Song Lyrics Collection

Borough Check

Digable Planets
1994-10-186:52 minSynced lyrics

"Borough Check" is a song by Digable Planets, released in 1994 in the Pop genre. The song is 6:52 long and contains 218 lines and 1164 words.

Lyrics

0:00Ladybug
0:01Space I got round to
0:02Acted when I fee it
0:04In how I see it
0:04You be it if you be it
0:06Started out in crooklyn
0:07Butters word
0:08Butterfly
0:08Chill chill chill chill chill chill
0:09Hold up
0:10Aww s**t oh s**t
0:12Guy look who that is
0:14Look who rolled up in this piece
0:15Guru
0:15Peace y all
0:15Butterfly
0:16Word up brooklyn everyday
0:17Hey yo yo let's do that brooklyn s**t
0:18It s the day
0:19Guru
0:19Yeah we gonna da that s**t
0:19We gonna give it to them in style right
0:20Yeah yeah
0:21Butterfly
0:21China who we rock one for
0:22Who we rock one for
0:23Crooklyn everday
0:24Guru
0:24Brooklyn is up in here
0:25Ladybug &Butterrfly
0:25Uhh block party corner store
0:28The downtown the projects
0:30Borough shots
0:31My clique is so tight
0:33The mix tapes yeah forever
0:35Butterfly
0:35Yo word
0:36Yo one fro the trouble
0:37Two for the time
0:38Three fro the rumble
0:39Four for the rhyme
0:41Do that crooklyn s**t style all the time
0:42Guru
0:42Yeah yeah what
0:42Who want it yeah yeah kid
0:43Butterfly
0:43One two uh
0:45All
0:45Brooklyn brooklyn big borough with t
0:48But everything in ain t always what it seems
0:51You might get hurt if you come from out of town
0:53But down by lord that s word
0:55Butterfly
0:56Fantastic
0:56Ladybug
0:57Show stoppin emcees
0:58Guru
0:58Yeah here streets is move by glocks in whos pocket
1:00Ladybug
1:00But if your down come around check the super rhyme
1:03Butterfly
1:03We don t drop dimes
1:05Ladybug
1:05Come and have a funky time
1:06Butterfly
1:06Well it s the 718 and everything is straight
1:09All
1:11We live in brooklyn
1:13Butterfly
1:13With the type street curb hangers and the beat don t
1:15Shtop
1:16All
1:16We live in brooklyn
1:18Doodlebug
1:18It s no lie do or die in the land of showin proof
1:20All
1:21We live in brooklyn
1:23Ladybug
1:23Well keith cee know my fist in butters fro
1:26All
1:26We live in brooklyn
1:28Guru
1:28The fly clothes cash flow and crazy hells to spark
1:31Ladybug
1:31It s crowded plus they jerkin my space
1:33Shouted cause they chase when I strut out
1:35Sift through my block I m c cool
1:38She s my mood to brace
1:39Stole my mind back black
1:40So what you play the boards
1:41Skimmer we got butter so surfaces out
1:44Clever and I fix it for you funk time is monk time
1:47Slackers hit the bat blackest fit my pack
1:49And we for whatever
1:50We get down in this pleasure heavy
1:52And we are measured by the tens degrees of math
1:54In a puzzle hand locked clocked in struggle
1:57Can t keep the three foot three above mec
1:59In so depth I defect
2:00Ladybug &Doodlebug
2:01With my vanguard squad the gods in brooklyn
2:03Doodlebug
2:03And we troopin throught the fulton forkways
2:05The eastern parkways
2:07I m broader than broadway nothing more than morays
2:09I sways why cause I m a brooklyn stroller
2:12No ones cooler pigs on my boulder
2:14So I switch my pitch as I stretch down atlantic
2:17Strictly slickly with my fork mean tactic
2:19In fact it s really on the daily
2:22Kids with guns and herbs look for herbs
2:23Now I think you feel me
2:24I freaks it cause yo like my pimp stroll is cool
2:27When I creeps up the sweet and jeeps blast
2:29Tools rule the area yo these fool don t play
2:32I got the comrades of love so the g stays
2:34Brooklyn side with the crooklyn slide
2:36All
2:38We live in brooklyn
2:39Ladybug
2:40Out on fulton ave where the honeys be at
2:42All
2:43We live in brooklyn
2:44Guru
2:45Type slick keep it movin when it s after dark
2:48All
2:48We live in brooklyn
2:50Butterfly
2:50Uh huh uh huh uh huh
2:54Doodlebug
2:55No lies do or die in the land of showin proof
2:57Guru
2:58The place where I dwell is where the warriors dwell
3:00Too many stories to tell
3:01So on the block we don t talk
3:03Stack of loot takin propers
3:05Might get a serious offer from a corrupt a*s copper
3:08So um stop the nonsense
3:09Brooklyn is the illest the realest
3:11Observe these words as I reveal this
3:13Man my peoples out here they get down for this
3:16Each one s a one man gang with a crown for this
3:18Man burners to handle any business
3:20And mad sneaky ways so ain t leavin any witness
3:23Got way more drama the theatrical lessons
3:25So my suggestion you come correct no question
3:28Cause if you comin with that funny hot dog style
3:31You might get looted executed black mob style
3:34From east new york back to ft green
3:36Brooklyns classic mystical magic scene
3:38Butterfly
3:38We are plush like a millian bucks
3:41Down every ave for like a zillion blocks
3:43Blowin out
3:44With my nappy hoods down fulton
3:46Blessin guess style limpin past the walt whitman
3:49Steelo s changed on the corners we hang
3:51The crime stoppers get mad with poppers and tens
3:53And my scrambles ample kid no part timin just rhymin
3:56In other words I play these curbs with j u ice
3:58When they say you nice I say son a little somethin
4:01Brooklyn s asphalt rolls like a syl keith rodeo
4:04We big sound down and gritty
4:06Record and mic checkin no question this section of
4:08New york city
4:09Where the crooks lounge out block powers found
4:11Butterfly ground the sky favorite package of pound
4:14It s like th that the beats know we be strappin em out
4:16Mad moneys wish they g like us clout
4:18When I made the boogie I m imported I study chairman
4:21Mao
4:21Ain t nothin but crooklyn in my plasma now
4:24I got my g s behind the tongue of my gold high classics
4:26I m all city when I m dip if you want us you can find
4:29Us
4:29All
4:30We live in brooklyn
4:31Doodlebug
4:31Coney island s buck whiling and we b boy stylin
4:34All
4:35We live in brooklyn
4:36Butterfly
4:37Yeah on the spot we hustle cause like th that
4:40Guru
4:42Mad game takin wins the s**t is real son
4:45All
4:45We live in brooklyn
4:46Ladybug
4:47With my girls and marissa now you re up in cambridge
5:12Butterfly &Ladybug
5:12Fly s**t
5:16And every spot we hit is gettin blown
5:21That s just how we do it baby
5:26Out here in brooklyn baby
5:31Slick move
5:36Cause can t nothin stop up but us
5:41So we gettin ours baby
5:46Nothin but brooklyn baby
5:51Butterfly
5:52Ft green the sty queensburg coney I
5:57All
6:00It s like that it s fat where we be at brooklyn
6:01Butterfly
6:02Red hook crown heights it s tight
6:03All
6:03It s like that it s fat where we be at brooklyn
6:06Butterfly
6:07Bushes wigs flat it s east new york brownsville
6:21All
6:22It s like that it s fat where we be at brooklyn
6:23Butterfly
6:24Sights everywhere brooklyn style everywhere
6:25All
6:25It s like that it s fat where we be at brooklyn
6:42Butterfly
6:45Brooklyn style
6:47Scratching
6:52Y all the hippest people in the world
Ladybug
Space I got round to
Acted when I fee it
In how I see it
You be it if you be it
Started out in crooklyn
Butters word
Butterfly
Chill chill chill chill chill chill
Hold up
Aww s**t oh s**t
Guy look who that is
Look who rolled up in this piece
Guru
Peace y all
Butterfly
Word up brooklyn everyday
Hey yo yo let's do that brooklyn s**t
It s the day
Guru
Yeah we gonna da that s**t
We gonna give it to them in style right
Yeah yeah
Butterfly
China who we rock one for
Who we rock one for
Crooklyn everday
Guru
Brooklyn is up in here
Ladybug &Butterrfly
Uhh block party corner store
The downtown the projects
Borough shots
My clique is so tight
The mix tapes yeah forever
Butterfly
Yo word
Yo one fro the trouble
Two for the time
Three fro the rumble
Four for the rhyme
Do that crooklyn s**t style all the time
Guru
Yeah yeah what
Who want it yeah yeah kid
Butterfly
One two uh
All
Brooklyn brooklyn big borough with t
But everything in ain t always what it seems
You might get hurt if you come from out of town
But down by lord that s word
Butterfly
Fantastic
Ladybug
Show stoppin emcees
Guru
Yeah here streets is move by glocks in whos pocket
Ladybug
But if your down come around check the super rhyme
Butterfly
We don t drop dimes
Ladybug
Come and have a funky time
Butterfly
Well it s the 718 and everything is straight
All
We live in brooklyn
Butterfly
With the type street curb hangers and the beat don t
Shtop
All
We live in brooklyn
Doodlebug
It s no lie do or die in the land of showin proof
All
We live in brooklyn
Ladybug
Well keith cee know my fist in butters fro
All
We live in brooklyn
Guru
The fly clothes cash flow and crazy hells to spark
Ladybug
It s crowded plus they jerkin my space
Shouted cause they chase when I strut out
Sift through my block I m c cool
She s my mood to brace
Stole my mind back black
So what you play the boards
Skimmer we got butter so surfaces out
Clever and I fix it for you funk time is monk time
Slackers hit the bat blackest fit my pack
And we for whatever
We get down in this pleasure heavy
And we are measured by the tens degrees of math
In a puzzle hand locked clocked in struggle
Can t keep the three foot three above mec
In so depth I defect
Ladybug &Doodlebug
With my vanguard squad the gods in brooklyn
Doodlebug
And we troopin throught the fulton forkways
The eastern parkways
I m broader than broadway nothing more than morays
I sways why cause I m a brooklyn stroller
No ones cooler pigs on my boulder
So I switch my pitch as I stretch down atlantic
Strictly slickly with my fork mean tactic
In fact it s really on the daily
Kids with guns and herbs look for herbs
Now I think you feel me
I freaks it cause yo like my pimp stroll is cool
When I creeps up the sweet and jeeps blast
Tools rule the area yo these fool don t play
I got the comrades of love so the g stays
Brooklyn side with the crooklyn slide
All
We live in brooklyn
Ladybug
Out on fulton ave where the honeys be at
All
We live in brooklyn
Guru
Type slick keep it movin when it s after dark
All
We live in brooklyn
Butterfly
Uh huh uh huh uh huh
Doodlebug
No lies do or die in the land of showin proof
Guru
The place where I dwell is where the warriors dwell
Too many stories to tell
So on the block we don t talk
Stack of loot takin propers
Might get a serious offer from a corrupt a*s copper
So um stop the nonsense
Brooklyn is the illest the realest
Observe these words as I reveal this
Man my peoples out here they get down for this
Each one s a one man gang with a crown for this
Man burners to handle any business
And mad sneaky ways so ain t leavin any witness
Got way more drama the theatrical lessons
So my suggestion you come correct no question
Cause if you comin with that funny hot dog style
You might get looted executed black mob style
From east new york back to ft green
Brooklyns classic mystical magic scene
Butterfly
We are plush like a millian bucks
Down every ave for like a zillion blocks
Blowin out
With my nappy hoods down fulton
Blessin guess style limpin past the walt whitman
Steelo s changed on the corners we hang
The crime stoppers get mad with poppers and tens
And my scrambles ample kid no part timin just rhymin
In other words I play these curbs with j u ice
When they say you nice I say son a little somethin
Brooklyn s asphalt rolls like a syl keith rodeo
We big sound down and gritty
Record and mic checkin no question this section of
New york city
Where the crooks lounge out block powers found
Butterfly ground the sky favorite package of pound
It s like th that the beats know we be strappin em out
Mad moneys wish they g like us clout
When I made the boogie I m imported I study chairman
Mao
Ain t nothin but crooklyn in my plasma now
I got my g s behind the tongue of my gold high classics
I m all city when I m dip if you want us you can find
Us
All
We live in brooklyn
Doodlebug
Coney island s buck whiling and we b boy stylin
All
We live in brooklyn
Butterfly
Yeah on the spot we hustle cause like th that
Guru
Mad game takin wins the s**t is real son
All
We live in brooklyn
Ladybug
With my girls and marissa now you re up in cambridge
Butterfly &Ladybug
Fly s**t
And every spot we hit is gettin blown
That s just how we do it baby
Out here in brooklyn baby
Slick move
Cause can t nothin stop up but us
So we gettin ours baby
Nothin but brooklyn baby
Butterfly
Ft green the sty queensburg coney I
All
It s like that it s fat where we be at brooklyn
Butterfly
Red hook crown heights it s tight
All
It s like that it s fat where we be at brooklyn
Butterfly
Bushes wigs flat it s east new york brownsville
All
It s like that it s fat where we be at brooklyn
Butterfly
Sights everywhere brooklyn style everywhere
All
It s like that it s fat where we be at brooklyn
Butterfly
Brooklyn style
Scratching
Y all the hippest people in the world

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