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Artist: Mos Def
Canonical path: /mos-def/pretty-dancer
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Pretty Dancer
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Pretty Dancer
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Absolutely, Flaco!
Fresh and I'm fresh and my fresh just get fresher,
Diamonds in production glow greater than the pressure,
The none turn to some and the some turn to more,
The more turn to many and the many turn to all,
Shoutin' on my nothing like it's nothing at all,
To not knowin' what ya got til it got gone
Same song, new time signature,
New brand hustle with the long time arithmetic,
Bey, from the preacher man, number man, understand,
Curves and sliders, overs and under-hands,
Black Batman, knock em out the park,
Pitch, quiet fire sniper not the one you tryna box with,
Block work when the block turn jobless,
And triple beams aint the best means to weigh your options,
Smarts!, get smart with your smartness,
Too busy surviving to argue 'bout Darwin....Darling!
Chorus:
See me, huh, a pretty dancer
Me, Sugar Ray and Ali pretty dancer
See me do it, (echo)
Ready, steady, step it out,
Big swing swing with bangers and thing thingers,
Soul glo zinging all over the ring finger,
Yo Yo! Don't play me so close,
Make me tell you something that you aint really ready to know,
Fight camp you was in top form,
Fight night, damn you ain't breakin' popcorn,
Aw man word bond?
Word is bond! Ultimatum,
Lights off, smelling salts resuscitate em,
I don;t underrate em son, I don't nothing-rate em,
All i do is pop pop, frustrate em,
Exacerbate em, sharp shoot, lacerate em,
Steady hustle, shuffle shuffle, fascinate em,
Ecstatic nature black imagination activated
true and living elevated, you are rockin' with the greatest
Ecstatic nature black imagination activated
true and living elevated, you are rockin' with the greatest
It's like a dove from up above
(Chorus)
Fly like a dove from up above
(Chorus)
Skip,
Move
(x4)
Fly like a dove from up above
(repeated until end)
The greatest,
See me do it!
Ecstatic nature black imagination activated
true and living elevated, rockin' with the greatest
Ecstatic nature black imagination activated
true and living elevated, you are rockin' with the greatest
(repeated until end)
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