Sample the Funk

Sup?

Short Dogg back in the house beeyatch

And it don't stop to the beat

Ain't no thang but a chicken wing

We gonna do it like this one mo' time

Straight from Oakland, California I'm back again

Short Dogg's on the mic 'bout to mack and pimp

We got flavor at the Dangerous Crew camp

Save ya money, can't use dem food stamps

Other crews like to sample and mix

But our crew, we just play that shit

Live, drums, bass, keys

Niggas don't like it, you can get bees

Stuck in the back of your throat

Fuckin' with a pimp named Sir Too Short

We coulda sampled the Luke but we didn't

I'd rather treat ya like a ho and start pimpin'

When will you other brothers realize?

Can't fuck with my crew better feel your eyes

And I'ma say this shit quite frankly

I give a fuck when free stylers step up

I don't do it, tell you 'bout it on the next cut

'Cos right now we gotta feel the flow

And make sure we keep it real slow

Just like the motherfuckin' Dangerous Crew

We gettin' funky like it's 1972

Still puffin' on them zags, dressed like pimps

And Axe Ohio players once again

Can we sample the funk?

Y'know we don't wanna wear it out

We just wanna lil' piece, you know what I'm sayin'

We ain't goin' loopy, we're goin' freaky

We gonna funk it track for track

Dangerous Crew style

Ant Banks let me flip this one more time

Ya ready?

All you brand new rappers got a new flow

You ain't samplin' James Brown no mo'

Probably try to sample cameo

Parliament Funkadelic, you scandalous ho

you stole it, Ossie Brothers, Bark Kays

Barry White, Isaac Hayes

Have you heard the term sample clearance?

Start the nigga who wrote it, would never hear it

Now we're suin' your ass for sure

Got'cha spendin' all ya money 'cos you need a lawyer

You got problems and ya need ta solve 'em

Ya shouldn't of sampled wouldn't of had dem problems

If you'd have played your own shit

You wouldn't be broke, you woulda made ya long grip, bitch

But that's irrelevant now, my friend

'Cos they done wiped you clean like Ant Banks Benz

Sittin' on some three-piece AMG's

Better find you a sample, you ain't playin' these

Kinda beats, so funky make your fingers pop

If you can't find a sample you ain't got

Not one damn thing for a nigga to ride to

But I been gettin' funky since I was in high school

Growin' up in that Bootsy's rubber band

In '76, seen a mother ship land

Nothin' but funk all in your face

I like to slow it way down in ass and bass

'Cos that's how we be layin' tracks

Just flip the funky rhyme and start sayin' raps

Get funky with Ant Banks, PeeWee, Shorty B

Father D, Dope D, Tony T

The motherfuckin' Dangerous Crew

And that's the drop from the dime, we'll change the groove

Just to sample the funk

Beeyatch

That's right, my nigga Pee Wee friggin' the keyboards

Tony T on the drums, Shorty B on the bass

Ant Banks on the mixing boards

Short Dogg on the vocals

Right now you know the story of Too Short baby

First started rappin' in 1980

I got more game than Monopoly

Now I'm makin' money there ain't nobody stoppin' me

Used to be local 'til I signed with Jive, man

Used to like to sample now I'm rollin' with live band

Now that I finally did this shit

I'm makin' one more album and then I quit

And only one thing could make me say I'm not

And that's one million dollars on the spot

Upfront cash, money, no compromise

No schemes, no scandals, don't front and lie

Just pay the man in full

Thirty years old, torch the bull

Ain't givin' shit up but the funk

Let these record companies know what the fuck I want

'Cos they been fuckin' black folks right from the start

When you sign that line tear your ass apart

For every one you get they gettin' five

Niggas gettin' paid but it don't seem right

I know where I came from and know where I'm at

And my last two albums don't sound real bad

I'm Too Short baby, I ain't no punk

I'm just askin', "Can I sample the funk?"

So can we sample the funk?

Bitch

Yeah, you know what I'm sayin'

I'm talkin' to George Clinton, Bootsy Collins

My nigga Suga Foot and Diamond from the Ohio Players

I'm talkin' to James Brown

We know where the funk came from

Johnny 'Guitar' [Incomprehensible]

To all y'all niggas, y'all can sample all you want

Here we go loopty-loo

'Cos the Dangerous Crew goin' to get funky like this

Flip it!