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[00:00.05]We've got the jazz
[00:01.55]We've got the jazz
[00:02.79]We've got the jazz
[00:03.99]We've got the jazz
[00:05.36]We've got the jazz
[00:06.55]We've got the jazz
[00:07.82]We've got the jazz
[00:09.14]We've got the jazz
[00:10.56]Stern firm and young with a laid-back tongue
[00:12.85]The aim is to succeed and achieve at 21
[00:15.56]Just like Ringling Brothers, I'll daze and astound
[00:18.11]Captivate the mass, 'cause the prose is profound
[00:20.86]Do it for the strong, we do it for the meek
[00:23.31]Boom it in your boom it in your boom it in your Jeep
[00:25.80]Or your Honda or your Beamer or your Legend or your Benz
[00:28.56]The rave of the town to your foes and your friends
[00:31.19]So push it, along, trails, we blaze
[00:33.87]Don't deserve the gong, don't deserve the praise
[00:36.32]The tranquility will make ya unball your fist
[00:38.83]For we put hip-hop on a brand-new twist
[00:41.67]A brand new twist with the homie-alistic
[00:44.16]So low-key that ya probably missed it
[00:46.74]And yet it's so loud that it stands in the crowd
[00:49.27]When the guy takes the beat, they bowed
[00:51.81]So raise up squire, adjust your attire
[00:54.56]We have no time to wallow in the mire
[00:57.08]If you're on a foreign path, then let me do the lead
[00:59.67]Join in the essence of the cool-out breed
[01:02.35]Then cool out to the music 'cause it makes ya feel serene
[01:04.64]With the birds and the bees and all those groovy things
[01:07.35]Like getting stomach aches when ya gotta go to work
[01:09.90]Or staring into space when ya feelin' berserk
[01:12.79]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
[01:17.60]So pay attention, it's not hard to decipher
[01:20.53]And after the horns, you can check out the Phifer
[01:23.28]We've got the jazz
[01:24.52]We've got the jazz
[01:25.77]We've got the jazz
[01:26.95]We've got the jazz
[01:28.27]We've got the jazz
[01:29.52]We've got the jazz
[01:30.85]We've got the jazz
[01:32.13]We've got the jazz
[01:33.23]Competition, them Phifer come sideway
[01:35.65]But competition, they mus' come straightway
[01:38.31]Competition, them Phifer come sideway
[01:40.91]But competition, they mus' come straightway
[01:43.72]How's about that, it seems like it's my turn again
[01:46.43]Althrough the years my mic has been my best friend
[01:49.03]I know some brothers wonder, can Phifer really kick it?
[01:51.60]Some even wanna diss me, but why sweat it?
[01:54.28]I'm all into my music 'cause it's how I make papes
[01:56.77]Tryin' to make hits, like Kid Capri mixtapes
[01:59.35]Me sweat another? I do my own thing
[02:01.60]Strictly hardcore tracks, not a new jack swing
[02:04.54]I grew up as a Christian so to Jah I give thanks
[02:07.04]Collect my banks, listen to Shabba Ranks
[02:09.87]I sing, and chat, I do all of that
[02:12.40]It's 1991 and I refuse to come wack
[02:14.98]I take off my hat to other crews that intend to rock
[02:17.50]But The Low End Theory's here, it's time to wreck shop
[02:19.99]I got Tip and Shah, so whom shall I fear
[02:22.76]Stop look and listen, but please don't stare
[02:25.34]So jet to the store, and buy the LP
[02:27.99]On Jive or RCA, cassettes and CD's
[02:30.50]Produced and arranged by the four-man crew
[02:32.73]And oh shit, Skeff Anselm, he gets props too
[02:35.60]Make sure you have a system with some phat house speakers
[02:38.26]So the new shit can rock, from Mars to Massapequot
[02:40.99]'Cause where I come from, quality is job one
[02:43.17]And everybody up on Linden know we get the job done
[02:46.10]So peace to that crew, and peace to this crew
[02:48.44]Bring on the tour, we'll see you at a theater nearest you
[02:51.01]Ayo but wait, back it up, huh, easy back it up
[02:53.81]Please let the Abstract embellish on the cut
[02:56.50]Back and forth just like a Cameo song
[02:59.01]If you dig this joint then please come dance along
[03:01.43]To the music 'cause it's done just for the rhyme
[03:04.00]Now I gotta scat and get mine, underlined
[03:06.94]The jazz, the what? The jazz to move that ass
[03:09.46]'Cause the Tribe originates that feelin' of pizazz
[03:11.90]It's the universal sound, best to brothers on the ground
[03:14.52]And the ones six below, ya didn't have to go
[03:17.23]Some say that I'm a sinner 'cause I once had an orgy
[03:19.76]And sometimes for breakfast I eat grits and porgies
[03:22.43]If this is a stinker, then call me a stink, I ask
[03:25.66]"Whas-whas-what" check it out
[03:27.40]All my peoples in Queens, ya don't stop
[03:29.99]Now all my peoples in Brooklyn, ya don't stop
[03:32.45]And all my peoples uptown, ya don't stop
[03:35.09]That includes the Bronx an' Harlem, ya don't stop
[03:37.79]Now to that girl Ramelle, ya don't stop
[03:40.26]I say because Ladies First, ya don't stop
[03:42.85]And to the JB's, ya don't stop
[03:45.34]And De La Soul, ya don't stop
[03:47.95]To my Brand Nubians, ya don't stop
[03:50.64]And to my Leaders of the New, ya don't stop
[03:53.19]To my man Large Professor, ya don't stop
[03:55.74]Pete Rock for the beat, ya don't stop
[03:58.42]Everybody in the place, ya don't stop
[04:01.07]Ya keep it on, to the rhythm, ya don't stop
[04:03.53]And last but not least on the sure shot
[04:06.12]It's the Zulu nation
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