De La Soul - I Am I Be Lyrics
Verse 1I am posdnousI be the new generation of slavesHere to make papes to buy a record exec rakesThe pile of revenue I createBut I guess I dont get a cut cuz my rents a month lateProduct of a north carolina catWho scratched the back of a pretty woman named hattieWho departed life just a little too soonAnd didnt see me grab the plug tune fameAs we go a little somethin like thisLook ma, no protectionNow I got a daughter named ayana monayAnd I can play the cowboy to rustle in the doughSo the scenery is healthy where her eyes layI am an early bird but the feathers are blackSo the apples that I catch are usually all wormsBut its a must to decipher ones queenFrom a worm who plays groupie and spread around the bad germI cherish the twilightI maximize, my soul is the right sizeI watch for the power to run out on the moon(and thatll be sometime soon)Faker than a fist of kidsSpeakin that theyre blackWhen theyre just niggas trying to be greekOr some tongues who liedAnd said well be natives to the endNowadays we dont even speakI guess we got our own life to liveOr is it because we want our own kingdom to rule?Every now and then I step to the nowFor now I see back then I might have acted like a foolNow I wont apologize for itThis is not a bunch of bradysBut a bunch of black mans prideYet I can safely sayIve never played a sister by touching where her private parts resideIve always walked the right side of the roadIf I wasnt making song I wouldnt be a thug selling drugsBut a man with a planAnd if I was a rug cleanerBetcha posd have the cleanest rugs I am.Verse 2The plug two brand with the flavourIn the flute watch the sniffinSo a sack of shows in demandI read the diction from the second pageI got the one-two gaugeBaritone to the izm fanTrees fall so I can play ground with my inkSo let me need ya to my ems goI push the infinite and carry itMy carriers the three over oneSo my pluggins already knowLick shots with mooCatch the booFrom a ghost in the heckling crowdIf I give a footJack ville caught a spillWhen a still came from my mouthI brought a head down southI dont check for the noose and the neckSo I never tell my emsThat finesse is knocking at my doorI choose to run from the rays of the burning sunAnd dodge a needle washing up upon a sandy shoreI bring the element h with the 2So ya owe me whats coming when Im raining on your new paradeIts just mind over matterAnd what matters isThat the mind isnt guided by the punished shadeI keep the walking on the right sideBut I wont judge the next who handles walking on the wrongCuz thats how he wants to beNo difference, seeI wanna be like the name of this song I amVerse 3I am posdnousI be the new generation of slavesHere to make papes to buy a record exec rakesThe pile of revenue I createBut I guess I dont get a cut cuz my rents a month lateThe deeds of a naturalAre seeds that are no longer plantedSo the famine in the mind is strongTactics of another plane is now proven saneSane enough to let you know from within this songI stabilize many cableized viewersSo my occupations knownBut not why I occupyAnd that is to bring the peaceNot in the flower but the as-salaam alaikum in the third I am
