De La Soul - The Magic Number (Official Lyric Video)

Listen/Stream - https://delasoul.lnk.to/TheMagicNumber Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/wearedelasoul Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wearedelasoul Twitter - https://twitter.com/wearedelasoul TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wearedelasoul Website - https://www.wearedelasoul.com *** Lyrics Three  That's the Magic Number  Yes it is  It's the magic number  Somewhere in this hip-hop soul community  Was born three: Mase, Dove, and me  And that's the magic number  (What does it all mean?)  Difficult preaching is Posdnuos' pleasure  Pleasure and preaching starts in the heart  Something that stimulates the music in the measure  Measure in the music, raised in three parts  Casually see but don't do like the Soul  Cause seein' and doin' are actions for monkeys  Doin' hip hop hustle, no rock and roll  Unless your name's Brewster, cause Brewster's a Punk (three)  Parents let go cause there's magic in the air  Criticizing rap shows you're out of order  Stop look and listen to the phrase ya Fred Astaire’s  And don't get offended while Mase do-si-do's your daughter  A tri-camera rolls since our music's now set  Fly rhymes are stored on a D.A.I.S.Y. production  It stands for "Da Inner Sound, Y'all" and y'all can bet  That the action's not a trick, but showing the function  Everybody wants to be a deejay  Everybody wants to be an emcee  But being speakers are the best  And you don't have to guess  De La Soul posse consists of three  And that's the magic number  (Three)  This here piece of the pie  Is not dessert but the course that we dine  And three out of every darn time  The effect is "Mmmm" when a daisy grows in your mind  Showing true position, this here piece is  Kissin' the part of the pie that's missin'  When that negative number fills up the casualty  Maybe you can subtract it  You can call it your lucky partner  Maybe you can call it your adjective  But odd as it may be  Without my one and two where would there be  My three  Mase Pos and Me  And that's the Magic Number  (What does it all mean?)  Focus is formed by flaunts to the soul  Souls who flaunt styles gain praises by pounds  Common are speakers who honor the scroll  Scroll written daily creates a new sound  Listeners listen cause this here is wisdom  Wisdom of a Speaker, a Dove and a Plug  Set aside a legal substance to feed ‘em  For now get 'em high off this dialect drug (Three)  Time is a factor so it's time that counts  Count not the negative actions of one  Speakers of soul say it's time to shout  Three forms the soul to a positive sum  Dance to this fix and flex every muscle  Space can be filled if you ride like my lumber  Advance to the tune but don't do the hustle  Shake, rattle, roll to my Magic Number (Three)  Now you may try to subtract it  But it just won't go away  Three times one?  (What is it?)  (One, two, three)  And that's a Magic Number  (Yo, what's up?)  (1, 2, 3)  (I say, children, what does it all mean?)  (Woah-woah-wo, 1, 2, 3)  (I wouldn't lie to you)  (No more no less, that's a magic number)  (No more no less)  (What is?)  (No more no less)  (Do the shing-a-ling)  (No more no less)  (Anybody in the audience ever get hit by a car?)  (No more no less)  (How high's the water, mama?)  (No more no less)  (How high's the water, mama?)  (No more no less)  (3 feet high and rising)  (No more no less)  (3)  (That's a magic number) #DeLaSoul #TheMagicNumber #HipHop50 Video produced by F That https://f-th.at/ http://vevo.ly/RHLG6x