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De La Soul & Guru
De La Soul & Maceo Parker
De La Soul & スチャダラパー (Scha Dara Parr) & 高木完 (Kan Takagi)
De La Soul
De La Soul & Prince Paul
De La Soul
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De La Soul & Pee Wee Ellis & Maceo Parker & Fred Wesley
De La Soul & Shortie No Mass
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De La Soul & Biz Markie
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[Intro]
You can't beat my mindstate
You can't beat my mindstate
You can't beat my mindstate
[Verse 1: Trugoy the Dove]
Ayo, let's skin the ghost
Because the sheet's been stained with the ocean
(Wishy-washy, wishy-washy, wishy-washy)
I am the elf to the seventh closed closet
Burnt to the Flinstone
Singin' in the Black man's wish
Figure me zoomed to the outskirts
Slave with the big black sword down in the underbelly
Walk, run, pluck
Abstinence to fucking
The M equals unknown
Timbs made foot to skills
Tally on, tally on
Tally on, I'm not hard
[Chorus]
You can't beat my mindstate
You can't beat my mindstate
You can't beat my mindstate
You can't beat my mindstate
[Verse 2: Posdnuos]
Oh yeah, where we, where we be, where we go?
(Yo, I got that fat shit)
To make matters worse
(Yo, I got that fat shit)
You got the money in the purse
(Yo, I got that fat shit)
Had to sit down for a while
For my style was too heavy to bear
(Yo, I got that fat shit)
Rub my head to contemplate
(Yo, I got that fat shit)
Went on the blind date
(She was a fat shit)
I'm not home
[Verse 3: Trugoy the Dove]
I get gooder than gettin' be (Good)
Gooder than, gooder than, gooder than
Gettin' be (Good)
Time to play the low self watch
I get to zone on the kosher stuff
With my avenue attitude
But I'd really a like psycho meditation (Anybody, anybody)
Amazing (Anybody, anybody)
With my Indonesian boogaloo
Makes the mix 'cause the rainy weather is flyin' soon
And ABC News won't be able to catch it, baby
I'm not home
[Chorus]
You can't beat my mindstate
You can't beat my mindstate
You can't beat my mindstate
You can't beat my mindstate
[Verse 4: Posdnuos]
When a sperm cell met with Hattie
(Twelve months later)
My first words was "dad"
Then I ran into a Peppermint Patty
Charlie Brown gets mad
(He's coming after me)
(No, he ain't)
Yes, he is
(No, he ain't)
He's now over my house shootin' out all the windows
(Broken glass everywhere)
Just like I'm standing here doing the same to his
(Everywhere)
'Cause I'm not home
[Chorus]
You can't beat my mindstate (Hello? Hello?)
You can't beat my mindstate (Hello? Hello?)
You can't beat my mindstate (Hello? Hello?)
You can't beat my mindstate (Hello? Hello?)
[Post-Chorus]
You can't beat my mind— (Hello? Hello?)
You can't beat my mind— (Hello? Hello?)
You can't beat my— (Hello? Hello?)
You can't beat my— (Hello? Hello?)
You can't beat— (Hello? Hello?)
You can't beat— (Hello? Hello?)
You can't— (Hello? Hello?)
You can't— (Hello? Hello?)
You— (Hello? Hello?)
You— (Hello? Hello?)
[Outro]
Hello? Hello?
Hello? Hello?
Hello?
[Interlude]
Hello?
Yes indeed, you are here, right here on 90.3 FM WBAUF
Gangsta B in our studio
That was alright, Gangsta B
Thank you very much
Who did the mixing on that?
Um, couple of people
Was that Mace? (Pos and— yeah)
Yeah, Mace (Donny, Vincent Mase and Dee La Soul)
D, yeah, I was gettin' ready to say that (Alright)
And Prince Paul, he helped us out too
Prince Paul? (Yeah) Yeah
Stetsasonic
I know
They had— I'm quite sure the people out there know who he is
But that's cool
Haha
That's alright, man, I like that
Thank you
That's pretty chill
Mindstate was written by Posdnuos & Trugoy the Dove & Maseo & Prince Paul.
Mindstate was produced by Prince Paul & De La Soul.
De La Soul released Mindstate on Thu Sep 21 2023.
This is a song we made purposefully just to fuck with Tommy Boy’s heads. Like, we wanted them to think we was on some crazy shit. And we had no plans on puttin' this on the album. And of course, certain people in the boardroom, when they heard it, they liked it but we still didn’t care, so …
— Posd...