Glamour & Glitz Lyrics
<d&[ Lyrics from: http://www.cloverlyrics.com/e1588-a_tribe_called_quest~glamour_and_glitz_lyrics.html ]#105;v>Verse one: q-tip<br /><br />Yup yup yup<br />To the north to the south to the east to the west<br />I don’t discriminate boy I bring it to your chest<br />If you oppose, then your soul will decompose<br />Strive to get money and I’m not no hoe<br />Fresher than the air that you’re breathing through your nose<br />Fuller than the kicks that you’re puttin on your toes<br />You can ask bo but yo that nigga don’t know<br />About the dominant factor the accurate rapper<br />Here’s the next chapter, page ninety-five<br />Niggaz so hard it’s a wonder they alive<br />But yo we still survive through the danger that lurks<br />My eyes remain wide while you ask like urk<br />And yo my family matters, so all you mad hatters<br />Put your thinking caps on and motherfuckin brainstorm<br />Cause I got the plan that wins and can’t lose<br />Your man knows who’s nice say tip he’ll say true<br />A lot of these jokers out here is blase<br />I’ll be rockin mikes until a horse says hey<br />Some are preoccupied with glamour and glitz<br />Actin all boogee and making big movies<br />But I’ll be in the cut call me incognito<br />Busy makin joints that will bump for my people<br />You’re listening to a man who was something for nothing<br />Stay in me forever head, never be frontin<br /><br />Chorus: repeat 2x<br /><br />Once in a while we have fun in the mix [never ever]<br />In to good living, but some be into glitz [true dat]<br />Everybody knew, all the fellas and the chicks [trigga e]<br />Gotta wear a shoe that fits<br />...to all my peoples<br /><br />Verse two:<br /><br />C’mon word, check it out now [you out there? ]<br />Uh, uh, check it out now [you out there? ]<br />What? uh, check it out now [louder! louder!]<br />[louder! louder!] uh, check it out, yo<br /><br />Peace to the girl named hurricane g<br />Peace to my girl named dawn paris<br />Peace to the organzied kon-fus-ion<br />Peace to all my shorties that be dying too young<br />Peace to both coasts and the land in between<br />Peace to your man if you’re doing your thing<br />Peace to my peoples who was incarcerated<br />Asalaam alaikum means peace, don’t debate it<br />Devouring, and towering over fools<br />Your mic is broke and my shit’s cool<br />The black man with the understandin of<br />The three wise men and the theories of zen<br />Yo I get inside the crevice like a dentist<br />Disrupt, the block, like dennis, the menace<br />Shaheed is on the needle, the shit it won’t weeble<br />Or wobble, your rhymes is mixed up like boggle<br />Bingo! that was the damn dog’s name<br />But yo I know another one with much more fame<br />The phife dawg, and that’s my word to the cipher<br />About to bring it to your chest and cause strife check it out<br />You’re doubling back, to your rhyming pad<br />What I represent is mc’s gone mad<br />In a perfect world there’s imperfect acts<br />We’ve come like a God to redirect alla that<br />So people with a gift can just flaunt and get money<br />So much, we in the bank that the shit ain’t funny<br />Money is invested in real estate and stocks<br />But not inside the glamour cuz all of that stops<br /><br />Outro: consequence<br /><br />Yo dis the cons to the quence<br />Up in ya like a stiff one, knowhatimean? <br />It’s nine-five, you got to live it or rip it<br />So if you step on the streets keep it movin, knowhatimean? <br /><br />Chorus<br />