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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 »

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2000

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"Grand Puba" "Lord Jamar" "Sadat X" "Alamo" 
[Puba] "Raised in the ghetto singin songs called survival" 
[Jamar] "I'm only bringin you the real" 
"Grand Puba" "Lord Jamar" "Sadat X" "Alamo" 
[Puba] "Raised in the ghetto singin songs called survival" 
[Sadat] "Have a stout if you know what I'm talkin about" 
Verse One: Lord Jamar 
Three sixty degrees I stand in the square, right over left 
Preparin to fight to the death, you could never stifle this 
Not even the triflest, nigga on Earth, could ever f*ck 
with what I spit in a verse, we always hit where it hurts 
Underground so we dig in the dirt 
Always gotta put a nigga to work, is how it seems 
It's kinda hard to hear the silent screams 
Through the violent things, turn a deaf ear 
Your body might get left there - you better step to the rear 
We put it down with Premier, rock mad army gear 
You ain't heard us all together in, several years 
It's like a federal crime, you had to settle for rhymes 
that lacked substance, we got that in abundance 
Pro-black and you know that 
We stay Fat like Joe Crack, Lord Jamar 
come too far, to ever try and go back 
"Grand Puba" "Lord Jamar" "Sadat X" "Alamo" 
[Puba] "Raised in the ghetto singin songs called survival" 
[Jamar] "I'm only bringin you the real" 
"Grand Puba" "Lord Jamar" "Sadat X" "Alamo" 
[Puba] "Raised in the ghetto singin songs called survival" 
[Sadat] "Have a stout if you know what I'm talkin about" 
Verse Two: Sadat X 
I'm on 110 and Lennox with these Africans overseein 
our physical being, and how we doin it 
It only take one bad nigga to ruin it, pursuin it 
and actin like it can't happen put you in the chair 
To the bookings we go, on the twenty-four hour flow 
I run through obstacles, take off my shackles 
Proper backing with the bangers and the rhyme singers 
I run with dem and others, rock NY in colors 
with the straight brim and the chick who work in the gym 
The great Datty in the see-Town Express 
Whoever step to this is gonna have to face stress 
Whoever step to this better be at they best 
Look at me close I'm the perfect host you standin too close 
so back up, you should never try to act up 
The Wild Cowboy still got the style boy 
One of a kind I throw a helluva line 
"Grand Puba" "Lord Jamar" "Sadat X" "Alamo" 
[Puba] "Raised in the ghetto singin songs called survival" 
[Jamar] "I'm only bringin you the real" 
"Grand Puba" "Lord Jamar" "Sadat X" "Alamo" 
[Puba] "Raised in the ghetto singin songs called survival" 
[Sadat] "Have a stout if you know what I'm talkin about" 
Verse Three: Grand Puba 
Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah 
My man Primo hit me off with the plural 
Zig Zag Zig like Zorro now we makin more bread than Stella Doro 
Unsung hero bring more _Heat_ than DeNiro 
Never known for spittin trash shit on the mic, that shit's a zero 
Rhyme flow stay off the meter, tight like two-seaters 
Make y'all get nuts like a cellblock filled with dick beaters 
Make my approach then shorty's bagged like coach 
Cut on the lights if she ain't a dime then watch me run like a roach 
y'all know my shit be hot they call me Dr. Doo-a-lot 
Now I got seeds so I'm stingy I keep strings on my Benji's 
So tree up, nigga we up, about to re-up 
y'all know the deal, grab this paper, disappear like Copperfield 
I need a meal, time to eats with a flow 
Drop the beat, press it up, and hit the street, dinnertime's complete 
My Nubian ways'll get ass that open for days 
Make more chips than Frito Lays when I spit the phrase that pays 
"Grand Puba" "Lord Jamar" "Sadat X" "Alamo" 
[Puba] "Raised in the ghetto singin songs called survival" 
[Jamar] "I'm only bringin you the real" 
"Grand Puba" "Lord Jamar" "Sadat X" "Alamo" 
[Puba] "Raised in the ghetto singin songs called survival" 
[Sadat] "Have a stout if you know what I'm talkin about"

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