De La Soul

De La Soul - My Brother's A Basehead lyrics

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 This song does not contain explicit lyrics  but what it does contain
 is an udesired element. This element is known as the basehead  the
 lowest of lowest of all elements that exist. And the sad thing is
 this particular element... is me brudda!
 Brother  brother oh brother of mine
 We used to be down as partners in crime
 From our parents our name was forged
 I was the Beaver, you Curious George
 Wanted to dispose of this and that
 But curiosity had killed the cat
 At this age no wonder it was read
 But this was the fate that you were fed
 Throughout high school our minds we'd waste
 High off all the cheeba that we could taste
 Soon you had converted to nasal sports
 Every five minutes cocaine you'd snort
 Told me that you needed a stronger fix
 Stepped to the crack scene in '86
 Unlike the other drugs where you had control
 This substance had engulfed your body and soul
 Now from me you lost all respect
 Said yo need to put that shit in check
 Wanted me to believe that you had tried
 But your mind and the craving had coincided
 Said there was a voice inside you that talked
 Which said you shouldn't stop but continue to walk
 Now the brother who could handle any drug
 Had just found the one that could pull his Plug
 (Background:)
 (Ya don't stop, ya don't, ya don't stop)
 (Ya don't stop, the body rock)
 DOVE:
 "Yo, bro, got another rock for your hiking boots"
 "Gonna make you scream and loop three loops"
 "Gonna take you far on a freeway, okay"
 Remember that day? Slipped me a smile for a 20 crack vial
 Guess what? Time to collect, correct
 Don't have a dime? It's payback time, payback time
 "Don't cry the blues 'cause I got bad news"
 "Should I stab ya? Should I bite ya? Should I use my tools?"
 No, I got another way to earn my defeat, ah!
 (Slam the child on the hard concrete)
 (Make the bass come out so clear)
 POS:
 Brother, brother, stupid brother of mine
 Started getting high at the age of nine
 Now at twenty-one you're lower than low
 Nowhere to turn, nowhere to go
 My dividends and wares started to disappear
 Where it ended up, I had an idea
 Barking you with the quickness, reversed intent
 Instead went to Pop and gave him the print
 Now Pop grew tired of being a mouse
 Finally told you to get the hell outta the house
 From there a mother figure came into play
 Claimed for you she saw a better day
 Now Mom was a product of Christ's rebirth
 Thought the only chance was to go to church
 Quitting this stuff you had tried before
 This time you claimed you'd really score
 Something I had to see to believe
 Put on my suit and to church I weaved
 PREACHER (Squirrel):
 My, my, my. What happened to the people? The people who used to care
 about what took place in the world today? I've been summoned here
 today to reach the people who still can be reached, to save the people
 who still can be saved. Can I get an Amen? Can I get an Amen?
 Hit me! Forgive us. Said it's taking over. Taking over the world. All
 it's doing is taking over. Where them crackers at? Them crackers that
 they serve, where they at?
 DOVE AND MIKEY ROADS (In background as choir):
 Said evil's taking over
 Said evil's taking over
 Said evil's taking over, evil's taking over
 The Lord's gonna forgive us, the Lord's gonna forgive us, Lord
 Said the Lord's gonna forgive us
 The Lord's gonna forgive us
 POS:
 Bullshit, didn't believe a lick
 To this fool fell off, well that would stick
 Soon you reach your front of calm
 Walked round by rehearsing psalms
 Then you smiled with the funky frown
 What do you know, the voice is back in town
 Mom would say it would soon go away
 You and I knew it was here to stay
 But the man helped you when you helped yourself
 That meant going to rehab for your health
 Finally it went and blew your cork
 Heard you moved to the comfortable streets of New York
 And when my friends see me and come and ask
 "Yo, where's your brother at?"
 I'll be the first to splash
 "Yo, he's a basehead"
 (- Yo know who that was?)
 (- No.)
 (- The guy from De La Soul. Pos. Posdnuos.)
 (- Who?)
 (- You heard of De La Soul, right?)
 (- Right.)
 (- Well he was the one from De La Soul.)
 (- The one with the real nappy hair.)
 (- The one with... the dark-skinned one.)
 (- With the glasses?)
 (- Yeah.)
 (- [Background] Yeah, the ugly one!)
 (Fuck you bitch!)
 (And kept goin'
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Composer: ?

Publisher: Tommy Boy Music, Inc.

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Released in: 2012

Language: English

Appearing on: De La Soul Is Dead (1991)

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