A Tribe Called Quest — Start It Up

[Intro] Yo, yo, I hope y'all ready Are ya ready? Here we go What ya deal with? Uh What ya deal with? What ya deal with? Turn me up some more [Verse 1: Q-Tip] Incognito, speakin', to ya Feel this, have it, makin', music Men and, women, boys and, girls and Welcome to the movement, the fifth with improvement Aristotle, Plato, Freud Yeah right, Abstract, never, void I make it, easy, for y'all to boogie down to Hard to the ground, ooh, the Tribe with the sound boo Touch me, tease me, feed me, squeezy Take it, easy, never, sleazy Promise, that I, will not, answer The phone when it rings, love, while we do out thing, love Never, fakin', enslave, spirits Through the, music, is our, mission Money's, cool, but not, cooler Than a ghetto rebel risin' to overthrow a ruler Dearly, beloved, dearly, departed There's a, reason, why we, did it Cause it's inside the body and the hearts So here we are fam, let's start, c'mon [Hook: Q-Tip] Don't beat me in the head with the bullshit bat C'mon everybody, let's start (Uh, yo) Don't beat me in the head with the bullshit bat C'mon everybody, let's start (C'mon) [Verse 2: Q-Tip] Ummah, Mos, Jane Doe, Willy Punchline, Wordsworth, SV, Chrissy S.O.S., Tribe Called Quest Get it off your chest, say it (Tribe Called Quest!) Can you, feel it, when it, hit right? Can you, feel it, when we, do it? Truth, power, taste, devour Niggas in the street, here comes the illest beat now Move, oceans, with your, mental Think it, do it, be it, embellish Here's another point for everyone to relish When Ski busts his tools, all y'all foes will embellish For somethin', wicked, at y'all, faces What I, see is, longin', needin' Hey I got you with that good stuff And ya probably won't get enough Ayo, lyrics, I got it, lyrics, cadence Do it, with fun, and, patience Funky, rhythmic, characteristic Ebonically lingustic with the ghetto futuristic Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay [Hook: Q-Tip] With the bullshit bat C'mon everybody, let's start Don't beat me in the head with the bullshit bat (Ghetto futuristic) C'mon everybody, let's start [Outro: Q-Tip] Beat me in the head, don't beat me in the head Don't beat me in the head, don't beat me in the head Don't beat me in the head, don't beat me in the head Don't beat me in the head, head, head, head So here we are fam, let's start So here we are fam, let's start So here we are fam let's start To The Ummah family, let's start Ayo, get off your ass and let's start Uh, ayo, here we are fam, let's start C'mon, get off your ass and let's start Here we are fam, let's start Here we is fam, let's start Get off your ass and let's start Here we are fam, let's start Get off your ass-ah-ah-ah-ah Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha And let's start