Listen to 1nce Again (feat. Tammy Lucas) [Radio Version] by A Tribe Called Quest

1nce Again (feat. Tammy Lucas) [Radio Version]

A Tribe Called Quest

Hip-Hop/Rap

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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Tammy Lucas

Stimme und Gesang

Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad

Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad

DJ

Cannonball Adderley

Cannonball Adderley

Sampling-Künstler:in

Phife Dawg

Stimme und Gesang

Q-Tip

Stimme und Gesang

The Ummah

Programmierung

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Kamaal Fareed

Komponist:in

James Dewitt Yancey

James Dewitt Yancey

Songwriter:in

Malik Izaak Taylor

Malik Izaak Taylor

Texte

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A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

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Tom Coyne

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]

(You on point, Phife?)

1nce again, Tip

(You on point, Phife?)

1nce again, Tip

(You on point, Phife?)

1nce again, Tip

(Word) Watch me bust they shit (Okay)

[Verse 2]

You did it me 1nce again, my friend

I swear you do it to me every time

'Cause you stay crazy on my mind

Boy, you got it goin' on

And on and on and on

And on and on and on

[Verse 3]

This is the year that I come in

And just devastate

My style is great, ask your peoples

Can I dominate?

My rhymes are harder than

Last night's erection

Don't play me close

I have this mic up in your rear section

[Verse 4]

My shit is love, simply meaning

That my joint is tight

Amping up the mic

Making sure production's tight

Sometime's I might catch a

Severe case of writer's block

But by the end of the day

You'll be on my jock

[Verse 5]

My name's Malik

My hobby's puttin' MC's to the test

And if you front, I'll put my foot

Up in your friggin' chest

Freestyle fanatic

And never will it ever stop

Your crew is his

You might just wanna call the cops

[Verse 6]

Ay yo, I gotta put some action on paper

Make sure my verse jump up

And spread out like the raper

The only tip I got for a waiter

Is watch the doorknob hit me

Where the dirty dog shoulda bit me

[Verse 7]

That was my train of thought

But for so long, I fought

Now I'm at a level supreme to the devil

So turn up the bass

And lay low on the treble

We be the real MC's

And you dead, bring a shovel

[Verse 8]

Revitalize the vital tribe, **** (What?)

The ladies sweat the style

Like the squirrel sweat the nuts

You know a fella's good for the moola

Don't smoke no woolas, read the name

Call me Slick Tip the Ruler

[Verse 9]

You did it me 1nce again, my friend

I swear you do it to me every time

'Cause you stay crazy on my mind

Boy, you got it goin' on

And on and on and on

And on and on and on, yeah, yeah

[Verse 10]

Yo, I've been treading on this globe

Man, for twenty-five joints

Sometimes Shaitan got me

By the pressure points

But I can break a fella down like sex

You eat Wheat Chex

But still light in the ass and can't flex

[Verse 11]

If one **** front, I'ma make more pay

'Cause tonight, we getting off like O.J.

And yo, I got a Dawg that bites

Fuck the barking

Yo, I got a crew with the beats

And the smarts, and

[Verse 12]

I fought my shit up on Linden

In the 192

Forever writin', never bitin'

Ain't shit else to do

Hoping to battle

But most MC's ain't ready yet

But if they huddle and word

Then this is good as set (Tell 'em, V)

[Verse 13]

You have MC's droppin' bombs

That's incredible

Some other brothers

Their style's are just despicable

As for me, see, I just do how I love to do

Try to deny me of my props

Then I'll be seeing you

[Verse 14]

Most of you suckers

Wanna be down for the tag along

The friggin' fame

Someone tell 'em that this shit ain't games

You gots to do this from your heart

Meaning your inner soul

And if it's real, only then

Will you be on a roll

[Verse 15]

I try to stay on top my game

There ain't no time to lose

Four albums, we be sequestered

But still we paying dues

So hear my out, one time

You gots to be yourself

'Cause if you ain't yourself

You end up by your friggin' self

[Verse 16]

I'm coming rugged

With the Linden Boule' type of slang

And yo, we'll see who can hang, yo

[Verse 17]

You on point, Tip?

(Yo, 1nce again, Phife)

You on point, Tip?

(Yo, 1nce again, Phife)

You on point, Tip?

(Yo, 1nce again, Phife)

Ay yo, that kid is nice

[Verse 18]

You did it me 1nce again, my friend

I swear you do it to me every time, hey, hey

'Cause you stay crazy on my mind, oh

Boy, you got it goin' on

On and on and on, yeah

Oh yeah

Written by: A. Muhammad, James Dewitt Yancey, Kamaal Fareed, M. Taylor

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