POS:

3

That's the Magic Number

Yes it is

It's the magic number

Somewhere in this hip hop soul community

Was born 3 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 my measure

Measure in my 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 Brewsters are funky

Parents let go 'cause there's magic in the air

Criticising rap shows you're out of order

Stop look and listen to the phrase Fred Astaires

And don't get offended while Mase do-se-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

DOVE:

This here piece of the pie

Is not desser 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 cavity

Maybe you can subtract it

You can call it your lucky partner

Maybe you can call it your adjective