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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Pass The Plugs Lyrics

De La Soul

(this time, put it in mellow)
Pass the peas like they used to say
Pass the peas like they used to say
Pass the peas like they used to say
Pass the peas like they used to say (ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha)
Pos:
First p is passed
I am known as
Posdnuos, plug one to the whole race
Rhyme on a tour
Smart and much more
Dispatch Ive stood themes with the mad face
Tall dark and lean
Was once nineteen
Now Im one year older with reason
Clean thoughts and drawers
Rhyme flow never stalls
The yes yes yes yalls
Will end this season
The soul reached high plains
We didnt reach soul train
But don dont like rap
So that wont happen
Fame we dont lust
God we do trust
Arsenio dissed us
But the crowd kept clapping
Blessed with souls lights
So turn off your brights
Overexposure will bring about a clear soul
Dont push, but piles,
For this here new style
And excuse me yall while I fill my potholes
Pass the peas like they used to say
Pass the peas like they used to say
Pass the peas like they used to say (oh yeah)
Pass the peas like they used to say (ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha)
Dove:
Passed off second
Tru I reckon
Head full of dreds
But knowledge inside
Singin on records, making it hectic
Wishing it all would fall and die
Radio works it, public consumes it
Tommy boy wants another say no, huh
Rough and rugged
Its not a new twist
Been trugoy since the first get go
Heres the daisy
Watching it die, see?
Native is the new like balance is the shoe
Paul makes a mil like dill makes pickles
Plus is to add like addin to the crew is
Pimps promote us, rms work us
Mps watch us close in focus
Watch me steppin
Now Im dancing
Then disappear with a hocus pocus
Pass the peas like they used to say
Pass the peas like they used to say
Pass the peas like they used to say
Pass the peas like they used to say (ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha)
Mase:
(people in the place this is very hard to conceal)
(pos get funky)
(check it out)
(people in the place this is very hard to conceal)
(dove get funky)
(check it out)
(people in the place this is very hard to conceal)
(mase get funky)
(check it out)
(people in the place this is very hard to conceal)
(prince paul get funky) (ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha)
(ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha)
Pass the peas like they used to say
Pass the peas like they used to say (yeah)
Pass the peas like they used to say (mmm)
Pass the peas like they used to say (ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha)
Paul:
Fourth p is passed
I am known as
(prince paul)
Yeah thanks mase
Applied like chapsticks
The songs are slapsticks
Skeezoids with polaroids
Give me such a case
Trife or not trife
Dont own a wife
Yet Im down and around for a good kiss
I got a 40 of pepsi
A girl in bed-stuy
And Ill end it like this!
(will rise, not fall)
(definition: prince paul)
(our mentor, dont be sore)
(when I say thats all)