Stressed Out -A Tribe Called Quest Lyrics by:Kamaal Fareed/Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Dexter Mills/Gary Taylor Composed by:Kamaal Fareed/Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Dexter Mills/Gary Taylor Faith Evans: I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out When you're face to face with your adversity I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out We're gonna make this thing work out eventually Consequence/Q-Tip: Yo I ain't one to complain but there's things in the game What's your name Consequence I'm tight burnt like flames And why's that American dreams they got this ghetto kid in a fiend Don't stress that cause it's not in your bloodstream Your whole being comes from greatness d'you remember Shaytan got you caught in the storms of December And brothers on the block packing nines like September Crazy situations keeps pockets on slender Yo I be on the avenue where they be actin brand new I'm splurging on these Reebok joints for shorty boo All of a sudden I saw these two kids frontin' Talking out they joints but they wasn't saying nuttin' My hand was on my toolie they was actin unruly Say word yo word up yo I was tight caught up But I swallowed my pride and let that nonsense ride Because I'm positive it seems that negative dies Yo we was at the dice game making these cats look silly Flamming steady running off at the Willie I had my cash mixed my rent due with my play-dough I gotta see some loot so on my girls I blow Shook them s**ts in my palm let em hit the flo' Kept my eyeballs scoping for them pigs po-po I got to go on the ave see my parole by fo' But I gotta steady freak these boys like JoJo And I was doing it 'til I met Ike Spike and Mike One roll they had my pockets thirstier than Sprite Yo I know the feeling when you feeling like a villain You be having good thoughts but the evils be revealin' And the stresses of life can take you off the right path No doubt Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff We gotta hold it down so we can move on past All adversities so we can get through fast like that I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out When you're face to face with your adversity I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out We're gonna make this thing work out eventually Consequence: You got the N.W.O. Low cash flow Your baby's on the way And you don't know who And crosstown n***as trying to Bust at you Aiyyo they got me stressed out And you don't know what to do Phife Dawg: Dunn-da-lie dunn-da-lo dunn-da-lie dunn-da-lee Me no look for trouble but trouble done follow me All I wanted to be was a illa MC Ever since me was small as a youth out in Queens What did you mash on de dancehall All a me Until my best friend caught two in him head Right scene And ever since that day Ya not hear me Things been a mess R.I.P Ghosta Rock true ting God bless So nowadays I go see wifey just to cure me from stress Lay my head on her breast Sugar dumpling knows best Explaining all my problems to her getting things off my chest A little hook up squeeze up and no more am I vexed Ayo son without my peeps I'd be truly assed out Make sure I have my medication so I wouldn't pass out Native Tongues for believing in me when everyone was fessing Most of all Jah Mighty for the guidance and the blessings I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out When you're face to face with your adversity I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out We're gonna make this thing work out eventually Faith Evans: Come on baby we gon make it Gonna make it Come on baby we gon make it Oh yeah Come on baby we gon make it Gonna make it We gon make it Gotta make it Come on baby we gon make it Gonna make it We're gonna make it We're gonna make it Come on baby we gon make it We're gonna make it We're gonna make it Ohhhhhhh Come on baby we gon make it Ohhhhhhh Come on baby we gon make it Gonna make it Come on baby we gon make it Ohhhhhhh We gon make it Ahaowwhwwww Come on baby we gon make it Ahahwwww I know we're gonna make it We're gonna make it Come on baby we gon make it Yeahhhh We gon make it Yeahhahhahhhh Come on baby we gon make it We're gonna make it We've gotta make it I know we're gonna make it We're gonna make it gonna make it We gotta make it I know we gonna make it Gotta make it oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[00:00.00]Stressed Out -A Tribe Called Quest [00:02.691]Lyrics by:Kamaal Fareed/Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Dexter Mills/Gary Taylor [00:05.382]Composed by:Kamaal Fareed/Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Dexter Mills/Gary Taylor [00:08.73]Faith Evans: [00:10.765]I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out [00:16.78]When you're face to face with your adversity [00:21.224]I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out [00:26.414]We're gonna make this thing work out eventually [00:30.599]Consequence/Q-Tip: [00:31.815]Yo I ain't one to complain but there's things in the game [00:34.368]What's your name [00:35.167]Consequence I'm tight burnt like flames [00:36.851]And why's that [00:37.667]American dreams they got this ghetto kid in a fiend [00:40.203]Don't stress that cause it's not in your bloodstream [00:42.344]Your whole being comes from greatness d'you remember [00:45.173]Shaytan got you caught in the storms of December [00:47.605]And brothers on the block packing nines like September [00:50.392]Crazy situations keeps pockets on slender [00:52.596]Yo I be on the avenue where they be actin brand new [00:55.464]I'm splurging on these Reebok joints for shorty boo [00:58.37]All of a sudden I saw these two kids frontin' [01:00.881]Talking out they joints but they wasn't saying nuttin' [01:03.226]My hand was on my toolie they was actin unruly [01:05.834]Say word yo word up yo I was tight caught up [01:08.314]But I swallowed my pride and let that nonsense ride [01:11.202]Because I'm positive it seems that negative dies [01:13.506]Yo we was at the dice game making these cats look silly [01:16.392]Flamming steady running off at the Willie [01:18.971]I had my cash mixed my rent due with my play-dough [01:21.630]I gotta see some loot so on my girls I blow [01:24.30]Shook them s**ts in my palm let em hit the flo' [01:26.608]Kept my eyeballs scoping for them pigs po-po [01:29.140]I got to go on the ave see my parole by fo' [01:31.854]But I gotta steady freak these boys like JoJo [01:34.303]And I was doing it 'til I met Ike Spike and Mike [01:37.69]One roll they had my pockets thirstier than Sprite [01:39.693]Yo I know the feeling when you feeling like a villain [01:42.293]You be having good thoughts but the evils be revealin' [01:44.978]And the stresses of life can take you off the right path [01:47.596]No doubt [01:47.954]Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff [01:50.212]We gotta hold it down so we can move on past [01:52.704]All adversities so we can get through fast like that [01:55.637]I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out [02:00.463]When you're face to face with your adversity [02:05.561]I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out [02:10.783]We're gonna make this thing work out eventually [02:15.115]Consequence: [02:16.117]You got the N.W.O. [02:18.16]Low cash flow [02:18.966]Your baby's on the way [02:20.186]And you don't know who [02:21.650]And crosstown n***as trying to [02:23.124]Bust at you [02:23.997]Aiyyo they got me stressed out [02:25.339]And you don't know what to do [02:26.534]Phife Dawg: [02:26.671]Dunn-da-lie dunn-da-lo dunn-da-lie dunn-da-lee [02:29.501]Me no look for trouble but trouble done follow me [02:32.58]All I wanted to be was a illa MC [02:34.891]Ever since me was small as a youth out in Queens [02:37.166]What did you mash on de dancehall [02:39.65]All a me [02:39.685]Until my best friend caught two in him head [02:41.649]Right scene [02:42.546]And ever since that day [02:43.550]Ya not hear me [02:44.240]Things been a mess [02:45.300]R.I.P Ghosta Rock true ting God bless [02:47.419]So nowadays I go see wifey just to cure me from stress [02:50.178]Lay my head on her breast [02:51.533]Sugar dumpling knows best [02:52.823]Explaining all my problems to her getting things off my chest [02:55.312]A little hook up squeeze up and no more am I vexed [02:57.932]Ayo son without my peeps I'd be truly assed out [03:00.419]Make sure I have my medication so I wouldn't pass out [03:03.174]Native Tongues for believing in me when everyone was fessing [03:05.874]Most of all Jah Mighty for the guidance and the blessings [03:08.578]I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out [03:13.629]When you're face to face with your adversity [03:18.637]I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out [03:23.891]We're gonna make this thing work out eventually [03:28.195]Faith Evans: [03:29.619]Come on baby we gon make it [03:31.854]Gonna make it [03:32.485]Come on baby we gon make it [03:34.229]Oh yeah [03:34.874]Come on baby we gon make it [03:36.904]Gonna make it [03:38.176]We gon make it [03:39.593]Gotta make it [03:40.304]Come on baby we gon make it [03:42.79]Gonna make it [03:43.39]We're gonna make it [03:44.672]We're gonna make it [03:45.690]Come on baby we gon make it [03:47.137]We're gonna make it [03:48.276]We're gonna make it [03:49.869]Ohhhhhhh [03:50.604]Come on baby we gon make it [03:52.604]Ohhhhhhh [03:53.191]Come on baby we gon make it [03:55.140]Gonna make it [03:56.140]Come on baby we gon make it [03:57.693]Ohhhhhhh [03:59.124]We gon make it [03:59.920]Ahaowwhwwww [04:01.44]Come on baby we gon make it [04:02.952]Ahahwwww [04:03.313]I know we're gonna make it [04:05.216]We're gonna make it [04:06.584]Come on baby we gon make it [04:08.884]Yeahhhh [04:09.652]We gon make it [04:10.815]Yeahhahhahhhh [04:11.574]Come on baby we gon make it [04:14.402]We're gonna make it [04:17.20]We've gotta make it [04:19.253]I know we're gonna make it [04:22.180]We're gonna make it gonna make it [04:27.644]We gotta make it I know we gonna make it [04:33.708]Gotta make it oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah