[Hook: ?uestlove (8x)] Tip is very smooth Phife is very hype! [Verse 1: Alchemist] Gettin' money The money is the main incentive Forever I'll remain inventive They cut me out the womb I hit the pavement and jetted straight out the f**in' room You must be sniffing unleaded or sniffin' on the fumes I grind the block till it's shredded, wrapped in a mummy's tomb Top of the schnitzel is breaded I'm a big boy, don't give me no snacks Animal head on the table, no plate, fresh off the axe Blood dribblin' and drippin', my medicine is kryptonite for Clark Kent That's why I'm still scribblin' and scripting Missle work off the same mound of dirt you're pitchin' Cut from a different type of thread when I'm stitchin' Off the cable, human roach, I'm a bum, hold up the table Money talks like spaghetti sauce with the basil Finagle flavor like chives on a potato See me swerving in that black Suburban in ? [Verse 2: Evidence] (Tip is very smooth) Ev is going off again Still I'm so personal in third person offerings Look Ma, verse is what I caught again Said it to the mic and "poof!" appeared an audience (Phife is very hype!) God damn, how did I get here? How do I mesh with the legends from the best years I mean those are real steps I gotta replay I mean those are real vets without a VA The southern C-A, the land of all deception The plan is get a cannon and shoot to show who reps it Flow connected, it wasn't me but was arrested Tryin' to catch a breath, deadly as asbestos Sick as f**, spit that sh** that went on record They couldn't test it, as soon as they a**essed it The ink hit the page and then came the diagnosis Then came the reign, then the violence and the roses I shoot with the silence on a toaster I swear to drunk I'm not God but getting closer If the odds ain't our favor they're approaching Then we even out then leaving out the ocean To hit the world and rep my C-A sh** Understand I did that sh** before I seen a chip This the Tribe Called Quest that didn't split Banging the drums and stealing your kick My brother Step [Hook]