Then LL Cool J came with Rock the Bells
My jam was BDP, with My Philosophy
(All my peeps got the vocab)
Say, our Father, who art in Heaven
Say La-di-da-di, we like to party but

Like the Fu got the Manchu, Chaka got the Zulu
Yeah, we got the vocab
(Oakland got the vocab)
Way back when before guns became gats and
I'm forming the cipher fly East to the Five Percenter
I got the vocab
Say Grandmaster Flash, MC Melle Mel

Word, they got the vocab

Hey yo I, feel kind of melancholy people think they really know me
Aiyyo Clef grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab
Cause I've been wild since I was a juvenile
And things you never heard plus I come from the suburbs
I loved P.E., they kept me conscious of what I was sayin'
Aiyyo peeps, grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab
You know they got the vocab
Run-DMC used to ask Mary was she buggin'?
From be-bop to bee-bee

(DC got the vocab)

I turn on my TV, I check out Farrakhan on CNN see
Forgive the foolish rapper for he not know how Fugee be steppin'
Aiyy, I know y'all got the vocab
Afrika Bambaata, Poor Righteous Teacher
And you got your skin scarred when they was shootin' on the boulevard
A dorme vous? A dorme vous?
Now kids are whylin' so I ask the bad black
And if you come fa tes the rap stylee
You see the skills I manifest is very tho-rough
Correct and, stopped and kept in, nuff respect to the
Aiyyo, sisters grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab
(Boogie Down got the vocab)
A rapper, disaster, nobody ever told me that
(Uptown got the vocab)

Aiyyo, bros grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab
I got the vocab
You know they got vocab
Watch out now when I choose to speak

Got within myself so it made me a Five Percenter
Hey yo, one two three, the crew is called ReFugees

Pray tell me when's the revolution will begin?
You do the rock-rock from hip-hop through be-bop
Yeah, they got the vocab
(You got the vocab)
"Roxanne, you don't got to work for money no more!" and
Aiyyo Praz, grab the mic and show you got the gift of gab

Like Apollo got the moon, like the men who got the blue
Word to God, I heard you're acting kind of hard
Back in Eighty-three, no one wanted to be nappy
I turn on my TV, it's a dreadlock for free
(Black people got the vocab)
Freres Jacques, Freres Jacques
Check it out, here we go
Afro-centric profile, back when righteous rap was your style
(Underground got the vocab)
You know we got the vocab
'Cause the bourgeoisie type of mental sucks like a flat comb

Yeah, we got the vocab
(The click's got the vocab)
See I'm the one for the crew, like a Jew is a Jew
(Brooklyn got the vocab)
I pay the toll fighting for my own soul
(Virginia got the vocab)
And when I rest my head is on a pillow
(You got the vocab)
Be-ba-dee-be, be-dee-be, be-dee-be-bo
(You got the vocab)
The devil's wishin' they could send me back to Mogadishu

Cast the first stone, if you feel you ain't a sinner, ah
DJ, that be selectin', the type of record ah
Word, we got the vocab
(You got the vocab)
And if you don't believe me ask Freres Jacques
Then cast off from here to Mexico
You know y'all got the vocab
I keep a wrap about me while I'm driving daddy's Audi

Boogie bandit, what's the damage, gimme the estimate then
Stop the violence and just bring it on, wild
Word, y'all got the vocab
Hawaii got the Honolulu
Kill the gimmick it's nonsense, it's no sense or value

I got the rap lieu, so skippedy-de-bop-bop you don't stop

We got the vocab
I got the vocab
I'm like the phantom that's flyin' like the bird do
Back in the days I used to listen to Kool G Rap
But I be baitin' the rebel base to bass distort the EQ
(Queens got the vocab)
You see my four-five-six a-be my Celo
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