Jazz (We've Got) A Tribe Called Quest

[00:00.09] We've got the jazz [00:01.58] We've got the jazz [00:02.76] We've got the jazz [00:03.97] We've got the jazz [00:05.37] We've got the jazz [00:06.53] We've got the jazz [00:07.82] We've got the jazz [00:09.16] We've got the jazz [00:10.54] Stern firm and young with a laid-back tongue [00:12.88] The aim is to succeed and achieve at 21 [00:15.56] Just like Ringling Brothers, I'll daze and astound [00:18.20] Captivate the mass, 'cause the prose is profound [00:20.82] Do it for the strong, we do it for the meek [00:23.39] Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your Jeep [00:25.73] Or your Honda or your Beamer or your Legend or your Benz [00:28.58] The rave of the town to your foes and your friends [00:31.16] So push it, along, trails, we blaze [00:33.83] Don't deserve the gong, don't deserve the praise [00:36.37] The tranquility will make ya unball your fist [00:38.88] For we put hip-hop on a brand-new twist [00:41.65] A brand new twist with the homie-alistic [00:44.16] So low-key that ya probably missed it [00:46.77] And yet it's so loud that it stands in the crowd [00:49.26] When the guy takes the beat, they bowed [00:51.86] So raise up squire, adjust your attire [00:54.52] We have no time to wallow in the mire [00:57.09] If you're on a foreign path, then let me do the lead [00:59.64] Join in the essence of the cool-out breed [01:02.35] Then cool out to the music 'cause it makes ya feel serene [01:04.65] With the birds and the bees and all those groovy things [01:07.39] Like getting stomach aches when ya gotta go to work [01:09.93] Or staring into space when ya feelin' berserk [01:12.73] I don't really mind if it's over your head [01:15.04] 'Cause the job of resurrectors is to wake up the dead [01:17.51] So pay attention, it's not hard to decipher [01:20.58] And after the horns, you can check out the Phifer [01:23.27] We've got the jazz [01:24.53] We've got the jazz [01:25.74] We've got the jazz [01:26.92] We've got the jazz [01:28.22] We've got the jazz [01:29.59] We've got the jazz [01:30.81] We've got the jazz [01:32.13] We've got the jazz [01:33.28] Competition, them Phifer come sideway [01:35.66] But competition, they mus' come straightway [01:38.33] Competition, them Phifer come sideway [01:40.92] But competition, they mus' come straightway [01:43.79] How's about that, it seems like it's my turn again [01:46.50] Althrough the years my mic has been my best friend [01:49.00] I know some brothers wonder, can Phifer really kick it? [01:51.54] Some even wanna diss me, but why sweat it? [01:54.27] I'm all into my music 'cause it's how I make papes [01:56.76] Tryin' to make hits, like Kid Capri mixtapes [01:59.39] Me sweat another? I do my own thing [02:01.62] Strictly hardcore tracks, not a new jack swing [02:04.59] I grew up as a Christian so to Jah I give thanks [02:07.08] Collect my banks, listen to Shabba Ranks [02:09.87] I sing, and chat, I do all of that [02:12.34] It's 1991 and I refuse to come wack [02:14.93] I take off my hat to other crews that intend to rock [02:17.54] But The Low End Theory's here, it's time to wreck shop [02:19.98] I got Tip and Shah, so whom shall I fear [02:22.75] Stop look and listen, but please don't stare [02:25.39] So jet to the store, and buy the LP [02:27.98] On Jive or RCA, cassettes and CD's [02:30.44] Produced and arranged by the four-man crew [02:32.76] And oh shit, Skeff Anselm, he gets props too [02:35.60] Make sure you have a system with some phat house speakers [02:38.27] So the new shit can rock, from Mars to Massapequot [02:40.99] 'Cause where I come from, quality is job one [02:43.11] And everybody up on Linden know we get the job done [02:46.08] So peace to that crew, and peace to this crew [02:48.41] Bring on the tour, we'll see you at a theater nearest you [02:51.06] Ayo but wait, back it up, huh, easy back it up [02:53.84] Please let the Abstract embellish on the cut [02:56.46] Back and forth just like a Cameo song [02:59.07] If you dig this joint then please come dance along [03:01.47] To the music 'cause it's done just for the rhyme [03:04.04] Now I gotta scat and get mine, underlined [03:06.98] The jazz, the what? The jazz to move that ass [03:09.48] 'Cause the Tribe originates that feelin' of pizazz [03:11.98] It's the universal sound, best to brothers on the ground [03:14.53] And the ones six below, ya didn't have to go [03:17.24] Some say that I'm a sinner 'cause I once had an orgy [03:19.79] And sometimes for breakfast I eat grits and porgies [03:22.47] If this is a stinker, then call me a stink, I ask [03:25.62] "Whas-whas-what" check it out [03:27.47] All my peoples in Queens, ya don't stop [03:29.93] Now all my peoples in Brooklyn, ya don't stop [03:32.46] And all my peoples uptown, ya don't stop [03:35.00] That includes the Bronx an' Harlem, ya don't stop [03:37.77] Now to that girl Ramelle, ya don't stop [03:40.24] I say because Ladies First, ya don't stop [03:42.87] And to the JB's, ya don't stop [03:45.36] And De La Soul, ya don't stop [03:47.92] To my Brand Nubians, ya don't stop [03:50.69] And to my Leaders of the New, ya don't stop [03:53.14] To my man Large Professor, ya don't stop [03:55.72] Pete Rock for the beat, ya don't stop [03:58.48] Everybody in the place, ya don't stop [04:01.02] Ya keep it on, to the rhythm, ya don't stop [04:03.54] And last but not least on the sure shot [04:06.14] It's the Zulu nation [04:09.23]