Examination of What

Lyrics

[Intro: Butterfly] One day, uh, while I was 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 (Check out the, check out the, check out) [Verse 1: Butterfly] 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 Tyrel and the battles at the borders My cousins in the joint and the homeless grippin' quarters The forests are all shrinkin', this deepens to my thinkin' Don't cover up the nappy, be happy what you're kinkin' Dwellin', yes, you're dwellin' as the norm is itty-bitty Figure eighty-fitty for a smidgen of the 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 who's the vics and tell me who's the victim [Chorus: Butterfly] So what is really what If the funk don't move your butt And if the box don't make you hot And if the cats don't dig the raps If your life ain't got no spice Or if the guns just wreck your fun Or if some shouts ain't in the house Or if your crew ain't down with you [Bridge: Ladybug, Doodlebug] 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? Peace, this is Cee-Know the Doodlebug and I wanna say What is what if you can't walk through your hood Without Bert, Ernie, and the Sesame Street mosse Tryna give the Snuffleupagus? [Verse 2: Butterfly] My father taught me jazz, all the peoples and the anthem Ate peanuts with the Dizz and vibed 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 mantel where I placed it Hip-hop grew from roots, but some emcees never traced it The old-jacks buck wild and some babies bore their fists But the crew from outer space is here, shit We grew up diggin' styles of the fabulous fifth Freddy And scopin' out for days crazy legs and rocksteady Now bleach is in the laundry, the same old beats is handy The label may okay 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're 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? [Chorus: Butterfly] I'm sayin' what is really what If the funk don't rule your 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 [Refrain: Butterfly, Doodlebug, Ladybug] '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? (I'm just a baby too) And Miss Mecca (I'm just a baby, man) And Mister Silk, he's just a baby, too And 801s, they just babies, man And Miss Venus, she's just a baby, man The ac-facts, they just babies, man And DPS, they just babies, too Oh, and Dash, she's just a baby, man Danny and Dani, 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 Mann, he's just my main man And Doctor Timba, he's just a baby, man And nappy Jackie, she's just a baby, too Beneficent, he's just a baby, man Oh, and you, you're just a baby, man [Outro: Ladybug, Doodlebug, Butterfly] Ladybug here, y'all, with Silver Tongue, nice cold drums With eyes open wide and open pride which lies inside The Digable Planets' eyes Peace, this is Cee-Know, the notorious Doodlebug Givin' universal salutations to my peoples Dwellin' in the seventh dimension I, uh, Brother Butter, and Uh, it was really fun, uh, sector six, here I come Chillin' out, pops and Dani, I'm out, later