| A: because I got it like that, uh huh
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| Because I got it like that, wooh, uh huh
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| Because I got it like that
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| G: like how?
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| A: like that
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| Verse 1: afrika, mike g Dancin on the dance floor
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| Girl, its you that I adore
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| Step on stage, you scream for more
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| Afrika got rhymes galore
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| Snap my fingers, make you mine
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| If not, Ill snap a second time
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| After that, I guarantee
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| You will be standing next to me Left or right side, take your pick
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| But girl, youve got to make it quick
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| Baby, baby, baby
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| I know I drive you crazy
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| Mcs know me as mike g Girls hold on to me tightly
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| Warm personality
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| Thats why they get close to me Try their best to drive me wild
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| Say they want to bear my child
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| I go away, they say, «come back»
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| Why? |
| because I got it like that
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| A: yeah, uh huh
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| G: because I got it like that
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| A: yeah, uh huh
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| G: because I got it like that
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| A: a ha ha, uh huh
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| G: because I got it like that
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| A: like how?
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| G: like that
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| Verse 2: afrika, mike g No problem, (why?) because I got it like that
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| A baby bam beat and an african rap
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| My partner by my side, sammy b is on the cut
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| Your djs chill and chill, but hey, so what?
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| Nuggets in my pocket, wine in my hand
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| I got it like that, but you still dont understand
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| It comes to me natural, it comes to me easy
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| I just lay back and let the big beat lead me I never work a day in my life
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| Single jungle brother, no kids, no wife
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| 100,000 rhymes from one band, thats many
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| But back where I come from, they aint worth a penny
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| Youve got a lot of talent, but you fail to see
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| You paid for yours, I got mine for free
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| Play in the rain and dont get wet
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| Walk through the desert and dont even sweat
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| Play in the snow and dont get cold
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| Im just a cool young brother who looks kinda old
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| Love around the world schoolin the sound
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| If I could bet a crowd and get caught us loud
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| Ive got ladies uptown and money on the floor
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| Theres not a thing in the world that Im askin for
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| A: wooh, uh huh
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| G: because I got it like that
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| You wanna know why, brother?
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| Because I got it like that
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| A: uh huh
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| G: I aint jokin, I aint playin, its just my brother
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| I got it like that
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| A: a ha ha
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| Verse 3: afrika
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| Used to be a player, couldnt be trusted
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| But still in all, I never got busted
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| Knowin every part of new york city
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| I thought it was fun, it used to look witty
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| I had it all spread out, even one next door
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| I had it like that, so what ya askin for?
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| 4 to 5, you see, was my minimum
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| And every day, I used to go and get with em One for every hour on the hour
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| One on the way while I was in the shower
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| It sounds kinda crazy, it sounds kinda bugged
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| But you see, afrika was the one they loved
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| So you see, it got to a point where they didnt care
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| They didnt wanna give me up, so they agreed to share
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| A: because I got it like that
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| G: I hear you, brother, word
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| A: because I got it like that
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| G: man, yous one baaaaaad jungle brother
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| A: like that
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| Like that
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| Outro:
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| A: uh, wooh, sammy b, b, you got it like that
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| I know you got it like that
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| Yo mike g from the jungle brothers, man
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| New orleans got it like that
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| New york city got it like that
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| Los angeles got it like that
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| Cleveland got it like that
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| Let me see, who else got it like that?
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| G: detroit
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| A: who?
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| G: detroit
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| A: man, yeah, atlanta got it like that
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| Philadelphia got it like that
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| Texas got it like that, let me see
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| Somebody else got it like that
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| G: d.c.
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| A: yea, d.c., d.c. |
| got it like that
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| Boston, miami, I know you got it like that, miami
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| G: word
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| A: word up, yo, Im outta here, you know why?
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| Both: because I got it like that |