Yo, this is the Fugees, refugees to take you on a journey the dimensions of The Booga 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 kind of melancholy think they really know me I keep a wrap about me I'm driving daddy's Audi I pay the toll for my own soul 'Cause the bourgeoisie type of sucks like a flat comb
But I be baitin' the rebel base to bass the EQ The devil's wishin' they could send me back to Cause been wild since I was a juvenile Afro-centric profile, when righteous rap was your style
Now are whylin' so I ask the bad black Boogie bandit, what's the damage, the estimate then Pray tell me when's the revolution begin? I on my TV, I check out Farrakhan on CNN see
I'm the phantom that's flyin' like the bird do And things you never heard plus I come from the Word to God, I heard you're acting of hard And you got your skin scarred they 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 Praz, grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab
Then cast off here to Mexico You see my a-be my Celo And when I my head is on a pillow Be-ba-dee-be, be-dee-be,
You see the skills I manifest is tho-rough And if you believe me ask Freres Jacques Freres Jacques, Jacques A dorme vous? A vous?
Watch out now when I to speak I'm the cipher fly East to the Five Percenter Knowledge is born, to all Cast the first stone, if you feel you a sinner, ah
Say, our Father, who art in Forgive the foolish rapper for he not know how 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 they got (Brooklyn got the vocab) We got the Aiyyo Clef the mic and show you got the gift of gab
Check it out, we go in Eighty-three, no one wanted to be nappy I turn on my TV, a dreadlock for free Kill the gimmick it's nonsense, it's no or value
A rapper, disaster, nobody told me that "Roxanne, you got to work for money no more!" and in the days I used to listen to Kool G Rap Way when before guns became gats and
Run-DMC used to ask was she buggin'? I loved P.E., kept me conscious of what I was sayin' Afrika Bambaata, Poor Teacher Got within so it made me a Five Percenter
Say La-di-da-di, we like to but My jam was BDP, with My Say Grandmaster Flash, MC Mel Then LL Cool J came Rock the Bells
See I'm the one for the crew, a Jew is a Jew Like Apollo got the moon, like the men who got the Like the Fu got the Manchu, Chaka got the Hawaii got the
I got the rap lieu, so skippedy-de-bop-bop you stop You do the rock-rock from through be-bop be-bop to bee-bee
(You got the vocab) I got the (Boogie got the vocab) You know got the vocab (Black got the vocab) Word, we got the Aiyyo peeps, grab the mic and 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, grab the mic and show you got the gift 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