Brand Nubian baby, here to flip it again   And you know it don't stop until the party ends   So get your hands up high, if you feel me reply   'Cos you know these brothers here we keep it extra tight      Look, listen and observe, it took precision to connect   The words of dialect within a rhythm you never heard   Forbidden fruit, take a bite, you could lose your life   Like how they crucified Christ Musa's hair was white      Lord Jamar, Sadat X and Puba's here tonight   We got next on the court, I don't know what you thought   This flow can't be bought, only sold in exchange   For platinum ang gold, you've been told, open up the manifold      Only to reveal scrolls and scrolls   Premeditated to be dedicated to lost souls   Properly educated, never sloppily operated   Playing the beats for all my people incarcerated      We stay in the streets and find new ways to eat   Crime wave, I remember wetting my feet   In my blind days, now these niggas getting they heat   From under they seat, I wonder when the guns'll deplete      Brand Nubian brothers here to flip it again   And you know we don't stop until your party ends   So get your hands up high, if you feel me reply   'Cos you know these brothers here, we keep it extra tight   The Foundation, as we hitcha with a Brand Nu creation   New millennium we don't mess around   Do the knowledge as we blaze the situation, so just feel me now      I'm in a rush, who got the keys to my truck?   Who am I? I just might be a spy   I drop a tear at the sight of the blue NY   I'm a threat just like Garnette      Pick a player out my set like Marbury   Serve me sherry with a cherry   I always eat what you think   I ain't got no shoes on my feet, I'm from down the street, huh      Now cats ride around New York with the slick hot rods   Some late model usually pushing full throttle   Hanging illegal U's and staying with the gleaming shoes   Riding one deep but back to back to back      Fuck a buzz, it's gonna happen just because   Sure I was with her was, but I don't know what she does   Big dimes hit me every time like it's a crime my prime will steadily climb   Yeah, I can't release nothing to y'all before it's time      Brand Nubian brothers here to flip it again   And you know we don't stop until your party ends   So get your hands up high, if you feel me reply   'Cos you know these brothers here, we keep it extra tight   The Foundation, as we hitcha with a Brand Nu creation   New millennium we don't mess around   Do the knowledge as we blaze the situation, so just feel me now      Now my verbal illustration graphic more than playstation   Microphone occupation operation save the nation   Black crusader, persuader, educator   Knowledge detonator none greater      Leave haters stuck like a project elevator   Always jammin' it airtight like a laminate   You can't contaminate it   Go getters we be superb like Justin's catfish fritters      Now I got 2000 flows, only 4 less than all of my hoes   (Hey)   Oops, I mean my bro's but I'm just keeping y'all on your toes   Excitement for your enlightenment, spitting novels, getting bravos   Tear it up like El Nino, keeping it hotter than jalapenos      Microphone holder doing more damage than rolling boulders   Rhyme style should've fooled ya   Knocked your head right off your shoulders   See my intention, black on black prevention, break the tension   Teach the seeds, tell them what they need and then collect my pension      Brand Nubian, baby, born more flows than a test tube valve   Your radio ain't really on if Brand Nubian ain't on your dial      Yeah, as we do it like this   2000, Brand Nubian comin' atcha one time   New millennium style