Nitty Gritty-KMD

[ti:Nitty Gritty] [ar:KMD] [al:Best Of Kmd] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Nitty Gritty - KMD [00:04.03]This is a remix [00:05.22] [00:05.78]To what [00:06.22] [00:07.09]It's a remix [00:08.71]To what [00:09.32]It's a remix [00:10.29]Let's get right down to [00:12.03]The nitty gritty [00:13.03]The nitty gritty [00:14.22]The nitty gritty [00:15.39]The nitty gritty [00:16.52]The nitty gritty [00:17.74]The nitty gritty [00:18.44] [00:19.09]Let's get right down [00:20.14]To the nitty gritty [00:21.34]Born again a soul bend blends [00:23.68]K M D and Brand Nubian friends [00:25.96]X-tends to grip palm and causin' calm in [00:28.84]His knowledge of self [00:29.43]So commence to bombin' [00:30.95]As alarmin' as a beep from your beeper [00:32.93]What you needed was a wake-up call to the sun [00:35.21]You sleeper [00:35.53]You don't wants get woke by the wolf [00:37.88]Does ya [00:38.27]Naaah good guessin' [00:39.13]Switch the pitch up another session [00:40.72]From the infamous God Squad [00:41.71] [00:42.37]You see [00:42.94]We's all peas in the same pod God [00:44.76]Odd after 7 my attribute is even [00:47.48]My tolerance is gone and my word is bond [00:49.90]You see the Nitwits knockin' [00:50.79]Preach [00:50.97]"The Lord'll change your life around" [00:52.29]I figure I just saw Jamar the other day uptown [00:55.05]Give him a pound it's no puzzle [00:56.45]They musta [00:57.03]Been guzzlin' that 85 proof [00:58.98]Ask Busta [00:59.94]Question number one [01:01.26]How can you go wrong [01:02.32]K M D can I sing this song [01:04.46]Sho' nuff [01:04.97]The nitty gritty do the nitty gritty [01:06.88]Get on down and let's do the nitty gritty [01:09.32]Busta Rhymes from the top of Chill City [01:11.73]Flippin' on the rhythm [01:12.63]Showin' you that I get busy [01:14.17]Stand up for the right [01:15.25]Of the young and the witty [01:16.49]Movin' inconspicuous like a baby kitty [01:18.93]Moved to the island [01:20.08]And I left the urban city [01:21.29]Whylin' in the Island [01:22.44]Till I find a young bitty [01:23.71]Baby doll well I never ever fall [01:26.16]Hard let the God Squad in the dancehall [01:28.55]K M D Brand Nubian [01:31.09]Leaders of the New School always be chillin' [01:33.35]Hold up so I can get illy [01:35.91]First to interfere here [01:37.11]And I'm comin' back silly [01:38.24]Now I feel the vibes [01:39.34]Of the choco in the Philly [01:40.59]You know you can't f**k [01:41.58]Because we rippin' it Smitty [01:43.07]I know you love this song [01:44.07]Won't you do that to break the dawn [01:45.41]Onyx God tell me what is going on [01:47.51]What what goes [01:48.03] [01:48.80]As far as I know see bros [01:50.47]Are havin' trouble knowin' [01:51.31]Who's friends and who's foes [01:52.61]The worst Devil is a black Devil [01:54.52]Because you come disguised [01:55.93]As a wolf in sheep's clothes [01:57.25]Like Preacher Porkchop [01:58.64]Who keeps the church clappin' [01:59.77]Mo' comes the money [02:00.80]Mo' money got him yappin' [02:02.27]He sucks your bucks [02:03.30]So his pockets fatten [02:04.53]He's got some guts [02:05.67]He pimp-struts up to Staten [02:07.04]Island I be chillin' in Long Island [02:08.46]Long Beach [02:09.70]Hippin' Gods to they culture with the strong speech [02:12.07]I build with the Nubians I chill with [02:14.18]I fill with my zig-zag-zig [02:16.37]I never lived big [02:17.24]I never lived large I never lived fat [02:19.33]The Devil man in this land [02:20.61]He won't allow that [02:21.36]So brother man [02:22.48]I don't wanna bust you [02:23.73]But if you don't know the Devil [02:25.00]Gee I can't trust you [02:26.52]Knowmsayin' man [02:27.27]You just can't brothers [02:28.19]Who don't know what time it is [02:29.81]True indeed true indeed yo [02:31.06]So Lord J [02:31.66]Yo that's true indeed [02:32.38]And I know the time of the day [02:33.88]Lord Jamar goes like this [02:34.93]Life's hardships [02:35.92] [02:36.77]Stones are placed and one must face [02:38.53]Trips falls and spills to kills [02:39.20] [02:40.33]And 'cause mishaps [02:41.13] [02:41.77]These are some of his traps [02:43.07]But I got a jewel that needs [02:44.60]No gift wrap so just receive [02:46.64]Believe when shown the light [02:48.25]The Devil gets left [02:49.61]The Gods gotta get right to the source [02:51.08]Of our loss stop wearin' the cross [02:52.76]Do for self kill that [02:54.01]"Yes sir boss " and when you do [02:56.10]From the other you won't beg [02:57.38]Can't you see my brother [02:58.58]You're the Arma-Legga-Leg [03:00.04]Arm supreme head [03:01.52]And instead of relyin' [03:03.03]Why don't you [03:03.61]Start tryin' You say try is to fail [03:05.80]I say try is an attempt [03:07.06]'Cause when you stop tryin' [03:08.09]That makes victory exempt from your [03:09.56]Cipher the life you lead is not hype [03:11.94]The blackman was not born [03:13.07]To be a gutter snipe or an alley cat [03:15.13]You should be steppin' [03:16.07]To the rally fat not just with dough [03:17.82]But with the knowledge [03:18.67]You know so get up and go [03:20.05]Get yourself a book of life [03:21.33]Instead of living life like a hooker [03:23.41] [03:24.38]Get some knowledge of self and do for self [03:26.81]Yo man brothers ain't tryin' to check it out [03:28.61]You know what I'm sayin' [03:30.24]Crack crack them skulls man [03:32.38] [03:32.90]I see some so crazy deaths [03:34.31]Men from head to toe they're full of lead [03:36.47]I flipped a brick nah [03:38.48]I build a fort instead [03:39.82]So I taught children 'fore I flipped [03:41.24]'Cause in actuality my man's [03:42.09]Mentality was stripped [03:42.71]I dipped back to the roots [03:44.44]I am a king with ranks [03:45.42] [03:46.02]Cream in the coffee clay thing no thanks [03:47.81]Why play the role like all silly teens [03:50.27]I'm the black bowling ball [03:51.37]Knockin' pins to smithereens [03:53.02]Each teach in every town relate that [03:55.29]The God Squad is like Homey the Clown [03:57.11]We don't play that [03:57.91]Coon jiggaboo [03:58.67]Uncle Toms in the mix [03:59.77]Give me a in reverse Psalms 82 and 6 [04:02.52]"All Gods and children of the Most High" [04:04.74]Cave-guys still fry in the sun don't deny [04:07.04]I got a third eye sight vibe that don't lie [04:09.36]I am the lion goodnight [04:10.71]Defyin' evil's the bull's eye [04:12.51]It's like this and my word is bond [04:14.11]This is a modern type of style [04:15.96]Look at what I did [04:16.89]A Devil still can't build a pyramid [04:18.61]I dug a tunnel to Asia [04:20.35]Wrote a speech with a laser [04:21.59]Rush your brain with a new genetic strain [04:23.40]The God in God's clothing [04:24.62]And the Devil's loathing [04:25.96] [04:26.93]Got enemies [04:27.78]But I really don't give a damn [04:29.29]I smacked a man [04:29.91]'Cause he tried to serve a plate of ham [04:31.50]Disguised in a patty [04:32.43]My uncle Trevor's natty dread [04:34.21]He got a natty dread used to be a foot fet' [04:36.37]The city and I forgot to mention [04:37.95] [04:38.51]That I'm the word buff [04:39.59]Yes enough is enough [04:41.03]Zig-zag-zig [04:42.12]Watch the blackman get big and burst [04:43.86]The blackman is first [04:45.14]I drive a black Hearse and I bury all the Devils [04:47.87]With K M D I can raise up my levels [04:50.00] [04:51.29]The nitty gritty [04:51.94]The nitty gritty [04:53.05]The nitty gritty [04:54.33]The nitty gritty [04:55.73]The nitty gritty and my [04:57.14]The nitty gritty and my [04:58.24]The nitty gritty [04:59.00]And my word is bond [05:00.60]The nitty gritty [05:01.81]The nitty gritty and my [05:03.01]The nitty gritty [05:04.06]The nitty gritty and my [05:05.42]The nitty gritty [05:06.40]The nitty gritty and my [05:07.86]The nitty gritty [05:08.71]And my word is bond