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Butter

A Tribe Called Quest
1992-07-013:15 minSynced lyrics

"Butter" is a song by A Tribe Called Quest, released in 1992 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:15 long and contains 75 lines and 703 words.

Lyrics

0:101988 senior year at Garvey High
0:13Where all the guys were corny but the girls were mad fly
0:15Lounging with the Tipster cooling with Sha
0:18Scoping out the honeys they know who they are
0:20I was the b-ball playing fly rhyme saying
0:23Fly girl getting but never was I sweating
0:26Cause when it came to honeys I would go on a stroll
0:28Until I met my match her name was Flo
0:31Yeah I messed around with the one called Flo
0:33All the troopers round the way used to call her a ho
0:36But deep down in my heart I knew that Flo was good to go
0:39Cause I thought it was me like Bell Biv Devoe
0:41But little did I know that she was playing with my mind
0:44The only thing I learned is good girls are hard to find
0:47I feel like Heavy D I need somebody for me
0:49Not someone whose mind is blank and tryna juice me for my banks
0:52Swinging with my main man Lucky behind my back
0:54What type of crap is that yo how's about a smack
0:57Word life I can't front thought I was all that
0:59But now it seems I've met my match
1:02I was a stone cold lover you couldn't tell me jack
1:05Settling down with one girl wasn't trying to hear that
1:07I had Tonya Tamika Sharon Karen
1:10Tina Stacy Julie Tracy
1:12Used to love 'em leave 'em skeeze 'em tease 'em
1:15Find 'em lose 'em also abuse 'em
1:18My whole attitude was new day next hon
1:20And believe it or not they all got done
1:23Well here comes Flo with the crazy whip appeal
1:25And I'm all true man like Alexander O'Neal
1:28Is this really love then again how would I know
1:31After all this time trying to be a super ho
1:33She finally played me but yo I'd find another
1:36Cause I got the crazy game and yo I'm smooth like butter
1:38Ayo it's like butter it's like butter baby
1:41It's like butter it's like butter baby
1:44It's like butter it's like butter baby
1:46It's like butter it's like butter baby
1:49It's like butter it's like butter baby
1:52It's like butter it's like the butter baby
1:54Not no Parkay not no margarine
1:57Strictly butter strictly butter baby
1:59I remember when girls were goodie two shoes
2:01But now they turning freaks
2:02All of a sudden we love you Phife ease off ho
2:04My name's Malik
2:05Phife this Phife that where you going where you at
2:07These girls don't know me from jack yet I feel like the Mack
2:10You didn't want me then so yo hon don't want me now
2:12Here here take the towel wipe off your brow
2:15And take the contact out your eye you're far from looking fly
2:18You get an E for effort and T for nice try
2:20Now tell me what's the reason for dying your hair
2:23Slum village gold still dangling in your ear
2:26You barely have a neck but still sporting a rope
2:28Four-finger ring just so Phifer can scope
2:31You looked in the mirror didn't know what to do
2:33Yesterday your eyes were brown but today they are blue
2:36Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true
2:38And if you really liked yourself then you would try and be you
2:41If your hair and eyes were real I wouldn't have dissed ya
2:44But since it was bought I had to dismiss ya
2:46But if you can't achieve it then why not try and weave it
2:49If you can't extend it then you might as well suspend it
2:52If you can't braid it best thing to do is fade it
2:54I asked who did your hair and you tell me
2:56Diane made it
2:56If you were you and just you talk to you maybe
2:59But I can't stand no bionic lady
3:02Trying hard to look fly but yo you're looking dumber
3:04If I wanted someone like you I would've swung with Jaime Sommers
3:07You wanna be treated right see Father MC
3:10Or check Ralph Tresvant for sensitivity
3:12Cause I am not the one I got more game than Parker Brothers
3:15Phife Dawg is on the mic and I'm smooth like butter
1988 senior year at Garvey High
Where all the guys were corny but the girls were mad fly
Lounging with the Tipster cooling with Sha
Scoping out the honeys they know who they are
I was the b-ball playing fly rhyme saying
Fly girl getting but never was I sweating
Cause when it came to honeys I would go on a stroll
Until I met my match her name was Flo
Yeah I messed around with the one called Flo
All the troopers round the way used to call her a ho
But deep down in my heart I knew that Flo was good to go
Cause I thought it was me like Bell Biv Devoe
But little did I know that she was playing with my mind
The only thing I learned is good girls are hard to find
I feel like Heavy D I need somebody for me
Not someone whose mind is blank and tryna juice me for my banks
Swinging with my main man Lucky behind my back
What type of crap is that yo how's about a smack
Word life I can't front thought I was all that
But now it seems I've met my match
I was a stone cold lover you couldn't tell me jack
Settling down with one girl wasn't trying to hear that
I had Tonya Tamika Sharon Karen
Tina Stacy Julie Tracy
Used to love 'em leave 'em skeeze 'em tease 'em
Find 'em lose 'em  also abuse 'em
My whole attitude was new day next hon
And believe it or not they all got done
Well here comes Flo with the crazy whip appeal
And I'm all true man like Alexander O'Neal
Is this really love then again how would I know
After all this time trying to be a super ho
She finally played me but yo I'd find another
Cause I got the crazy game and yo I'm smooth like butter
Ayo it's like butter it's like butter baby
It's like butter it's like butter baby
It's like butter it's like butter baby
It's like butter it's like butter baby
It's like butter it's like butter baby
It's like butter it's like the butter baby
Not no Parkay not no margarine
Strictly butter strictly butter baby
I remember when girls were goodie two shoes
But now they turning freaks
All of a sudden we love you Phife ease off ho
My name's Malik
Phife this Phife that where you going where you at
These girls don't know me from jack yet I feel like the Mack
You didn't want me then so yo hon don't want me now
Here here take the towel wipe off your brow
And take the contact out your eye you're far from looking fly
You get an E for effort and T for nice try
Now tell me what's the reason for dying your hair
Slum village gold still dangling in your ear
You barely have a neck but still sporting a rope
Four-finger ring just so Phifer can scope
You looked in the mirror didn't know what to do
Yesterday your eyes were brown but today they are blue
Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true
And if you really liked yourself then you would try and be you
If your hair and eyes were real I wouldn't have dissed ya
But since it was bought I had to dismiss ya
But if you can't achieve it then why not try and weave it
If you can't extend it then you might as well suspend it
If you can't braid it best thing to do is fade it
I asked who did your hair and you tell me
Diane made it
If you were you and just you talk to you maybe
But I can't stand no bionic lady
Trying hard to look fly but yo you're looking dumber
If I wanted someone like you I would've swung with Jaime Sommers
You wanna be treated right see Father MC
Or check Ralph Tresvant for sensitivity
Cause I am not the one I got more game than Parker Brothers
Phife Dawg is on the mic and I'm smooth like butter

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