[ti:1nce Again] [ar:A Tribe Called Quest] [al:The Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]1nce Again - A Tribe Called Quest [00:08.81]You on point phife [00:09.56]1nce again tip [00:10.68]You on point phife [00:12.06]1nce again tip [00:13.25]You on point phife [00:14.62]1nce again tip [00:15.87]Word [00:16.56]Watch me bust they sh*t [00:18.12]Ok [00:19.06]Ohhhh you did it to me 1nce again my friend [00:23.18]I swear you do it to me everytime [00:25.75]Cause you stay crazy on my mind [00:28.31]Yo you got it goin on say word on and on and on [00:32.81]On and on and on [00:35.24] [00:39.68]This is the year that I come in and just devestate [00:41.81]My style is great ask your peoples can I dominate [00:44.62]My rhymes are harder than last nights erection [00:46.93]Don't play me close I'll have this mic up in your rear section [00:49.68]My sh*t is lovely simply meaning that my joint is tight [00:52.18]Amping up the mic making sure productions tight [00:54.87]Sometimes I might catch a severe case of writers block [00:57.37]But by the end of the day you'll be on my jock [01:00.18]My names malik my hobbys putting mcs to the test [01:02.43]And if you front I'll put my foot up in your friggin chest [01:05.18]Freestyle fanatic and never will it ever stop [01:07.62]You crew is loose you might just want to call the cops [01:10.31]Aiyyo I gotta put some action on paper [01:12.05]Make sure my verse jump up and spread out like the raper [01:15.06]The only tip I got for a waiter [01:16.99]Is watch the doorknob hit me where the dirty dog shoulda bit me [01:20.24]That was my train of thought but for so long I fought [01:23.13]Now I'm at a level supreme to the devil [01:25.12]So turn up the bass and lay low on the treble [01:27.56]We be the real mcs and you dead bring a shovel [01:30.44]Revitalize the vital tribe ni**a what [01:32.63]The ladies sweat the style like the squirrel sweat the nuts [01:35.56]You know a fellas good for the moola [01:37.62]Don't smoke no woolas read the name call me slick tip the ruler [01:40.68]Ohhhh you did it to me 1nce again my friend [01:45.09]I swear you do it to me everytime [01:47.65]Cause you stay crazy on my mind [01:50.34]Yo you got it goin on say word on and on and on [01:54.83]On and on and on [01:57.03] [02:01.03]Yo I've been treading on this globe man for twenty-five joints [02:03.78]Sometimes shaitan got me by the pressure points [02:06.28]But I can break a fella down like sex [02:08.28]You eat wheat chex but still light in the a** and can't flex [02:11.41]If one ni**a front ima make more pay [02:13.90]Cause toniiiiight we gettin off like oj [02:16.53]And yo I got a dawg that bites f**k the barking [02:19.21]Yo I got a crew with the beats and the smarts and [02:21.96]I fought my sh*t up on linden in the one-nine-two [02:24.65]Forever writing never biting ain't sh*t else to do [02:27.02]Hoping to battle but most mcs ain't ready yet [02:29.53]But if they huddle and word then this is good as set [02:32.28]You have mcs dropping bombs that's incredible [02:34.53]Some of the brothers their styles are just despicable [02:37.22]As for me see I just do how I love to do [02:40.09]Try to deny me of my props then I'll be seeing you [02:42.47]Most of you suckers wanna be down for the tag along [02:45.03]The friggin fame someone tell em that this sh*t ain't games [02:47.63]You gots to do this from your heart meaning your inner soul [02:50.24]And if it's real only then will you be on a roll [02:52.86]I try to stay on top my game there ain't no time to lose [02:55.49]Four albums deep as a quester but still we payin dues [02:57.74]So hear me out one time you gots ta be yourself [03:00.30]Cuz if you ain't yourself you end up by your friggin self [03:02.99]I'm coming rugged with the linden boule type of slang [03:05.49]And yo well see who can hang yo [03:07.74]You on point tip [03:08.80]Yo 1nce again phife [03:10.11]You on point tip [03:11.43]Yo 1nce again phife [03:12.62]You on point tip [03:13.93]Yo 1nce again phife [03:15.24]Aiyyo that kid is hard [03:18.02] [03:21.70]Ohhhh you did it to me 1nce again my friend [03:27.62]I swear you do it to me everytime [03:32.21] [03:32.83]Cause you stay crazy on my mind [03:35.89] [03:37.70]Yo you got it goin on say word on and on and on [03:44.33] [03:45.64]On and on and on