earth, wind & fire
elevated
{Look man! You're botherin' me G I got shit to do right now, aight? This is for De La Soul, you know what I'm sayin'? Word up I got shit to do you test tube baby}  Check one two, check one two De La Soul, is now back on the map Long Island, is now back on the map Good rap music, is now back on the map Yo check one two, this is the voice of yours truly the Flava Flav And I just want y'all to know, we ain't goin' nowhere Old school is here to stay boy  On the outskirts, of what works Live those who go for broke, and merk to get merked Live by the sword and die by the semi Not part of my ways, but stays right in my N Y mentality for me, to be the best The current, the ones who weren't Pressed, to confess lies over hot joints To sell to all who wanna hear some (Young Guns these days got fireproof eardrums)  They don't give a shit who's hot Just long as you're not, pussy and be the would-be king But once crowned, the same wanna pull you down (And what makes the world go 'round) And I be the world renowned wonder why Wonderin' why you can't stand me? Is it because I'm the main Jackson? And y'all just Titos and Randys? Yes it is Bless the kid who hold his own head and expect to last  At the same time, I want respect and cash And a few paragraphs in them books Tellin' you how us native tongues made hits with no hooks Rapped in every prefixes, gave birth to rap remixes back in '88 No disrespect to Diddy, just settin' it straight Instead of zig-zaggin', got a degree in raggin' My daughter says I'm a teen, 'cause like a teen My pants always saggin' and I walk with a bop The sex part of my time, I walked from my pop No longer on timey and was never on loud But cooked rhymes that make the chefs of Wu proud I'm top cloud to rain on your show And still anything goes when it comes to hoes because  Music (C'mon) New York (C'mon) Detroit (C'mon) C'mon down  Miami (C'mon) L A (C'mon) Vegas (C'mon) C'mon down  Boston (C'mon) Tucson (C'mon) Long Island (C'mon) C'mon down  V A (C'mon) Portland (C'mon) Chi-town (C'mon) C'mon down  Make you shake like, sunshine, naked shoe was once mine Had bottom inner drawers and used to hit it from the mids Fix your playground player or Some kids'll come stomp in your sandbox Swollen hands cocked back No knives, no drama, no guns No disrespectin' your seed of Ma Dukes I puke rhyme and you laugh, take a sniff Of these fricaseed raps on Carribean riffs See last night's change was today's doe money No time for your freestyles so roll money No more whack albums with two joints No more ballplayin' rappers who shoot ya two points (No more G, 'cause I'm sick of your hip-hop!)  Your flows bore like seashores with no bitches Switchhittin' niggaz will receive no pitches No diamonds on the field, just keep the game real Simple, see the God flows healthy Wealth in the mind is like money in the bank Exchange cash like thoughts in conversation Thank you for your purchases, we doe out And roll out the Kool-Aid, come and crop to see us pimp strut  Ain't really pimpin', I'm tryin' to catch the bus The Krush Groove ain't got shit on Cold Crush We dolly dolly babies 'cause we shootin' cats 'Back to the future' rap with Doc Brown shotgunnin' it And pantyhose your whole style and start runnin' it You dudes fiddle while we stay on the cello The mush in your room son, we stay portobello Can't settle for the same picket white fence I got dreams of barbed wire in front of factories pa Still push the truck with the factories pa I'm bound to wreck the whip and turn insurance out, make 'em shout  D C (C'mon) Oakland (C'mon) U K (C'mon) C'mon down  New Orleans (C'mon) Little Rock (C'mon) Baltimore (C'mon) C'mon down  Memphis (C'mon) Utah (C'mon) Jersey (C'mon) C'mon down  Atlanta (C'mon) Brooklyn (C'mon) Philly (C'mon) C'mon down  Yeah that's right! Flava Flav, with De La Soul Act bold, and we knock you straight up in the hole You know what I'm sayin' six feet deep That's the way that we keep, rollin' You know what I'm sayin' operation tech sensation in the nation Ready to take it to Penn station, you know what I'm sayin' Yeah, ah ha ha ha Long Island one is, that's where we is man De la soul, you done it again De la soul, you done it again De la soul, you done it again Flava Flav, de la soul, you done it again  {Persue my strategy , when it comes down to my work ethic I mean it's simple, just be the best, you know what I'm sayin'? To be the best, the first, the only one in the game That's is gonna do it for years and years man It's like, you know, how you gonna say That I went out at the top of the game? The top of the game niggas, is the one that's producing Through out their career}  