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[Verse 2: Busta Rhymes]

Question^✦ number^✦ one, how can you go wrong?

K.M.D., can I sing this song? (Sho' nuff)

The nitty^✦ gritty,^✦ do the nitty^✦ gritty^✦

Get on down and let's do the nitty^✦ gritty^✦

Busta^✦ Rhymes^✦ from the top of Chill City^✦

Flippin' on the rhythm, showin'^✦ you that I get busy^✦

Stand up for the right of the young and the witty^✦

Movin'^✦ inconspicuous like a baby^✦ kitty^✦

Moved^✦ to the Island^✦ and I left the urban^✦ city^✦

Whylin'^✦ in the Island^✦ 'til I find a young bitty^✦

Baby^✦ doll, well, I never^✦ ever^✦ fall

Hard, let the God Squad in the dancehall

K.M.D., Brand Nubian^✦

Leaders Of The New School always be chillin^✦

Hold up, so I can get illy^✦

First to interfere here and I'm comin'^✦ back silly^✦

Now I feel the vibes^✦ of the choco^✦ in the Phillie

You know you can't fuck because^✦ we rippin'^✦ it, Smitty^✦

I know you love this song ( ? ) to the break of dawn

Onyx, god, tell me what is going on?

[Verse 3: Onyx The Birthstone Kid]

What, what goes? As far as I know, see, bros

Are havin'^✦ trouble knowin'^✦ who's friends and who's foes

The worst devil^✦ is a black devil^✦

Because^✦ you come disguised^✦ as a wolf in sheep's clothes

Like Preacher Porkchop who keeps the church clappin'

Mo' comes^✦ the money,^✦ mo' money^✦ got him yappin'^✦

He sucks your bucks, so his pockets fatten^✦

He's got some guts, he pimp-struts up to Staten^✦

Island,^✦ I be chillin^✦ in Long Island,^✦ Long Beach

Hippin'^✦ gods to they culture with the strong speech

I build with the Nubians I chill with

I fill with my zig-zag-zig^✦

I never^✦ lived^✦ big, I never^✦ lived^✦ large, I never^✦ lived^✦ fat

The devil^✦ man in this land, he won't allow^✦ that

So, brother^✦ man, I don't wanna^✦ bust you

But if you don't know the devil,^✦ G – I can't trust you

[Interlude: Onyx, (Zev Love X), Lord Jamar]

Knowmsayin', man?

You just can't trust brothers^✦ who don't know what time it is

(True indeed,^✦ true indeed,^✦ yo)

(So, Lord J...)

Yo, that's true indeed^✦

And I know the time of the day

Lord Jamar^✦ goes like this

[Verse 4: Lord Jamar]

Life's^✦ hardships

Stones^✦ are placed^✦ and one must face trips

Falls and spills to kills and cause mishaps

These are some of his traps

But I got a jewel^✦ that needs no gift wrap

So just receive, believe when shown the light

The devil^✦ gets left, the gods gotta^✦ get right

To the source of our loss, stop wearin'^✦ the cross

Do for self, kill that "Yes, sir, boss," and

When you do, from the other^✦ you won't beg

Can't you see, my brother?^✦ You're the Arma-Legga-Leg

Arm, supreme Head, and instead^✦

Of relyin',^✦ why don't you start tryin'?

You say "try is to fail," I say "try is an attempt"

'Cause when you stop tryin, that makes^✦ victory exempt

From your cipher,^✦ the life you lead is not hype

The black man was not born to be a gutter^✦ snipe

Or an alley^✦ cat, you should be steppin' to the rally^✦ fat

Not just with dough, but with the knowledge^✦ you know

So, get up and go, get yourself a book of

Life, instead^✦ of living^✦ life like a hooker^✦

Get some knowledge^✦ of self and do for self

Yo, man, brothers^✦ ain't tryin' to check it out

You know what I'm sayin'?

Crack, crack them skulls, man

[Verse 5: Subroc]

I see some crazy^✦ dense

Man, from head to toe they're full of lead

"I flipped^✦ a brick," nah, I build a fort instead^✦

So I taught, chilled before^✦ I flipped^✦

'Cause in actuality,^✦ my man's mentality^✦ was stripped^✦

I dipped^✦ back to the roots, I am a king with ranks

Cream in the coffee, clay thing – no thanks

Why play the role like all silly^✦ teens?

I'm the black bowling ball knockin' pins to smithereens

Each teach in every^✦ town, relate^✦ that

The God Squad is like Homey^✦ The Clown, we don't play that

Coon, jiggaboo, Uncle Toms in the mix

Give me a (Woof!) in reverse, Psalms 82 and 6

"All gods, and children of the Most High"

Cave-guys still fry in the sun, don't deny^✦

I got a third eye sight vibe that don't lie

I am that I am, goodnight, divine^✦ evil's^✦ the bull's eye

[Verse 6: Sadat X ]

It's like this... (And my word is bond)

This is a modern type of style, look at what I did

A devil^✦ still can't build a pyramid

I dug a tunnel^✦ to Asia,^✦ wrote a speech with a laser^✦

Rush your brain with a new genetic strain

The god in God's clothing, and the devil's^✦ loathing

Got enemies, but I really^✦ don't give a damn

I smacked a man, 'cause he tried to serve a plate of ham

Disguised^✦ in a patty,^✦ my Uncle Trevor's natty^✦ dread

He got a ( ? ), used^✦ to be a foot fet'

The city^✦ jammed^✦ his pension,^✦ and I forgot^✦ to mention^✦

That I'm the word buff, yes, enough^✦ is enough^✦

Zig-zag-zig,^✦ watch the black man get big and burst

The black man is first

I drive a black hearse and I bury^✦ all the devils^✦

With K.M.D., I can raise up my levels

[Outro]

(The nitty^✦ gritty)^✦

(The nitty^✦ gritty,^✦ and my)

(The nitty^✦ gritty,^✦ and my word is bond)

(The nitty^✦ gritty)^✦

(The nitty^✦ gritty^✦ and my)

(The nitty^✦ gritty)^✦

(The nitty^✦ gritty^✦ and my)

(The nitty^✦ gritty)^✦

(The nitty^✦ gritty^✦ and my)

(The nitty^✦ gritty,^✦ and my word is bond)

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