For the Nasty

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“For The Nasty” was a one-off single by Q-Tip released on Universal Motown Records in 2005 that was only commercially released on 12" vinyl though some CDs were pressed for… Read More

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For the Nasty Lyrics

[Intro: Pharrell, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes]
Let me, let me, let me, let me
Let me tell you a story, yes (Uh-huh, uh-huh)
About a boy from the Tribe Called Quest (Uh-huh, uh-huh)
I be that nigga that I think y'all know
With Mr. Busta Rhymes (A-yo, I'm in the studio)

[Busta Rhymes]
Girl move!
Show me what y'all know
Girl move!
Show me what y'all know
Girl move!
Show me what y'all know
Girl move!
Show me what y'all know

[Q-Tip]
Close the door, akh, let a nigga rock
Cause we 'bout to eat real shit, not shit slop (Right)
Nigga can't say shit about this hip-hop (Right)
Cause I build dudes lanes while at pit stop (Right)
Built they styles and they names, Frankenstein Rock (Right)
It's a high stake game, dudes are playing it (Oh)
I be questioning a lot of y'all who made it in (I know that's right)
Just move with the joint that we chartering (Uh-huh)
Make you disappear quick, like you're part of wind
Then laugh, ah-ha ha, and laugh again (Uh-huh)
Shorty, move a lil bit, I'm looking at your friend (Uh-huh)
Let's get an ass shake for the beat, girl
Get a lil eye wink, throw a tongue twirl (That's right)
We gotta him locked smashed in, tied down (Yeah)
We on your block, turned hot spots to ghost towns (Right)
A-yo, I'm tired of these niggas, Bus-a-Bus, now
Say it to 'em

[Hook: Q-Tip]
This is just, for the nasty
A-yo, this is just for the sassy
A-yo, this is just for the classy
A-yo, this is just for the what? (Tell 'em now)

[Busta Rhymes]
Girl move!
Show me what y'all know
Girl move!
Show me what y'all know
Girl move!
Show me what y'all know
Girl move!
Show me what y'all know

[Busta Rhymes]
Ugh! Pardon me, ugh! Gimme room again
It's time to raise the level of the boom again
NOW WHO'S THAT?! Bus-a-bus-a-bus Rhyme
(Ah-RAAAAAAAWR!!!) See, I ain't do that in a long time!
Spitting shit, make the streets do more crime
Cop some cribs, cop a little more shine (I know that's right)
Alright, yea, shh shh, mm, uh, I pity y'all
The way I bang niggas, and how I shit on y'all
And spit the slang bigger, make your label quit on y'all
And do my thang, bitch, from here to Senegal
We getting a lot of money, me and my friend, Kamaal
I take your money too, I ain't a friend of y'all
With so much class, my shit will kill ya, blood
Zhe-zhe-zhe-zhe, zhe-zhe—when I don't wanna rap
And still I will smash and make the bitches make it clap
As soon as I'm finished with her, homie, I'll give her back
Say it to 'em

About

“For The Nasty” was a one-off single by Q-Tip released on Universal Motown Records in 2005 that was only commercially released on 12" vinyl though some CDs were pressed for promotion.

Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes are longtime friends and frequent collaborators going back to their formative days with the hip-hop groups A Tribe Called Quest and Leaders of the New School respectively. “For The Nasty” later appeared on their unofficial digital release The Abstract and the Dragon.

The song is unusual in that Q-Tip hands over the production reins to The Neptunes who were undoubtedly at the top of their game in the mid-2000s, having just won a Grammy for Producer of the Year the previous year. No music video was shot for the song which peaked at #86 on the Billboard R&B Charts.