De La Soul is a massively influential hip hop group, hailing from Amityville, Long Island, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap subgenre. The members are Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos, Mercenary, Plug Wonder Why, Plug One), David Jude JolicÅ“ur (Trugoy the Dove, Dave, Plug Two) and Vincent Mason (Pasemaster Mase, Maseo, Plug Three). The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Paul Huston (Prince Paul) with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'". Their debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), was a critical smash that saw the group labeled hippies due to the message of peace and love.
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Keepin The Faith Lyrics

De La Soul

Dove:
Jody got a cat but she wont let it out
Oh tough luck, cause it makes jack pout
Waiting on the wins he moves to the next
Searching for the cheese, looking for the text
In the big blue in search of the skins
Grinning and laughing, laughing and grinning
Padlock jody got the whole scene played
No knockin boots till shes 14kd
Diamond in the back, sunroof top
Waiting for the credit card so she can go and shop
Jack plays the back, just knockin other socks
cause now in the hood hes
(johnny the fox)
Till one ring came, jody blew a park
Found about jody round the corner in the park
Flipping like a dipstick, hip to the news
Practising the range, bellowing the blues
Jack rolls the carpet in, swift like a skate
Yo, jody, yo, gotta go, got a date
Padlock jodys screaming wait, wait, wait!
Dont worry, hon, he replies, Im keepin the faith
Pos:
Ill never do the baseball with you again
Yo, Ill never do the baseball with you
cause your hoochie-coo was so smooth
Was it such a sin to let, let me in?
Hooked by your ever-so-shyness
Want that bush, heard youre from flatbush
Ran after ya, caught ya,
Brought ya to long island, stylin for a while
In my hut, I was on a cut for a peck
A silly greg peck
You tried to play me new, plug one you disconnect
Id try to touch your hair (you would say no)
Yo, Id try to touch your hair (you would say no)
Is is cause you want my financial flaunt?
First you gotta please me, nice and easy
But I guess you want that in reverse,
So I stand plug first can see
We got a serious block
Turn the other way, ooh what do I spot?
A hoopin hey love whose scent left a trace
Had a stash in her pocket with a body thats safe
Ball to the eight, now you wanna swing?
Forget the rap, yo, black sheep, sing
(youre banned, youre banned)
(youre banned, honey dip, youre banned)
(youre banned)
Yo, youre banned
Ya banned by the preacher man
You played yourself a stew
Now to me you step, never mind love
The faith is being kept
Dove:
Now remember bout padlock jody, heres the fact
Jack little wick but she was acting wack
Jack wanna lay but laying aint exact
For the past four or five she was banned by the pack
Hip to the witness, putting on a plan
No money, no more puddy tat for the man
Jack knows that honey means playing a game,
Only wanna bowl, got nabbed for the fame
Claude van damme (God damn)
Sam was the man that you planned to command
Nothing new about a neighborhood
You know what? padlock jody wanna cut
Jacks thinking cap, make mine into a pack
Yo, heres 20, 40, 60, pay me back
Conscience appears, yo jack, what you doing?
You play the cold while honey heres cooling?
You dont have to if you dont want to!
You dont have to if you dont want... to!
So he begins with the ring, ring, ring,
Hey judy girl, how ya doin
Seen you with another man, what you doing? screwing?
Ooh, shame on you! what, you cant wait
For the big bait? well, imma tell you straight,
Honey child, Im keepin the faith!