Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down

("Get nothin’ but a beat down!") Refrain 4x Punks jump up to get beat down! ("Get nothin’ but a beat…") Sadat X:One day when I was ridin’ on the train I seen these two kids talkin’about the Nubian reign had fallen.I didn’t say nothin’ cuz these kids caught my goat,even […]


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Concerto in X Minor

["Rat Pack" style announcer]Well ahh, good evening my nubian brothers and sisters ahhTonight we got a REALLY big show ahh really big show ahhCon-duc-ting his Con-cer-to in X MinorWe have, the brother, Derek XAhh, his theme tonight, will be onracism, in a New Yawrk, backdropBrother Derek X.. [Derek (Sadat) X]Aw […]


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Step to the Rear

Here we go…("Okay everybody…") ("Step up to this")("Sing my song") ("Step up to this")("Sing my song") ("Step up to this")("Sing my song") ("Step up to this") Yo Stud, bust it…Step to the rear, Grand Pu is on arrival.Raised in the ghetto singin’ songs called survival.Runnin’ round town givin’ all the […]


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Drop the Bomb

[Grand Puba]PEACE my Nubian brothers.. ("Peace!")Aiyyo knowledge this we came here to do one thingAnd this is what we gonna do We gonna drop the bomb ("Drop the bomb!")We gonna drop the bomb ("Drop the bomb!")We gonna drop the bomb ("Drop the bomb!")We come to drop the bomb ("Drop the […]


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Step Into Da Cipher

[Lord Jamar]First up it’s the nuts up, what’s upto the niggas from the projectsProspect Park in Brooklyn, I’m lookin at another crime sceneCommitted by the brothers on this rhyme teamJust freestylin in a cipher, I take the life of MCsIf you’re wack we got the right to seizeHe’s black like […]


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Ain't No Mystery

[both] It ain’t no mystery .. (4X) "Who is that?" "The Supreme Black Man, that’s who!" (3X)"Hoo that’s the man!" [both] It ain’t no mystery "Who is that?" "The Supreme Black Man, that’s who!" (3X)"Hoo that’s the man!" [both] It ain’t no mystery [Lord Jamar]Well can you tell me where […]


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Love vs. Hate

[Grand Puba]Uhh.. Now it’s love, vs. hateTime for my people to eliminatethat hate, let’s loveBecause it’s our people that we’re thinking of Now they say we playa hatin cause we hate the black on blackAnd the fact we can’t stand when we act like thatSelf-hate killin us more than the […]


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Steal Ya 'Ho

"Say one for the treble, two for the bass One for the treble, two for the bass" (2X) "Say one for the treble, two for the bass" (6X) "And I’m guaranteed, I’ll steal ya ‘ho When I’m on the micraphone doin my show" (4X) [Lord Jamar]Well everytime I rock a […]


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Pass the Gat

"Gimme a gat I’m bout to smoke this motherfucker!" (2X) Pass me.. pass me the gat, I gotta fight backI ain’t rollin over on my motherfuckin back (4X) [Sadat X]I need seven brothers ready to roll, I mean some real shitBrothers ready to bust, bust again and againSnatch the chains […]


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Steady Bootleggin’

["Some get over the hump… bootleggin! Some go down in the dark! Bootleggin. Some get over the hump… bootleggin! Some go down in the dark! Bootleggin. Steady bootleggin! Steady bootleggin! Steady bootleggin! Steady bootleggin!"] Verse One: Sadat X I’ve been watching you for about two weeksSelling phony imitations of myselfif […]


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Feels So Good

"Feels so good!" (3X) [Brand Nubian trades off rhyming each line]Yes yes yesIt’s a test test testNow Rule is the townWHERE WE REST REST RESTIf you were wonderingwere the ballistics finally inOnce again,BRAND NUBIAN!You and your girl came to see the three rockNOW SHE STAYSKick the funky lyrics, throw her […]


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Return of the Dread

"It’s the return of the motherfuckin dreadlock""It’s the return of the motherfuckin dreadlock""It’s the return of the motherfuckin dreadlock""It’s the return of the motherfuckin dreadlock""Anyway you come I’m in your motherfuckin shit, mate" —> Scarface"Lord Jamar will live long cos I give strong blows to the hoes and my foes" […]


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I’m Black and I’m Proud

Intro: Grand Puba Uhh, uh huh, yeah, yeah, yeahUh huh, come on, check it out, check it out, what?Brand Nubian "I’m black and I’m proud"Uh, like that, like that, what? "Say it loud" "I’m black and I’m proud"Come on, come on, come on, come on "Say it loud" Verse One: […]


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Shinin’ Star

Yeah yeah, uhh, uh-huhBrand Nubian, yeah yeah, check it Intro/Chorus: You don’t have to drive a fancy carJust for you to be a shinin’ starNo matter who you are, no matter who you are Verse One: Grand Puba Uhh, now it started it off for me in apartment 6CProject style, […]


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Nubian Jam

Intro/Chorus: Laura Alfored Seem all the fellas understand what it feelcos it’s a Nubian Jam and everthing’s real*repeat* Verse One: Lord Jamar It’s time to blow up the spot, anything you was in, you’re thru the roofAll the jams we done been thru is proofWe blend truth, with mathematics doin […]


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