Verses from the Abstract

Verses from the Abstract easy guitar chords by A Tribe Called Quest

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

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Capo

  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

    • Verse 1
    G

    I had a dream about my man last night

    And my man came by the studio
    Am
    G

    And his name is

    Busta Rhymes in effect,

    Shaheed is in effect

    Phife Did-awg is in effect
    C
    D

    Check it out and give me my 'spect
    Verse 2
    G

    I'm moving, yes I'm grooving

    cause my mouth is on the motor
    Am

    Use the Coast in the morning

    to avoid the funky odor
    G

    Can't help being funky,

    I'm the funky Abstract brother
    C

    Funky in a sense,
    D

    but I play the undercover
    G

    Once had a fetish, fetish for some booty

    Now I'm getting funky and my rapping,

    that's my duty

    Brothers tend to jock on the

    style in particular
    Bm
    C

    If you got the ego like some brothers,

    then I'll get with ya
    G

    But if I don't pursue,

    then I just don't give a (fuck)

    My motto in the 90's is be
    Am

    happy making bucks
    Em
    G

    Girls love the Jim,

    'cause it causes crazy friction
    D

    When it goes up in and fluctuates the diction
    G

    I still understand the oomph

    'cause that's what I met her for
    D

    I'm hooked on the swings,
    G
    Am

    so just call me the music whore
    G

    Women love the voice,

    brothers dig the lyrics

    Quest the people's choice,
    D

    we thrive it for the spirit
    G

    If you can't hear it,

    then get the wax utensils

    Write my rhymes straight up,
    Am

    don't get with no fancy stencils
    G

    The rhymes we get is sweet,

    we stay away from tart
    D

    Our perfection is at work, perking up the art
    G

    If you want to battle,

    I suggest you check your clock
    D

    Your demise is coming up and I
    C
    Am

    want your man to watch
    Em
    G

    Be the prime ex ample,

    I deep instilled the sample
    D

    Insignificance,
    G

    here I'll place you on the mantle

    Born up in Harlem,

    reside down in Jamaica

    The girl I used to rock,
    Am

    her moms was a Quaker
    G

    Now what does that make her?

    The evil money taker?
    D

    The crazy move faker,
    G

    I used that to break her
    Verse 3

    Phife is in the house (ooh, you know you got going on)
    G


    Uncle Mike is in the house (this ain't

    a R&B song)

    Bob Power is in the house (you got

    it going on)
    C

    Tim Latham is in the house

    (and on and on and on)
    G

    Wise Men is in the house
    C
    G

    The Brand Nubs is in the house (on)

    The J Beez, they in the house
    C

    And De La, they in the house
    Verse 4
    Am
    G

    I must regroup my thoughts and kick the

    next ones for my people
    D

    Please don't be deceived by the
    G
    Am

    ugly slice of evil
    G

    The world is kinda cold and the
    Am
    Em

    rhythm is my blanket
    G
    C
    D

    Wrap yourself up in it, if you love

    it, then you'll thank it
    G

    Don't move to rebuttal,

    wave your hand for action
    Am

    Some ladies in the '90's want

    more than satisfaction
    Em

    They want keys and Gs,
    G

    and all those illy things
    D

    If you want to, I'll show you,
    G
    Am

    just what the Ab can bring
    G

    I keep a tight net with my

    brothers Ken and Kenny

    If the question is of rhymes,
    D

    then I'll tell ya, I got plenty
    G

    The thing that men and women need

    to do is stick together

    Progressions can't be made

    if we're separate forever
    Em

    I hooked this funky beat with the
    G
    Bm

    loop and the feature
    G
    C

    With the funky singing by Miss Vinia Mojica
    Em
    G

    So listen because the Quest is led

    through the underground
    D

    My people been up on Quest to long, no
    Am

    more will we be down
    G

    People tend to riff 'cause they
    D

    don't know the mental
    G
    Bm
    C

    People tend to bug 'cause their beats
    Em

    are hard but gentle
    G

    Africano lurks through the body

    of this youngin'

    Play like Bobby Byrd on your
    D

    back and your coming to
    G

    The house of the jazz,

    of the funk, of the rhythm

    All the goods are welcome,
    Am

    but if you're a vil lain
    G

    I'll just wait and debate,

    contemplate your arrival
    D

    If flexing is your motive,

    then you don't like survival
    G

    The Abstract is speaking,

    the hard beats is reaching

    The Black and Puerto Ricans
    Am

    'Cause their butt naked,
    Em
    G

    streakin' through the ever murky streets
    Bm

    Of the urbanized areas
    G

    Blastin' out the speakers
    Am

    is the hip hop hys teria
    Verse 5
    G

    Craig is in the house (ooh, you know you

    got going on)
    C

    Pete Rock is in the house

    (this ain't a R&B song)
    Am
    G

    Cl is in the house (you got

    it going on)
    C
    D

    Ultra Mag is in the house (and on

    and on and on)
    G

    Nice and Smooth is in the house

    Big Daddy Kane is in the house

    Beatnuts is in the house
    Am

    Special Ed is in the house
    Verse 6
    Em
    D

    Yeah

    This one goes out to my man
    Em
    G

    Thanks a lot Ron Carter on the bass
    Am
    D

    Yes my man Ron Carter is on the bass
    G

    Now check it out
    D

    Born into the '91 decade
    G

    Up in until the 2000 decade
    Bm

    You gotta say the Quest is on
    G

    And goddamn it, yes the Quest is on

    And we out

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