Released: August 11, 1998

Featuring: J Dilla A Tribe Called Quest

Songwriter: Q-Tip Phife Dawg J Dilla Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Producer: The Ummah

Intro: Q-Tip (Harmonizing like scat)

Do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do
Do do, do do do do, do do, do do do do

Tip: Yo what's ya name hop?
Jay Dee: It's Jay Dee
And what's the name of ya crew?
It's SV
Yeah, that's Baatin and that nigga
T3
Ey yo, tell me where you from
I'm from the D y'all
Jay Dee : Ha ha, I'm from the, D D, D D D D D D, D D D D D
Y'all, I'm from the, D D D, D D D D D D, D D D D D
Y'all

Verse 1: Jay Dee

And this goes out to everybody who doubts, runnin' ya mouth
And don't know what you talkin' 'bout
You ain't familiar wit' the D, don't go that route
Just keep ya hand on ya toolie if ya walkin' 'bout
It's all live now
And for the greatest amount
But make the ladies say Oh
And the hoes say oww
And the owls say whoot da whoot
Turnin' it out
It's SV still on a quest baby knockin' you out
It's like dat

Q-Tip (harmonizing):

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Do do, do do do do, do do, do do do do

Phife: And who are you?
Tip: The Abstract
Ali is here and Jay Dee
Yeah, he did the track
Now would you say that it's tight?
It's type phat
And what we want y'all to do is
Is come react
Cause we do it all
All night night, night night night night
Tip : We do it all, all all all night y'all
We do it, all night, night night night night
We do it, all all all night y'all

Verse 2: Q-Tip

Word up
It's The Love Movement, it's all love
Cause we make ma-fuckas be fond of us,(us us)
We like the ladies, intelligent ones
But when the lights go out it's time to fondle us, (us us)
It's apprehension, when playin' ya joint
Cause Jay Dee makes it sound so marvelous, (us us)
If you beefin', then settle ya soul
While we make all of y'all just bond wit' us
Got your work on you, you better put it away
Police be lookin' for the vandlous, (us us)
Jay Dee from the D, SV family
Phife these jokers can't handle us (us us)

Tip (Harmonizing until Flex mixes in Erykah Badu)

Do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do
Do do, do do do do, do do, do do do do

Funkmaster Flex

Funkmaster Flex began his career as a producer best known for his work in the 90’s East Coast hip-hop scene. His discography includes both solo works, such as 60 Minutes of Funk which received RIAA gold standard, as well as his collaborative efforts with rappers such as Biz Markie and The Notorious B.I.G. Flex’s early music served as an inspiration for other artists growing up, such as Mark

However, Flex is perhaps best known as a DJ, most notable for his show on radio station Hot 97 in New York. His show often includes special guests who freestyle, also known as the “Funkmaster Flex Freestyle”, rappers who have participated, to name a few, include J. Cole and Mos Def.

Even more notorious, is the news and gossip sections of Funk Flex’s show. Although Flex is not new at inserting himself into beef, he immortalized his position in gossip when he perpetuated the 2015 Drake and Meek Mill ghostwriting beef. The Funkmaster played reference tracks from alleged Drake ghostwriter Quentin Miller and dissed Drake on his show continuously. While he did eventually deliver on providing some “evidence” to Quentin Miller’s involvement with Drake, many criticized Flex for using the beef as promotion, even starting a petition to have him fired from Hot 97.