De La Soul - Respect lyrics

[Dave] Hey yo I'm proud to be black y'all, wish I could bring Jay back DJ put the needle to the haystack Pump beats like eighty-six pumped crack Raise the heat for the summer, we Fahrenheit Banners like cash on your corner, papered and OD Make your girl wanna shake in front of little ol' me Even when I'm rock bottom still the most poppin Hold crops like John on the farm, then Johnny your Fox Boxcutter clean cut stem from the PA Not your everday outcast, we outlast Used to bust a tommy gun, now I blast off with a check Might as well, I done earned the respect [Hook - Kansas Sample] "So far I've come to find There's no one here, no life I fear I came for nothing, they have gone And nobody's home" [Pos] Here to jumpstart the art again, the sparkplug W-O-N I trouble your whole squad again In a cla** by myself, so selfish in my ways Shave my head bald, I'm too fly for tou-pes Ain't nuttin sweet yet, never actin bitter Shut your spitter small fry, you too dry to wet me And if you could, you think I'd really let you? In and out the hood I get much respect DUE [Dave] Got two {?} with Supa Dave bandana Shut your camera lens and use your senses Recognize it's Pos, Mase and me Stressin R-E-S-P-E-C-T, see? [Hook] [Pos] Best believe it's official y'all Rap's the new form of wrestling on mescaline tabs And E pills, and y'all came back for refills Watchin how the drama unfold As MC's go from hot to cold Pots of gold they search for Some find more than others - platinum plaques But when you act goes active on the radio You become radioactive, that's a fact~! De La's got the respect attack Tactfully weathering the storm in all forms We born to give you the breaks Cause just like a fiend y'all came So y'all can get rid of them shades [Hook]