Verses from the Abstract

I had a dream about my man last night
 And my man came by the studio
 And his name is...
 Busta Rhymes in effect, Shaheed is in effect
 Phife Did-awg is in effect
 Check it out and give me my 'spect
 I'm moving, yes I'm grooving 'cause my mouth is on the motor
 Use the Coast in the morning to avoid the funky odor
 Can't help being funky, I'm the funky Abstract brother
 Funky in a sense, but I play the undercover
 Once had a fetish, fetish for some booty
 Now I'm getting funky in my rap and that's my duty
 Brothers tend to jock on the style in particular
 If you got the ego like some brothers then I'll get with ya
 But if I don't pursue, then I just don't give a-
 My motto in the '90s is "Be happy making bucks"
 Girls love the jim, 'cause it causes crazy friction
 When it goes up in and fluctuates the diction
 I still understand the oomph 'cause that's what I met her for
 I'm hooked on the swing, so just call me the music whore
 Women love the voice, brothers dig the lyrics
 Quest the people's choice, we driving for the spirit
 If you can't hear it, then get the wax utensil
 Write my rhymes straight up, don't give it no fancy stencil
 The rhymes be getting sweet, we stay away from tart
 A perfectionist at work, perking up the art
 If you want to battle, I suggest you check your clock
 Your demise is coming up and I want your man to watch
 Be the prime example, or deeper still the sample
 Insignificance, here I'll place you on the mantle
 Born up in Harlem, reside down in Jamaica
 The girl I used to rock, her moms was a Quaker
 Now what does that make her? The evil money taker?
 The crazy move faker, I use that to break her
 Phife is in the house (oohh, you know you got going on)
 Uncle Mike is in the house (this ain't a R&B song)
 Bob Power is in the house (you got it going on)
 Tim Latham is in the house (and on and on and on)
 Wise Men is in the house
 The Brand Nubes is in the house
 The J Beez, they in the house
 And De La, they in the house
 I must regroup my thoughts and kick the next ones for my people
 Please don't be deceived by the ugly slice of evil
 The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket
 Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you'll thank it
 Don't move to rebuttal, wave your hand for action
 Some women in the '90s want more than satisfaction
 They want keys and Gs, and all those illy things
 If you want to, I'll show you, just what the Ab can bring
 I keep a tight net with my brothers Ken and Kenny
 If the question is of rhymes, then I'll tell ya, I got plenty
 The thing that men and women need to do is stick together
 Progressions can't be made if we're separate forever
 I hooked this funky beat with the loop and the feature
 This the funky singing by Miss Vinia Mojica
 So listen because the Quest is led through the underground
 My people have been oppressed too long, no more will we be down
 People tend to riff 'cause they don't know the mental
 People tend to bug 'cause the beats are hard but gentle
 Africano lurks through the body of this youngun'
 Play like Bobby Byrd on your back and you're coming to
 The house of the jazz, of the funk, of the rhythm
 All the goods are welcome, but if you're a villain
 I'll just wait and debate, contemplate your arrival
 If flexing is your motive, then you don't like survival
 The Abstract is speaking, the hard beats is reaching
 To Black and Puerto Ricans 'cause they're butt naked streaking
 Through the ever murky streets of the urbanized areas
 Blasting out the speakers is the hip hop hysteria
 Craig is in the house (oohh, you know you got going on)
 Pete Rock is in the house (this ain't a R&B song)
 CL is in the house (you got it going on)
 Ultramag is in the house (and on and on and on)
 Nice and Smooth is in the house
 Big Daddy Kane is in the house
 Beatnuts is in the house
 Special Ed is in the house
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 And this one goes out to my man
 Thanks a lot, Ron Carter on the bass
 Yes, my man Ron Carter is on the bass
 And check it out, going into the '91 decade
 Up in until the 2000 decade
 You gotta say the Quest is on
 And goddamn it, yes the Quest is on
 And we out!