Yo, this is the Fugees, refugees to take you on a journey Into the dimensions of The Booga Basement, The Basement, Hey yo, one two three, the is called ReFugees And if you come fa tes the rap Stop the violence and just it on, wild
Hey yo I, kind 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 the bourgeoisie type of mental sucks like a flat comb
But I be the rebel base to bass distort the EQ The devil's wishin' they could send me back to Cause I've been wild I was a juvenile Afro-centric profile, back when righteous rap was your
Now kids are so I ask the bad black Boogie bandit, what's the damage, gimme the then Pray me when's the revolution will begin? I on my TV, I check out Farrakhan on CNN see
I'm like the phantom that's like the bird do And things you never heard plus I from the suburbs to God, I heard you're acting kind of hard And you got your skin scarred when they was 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, the mic and show you got the gift of gab
Then off from here to Mexico You see my four-five-six my Celo And I rest my head is on a pillow Be-ba-dee-be, be-dee-be,
You see the skills I is very tho-rough And if you believe me ask Freres Jacques Freres Jacques, Freres A vous? A dorme vous?
Watch out now when I to speak I'm the cipher fly East to the Five Percenter is born, to all beginners Cast the first stone, if you feel you a sinner, ah
Say, our Father, who art in the foolish rapper for he not know how Fugee be steppin' Correct and, and kept in, nuff respect to the DJ, be selectin', the type 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 on my TV, it's a dreadlock for free Kill the gimmick it's nonsense, it's no or value
A rapper, disaster, ever told me that "Roxanne, you don't got to work for no more!" and Back in the days I used to listen to G Rap Way when before guns became gats and
Run-DMC used to ask Mary was she I loved P.E., they kept me conscious of what I was Afrika Bambaata, Poor Teacher Got within myself so it made me a 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 Apollo got the moon, like the men who got the blue Like the Fu got the Manchu, Chaka got the Hawaii got the
I got the rap lieu, so you don't stop You do the rock-rock hip-hop through be-bop From to bee-bee
(You got the vocab) I got the (Boogie got the vocab) You know they got the (Black got the vocab) Word, we got the peeps, grab the mic and show you got the gift 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, y'all got the (Virginia got the vocab) Aiyy, I y'all got the vocab (Oakland got the vocab) Word, they got the Aiyyo, grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab