Verses from the Abstract A Tribe Called Quest

[00:00.30] I had a dream about my man last night [00:02.14] And my man came by the studio [00:06.41] And his name is... [00:08.27] Busta Rhymes in effect, Shaheed is in effect [00:13.90] Phife Did-awg is in effect [00:16.57] Check it out and give me my 'spect [00:19.59] I'm moving, yes I'm grooving 'cause my mouth is on the motor [00:22.45] Use the Coast in the morning to avoid the funky odor [00:25.10] Can't help being funky, I'm the funky Abstract brother [00:27.81] Funky in a sense, but I play the undercover [00:30.70] Once had a fetish, fetish for some booty [00:33.32] Now I'm getting funky in my rap and that's my duty [00:36.02] Brothers tend to jock on the style in particular [00:38.70] If you got the ego like some brothers then I'll get with ya [00:41.53] But if I don't pursue, then I just don't give a- [00:44.35] My motto in the '90s is "Be happy making bucks" [00:47.01] Girls love the jim, 'cause it causes crazy friction [00:49.82] When it goes up in and fluctuates the diction [00:52.52] I still understand the oomph 'cause that's what I met her for [00:55.35] I'm hooked on the swing, so just call me the music whore [00:58.03] Women love the voice, brothers dig the lyrics [01:00.76] Quest the people's choice, we driving for the spirit [01:03.41] If you can't hear it, then get the wax utensil [01:06.29] Write my rhymes straight up, don't give it no fancy stencil [01:08.96] The rhymes be getting sweet, we stay away from tart [01:11.49] A perfectionist at work, perking up the art [01:14.49] If you want to battle, I suggest you check your clock [01:16.95] Your demise is coming up and I want your man to watch [01:19.94] Be the prime example, or deeper still the sample [01:22.64] Insignificance, here I'll place you on the mantle [01:25.45] Born up in Harlem, reside down in Jamaica [01:28.15] The girl I used to rock, her moms was a Quaker [01:30.89] Now what does that make her? The evil money taker? [01:33.55] The crazy move faker, I use that to break her [01:36.22] Phife is in the house (oohh, you know you got going on) [01:38.88] Uncle Mike is in the house (this ain't a R&B song) [01:41.72] Bob Power is in the house (you got it going on) [01:44.22] Tim Latham is in the house (and on and on and on) [01:47.24] Wise Men is in the house [01:49.67] The Brand Nubes is in the house [01:52.37] The J Beez, they in the house [01:55.20] And De La, they in the house [01:58.08] I must regroup my thoughts and kick the next ones for my people [02:00.92] Please don't be deceived by the ugly slice of evil [02:03.73] The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket [02:06.48] Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you'll thank it [02:09.19] Don't move to rebuttal, wave your hand for action [02:11.60] Some women in the '90s want more than satisfaction [02:14.30] They want keys and Gs, and all those illy things [02:17.36] If you want to, I'll show you, just what the Ab can bring [02:20.03] I keep a tight net with my brothers Ken and Kenny [02:22.77] If the question is of rhymes, then I'll tell ya, I got plenty [02:25.52] The thing that men and women need to do is stick together [02:28.26] Progressions can't be made if we're separate forever [02:31.05] I hooked this funky beat with the loop and the feature [02:33.89] This the funky singing by Miss Vinia Mojica [02:36.58] So listen because the Quest is led through the underground [02:39.26] My people have been oppressed too long, no more will we be down [02:42.18] People tend to riff 'cause they don't know the mental [02:44.86] People tend to bug 'cause the beats are hard but gentle [02:47.53] Africano lurks through the body of this youngun' [02:50.21] Play like Bobby Byrd on your back and you're coming to [02:53.05] The house of the jazz, of the funk, of the rhythm [02:55.74] All the goods are welcome, but if you're a villain [02:58.49] I'll just wait and debate, contemplate your arrival [03:01.26] If flexing is your motive, then you don't like survival [03:03.10] The Abstract is speaking, the hard beats is reaching [03:06.63] To Black and Puerto Ricans 'cause they're butt naked streaking [03:09.19] Through the ever murky streets of the urbanized areas [03:12.23] Blasting out the speakers is the hip hop hysteria [03:14.98] Craig is in the house (oohh, you know you got going on) [03:17.35] Pete Rock is in the house (this ain't a R&B song) [03:20.04] CL is in the house (you got it going on) [03:22.88] Ultramag is in the house (and on and on and on) [03:25.68] Nice and Smooth is in the house [03:27.95] Big Daddy Kane is in the house [03:30.97] Beatnuts is in the house [03:33.56] Special Ed is in the house [03:36.75] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [03:39.27] And this one goes out to my man [03:41.33] Thanks a lot, Ron Carter on the bass [03:44.29] Yes, my man Ron Carter is on the bass [03:47.34] And check it out, going into the '91 decade [03:51.05] Up in until the 2000 decade [03:53.15] You gotta say the Quest is on [03:55.38] And goddamn it, yes the Quest is on [03:57.74] And we out! [03:58.59]