Del The Funky Homosapien

Songwriter: Del The Funky Homosapien Eddie Harris

Producer: Boogiemen Del The Funky Homosapien Ice Cube

Artist: Del the Funky Homosapien
Album: Dr. Bombay 12"
Song: Ahonetwo Ahonetwo (remix)

I'm chocolate like a bar, but my name is not Roseanne
My skin has a pigment, reminiscent of a tan
I plan to grow dreads, but first a nappy 'fro
The longer the hair, the easier to scare a foe
It grows from my head til it covers up my face
People look and stare when I walk into the place
I grace the stage, I hates the age of charletons
Now I feel the time has come for me to spar with'em
Startin' with a swift up kick and an uppercut (Ouch!)
Plus the funky beat that moves your torso and your upper butt
Then I manipulate the spectators like David Copperfield and I drop a real rhyme
For the times are a-changin'
I rearrange my style like a jigsaw
People jock the styles and the rhymes cause it is raw
Walkin' through the streets of Berkley where I lurk free
Brothers try to jerk me to the side and try to hurt me
But perky little devils only get to levels lower than
The grower of the cannibus plants and I dismantle the stance
That ya take, cause I ache the ear canals
Many try to flex my neck, but fear the child, so yep

[Hook]
"Ahonetwo, Ahonetwo, I like it
Ahonewo, Ahonetwo, funky human bein'"

[DEL Talking:]
Damn, fools be jockin' us, you know why they jockin' us? '
Cause we got the straight ultra sound, fool. (Mind music!)
We got the straight ultra sound, fool. We got the straight beat
Fool. (Ha Ha!) We are the dopest, fool
(That's why all the fools at school be jockin' us)
(Yo, check it, check it, check it) (Check this out)
What's up Phesto, you know we the dopest...the whole universe. "

The friendly, many, scopin' up horizons
Keepin' eyes on the mischievious who flys on
The tip like a pile of feces, I release these
Mad troops like Dr. Claw with the mad beats
Sequence that we brings to the world like a flood
I leap like a tigger and I land with a thud
Collasal, causin' earthquakes and the earth shakes constant
Kicks more ass than Charles Bronson
I pounce like a cat cause I think I'm all that
When it comes to the drums, when I see how y'all act
The H to the I, oh my, oh man, it slams
I never came candied like the yams
Sambo, stands low, never to my lattitude
Never was a nigga and I never had an attitude
Never actin' mad at you unless you try to front
On the D-E like you didn't know the day of the month
Once they get a whiff of the shit, you know it's funky
Please keep up your gall
Cause I'mma ball them fools who hunt me
Act like you do, or rather act like you know
Del, Souls of Mischief, Extra Pro, down with Hiero
(Hierogliphics in the house) It's like that y'all
(It's like that y'all, ya don't stop
Check it out y'all, ya don't stop
Check it out, yo, ya don't stop
Hierogliphics in the house, ya don't stop
Souls of Mischief in the house, ya don't stop
Extra Prolific in the house, ya don't stop
T-L-E is in the house, you don't stop
Morris J's in the house, ya don't stop

Del the Funky Homosapien (born Teren Delvon Jones in Oakland, California on August 12, 1972) is the founding member of the hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics. His debut album I Wish My Brother George Was Here was released in 1991 and featured production from himself as well as The Boogiemen and his cousin Ice Cube. The album featured Del’s most popular solo single “Mistadobalina” but Del wasn’t feeling the funk sampled sound used on his album that the West Coast would become known for in the following years. He began his sound shift with the Mistadobalina B-side “Burnt”, which was the first appearance of the Hiero crew on wax. His next album, 1993’s No Need For Alarm had a darker yet jazzy sound as the production was handled by Del and Hiero crew members Casual, A-Plus, Snupe, Jay Biz, and Domino as well as Stimulated Dummies.

Prior to the release of his third album Future Development, Del was dropped from Elektra Records and went on to release the album in 1997 on the Hieroglyphics Imperium label in cassette form. He also appeared on the Hiero group album 3rd Eye Vision in 1998 and dropped his fourth album Both Sides of the Brain on Hiero Imperium in 2000, which featured the popular single “If You Must.”

On October 17, 2000, Del released the Deltron 3030 collaborative project with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala, and he had two high-profile appearances in 2001 on the tracks “Rock the House” and “Clint Eastwood” with the Gorillaz. After making more appearances on Hiero group albums and other projects, Del released his album Eleventh Hour in 2008 through Definitive Jux and has released more albums independently through different sources such as Bandcamp and Soundcloud. After more than 25 years in the rap game, he continues to tour and perform with the Hiero crew.

more tracks from the album

I Wish My Brother George Was Here

From the albums

Hiero B-Sides Vol. 1 (1997)
The Best of... (The Elektra Years): B-Boy Handbook (2004)

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