Shinin' Star

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Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MC's: Grand Puba (born Maxwell Dixon, on March 4, 1966), Sadat X (formerly Derek X, born Derek Murphy, on December 29, 1968) and Lord Jamar (born Lorenzo Dechalus, on September 17, 1968), and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere. Its debut album, One for All is one of the most popular and acclaimed alternative hip hop albums of the 1990s, known for socially conscious and politically charged content inspired by the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths.About.com placed the group on its list of the "25 Greatest Rap Groups of All Time." more »

Year:

1998

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Yeah yeah, uhh, uh-huh 
Brand Nubian, yeah yeah, check it 

Intro/Chorus: 

You don't have to drive a fancy car 
Just for you to be a shinin' star 
No matter who you are, no matter who you are 

Verse One: Grand Puba 

Uhh, now it started it off for me in apartment 6C 
Project style, ate government cheese for a while 
Pop Duke wasn't there 'cause he had to do a bid 
so momma love stuck with these bad ass kids 
She used to say keep your head up, always think positive 
and never be ashamed of who you are or where you live 
Teenage years I had to struggle doing that 
Shorty say "Don't talk to him, girlfriend, look where he live at 
Crib probably crawlin with roaches and rats 
plus cats be in his hallways with the drugs and the gats" 
I used to try and honeys used to walk on by 
Now I'm damn near 20 and still ain't got no ride 
Caught a record deal, now them same old chicks that used to walk on by 
go out their way to say hi 
But they gets none 
That's why I'm with the same girl from the same projects that I come from 
because....... 

Chorus (x2) 

Verse Two: Sadat X 

Well this is that time that you've waited for 
Three linked from what was said to be extinct 
You say take my weed-smellin ass home, I'm grown 
More thirst than if I swallowed sand bags 
Not fiending enough to go out and grab bags from women 
I swear if we don't hear this on the air 
I'll be down at the station 
Your broadcast from Monday has now been switched to no day 
With the class team that I'm with, we stay fit 
Just like the calm before the twister hit 
Brand Nubian name is gonna blister shit 
We raise the flags in three places 
employ black faces from midnight blacks to light tan 
Brand Nubian straight rate policy for the world 
For your little man, for your little girl, from Cheryl to Earl 
Watch how it all go down and unfurl 
Mark this print, I feel like we've all been sent 
It's more than gettin money and gettin bent 
(Word life, 'cause you're a shinin' star) 
No matter who you are, no matter who you are 

Chorus 

Brand Nubian cats spread 

Verse Three: Lord Jamar 

A four-letter word seldom heard amongst my nation 
Understandings highest elevation, the foundation 
of creation of motivation, in my family there's no relation 
They got us willing to be killing off our population, full-time occupation 
We need to turn it around like oscillation 
or watch it all burn to the ground from frustration 
Lord Jamar, I'ma show love to all my people who show 
To me that's how it's gotta be 
Peace to Prodigy and Mobb Deep 
God's working hard on the streets for the love of the peeps 
Niggas bring their ass in the clubs every week 
Walk right past the brothers and they can't speak 
All hands meet to shake, for Pete's sake 
Let's break the ice, life livin love, love livin life (Yeah) 

Chorus (x2)

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