[Hook] After hours it was cool, after hours it was cool After hours it was cool, after hours it was cool After hours it was cool, after hours it was cool After hours it was cool, after hours it was cool [Verse 1: Q-Tip] Ten after one I think I'll hop the horse Downtown '83 of course Just came from fishing, couldn't get a catch Downtown they'll...Learn More

[Intro: Q-Tip] -gy [Verse 1: Phife Dawg] 1988 senior year at Garvey High Where all the guys were corny but the girls were mad fly Lounging with the Tipster, cooling with Sha Scoping out the honeys—they know who they are I was the b-ball playing, fly rhyme saying Fly girl getting but never was I sweating 'Cause when it came to honeys I would go on...Learn More

[Intro] Toqué ese guitarra! [Chorus: Q-Tip] I left my wallet in El Segundo I left my wallet in El Segundo I left my wallet in El Segundo I got to get it, I got, got to get it I left my wallet in El Segundo I left my wallet in El Segundo I left my wallet in El Segundo I got to get it, I got, got to get it [Verse 1: Q-Tip] My mother went away for a...Learn More

[Verse 1: Q-Tip] Back in the days when I was a teenager Before I had status and before I had a pager You could find the Abstract listenin' to hip-hop My pops used to say, it reminded him of Bebop I said, "Well, Daddy, don't you know that things go in cycles? Way that Bobby Brown is just amping like Michael" It's all expected, things are for the...Learn More

[Verse 1: Q-Tip] As we start trudging Me and my brothers we be looking and be bugging Vehicles of life they be rolling and be nudging Searching for the virgins of life That be shoving out the door that's crack The valleys of time, are always on my feet As least the beat will combine The calluses and corns with the funky bassline You don't need...Learn More

[Produced by A Tribe Called Quest] [Chorus: Q-Tip] Relax yourself, girl, please settle down Relax yourself, girl, please settle down Relax yourself, girl, please settle down Relax yourself, girl, please settle down Relax yourself, girl, please settle down Relax yourself, girl, please settle down [Verse 1: Q-Tip] Honey, check it out, you got me...Learn More

[Produced by A Tribe Called Quest] [Chorus: Trugoy the Dove] We on a world tour with Muhammad, my man Going each and every place with the mic in their hand New York, NJ, NC, VA We on a world tour with Muhammad, my man Going each and every place with the mic in their hand Oaktown, LA, San Fran, St. John [Verse 1: Q-Tip] People give your ears so I...Learn More

[Verse 1: Q-Tip] Listen up, everybody, the bottom line I'm a black intellect, but unrefined With precision like a bullet, target bound Just living like a hooker, the harlot sounds Now when I say the harlot, you know I mean the hot Heat of the equator, the broth that's in the pot Jalick, Jalick ya wind up ya hip Drafting of the poets, I'm the #7...Learn More

[Chorus: A Tribe Called Quest] We got the jazz, we got the jazz We got the jazz, we got the jazz We got the jazz, we got the jazz We got the jazz, we got the jazz [Verse 1: Q-Tip] Stern firm and young with a laid-back tongue The aim is to succeed and achieve at 21 Just like Ringling Brothers, I'll daze and astound Captivate the mass, cause the...Learn More

[Intro: Laurel Dann] Hello, this is your Midnight Marauder program I am on the front of your cover I will be enhancing your cassettes and CDs with certain facts that you may find beneficial The average bounce meter for your Midnight Marauder program will be in the area of 95 BPM We hope that you will find our presentation precise, bass heavy, and...Learn More

[Verse 1: Q-Tip] Brother, brother, brother, Lucien, you're like no other Listen very close 'cause I don't like to boast Instead, I'll tell the tale of a French who prevailed Through the Mr. Crazy Rabbits who were always on his tail We ain't on sale, your rumor starts to wail Get caught with stolen goods and you will go to jail If you go to jail,...Learn More

[Intro: Q-Tip] Uh, uh, uh, uh Uh, uh, uh, check the rhyme [Verse 1: Q-Tip & Phife Dawg] Back in the days on the boulevard of Linden We used to kick routines and the presence was fittin' It was I, The Abstract And me, the Five Footer I kicks the mad style so step off the frankfurter Yo, Phife, you remember that routine That we used to make spiffy...Learn More