Patti Dooke Lyrics by De La Soul

Patti Dooke Lyrics


    (why do we have to cross over?)
    (why are niggas always crossing over, huh?)
    (i mean, what's the matter?)
    (they can accept our music as long as they can't see our faces?)

    (one, two, one two; you got it)
    Wootah!

    Guru:
    Runnin' through the trenches (what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches (what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches it's the patti dooke
    (it's the patti what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches (oh!!)
    Runnin' through the trenches it's the patti's dooke

    Runnin' through the trenches (what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches (what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches it's the patti dooke
    (it's the patti what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches (oh!!)
    Runnin' through the trenches it's the patti's dooke

    Dove:
    Just the other day i got a starter kit
    (an m is a terrible thing to waste)
    Caught the face from the backs of the border of the mindstate
    I play control to a fraud
    (nah it ain't happenin')
    Nada to make it even
    Robbin' and theivin' is one who infiltrates with a colgate frown
    Y'all remember my nasal for i sniff frequencies
    (well, it started in the year of '78)
    But it's '93 or should i say '94 for my style is much more
    (i said, "come in")
    Come in
    (come on)
    Come out into my reservoir
    As i macks a men your bastard style has just been stuck
    By a sticker with a 'frigerator lickin'
    What if... how's about why would
    Never thought that the napalm would bust the jeans

    Pos:
    Mash it up
    The one with the beard
    Mega moustache the beat (hide it)
    Deep under sheets, cover this hint
    Hostin' all threats but watch out mr. jarbage
    Jimmy and the jet, standin' on the pier
    I'm known as the farmer
    Cultivatin' mate without mendin'
    Bendin', comprimising any of my styles to gain a smile
    Listen while you hear it
    There's no pink in my slip
    I reckon that the rhythm and the blues in the rap got me red
    While the boys from tommy plant bridge crossin' to a larger community
    Yet they're soon to see i have a brother named luck
    A nigga named dres
    A groupie named cassandra caught bobbin' on the head
    Of a baby named chris, i missed a kid who caught wreck when sayin'
    (afrika and i when sammy b's on the set)

    Guru:
    Runnin' through the trenches (what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches (what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches it's the patti dooke
    (it's the patti what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches (oh!!)
    Runnin' through the trenches it's the patti's dooke

    (prevention against sucka m.c.'s)
    (prevention against sucka m.c.'s)
    (prevention against sucka m.c.'s)
    (and now, prevention against sucka m.c.'s)

    (we decided to change the cover a little bit)
    (because we see the big picture)
    (negroes and white folks buyin' this album)
    (negroes and white folks buyin' this album)
    (everybody's gonna know who this group is)
    (we just felt that the picture wasn't as important as it was that we
    Succeeed in crossing over)
    (cross over ain't nuthin' but a double cross)
    (once we lose our audience we never gon' get them back)
    (he may even try to change our sound)

    Pos:
    Let no man put asunder
    Severin' the groups i never blunder
    Cashin' all the checks on the mic
    I might cherry to the bush, brand plug wonder
    Funk to the fame against hoods
    Bridges saggin' to woods down under
    They can't be raised with the feminine praise
    In conjunction with no chocolate in the mix
    White boy roy cannot feel it
    But the first to try and steal it
    Dilute it, pollute it, kill it
    I see him infiltratin' to the masses
    And when the leechin' i mo shoot 'em all in they asses

    Guru:
    Runnin' through the trenches (what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches (yeah!)
    Runnin' through the trenches it's the patti dooke
    (it's the patti what?)
    Runnin' through the trenches (aaah!!)
    Runnin' through the trenches it's the patti's dooke

    (it might blow up but it won't go pop)
    (it might blow up but it won't go pop)
    (it might blow up but it won't go pop)
    (it might blow up but it won't go pop)
    (it might blow up but it won't go pop)
    (it might blow up but it won't go pop)
    (it might blow up but it won't go pop)
    (it might blow up but it won't go pop)

    Pos:
    I shed light and not skin
    I ain't from europe
    Afro connects at the root of the retina of the third
    Mums the word when ya blind baby
    Blind to the fact
    Don't rest in compton so i don't own a gat
    But respect is clear crystal
    Cause millie got a pistol
    And she's down with me
    Wild of most wild
    Born child to the old school legitimate (soul)
    Talker of the many paragraphs ago
    Walker of the plenty broken calves ago
    Phantom of the phrase black in many ways
    Cause i see her runnin' through the trenches
    Comin' in to rent my style

    Guru:
    I'm not the one to fuck with

    Pos:
    I'm lockin' you out

    Guru:
    I'm just not to fuck wit so check it
    Y'all know who i am
    Listen up son
    Peace to my man premier
    And y'all better guard your trenches 'cause we runnin' through 'em

    (do it....fluid....mess up my mind....)
    (do it....fluid....mess up my mind....)
    (do it....fluid....mess up my mind....)
    (do it....fluid....mess up my mind....)
    (do it....fluid....mess up my mind....)
    (do it....fluid....mess up my mind....)
    (do it....fluid....mess up my mind....)
    (do it....fluid....mess up my mind....)

    (tell me somethin' huh?)
    (how come they never cross over to us, huh?)
    (i never seen five niggas on elvis presley album cover!)

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