The Beat Change

Brand Nubian

[Sadat X]



Somebody went gold in the Billboard, it was a X, but it was Mia



Young boys ran to me in the local pizzeria



He said, "You Jamar and Haji man y'all hot to death.



Can y'all save what's left, or at least make a claim?"



Shorty remind me of myself when I started in this game



and through years I'm basically the same, as are my brothers



I'm the eight track flashback before the days of crack



Is it real or an act, fuck it, let's save the kids



Yeah you all about war, why you tryin to die for?



Yeah them niggaz real raw but you sleepin on the floor



Yeah I walk through the Valley with my man Spark and Allie



Days of money, in Harlem Week '85



with the Captain's hats, and my father's old guns



Before I had a daughter, and before they had sons



I stay the hypnotizer, style's a tranquilizer



Got you feelin all loose, wettin up the goose



The great Datty X and I'm hear to say



You can always find me around the way



[Lord Jamar]



Uhh, I be that kid with the dreads that remember



when I hid from the Feds, plus I always did what I said



I was gonna do, talk shit, right in front of you



Never forfeit, on top, we do it non stop



Remember when we let the bomb drop



with more jewels than a pawn shop from the school



of the hard knocks, straight off the Now Rule block



Powerful aftershocks with the strength of Master locks



We got you in a paradox, between a rock and a hard place



We got the hard bass



And erybody's gon' get a taste, get your plate



First we had to let it marinate, now we straight, uhh



Five mics is how we rate, stand with us



And stand amongst the likes of the great scandalous



Cats, try they best to decipher the tape



What we manifest still gets blessed in every stat