De La Soul - The Magic Number (PMV)

Was born three maced up enemies

And that's a magic number

What does it all mean?

Difficult preaching is posthumous pleasure

Pleasure in preaching starts in the heart

Something that stimulates the music and the measure

Measure in the music, race in three parts

Casually see but don't do like a soul

'Cause seeing and doing are actions for monkeys

Doing hip hop hustle no rock and roll

Unless your name's Brewster 'cause Brewster's a punk

Three

Parents let go 'cause it's magic in the air

Criticizing rap shows you're out of order

Stop looking, listen to the phrasing, fret the stairs

And don't get offended while Mace Dozie does your daughter

A tri-camera roll system is now set

Fly around the store on the days of production

It stands for the inner sound, y'all ain't know, correct

That the action's not a trick but show me how it functions

Everybody wants to be a DJ

Everybody wants to be an MC

But being speakers are the best

And you don't have to guess

You're our so-called C-consistent three

And that's a magic number

Three

This here piece of the pie is not dessert

But the cost that we're dining

Three out of every darn time

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