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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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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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. 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 (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 (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 (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. Spike Lee) – Church
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Produced by 9th Wonder. A song about real life and religion etc.
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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 (Ft. Otis Redding) – Eye Know
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“Eye Know” is the fifth single from De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising. It was not released as a single in the US, but made the top 30 in several countries overseas, including a #
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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 – Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
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[Verse 1: Dove] / Access to her code / Lovestruck was my mode / Took a look, dropped my textbook / Jenifa (Oh) / Breakfast, broke it fast / She was in my English class / Asked for
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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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Gareth Donkin – De La Soul
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Ooh, yeah / Ooh, ooh / Ooh, yeah / You sir, need that de la soul / You sir, need that de la soul / You sir, need that de la soul, hey / You sir, need that de la soul / You sir
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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 – Respect
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This song samples Nobody’s Home by Kansas, most noticeably in the hook.
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De La Soul (Ft. Truth Enola) – Pony Ride
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[Hook] / Just stop takin' me for a ride.. / (C’mon, c’mon, c’mon) / All I wanna do is take my time.. / (Take your time, baby, take your time, baby, c’mon!) / Just stop takin' me
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De La Soul (Ft. Biz Markie) – Stone Age
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[Intro] / Watch this / Beatbox / I'll beatbox / I'll beatbox / I'll beatbox / I'll beatbox / I'll beatbox / I'll beatbox / I'll beatbox / [Bridge: De La Soul, Biz Markie, Trugoy
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De La Soul – The Future
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The opening of The Grind Date. It samples “A Better Tomorrow” by Switch
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De La Soul (Ft. CeeLo Green) – Held Down
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Posdnuos teams up with Cee-Lo Green on this track about being an individual and making your own decisions in life, instead of following the crowd.
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De La Soul – Ego Trippin' (Part Two)
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De La’s “Ego Trippin' (Part Two)” is a continuation of the original “Ego Trippin'” by the Ultramagnetic MC’s.
Note that the entire song is a parody of braggadocio Hip Hop with
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De La Soul (Ft. Zhané) – 4 More
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[Intro: Posdnuos & (Zhané)] / (Never gonna give up on you) / Yeah, we gonna do it like this / (Just a little bit) / Like that / (Just a little bit) / Zhané / (Just a little bit
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De La Soul – Keepin' the Faith
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“Keepin' the Faith” tells the tension between Jack and Padlock Jody, two people at odds because of differing desires. Vinia Mojica’s chorus on the video version is a decent
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De La Soul – Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa
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Track 15 on 1991’s De La Soul is Dead. Also released as a double A-side single with “Keepin' the Faith.”
One of the group’s bleakest tracks, this song tells the story of a
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De La Soul – Sunshine
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(high on sunshine, lightin' my way) / (LET IT FLOW!) / [Intro: Truth Enola] / And yes y'all / You are about to bear witness / From the lands of Long Island / Takin' you into the
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De La Soul – Area
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[Intro] / I can just remember the number... / [Hook: Dove + Pos] / Just another area / For me to patrol / Just another area / That shows I got soul / Just another area / For me to
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De La Soul (Ft. Butta Verses & Yummy Bingham) – No
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No is a braggadocios song where De La Soul and Butta Verses rap about how their grind has paid back dividends: they are never last place, whether it’s with work, girls, or life
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De La Soul (Ft. Prince Paul & Q-Tip) – Description
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This track involves every member of De La Soul presents themselves in limerick form
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De La Soul – Do As De La Does
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(Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Uh-huh! All right now! Oh yeah! Yo! Word! Oh! Yeah! / Uh-huh!) / MASE: / Yo yo yo yo! We got De La Soul in the house, the producer Prince Paul / P.A. Mase, and I
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De La Soul – Stakes Is High
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The climactic point of De La Soul’s “Stakes is High” album serves as a criticism to the state of the world in 1996, along with a declaration that the Native Tongues are back in
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De La Soul (Ft. Pariquo Fernandez) – Watch Out
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1- * Speaking Spanish * / WATCH OUT! / * Speaking Spanish * / WATCH OUT! / * Speaking Spanish * / WATCH OUT! / * Speaking Spanish* / [Pos] / Get up and do the biz, our style is the
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De La Soul (Ft. Teenage Fanclub) – Fallin'
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“Fallin'” is a collaboration between De La Soul and the Scottish Alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub.
The song was recorded in 1994 for the soundtrack to the film Judgment Night.
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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 (Ft. Carl Thomas) – It's Like That
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Though it could be mistaken for a standard diss rap, Alongisde Ghetto Thang, this is one of De La’s overtly oppinioated tracks.
The lyrics criticise a persona that embodies the
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De La Soul – Itzsoweezee (HOT)
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“Itzsoweezee (HOT)” is a song by De La Soul and the second single to be released from their fourth album, Stakes Is High, which was released in 1996. The song is entirely performed
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De La Soul – Royalty Capes
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[Intro] / It's the flies / They are so annoying / (Shut up you fool, she's here) / Ladies and gents / Crystal carrying pixie peasants and warriors / Elders, ancestors, sons and
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De La Soul (Ft. Tha Alkaholiks & Xzibit) – My Writes
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[Intro] / Say what? / Say what? / Say what? / Yo, De La Soul / Likwit MCs / Shit is the Xzibit, right? / Yo, we ain't playing / New millennium / [Verse 1: Trugoy the Dove] / Yo
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De La Soul – Eye Patch
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[Intro: Pete Rodriguez] / Thank you, thank you / And for my latest basket of cheers, here it goes, baby! / [Refrain: Posdnuos & Dove] / Mess up my mind, mess up my mind / Mess up
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De La Soul (Ft. Q-Tip & Vinia Mojica) – A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
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“A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays” is the second single from De La Soul’s second album De La Soul Is Dead. They bring in Vinia Mojica to provide vocals for the chorus and they
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