are [02:48.05] [02:48.80]The world of rap Take you back [02:53.11]In the days of all four hundred ways that people lack [02:56.86]It's that (what) authentic big-nosed mic music [02:58.55]Four to five survive all night to it [03:00.30]I'm tryin to keep up with my Jones' and Thomas' [03:01.67]'Til I'm broke like them New Year's Eve promises [03:03.98]And that's alright I just penned another sixteen [03:06.49]To fill my bank account with the mixed greens [03:08.74]Moms want 5's and 10's [03:10.23]The girls I got is 9's and 10's VH1 "Behind The Pens" [03:14.92]You anticipate greatness from elder statesmen [03:18.42]I ch-ch-ch-AHH like Biz Mark' or Jason [03:20.67]I bust one shot just to start the racing [03:22.30]The tortoise and the hare which one there is chasin [03:25.17]Slow and steady we already Andretti [03:26.48]Get ticket take parades waves and confetti and [03:32.45] [03:53.89]If the Soul keeps rockin the streets will keep rockin [03:55.76]If the streets keep rockin the Soul will keep rockin [03:57.64]If the streets stop rockin the Soul will keep rockin [04:00.26]If the Soul keeps rockin the streets will keep rockin