De La Soul – The Magic Number (Official Lyric Video)
De La Soul – The Magic Number (Official Lyric Video)
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Lyrics
Three
That’s the Magic Number
Yes it is
It’s the magic number
Somewhere in this hip-hop soul community
Was born three: Mase, Dove, and me
And that’s the magic number
(What does it all mean?)
Difficult preaching is Posdnuos’ pleasure
Pleasure and preaching starts in the heart
Something that stimulates the music in the measure
Measure in the music, raised in three parts
Casually see but don’t do like the Soul
Cause seein’ and doin’ are actions for monkeys
Doin’ hip hop hustle, no rock and roll
Unless your name’s Brewster, cause Brewster’s a Punk (three)
Parents let go cause there’s magic in the air
Criticizing rap shows you’re out of order
Stop look and listen to the phrase ya Fred Astaire’s
And don’t get offended while Mase do-si-do’s your daughter
A tri-camera rolls since our music’s now set
Fly rhymes are stored on a D.A.I.S.Y. production
It stands for “Da Inner Sound, Y’all” and y’all can bet
That the action’s not a trick, but showing the function
Everybody wants to be a deejay
Everybody wants to be an emcee
But being speakers are the best
And you don’t have to guess
De La Soul posse consists of three
And that’s the magic number
(Three)
This here piece of the pie
Is not dessert but the course that we dine
And three out of every darn time
The effect is “Mmmm” when a daisy grows in your mind
Showing true position, this here piece is
Kissin’ the part of the pie that’s missin’
When that negative number fills up the casualty
Maybe you can subtract it
You can call it your lucky partner
Maybe you can call it your adjective
But odd as it may be
Without my one and two where would there be
My three
Mase Pos and Me
And that’s the Magic Number
(What does it all mean?)
Focus is formed by flaunts to the soul
Souls who flaunt styles gain praises by pounds
Common are speakers who honor the scroll
Scroll written daily creates a new sound
Listeners listen cause this here is wisdom
Wisdom of a Speaker, a Dove and a Plug
Set aside a legal substance to feed ‘em
For now get ’em high off this dialect drug (Three)
Time is a factor so it’s time that counts
Count not the negative actions of one
Speakers of soul say it’s time to shout
Three forms the soul to a positive sum
Dance to this fix and flex every muscle
Space can be filled if you ride like my lumber
Advance to the tune but don’t do the hustle
Shake, rattle, roll to my Magic Number (Three)
Now you may try to subtract it
But it just won’t go away
Three times one?
(What is it?)
(One, two, three)
And that’s a Magic Number
(Yo, what’s up?)
(1, 2, 3)
(I say, children, what does it all mean?)
(Woah-woah-wo, 1, 2, 3)
(I wouldn’t lie to you)
(No more no less, that’s a magic number)
(No more no less)
(What is?)
(No more no less)
(Do the shing-a-ling)
(No more no less)
(Anybody in the audience ever get hit by a car?)
(No more no less)
(How high’s the water, mama?)
(No more no less)
(How high’s the water, mama?)
(No more no less)
(3 feet high and rising)
(No more no less)
(3)
(That’s a magic number)
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Word up de la!
This is 3 dope.
Is the drum sample “the Crunge” by Zeppelin?
I’m so glad to see this song getting a quality re-release with a cool little lyric video
Mike Portnoy brought me here. Never heard this sample of John Bonham’s intro on Led Zeppelin’s “The Crunge”.
We have the record and the CD
RIP DAVE JOLICOEUR 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
TRIP-HOP
I miss the release of No Way Home and Trugoy. Rest In Peace, brother.
I gave Purple Rain to the Duke, he gave me 3 Feet High and Rising. Nothing more to say.
This animation captures the track’s vibe so perfectly. God, this makes me happy. Sends me right back to my freshman year of college.
RIP Trugoy🙏🙏🕊️
De la soul lives forever….Rest in Power Tru
REAL Hip-Hop! RIP DAVE 🕊️
Actual lyric at 2:48: "Blood claat bwoy ah try fi chat to me" (This f_ing boy hitting on me)
Perhaps my favorite De La song since it’s the first I heard. This remaster sounds great but I do miss the "Anyone in the audience ever get hit by a car?" sample.
Sense I saw No Way Home this song’s been on my mind
East Coast Rap was always better than West Coast Rap.
Change my mind.
"the Crunge" sample
3🕸❤
Came here for spiderman no way home
o7 plug 2
Samples go crazy in this!
I silently lost my shit when this started playing during the NWH credits
My dad used to play this de la all the time. He was crying when he found out he died. When I went into music class the next day I walked into this song playing with my teacher playing the bass to it
DE LA SOUL FOREVER!! R.I.P DAVE YOU WERE AMAZING WE ARE GRIEVING AN CELEBRATING!! TODAY DE LA SOUL GOT THERE CATALOG BACK!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼💜💜💯💯💯💯💯💜💜❤❤❤💙💙💙💙
Classique,classic,klassiker and more……👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
L.O.V.E.
Spider man hi way home end be
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I turned my son’s on to De La Soul with this classic back in 09 when they were still in elementary school they are in their twenties now and still love De La .🥲
Trugoy, may you enjoy yogurt for eternity
“I love you guys!”-Peter 3 🕷️
Marvel Studios has got some folks that have a knack for good tunes to use in their movies.
This song made Spider Man No way home Great
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
This is my all time fav de la soul track 👊
Classic hip hop but 3 was never the magic number with the first 3 de la soul albums. It was always 4
RIP Trugoy the dove
DeLa Soul lives forever 💙
Spider-Man No Way Home
This is best thing to happen to the internet in years
Jesus Christ loves you ❤❤❤✝️
Congratulations on this great victory! De La Soul is forever! Rest in peace Dove!
I’m happy De La’s material is finally out. Thank you, Reservoir Media. With all due respect, screw you, Eddie Murphy & CBS/Sony for not clearing your sample for this track. Nice way to treat your Long Island brothers.
This is dope but I’m glad I still got the original album with all the original samples. Much love to De La
This song is shit
1988 please come back…Miss the Old School rap like this De La Soul gem.
No more, no less, De La Soul the best😍
My favorite school house rock jam
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Anybody in the audience ever get hit by a car?
wat happened to the "anybody in the audience ever get hit by a car" Eddie Murphy part?