Genius Lyrics
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De La Soul – Me Myself and I
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Released in 1989, De La Soul’s third single “Me Myself and I” established the group’s characteristic style of combining hip hop with humor and social commentary. The group’s
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Kanye West – Soul De La
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[Intro: Kanye West & Dem Jointz] / Well, here goes / Well, here goes, well, here goes / For all the weirdos with pure souls, here it goes / Who would go to the fair market to buy
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De La Soul (Ft. USHER) – Greyhounds
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On “Greyhounds,” Posdnuos and Dave each rap a verse where they recount a tale about somebody attempting to discover their way throughout everyday life and taking a greyhound bus to
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De La Soul (Ft. Raheem DeVaughn) – Mornin' Rise
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[Intro: Raheem DeVaughn] / Good mornin' / Good mornin', good afternoon / De La! Soul! Fresh! / [Maseo (with Raheem DeVaughn)] / Yes, good mornin' (Good mornin') / Because the party
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De La Soul – Nosed Up
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[Intro] / And in from the door steps a dumbass, struts the fool's gold / Know-it-all, and you wear it well / Funk-less in full-length / Too square to stand for anything / Somebody
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De La Soul – Betta Listen
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[Chorus] / Listen all you fellas, give her good lovin' / Listen all you fellas, the kind she understands / Listen all you fellas, then you won't have to worry, no no no / Listen
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De La Soul – O' Shut Up
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Noting this song’s name “O' Shut Up”, these verses were originally from De La’s track “Oodles of O’s” off their 1991 album De La Soul Is Dead.
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De La Soul (Ft. Da Beatminerz) – The Hustle
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[Intro] / Everybody do the hustle / Check it out, do the hustle / [Verse 1: Posdnuos] / Ayo, get the hell off dat, non-personnel / Only MCs allowed is those who can rock well
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De La Soul – Wasn't for You
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(Just talk about you) {*2X*} / [Dove] cause / She ride cause her testament has been day one / A nigga got trust cause she been day one / Day one's done, build a fam Bruce Lee / So
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De La Soul (Ft. David Goldblatt) – You Go Dave (A Goldblatt Presentation)
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[Davey Chegwidden] / Your music means everything to you / Are you concerned about the status of your playlist and precious collection? / We feel you, and we're here to help / Have
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De La Soul – Goes With The Word
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The verses from “Goes With The Word” were originally from De La’s classic song “Potholes in My Lawn” off their debut 1989 album 3 Feet High and Rising. The new third verse consists
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De La Soul (Ft. Redman) – Oooh
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First single of their fifth album, produced by the group’s long time collaborator Prince Paul after the two taking a 7 year break from working together.
Samples:
- Theme from “
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De La Soul – The Pitch
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Pos and Dave’s verses on “The Pitch” were originally recorded on the De La track “Fanatic of the B Word,” which incidentally had a different hook that also related to baseball.
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De La Soul (Ft. Nas) – God It
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This song is a loose track released by De La Soul to show that they have more quality material on their incoming album. This song features them hooking up with fellow east coast
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De La Soul (Ft. Jungle Brothers & Q-Tip) – Buddy
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“Buddy” is the fourth single off of De La Soul’s debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, reaching #2 on the US Rap Chart in early 1990. The song features the Jungle Brothers and Q-Tip
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De La Soul – Sibling Rivalries
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[Verse 1: Trugoy the Dove] / Baby sis, you got super sense hearin' and you touch too much / You be all in my space, you consume my breath / If I go left or right, then you'll go
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De La Soul – Breakadawn (Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996)
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[Intro: De La Soul] / We gon' get into some other shit, a'ight? / Ah one two, ah one two / Ayo, turn that shit up / We diggin' the sound, we diggin' the sound / Ah one two, ah one
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De La Soul – The Magic Number
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The song is built on the drum beat from Double Dee and Steinski’s “Lesson 3” – which itself is a sample of Led Zeppelin’s “The Crunge,” making Pos’s claim of “no rock and roll
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De La Soul – Intro (Buhloone Mindstate)
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[Intro] / Yee! Yee! / *Balloon inflating and popped* / Stickabush… Stickabush… Stickabush… Stickabush / (It might blow up, but it won’t go pop) / Stickabush… Stickabush… / (It
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De La Soul – Intro
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Posdnuos: The game show concept was one of the last things we did, during the mixing phase. I think Paul might have come up with the idea. [Game show announcer] Al Watts was just
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De La Soul – Mindstate
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[Intro] / You can't beat my mindstate / You can't beat my mindstate / You can't beat my mindstate / [Verse 1: Trugoy the Dove] / Ayo, let's skin the ghost / Because the sheet's
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De La Soul – Exodus
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[Hook] / It's the years that we own and we earned them / See the bridges we built now are burned down / Even though a few friends just returned them / Shit and shit there we affirm
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De la soul's plug 1 & plug 2 present – Must b the music
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It's called must be the music / I do boom bap, don't do cool rap / Don't mind a little radio on my coon wrap / We do it for the love, yeah, the love of money / Use it to pay for
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De La Soul – Breakadawn
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[Chorus: Posdnuos + Smokey Robinson] / Ah one two, ah one two / Ah one two, ah one two / Breakadawn, breakadawn (ah one two, ah one two) / Breakadawn, breakadawn (ah one two, ah
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De La Soul – Simply
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Track 4 on AOI: Bionix which samples Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time”
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Max B – De La Soul
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[Verse 1] / I'm like Ali, gettin' stripped of the title / 'cause he wouldn't fight the white man's war / That 'bout a bitch / Boss said, you's a hell of a dude / But it's crazy '
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De La Soul – Ego Trippin (Part Three)
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(Once again my friend the funky beat has hold and we going on down to / The A.M. for you and your friend, sounds here tough on the ear, You / Know that, coming at you so loud and
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De La Soul – La La La
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This song is found on NBA Live 2010. Here is the uncensored version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmUJvoshYNc
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De La Soul (Ft. Busy Bee) – Words From the Chief Rocker
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[Intro: Busy Bee] / That's right, I'm dancin' y'all / I'm gon' keep on dancin' into the new millennium / Ya understand what I'm sayin'? / Hey De La Soul, Beastie Boys / I love the
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De La Soul (Ft. Jill Scott) – Genesis
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Huh! I couldn't be nobody but myself, you know that / But then they all started talking / They were talking about love being gone / In my house / They said that there ain't much
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De La Soul – Bionix
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-- Welcome to the second installment.. / Y'all know my name so we ain't gotta get into alla that / Y'all know the deal / This is AOI part two, and we call this one "Bionix" (Bionix
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De La Soul – Go Out and Get It
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[Intro] / I mean the only way that you gon' get it / Is to go out there and get it, y'knahmsayin? / It's like sometimes you gotta just put it all and bet the farm / You ain't gonna
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De La Soul (Ft. Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker & Pee Wee Ellis) – I Am I Be
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This song uses the same live instrumental from the fifth track, I Be Blowin', but with verses on top. The background vocals are courtesy of various people such as Native Tongues
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De La Soul (Ft. Little Dragon) – Drawn
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From Update #49 sent to Kickstarter backers;
Yukimi Nagano from Little Dragon describes “Drawn” as “a dreamy journey about not taking anything for granted in life. About love and
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De La Soul (Ft. Sean Paul) – Shoomp
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[Intro: Sean Paul] / Boom blast 'round the world / And what's the cause, you done know / De La Soul is dropping that / Sean da Paul, dutty cup / De La Soul, yo, yo / Sean da Paul
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De La Soul – Potholes in My Lawn
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The first single from De La Soul, and consequently the first single from their debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising. The single, which dropped in 1988, also features the songs “
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