Oh My God

A Tribe Called Quest

About Oh My God

"Oh My God" is the third single from A Tribe Called Quest's third album Midnight Marauders. It contains a sample of "Who's Gonna Take the Weight" by Kool & the Gang. It also features Busta Rhymes on the chorus.


Year:
1993
3:29
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Oh My God

Listen up everybody the bottom line
I'm a black intellect, but unrefined
With precision like a bullet, target bound
Just living like a hooker, the harlett sounds
Now when I say the harlett, you know I mean the hot
Heat in the equator, the brothers in the pot
Jalick, Jalick ya wind up ya hip
Draftin of the poets, I'm the number seven pick
Licks, licks, licks boy on your backside
Licks, licks, licks boy on your backside
Listen to the fader, Shaheed lets it glide
Tip the earthly body
Heaven's on my side
Even in Santo Domingo
Can I gotta Gringo
Yo, we got mics, when do we go?
Know a little nigga who can ryhme when you ask me
Short, dark, and plus his voice is raspy

1 for the treble, 2 for the bass
You know the style Tip, now watch me rip this
I like my beats harder than two day old shit
Steady eating booty MC's like cheese grits
My man Al B. Sure, he's in effect mode
Used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue
It's not like honey dip would want to get with me
But just in case I own more condoms than TLC
Now the formula is this, me, Tip, and Ali
For those who can't count it goes 1-2-3
The answer, big up is how I be
Brothers find it's hard to do, but never me
Some brothers try to dis Malik
You see'm catchin me
Don't worry about them booty MCs, my shit be hittin
Training gladiator, anti-hesitator
Shaheed push the fader from here to Granada
Mister energetic
Who me, sound pathetic?
When's the last time you heard a funky diabetic?
I don't know man
I don't know

Oh My God

Complimentary it be
The thief of Poetry
I got a humdinger coming hook, line and sinker
The Timbo hits with the prints underground
Timbo's on the toes, I like the way it's going down
Down like the lady of the evening
When it goes in hun just believe the sin
Cause Queens is the county, Jamaica is the place
(Take off your boots 'cause you can't run the race)
See, this is how we do when we keep it on and on
Do what
Got my man Big Mo with the streets and the papes
My man Big Mo with the streets and caprice
This is how we do when we keep the wilding sheets
Cause we got to do it like this, we aim to please
See ya next LP and next CD and next cassette
Yo, we about to jet
We A Tribe Called Quest and we the Midnight Marauders
Tribe Called Quest and we the Midnight Marauders
See ya next time cause we the Midnight Marauders
A yo, we out cause we the Midnight Marauders
Go to the record store and get the shit
We work hard
We A Tribe Called Quest and we the Midnight Marauders
Queens got it's own and Brooklyn got it's own
Like that

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A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of MC/producer Q-Tip, MC Phife Dawg aka Phife Diggy (Malik Taylor), and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 1991. Along with De La Soul, the group was a central part of the Native Tongues Posse, and enjoyed the most commercial success out of all the groups to emerge from that collective. Many of their songs, such as "Bonita Applebum", "Can I Kick It?", "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo", "Scenario", "Check the Rhime", "Jazz (We've Got)", "Award Tour" and "Electric Relaxation" are regarded as classics by the hip hop community. more »

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Written by: ALI SHAHEED JONES-MUHAMMAD, KAMAAL IBN JOHN FAREED, MALIK IZAAK TAYLOR

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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10 facts about this song

Album Release
"Oh My God" is a song from the critically acclaimed album "Midnight Marauders" which was released in 1993 by A Tribe Called Quest.
Notable Guest Appearance
The song features guest vocals from Busta Rhymes, a well-known American rapper, singer, and record producer.
Pop Culture Reference
The song's repeated phrase "Oh My God, Yes Oh My God" is often rhymed with Jazz artist Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay". This cameos A Tribe Called Quest's foundational blending of hip-hop with jazz.
Group Members
A Tribe Called Quest, the group that performed "Oh My God", consists of members Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jarobi White.
Iconic Lyrics
A lyric in the song – "Listen up everybody, the bottom line" is considered one of the most iconic lines in the track.
Represented Era
The song is representative of A Tribe Called Quest's influence on the Golden Age of Hip Hop, a period typically dated from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.
In Memory
"Oh My God" was included in a tribute medley performed by A Tribe Called Quest on Saturday Night Live in 2016, following the death of group member Phife Dawg.
Music Video Release
The music video for "Oh My God" was released in 1994, directed by rapper and director Spike Jonze.
Single Status
"Oh My God" was never officially released as a single but still received plenty of airplay on radio and MTV.
Special Recognition
The song was recognized in "The Pitchfork 500" as "an example of the forward-thinking, intelligent yet playful and positively vibrant recordings" from A Tribe Called Quest.

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  • Carolina Sidnez
    Carolina Sidnez
    check your lyrics...
    Its, "Trini Gladiator......" and " from here to Grenanda"
    LikeReply7 years ago

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