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De La Soul & Otis Redding
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De La Soul & Q-Tip & Jungle Brothers
De La Soul & Q-Tip & Prince Paul
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Released in 1989, De La Soul’s third single “Me Myself and I” established the group’s characteristic style of combining hip hop with humor and social commentary. The group’s frustration concerning their forced-upon hippie label is addressed in the typically dry humor which became the De La Soul trad...
[Intro: Ohio Players]
(Say it now)
[Verse 1: Dove]
Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Tell me mirror, what is wrong?
Can it be my De La clothes
Or is it just my De La song?
What I do ain't make-believe
People say I sit and try
But when it comes to being De La
It's just me myself and I (Say it now)
[Chorus: Dove & Funkadelic]
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
It's just me myself and I
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
It's just me myself and I
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
It's just me myself and I
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Say it now)
[Verse 2: Posdnuos & (Ohio Players)]
Now you tease my Plug One style
And my Plug One spectacles
You say Plug One and Two are hippies
No we're not, that's pure plug bull
Always pushing that we formed an image
There's no need to lie
When it comes to being Plug One
It's just me myself and I (Say it now)
[Chorus: Dove & Funkadelic]
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
It's just me myself and I
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
It's just me myself and I
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
It's just me myself and I (And I)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Say it now)
[Break: Loose Ends & (Ohio Players)]
Mi-ine, mi-ine
Mi-ine, mi-ine
Mi-ine, mi-ine (Say it now)
Mi-ine, mi-ine (Say it now)
[Verse 3: Dove]
Proud, I'm proud of what I am
Poems I speak are Plug Two type
Please, oh, please let Plug Two be
Himself, not what you read or write
Write is wrong when hype is written
On the Soul, De La that is
Style is surely our own thing
Not the false disguise of show-biz
De La Soul is from the soul
And in fact I can't deny
Strictly from the Dan called Stuckie
And from me myself and I
[Chorus: Dove & (Funkadelic)]
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
It's just me myself and I
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
It's just me myself and I
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
It's just me myself and I (And I)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
[Verse 4: Posdnuos and Q-Tip]
Glory, glory, hallelugh'
Glory for Plug One and Two
But that glory's been denied
By kizids and dookie eyes
People think they diss my person
By stating I'm darkly pack
I know this, so, I point at Q-Tip
And he states, "Black is Black"
Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Shovel chestnuts in my path
Just keep all nuts twistin' up
So, I don't get an aftermath
But if I do, I'll calmly punch them
In the 4th day of July
'Cause they tried to mess with third degree
That's me myself and I
[Chorus: Dove & (Funkadelic)]
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
It's just me myself and I (Me myself and who?)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
It's just me myself and I
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
It's just me myself and I (And I)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
[Outro: Loose Ends & (Funkadelic)]
Mi-ine, mi-ine (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Mi-ine, mi-ine (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Mi-ine, mi-ine (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Mi-ine, mi-ine (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Mi-ine, mi-ine (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Mi-ine, mi-ine (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Mi-ine, mi-ine (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Mi-ine, mi-ine (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
Oh
[Skit]
Al Watts: Contestant 4 (Prince Paul), do you have the answers?
Contestant 4 (Prince Paul): Oh, it's on the tip of my tongue... I can't think of it. I just can't think of it ...
Me Myself and I was written by Posdnuos & Trugoy the Dove & Prince Paul & Maseo & George Clinton & Philippe Wynne.
Me Myself and I was produced by Prince Paul & De La Soul.
They haven’t gotten sample clearance yet and are (as of March 2019) in a legal battle with their record label. The full story can be found here.
Posdnuos told Rolling Stone in 2009:
That was the second to last song recorded for that album. Tommy Boy was loving how the album was going, but they felt like we needed an introduction song. That was the first time on this album where it was brought to our attention that we may need to make sure w...
It’s a blessing. We sometimes feel like, “This one’s easy, this one’s nothing. Why is everybody making so much fuss about that? They need to go check out “Oodles of O’s”!” But I’d never want it any other way. That song was special for us. We’ve obviously played that record more than any other record...