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Digable Planets – Borough Check lyrics
(Ladybug)
Space I got round to
Acted when I fee it
In how I see it
You be it if you be it
Started out in crooklyn
... Butters word

(Butterfly)
Chill, chill, chill, chill, chill, chill
Hold up
Aww shit, oh shit
Guy look who that is
Look who rolled up in this piece

(Guru)
Peace y'all

(Butterfly)
Word up, brooklyn everyday
Hey yo yo, lets do that brooklyn shit
It's the day

(Guru)
Yeah we gonna da that shit
We gonna give it to them in style right?
Yeah yeah

(Butterfly)
China, who we rock one for
Who we rock one for
Crooklyn everday

(Guru)
Brooklyn is up in here

(Ladybug & Butterrfly)
Uhh, block party, corner store
The downtown, the projects
Borough shots
My clique is so tight
The mix tapes, yeah, forever

(Butterfly)
Yo word
Yo one fro the trouble
Two for the time
Three fro the rumble
Four for the rhyme
Do that crooklyn shit style all the time

(Guru)
Yeah yeah, what
Who want it yeah yeah kid

(Butterfly)
One, two uh

(All)
Brooklyn, brooklyn, big borough with t
But everything in ain't always what it seems
You might get hurt if you come from out of town
But down by lord that's word

(Butterfly)
Fantastic

(Ladybug)
Show stoppin emcees

(Guru)
Yeah here streets is move by glocks in whos pocket

(Ladybug)
But if your down come around check the super rhyme

(Butterfly)
We don't drop dimes

(Ladybug)
Come and have a funky time

(Butterfly)
Well it's the 718 and everything is straight

...

(All)
We live in brooklyn

(Butterfly)
With the type street curb hangers and the beat don't
Shtop

(All)
We live in brooklyn

(Doodlebug)
It's no lie, do or die in the land of showin proof

(All)
We live in brooklyn

(Ladybug)
Well keith, cee know, my fist in butters fro

(All)
We live in brooklyn

(Guru)
The fly clothes, cash flow, and crazy hells to spark

(Ladybug)
It's crowded plus they jerkin my space
Shouted cause they chase when I strut out
Sift through my block I'm c-cool
She's my mood to brace
Stole my mind back black
So what you play the boards
Skimmer we got butter so surfaces out
Clever, and I fix it for you, funk time is monk time
Slackers hit the bat, blackest fit my pack
And we for whatever
We get down in this pleasure heavy
And we are measured by the tens degrees of math
In a puzzle hand locked, clocked in struggle
Can't keep the three foot three above mec
In so depth I defect

(Ladybug & Doodlebug)
With my vanguard squad the gods in brooklyn

(Doodlebug)
And we troopin throught the fulton forkways
The eastern parkways
I'm broader than broadway, nothing more than morays
I sways, why cause I'm a brooklyn stroller
No ones cooler, pigs on my boulder
So I switch my pitch as I stretch down atlantic
Strictly slickly with my fork mean tactic
In fact it's really on the daily
Kids with guns and herbs look for herbs
Now I think you feel me
I freaks it, cause yo like my pimp stroll is cool
When I creeps up the sweet and jeeps blast
Tools rule the area, yo these fool don't play
I got the comrades of love, so the g stays
Brooklyn side with the crooklyn slide

(All)
We live in brooklyn

(Ladybug)
Out on fulton ave where the honeys be at

(All)
We live in brooklyn

(Guru)
Type slick, keep it movin when it's after dark

(All)
We live in brooklyn

(Butterfly)
Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh

(Doodlebug)
No lies, do or die in the land of showin proof

(Guru)
The place where I dwell is where the warriors dwell
Too many stories to tell
So on the block we don't talk
Stack of loot takin propers
Might get a serious offer from a corrupt ass copper
So um, stop the nonsense
Brooklyn is the illest, the realest
Observe these words as I reveal this
Man my peoples out here they get down for this
Each one's a one man gang with a crown for this
Man burners to handle any business
And mad sneaky ways so ain't leavin any witness
Got way more drama the theatrical lessons
So my suggestion, you come correct no question
Cause if you comin with that funny hot dog style
You might get looted, executed black mob style
From east new york back to ft. Green
Brooklyns' classic mystical magic scene

(Butterfly)
We are plush like a millian bucks
Down every ave for like a zillion blocks
Blowin out
With my nappy hoods down fulton
Blessin guess style limpin past the walt whitman
Steelo's changed on the corners we hang
The crime stoppers get mad with poppers and tens
And my scrambles ample kid, no part timin, just rhymin
In other words, I play these curbs, with j you ice
When they say you nice, I say son a little somethin
Brooklyn's asphalt rolls like a syl keith rodeo
We big sound, down and gritty
Record and mic checkin, no question, this section of
New york city
Where the crooks lounge out, block powers found
Butterfly ground the sky favorite package of pound
It's like th-that, the beats know we be strappin em out
Mad moneys wish they g like us, clout
When I made the boogie I'm imported, I study chairman
Mao
Ain't nothin but crooklyn in my plasma now
I got my g's behind the tongue of my gold high classics
I'm all city when I'm dip, if you want us you can find
Us

(All)
We live in brooklyn

(Doodlebug)
Coney island's buck whiling and we b-boy stylin

(All)
We live in brooklyn

(Butterfly)
Yeah, on the spot we hustle cause like th-that

(Guru)
Mad game, takin wins, the shit is real son

(All)
We live in brooklyn

(Ladybug)
With my girls and marissa now you're up in cambridge

(Butterfly & Ladybug)
Fly shit
And every spot we hit is gettin blown
That's just how we do it baby
Out here in brooklyn baby
Slick move
Cause can't nothin stop up but us
So we gettin ours baby
Nothin but brooklyn baby

(Butterfly)
Ft. Green, the sty, queensburg, coney I

(All)
It's like that, it's fat where we be at, brooklyn

(Butterfly)
Red hook, crown heights, it's tight

(All)
It's like that, it's fat where we be at, brooklyn

(Butterfly)
Bushes, wigs, flat, it's east new york, brownsville

(All)
It's like that, it's fat where we be at, brooklyn

(Butterfly)
Sights, everywhere, brooklyn style everywhere

(All)
It's like that, it's fat where we be at, brooklyn

(Butterfly)
Brooklyn style

(Scratching)
Y'all the hippest people in the world
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(Ladybug) Space I got round to Acted when I fee it In how I see it You be it if you be it Started out in crooklyn ... Butters word (Butterfly) Chill, chill, chill, chill, chill, chill Hold up Aww shit, oh shit Guy look who that is Look who rolled up in this piece (Guru) Peace y'all (Butterfly) Word up, brooklyn everyday Hey yo yo, lets do that brooklyn shit It's the day (Guru) Yeah we gonna da that shit We gonna give it to them in style right? Yeah yeah (Butterfly) China, who we rock one for Who we rock one for Crooklyn everday (Guru) Brooklyn is up in here (Ladybug & Butterrfly) Uhh, block party, corner store The downtown, the projects Borough shots My clique is so tight The mix tapes, yeah, forever (Butterfly) Yo word Yo one fro the trouble Two for the time Three fro the rumble Four for the rhyme Do that crooklyn shit style all the time (Guru) Yeah yeah, what Who want it yeah yeah kid (Butterfly) One, two uh (All) Brooklyn, brooklyn, big borough with t But everything in ain't always what it seems You might get hurt if you come from out of town But down by lord that's word (Butterfly) Fantastic (Ladybug) Show stoppin emcees (Guru) Yeah here streets is move by glocks in whos pocket (Ladybug) But if your down come around check the super rhyme (Butterfly) We don't drop dimes (Ladybug) Come and have a funky time (Butterfly) Well it's the 718 and everything is straight ... (All) We live in brooklyn (Butterfly) With the type street curb hangers and the beat don't Shtop (All) We live in brooklyn (Doodlebug) It's no lie, do or die in the land of showin proof (All) We live in brooklyn (Ladybug) Well keith, cee know, my fist in butters fro (All) We live in brooklyn (Guru) The fly clothes, cash flow, and crazy hells to spark (Ladybug) It's crowded plus they jerkin my space Shouted cause they chase when I strut out Sift through my block I'm c-cool She's my mood to brace Stole my mind back black So what you play the boards Skimmer we got butter so surfaces out Clever, and I fix it for you, funk time is monk time Slackers hit the bat, blackest fit my pack And we for whatever We get down in this pleasure heavy And we are measured by the tens degrees of math In a puzzle hand locked, clocked in struggle Can't keep the three foot three above mec In so depth I defect (Ladybug & Doodlebug) With my vanguard squad the gods in brooklyn (Doodlebug) And we troopin throught the fulton forkways The eastern parkways I'm broader than broadway, nothing more than morays I sways, why cause I'm a brooklyn stroller No ones cooler, pigs on my boulder So I switch my pitch as I stretch down atlantic Strictly slickly with my fork mean tactic In fact it's really on the daily Kids with guns and herbs look for herbs Now I think you feel me I freaks it, cause yo like my pimp stroll is cool When I creeps up the sweet and jeeps blast Tools rule the area, yo these fool don't play I got the comrades of love, so the g stays Brooklyn side with the crooklyn slide (All) We live in brooklyn (Ladybug) Out on fulton ave where the honeys be at (All) We live in brooklyn (Guru) Type slick, keep it movin when it's after dark (All) We live in brooklyn (Butterfly) Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh (Doodlebug) No lies, do or die in the land of showin proof (Guru) The place where I dwell is where the warriors dwell Too many stories to tell So on the block we don't talk Stack of loot takin propers Might get a serious offer from a corrupt ass copper So um, stop the nonsense Brooklyn is the illest, the realest Observe these words as I reveal this Man my peoples out here they get down for this Each one's a one man gang with a crown for this Man burners to handle any business And mad sneaky ways so ain't leavin any witness Got way more drama the theatrical lessons So my suggestion, you come correct no question Cause if you comin with that funny hot dog style You might get looted, executed black mob style From east new york back to ft. Green Brooklyns' classic mystical magic scene (Butterfly) We are plush like a millian bucks Down every ave for like a zillion blocks Blowin out With my nappy hoods down fulton Blessin guess style limpin past the walt whitman Steelo's changed on the corners we hang The crime stoppers get mad with poppers and tens And my scrambles ample kid, no part timin, just rhymin In other words, I play these curbs, with j you ice When they say you nice, I say son a little somethin Brooklyn's asphalt rolls like a syl keith rodeo We big sound, down and gritty Record and mic checkin, no question, this section of New york city Where the crooks lounge out, block powers found Butterfly ground the sky favorite package of pound It's like th-that, the beats know we be strappin em out Mad moneys wish they g like us, clout When I made the boogie I'm imported, I study chairman Mao Ain't nothin but crooklyn in my plasma now I got my g's behind the tongue of my gold high classics I'm all city when I'm dip, if you want us you can find Us (All) We live in brooklyn (Doodlebug) Coney island's buck whiling and we b-boy stylin (All) We live in brooklyn (Butterfly) Yeah, on the spot we hustle cause like th-that (Guru) Mad game, takin wins, the shit is real son (All) We live in brooklyn (Ladybug) With my girls and marissa now you're up in cambridge (Butterfly & Ladybug) Fly shit And every spot we hit is gettin blown That's just how we do it baby Out here in brooklyn baby Slick move Cause can't nothin stop up but us So we gettin ours baby Nothin but brooklyn baby (Butterfly) Ft. Green, the sty, queensburg, coney I (All) It's like that, it's fat where we be at, brooklyn (Butterfly) Red hook, crown heights, it's tight (All) It's like that, it's fat where we be at, brooklyn (Butterfly) Bushes, wigs, flat, it's east new york, brownsville (All) It's like that, it's fat where we be at, brooklyn (Butterfly) Sights, everywhere, brooklyn style everywhere (All) It's like that, it's fat where we be at, brooklyn (Butterfly) Brooklyn style (Scratching) Y'all the hippest people in the world Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: CRAIG IRVING, CRAIG L. IRVING, H. WHITAKER, ISHMAEL BUTLER, ISHMAEL R. BUTLER, MARY ANN VIEIRA
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