Body Rock

[Mos Def:]
Aight, ugh, alright, you gotta slow down, I'm trying to
Aight, yo, I oh, I only took a little bit of Spanish, you gotta
Aight, I hear what you're saying but yo, aight, okay
Alright, okay, alright okay, okay
Alright okay, (I'm feeling you), okay
Alright okay, alright okay, okay
Alright okay, (I'm feeling you), yo

Yo, all my people in Brooklyn and you know we're hot, I say
(We don't stop the Body Rock)
All my people in Queens, and the land in between, say we
(Don't stop the Body Rock)
Shaolin and L-I, say you know we're fly, say we
(Don't stop the Body Rock)
From the East to the West, son, we take it to the chest, say we
(Don't stop the Body Rock)

Check me out, y'all
I'm in the lab with Ab, I got the pen and pad
My man T-A-S-H take it to yo' breastplate
It's the Mighty Mos Def, complete the trilogy
Just shot myself a dime, see, are you feeling me?
Son, I'm wicked and nice when I'm on facility
Lemme take a sec to review what I wrote
(Mos Def, and it sound far fetched?) — OK, it's dope
Let's record this ('Cord this), they're gonna award this (Award this)
And all area crew is gonna applaud this
And when we step to the plate, Pah, it's flawless
My man T-A-S-H with styles glory great
Great, great great, great great

[Tash:]
Up next, we got KaTash with that West Coast rhyming
Bombing niggas with the style as dangerous as mountain climbing (ah)
'Cause the Alkie words I'm spitting be twisting while you listening
Plus I'm in this motherfucker with the Likwit coalition (woo)
That'll leave you in position, twisted backwards like yoga
While you staring down my throat like, "Is he drunk or is he sober?"
(Who knows?!) All I know is Tash got flows (Woo!)
And got the technique to get the ladies out of their clothes
I been overly exposed to the forty-oh's and chickens
So I'mma keep it pumping 'til the beat stop kicking
Or 'til the plot thickens, 'cause this is how we do
CaTashtrophe, Mos Def, and the brother man Q!

[Q-Tip:]
What's up, Tash? A-yo, Tip can't call it
Chill as Mos is Def and you Alkaholik (Right)
I'mma be surfing at, thing that's worth dealing (Uh-huh)
Hypodermically, shoot up your feeling (Uh)
Figuratively speaking, of course, now (Right)
Old and greediness seeking it's course, now (Uh)
What we gonna do? (What?) Eradicate them
Shoot them from the jam, they be diseased phlegm

[Mos Def:]
Tash Love — are you ready to rock the mic?
Q-Tip — are you ready to rock the mic?
Mos Def — are you ready to rock the mic?
We got the universal style you got to like!
And ain't nobody stepping up when we got the mic
So turn the A.C. up 'cause it's hot tonight!
And 'til the bright early morn', we be rocking you all
Don't stop, the Body Rock!

[Tash:]
'Cause I'm next to flex
And I'm technically advanced to turn you on like cybersex
So in less (Uh) than two sec's (Uh), I blind MC's like Thomas Dolby
With the Science that'll leave their brain cells frying slowly (science!)
So slowly I flow with this express written consent
From the undergrounding niggas, Coast II Coast I represent
'Cause getting bent — I do
But I'm doper than sherm
Plus the way I put it down could burn the perm off Big Worm
So peep this private screening of the Last Action Hero
That be freezing rappers dead in their tracks like Sub Zero (Zero)
'Cause Rico ain't no joke, I eat yo' flows and yo' beat up
Rappers even feel my presence when I'm home with my feet up

[Mos Def:]
What you, skied up or treed up?
Relax and pull a seat up, make your landlord turn the heat up
Got the opposition shook like Tiger Woods about to tee off
So niggas, there's no competition with the clear Mos Definition
MC's screaming now for years
Can't rhyme without their mom's permission
You just a young'un coming out, getting gassed to run your mouth
Wilding on the Runabout, Baby Pah, you coming out
Barking that you want a 'bout, but son, you know the come about
When Mos Def blow up and, you don't nutting
Don't you know nuttin'?! My crew go hunting
We keep it on the norm, then we transform something
And while we do it, you bounce to it
The cops wanna stop the Body Rock (But don't do it)

[Q-Tip:]
Dynamite!!! Like Jimmy J.J
Slobbed down penny, somewhere in L.A. (A)
Now we got to bond like Voltron (Tron)
Tash — you the bomb, Mos — you the wonton (Ton)
Repeatedly, I must drop on thee (Thee)
A-B-S, I bust down, facility (Ty)
T-R-A-C-T is the MC (C)
It's the LL, inside the place to be (Be)

[Mos Def:]
Q-Tip — are you ready to rock the mic?
Tash Love — are you ready to rock the mic?
Mos Def — are you ready to rock the mic?
We got the universal brothers you got to like!
Now, ain't nobody stepping up when we got the mic
So turn your A.C. up 'cause it's hot tonight!
And 'til the bright early morn', we'll be rocking you all
(Don't stop, the Body Rock!)

All my people out in Queens, you know you're hot, you say
(Don't stop, the Body Rock!)
All my people out in Brooklyn, and you know we're hot, say
(Don't stop, the Body Rock!)
Shaolin to L-I, and you know we're fly, say
(Don't stop, the Body Rock!)
All the people on the Greens, and the land in between, say
(Don't stop, the Body Rock!)

...no stopping
...no stopping
Out in Jersey — no stopping
Philadelp-i-i — no stopping
Chi-Town getting down — the playgrounds
Detroit USA — no stopping
In Cali — no stopping
And the great V-A — no stopping
I says, huh-huh huh-huh uh-huh-huh
I said, the Brooklyn sound — no stopping
And the Boogie Down — no stopping
L-I and Queens — no stopping
And you see Medina Greens — no stopping
You know we, Lyricist Lounge — no stopping
And my man Abstract — no stopping
Except we never do wack — no stopping
Uh-huh, you don't stop, the Body Rock
D-dah, don't stop