Yo, this is the Fugees, refugees about to you on a journey Into the dimensions of The Basement, The Basement, word Hey yo, one two three, the is called ReFugees And if you come fa tes the rap the violence and just bring it on, wild
Hey yo I, feel of melancholy people think they really know me I keep a about me while I'm driving daddy's Audi I pay the toll for my own soul 'Cause the bourgeoisie of mental sucks like a flat comb
But I be baitin' the rebel to bass distort the EQ The devil's wishin' they could send me to Mogadishu Cause I've wild since I was a juvenile Afro-centric profile, back righteous rap was your style
Now are whylin' so I ask the bad black Boogie bandit, what's the damage, gimme the then Pray tell me when's the revolution will I on my TV, I check out Farrakhan on CNN see
I'm like the that's flyin' like the bird do And you never heard plus I come from the suburbs Word to God, I you're acting kind of hard And you got your skin scarred when 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 Aiyyo Praz, grab the mic and show you got the of gab
Then cast off here to Mexico You see my four-five-six my Celo And when I rest my 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 vous? A dorme
Watch out now when I to speak I'm forming the fly East to the Five Percenter is born, to all beginners Cast the first stone, if you you ain't a sinner, ah
Say, our Father, who art in Forgive the rapper for he not know how Fugee be steppin' Correct and, stopped and kept in, respect to the DJ, that be selectin', the of record ah
(You got the vocab) I got the (The got the vocab) You know got vocab (Brooklyn got the vocab) We got the Aiyyo grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab
Check it out, we go Back in Eighty-three, no one wanted to be I turn on my TV, a dreadlock for free Kill the gimmick nonsense, it's no sense or value
A rapper, disaster, nobody told me that "Roxanne, you don't got to work for no more!" and Back in the I used to listen to Kool G Rap Way when before guns became gats and
Run-DMC to ask Mary was she buggin'? I P.E., they kept me conscious of what I was sayin' Afrika Bambaata, Righteous Teacher Got myself so it made me a Five Percenter
Say La-di-da-di, we to party but My jam was BDP, with My 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, the men who got the blue the Fu got the Manchu, Chaka got the Zulu Hawaii got the
I got the rap lieu, so skippedy-de-bop-bop you stop You do the rock-rock from through be-bop From be-bop to
(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 y'all got the vocab (Uptown got the vocab) Yeah, got the vocab Aiyyo, bros grab the mic and show you got the of gab
(DC got the vocab) Word, got the vocab (Virginia got the vocab) Aiyy, I y'all got the vocab (Oakland got the vocab) Word, they got the Aiyyo, sisters the mic and show you got the gift of gab