Yo, this is the Fugees, refugees to take you on a journey Into the of The Booga Basement, The Basement, word Hey yo, one two three, the crew is ReFugees And if you come fa tes the rap Stop the and just bring it on, wild
Hey yo I, feel kind of melancholy people think really know me I keep a wrap about me while I'm driving Audi I pay the fighting for my own soul 'Cause the bourgeoisie type of mental like a flat comb
But I be baitin' the rebel to bass distort the EQ The devil's wishin' they could me back to Mogadishu Cause I've been since I was a juvenile Afro-centric profile, back when righteous rap was style
Now kids are so I ask the bad black Boogie bandit, the damage, gimme the estimate then tell me when's the revolution will begin? I turn on my TV, I check out on CNN see
I'm the phantom that's flyin' like the bird do And you never heard plus I come from the suburbs Word to God, I heard you're acting of hard And you got your skin scarred they was shootin' on the boulevard
(You got the vocab) I got the (Underground got the vocab) You we got the vocab (All my got the vocab) Yeah, we got the Praz, grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab
Then off from here to Mexico You see my a-be my Celo And I rest my head is on a pillow Be-ba-dee-be, be-dee-be,
You see the skills I manifest is tho-rough And if you don't believe me ask Jacques Freres Jacques, Jacques A dorme A dorme vous?
Watch out now I choose to speak I'm forming the cipher fly East to the Percenter Knowledge is born, to all the first stone, if you feel you ain't a sinner, ah
Say, our Father, who art in Forgive the foolish for he not know how Fugee be steppin' and, stopped and kept in, nuff respect to the DJ, be selectin', the type of record ah
(You got the vocab) I got the (The got the vocab) You know they got (Brooklyn got the vocab) We got the Aiyyo Clef grab the mic and you got the gift of gab
Check it out, we go Back in Eighty-three, no one to be nappy I turn on my TV, it's a dreadlock for Kill the gimmick it's nonsense, no sense or value
A rapper, disaster, nobody told me that "Roxanne, you got to work for money no more!" and Back in the days I used to to Kool G Rap Way back when before became gats and
Run-DMC to ask Mary was she buggin'? I loved P.E., they kept me conscious of what I was Bambaata, Poor Righteous Teacher Got within myself so it made me a Percenter
Say La-di-da-di, we like to but My jam was BDP, My Philosophy Say Grandmaster Flash, MC Mel Then LL J came with Rock the Bells
See I'm the one for the crew, a Jew is a Jew Like Apollo got the moon, like the men who got the Like the Fu got the Manchu, got the Zulu Hawaii got the
I got the rap lieu, so skippedy-de-bop-bop you stop You do the rock-rock from hip-hop through From to bee-bee
(You got the vocab) I got the (Boogie got the vocab) You know they got the (Black got the vocab) Word, we got the Aiyyo peeps, grab the mic and show you got the of gab
(You got the vocab) Yeah, we got the (Queens got the vocab) You know y'all got the (Uptown got the vocab) Yeah, they got the Aiyyo, grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab
(DC got the vocab) Word, got the vocab (Virginia got the vocab) Aiyy, I know y'all got the (Oakland got the vocab) Word, they got the Aiyyo, sisters grab the mic and you got the gift of gab