Examination Of What

(Butterfly)
one day, uhh, while sippin some groove juice
i realized that in the span of time we’re just babies
it’s all relative time is unreal

we’re just babies
we’re just babies man
we’re just babies
we’re just babies man
we’re just babies
we’re just babies man
we’re just babies
we’re just babies man

every man’s a planet and the props are there to get it
insects roll together with the spirit in our orbit
life it comes and goes and you do not punch a clock
i don’t take shit for granted, i think of scott la rock
also of terrel and the battles of the borders
my cousins in joint and the homies grippin quarters
the forest all are shrinkin, there’s deepness to my thinkin
don’t cover up your nappy, be happy with your kinkin
dwellin yes your dwelling as the norm as itty bitty
figure eight fifty for a smidgen of this city
in the serengeti get ready for a box but
beware of the shanks and the pistols and the glocks
if your peoples don’t get ya, you still ain’t off clean
the politicians mask is worse than halloween
i think the funky scripts so you know i gots to kick em
now tell me whos the vics and tell me who’s the victims

(All)
so what is really what
if the funk don’t move your butt
and if the vibes don’t make you high
and if the cats don’t dig the raps
or if your life ain’t got no spice
or if the guns just wreck your fun
or if some shouts end in the house
or if your crew ain’t down wit you

(Ladybug)
peace, this is mecca the ladybug
and i’m sayin though
what is really what
if i can’t even get comfortable
cause the supreme court is like
all in my uterus

(Doodlebug)
peace, this is c-know, the doodlebug and i wanna say
what is what if you can’t walk through your hood
without burt, ernie and the sesame street posse
tryin to give the snuffaluffagus

(Butterfly)
my father tought me jazz, all the peoples and the anthem
ate peanuts with the dizz and vibe with lionel hampton
now i’m swimmin deep in the hip hop with eclectics
now do we gots the power (or is it gettin hectic)
scribble swings the paddle at the man to where i place it
hip hop grew from roots but some mc’s never traced it
the olds jacks buck wild and some babies ball their fist
but the crew from outter space is here, shit
we grew up diggin styles of the fabulous fifth freddy
and scopin out for days crazy legs of rock steady
now bleach is in the laundry
the same old beats is handy
the label may ok it
but radio won’t play it
the censors are about so watch your mouth, close your drapes
the legs that’s in the boots is on the corner with your tapes
makin papes off the crust, for money and for lust
you playin out the planets, get slammed (trust)
you think it, see it, run it and slam it
they peep it, hear it, lynch it and ban it
it just ain’t the haps if they know they can’t control it
your grass be in the joint but they licked it and rolled it
so what

i’m sayin what is really what
if the funk don’t rule a cut
or if the streets don’t dig your beats
or if my man ain’t fifty grand
or if the hoods don’t think you’re good
or if your church don’t really work
or if the pigs wanna knock your wigs
or if the jeeps don’t roll with beats
cause butterfly is a baby
i’m just a baby man
i’m just a baby
i’m just a baby man
i’m just a baby
i’m just a baby man
and mr. doodle

(Doodlebug)
i’m just a baby too

(Butterfly)
and miss mecca

(Ladybug)
i’m just a baby man

(Butterfly)
and mr. sylk, he’s just a baby too
and 801’s, they’re just babies, man
and miss venus, she’s just a baby, man
the ak facts, they’re just babies, man
and d p s, they’re just babies too
oh and dash, he’s just a baby, man
danny and denny, they are my babies, man
oh and liz, she’s just a baby man
oh and stella, she’s just a baby too
doc shane, he’s just a baby, man
mike man, he’s just my main man
and doctor timber, he’s just a baby man
and nappy jackie, she’s just a baby too
beneficient, he’s just a baby man
oh and you, you’re just a baby man

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(Ladybug)
ladybug here y’all
with silver tounges and ice cold trumps
with eyes open wide and open pride, lies in sight
the digable planets eyes

(Doodlebug)
peace, this is c-know, the notorious doodlebug
givin universal salutations
to my peoples dwelling in the seventh dimension
peace

(Butterfly)
uhh, umm, brother butter and it was real and fun
uhh sector six, here i come
chillin out, pops and danea i’m out
later