Ego Trippin' [Part Two] Songtext
von De La Soul

I′m buggin'

E-ghostbusters

Mercy
Mercy
(Ego trip, ego trip)
Mercy
(Ego trip, ego trip)
Mercy!

Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!
(Ego trip, ego trip)
Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!
(Ego trip, ego trip)
Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!
(Ego trip, ego trip)
Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!
(Ego trip, ego trip)


Yep, yep, big trucker man′s rollin' in town
How ya do? How ya do?
I got the joints to make ya... (jump!)
Because I'm headin′ eastbound
Tired of the merry go round and around
And everybody′s talkin' bout your stuff funny
But they′re still tellin' lies to me...

I got the trees in my backyard
And it′s hard for them to tell a lie to me
And who's the foot? I′m the foot. But, who's steppin'?
(Ain′t no half steppin′)
You know where I'm steppin′
Skirts play with it 'cause I′m slick like that
I'm the greatest MC in the world!


You gots to gimme gimme mine, ′cause I'm heavy when I weight it
Watch the way I say it:
"Ego trip"
I change my pitch up, smack my bitch up
But never did it
The flavor's bein′ butt, but brothers ain′t gettin' it
Get it, or else you′re a goner
When I rolls over, ya gonna have to wanna lamp
'Cause it′s the chattanooga champ
Takin' a train
(Takin′ a train)
Takin' a train
(Takin' a train)
Takin′ a train
(Takin′ a train)
Takin' a train...
(Takin′ a train)

Now I'm somethin′ like a phenomenon
I'm somethin′ like a phenomenon
Well, I'm the hourglass cat
Drug it out of jack
(For jill)
'Cause I spilled the phenomenon
Pack the holes in my lawn
The girls in my sauna
Word is born: I′m a livin′ phenomenon

Well, I'm da better brand, ′cause I'm a superman
I run the block with my circle, ′cause I'm nubian
I got the platinum rust, so don′t even fuss
'Cause DJ Paul, he's down with us

Now, people, stop takin′ my stylin′ for a joke
I don't sassafrass: I put the foot up the ass
Sometimes I′m fast, blow off like a seal
When they reminisce over you
For real

Mase chopped the record down to the bone
And, now, Renee King is on my telephone
But I got the "Ring Ring, Ha Ha, Hey Hey"
'Cause this type of shit happens everyday

I got to make me a connection, so my imports stuff
(Word!) Wo, word′em up!
Cause I'm so fly...

Yes, on and on
I′m ins like (never) go buy my yacht
I got Gills like Johnny
Sail at 7 elf
(Well, good for ya)
Bigger than bigs, dig it
(I dug it)
Ways that amazes popes

I am the "is equals is", 'cause it's caught up
When the tides taught me the ropes
No weights for the baits
(Man, I′ll give you four)
For a verb unheard of
(Man, gimme one more)

Alright, you got it, if you′re special
With a dapper toe tapper when a lot's goin′ on
(And ain't a damn thing happenin′)
The answer to the riddle is me, and here's the question:
Who can be fresh?
Who can be dope?
Who can be nice?
Who can be beautiful?
Who can be word?
Who can be...?

Maybe the Jericho turnpike bandit
Yes, competition try to troupe my way
I sing the song you never heard before
I feed the famine in your mind
So mind ya manners, baby
I run a line on ya
Lay ya on the springs, then sway it
All this and a condom, ′cause I be a taxpayer
Promotin' of a moccasin, I skin like Danny Boone
When I swallow, hear the "gulp"
So, gimme room, just gimme room

Back the hell up
(Back the hell up)
Know what I'm sayin′?
Or, when I run the mike, there won′t be no delayin'
Pressure 40 does it like a Easy Bake oven
Blues got the muffin
Ate it
Blues got the muffin
Ate it!

Intoxicate many with my talk, without intoxicatin′ myself low
So I gots to walk slow, but...
(Don't you get too high)

Ego trip, ego trip
(Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!)
Ego trip, ego trip
(Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!)
Ego trip, ego trip
(Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!)
(Somebody′s cryin'?)
Ego trip, ego trip
(Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!)
(I know somebody′s cryin')
Ego trip, ego trip
(Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!)
(Who's cryin′?)
Ego trip, ego trip
(Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!)
(Yo, somebody′s cryin', here)
Ego trip, ego trip
Ego trip, ego trip
Ego trip, ego trip
Ego trip, ego trip
Trippin′ down the fuckin' stairs
Yeah!
Ego trip