De La Soul - My Brother's A Basehead Lyrics
(make the bass come out so clear)Pos:This song does not contain explicit lyrics, but what it does containIs an udesired element. this element is known as the basehead, theLowest of lowest of all elements that exist. and the sad thing is,This particular element... is me brudda!Brother, brother oh brother of mineWe used to be down as partners in crimeFrom our parents our name was forgedI was the beaver, you curious georgeWanted to dispose of this and thatBut curiosity had killed the catAt this age no wonder it was readBut this was the fate that you were fedThroughout high school our minds wed wasteHigh off all the cheeba that we could tasteSoon you had converted to nasal sportsEvery five minutes cocaine youd snortTold me that you needed a stronger fixStepped to the crack scene in 86Unlike the other drugs where you had controlThis substance had engulfed your body and soulNow from me you lost all respectSaid yo need to put that shit in checkWanted me to believe that you had triedBut your mind and the craving had coincidedSaid there was a voice inside you that talkedWhich said you shouldnt stop but continue to walkNow the brother who could handle any drugHad just found the one that could pull his plug(background:)(ya dont stop, ya dont, ya dont stop)(ya dont stop, the body rock)Dove:Yo, bro, got another rock for your hiking bootsGonna make you scream and loop three loopsGonna take you far on a freeway, okayRemember that day? slipped me a smile for a 20 crack vialGuess what? time to collect, correctDont have a dime? its payback time, payback timeDont cry the blues cause I got bad newsShould I stab ya? should I bite ya? should I use my tools?No, I got another way to earn my defeat, ah!(slam the child on the hard concrete)(make the bass come out so clear)Pos:Brother, brother, stupid brother of mineStarted getting high at the age of nineNow at twenty-one youre lower than lowNowhere to turn, nowhere to goMy dividends and wares started to disappearWhere it ended up, I had an ideaBarking you with the quickness, reversed intentInstead went to pop and gave him the printNow pop grew tired of being a mouseFinally told you to get the hell outta the houseFrom there a mother figure came into playClaimed for you she saw a better dayNow mom was a product of christs rebirthThought the only chance was to go to churchQuitting this stuff you had tried beforeThis time you claimed youd really scoreSomething I had to see to believePut on my suit and to church I weavedPreacher (squirrel):My, my, my. what happened to the people? the people who used to careAbout what took place in the world today? Ive been summoned hereToday to reach the people who still can be reached, to save the peopleWho still can be saved. can I get an amen? can I get an amen?Hit me! forgive us. said its taking over. taking over the world. allIts doing is taking over. where them crackers at? them crackers thatThey serve, where they at?Dove and mikey roads (in background as choir):Said evils taking overSaid evils taking overSaid evils taking over, evils taking overThe lords gonna forgive us, the lords gonna forgive us, lordSaid the lords gonna forgive usThe lords gonna forgive usPos:Bullshit, didnt believe a lickTo this fool fell off, well that would stickSoon you reach your front of calmWalked round by rehearsing psalmsThen you smiled with the funky frownWhat do you know, the voice is back in townMom would say it would soon go awayYou and I knew it was here to stayBut the man helped you when you helped yourselfThat meant going to rehab for your healthFinally it went and blew your corkHeard you moved to the comfortable streets of new yorkAnd when my friends see me and come and askYo, wheres your brother at?Ill be the first to splashYo, hes a basehead(- yo know who that was? )(- no.)(- the guy from de la soul. pos. posdnuos.)(- who? )(- you heard of de la soul, right? )(- right.)(- well he was the one from de la soul.)(- the one with the real nappy hair.)(- the one with... the dark-skinned one.)(- with the glasses? )(- yeah.)(- [background] yeah, the ugly one!)(***** you *****!)(and kept goin...)
