Intro/Universal Mind Control (UMC) Lyrics

[French Intro: Joelle Ndiaye]

[Intro: Pharrell & Common]
(Uh)
Aiyyo (Uh), all they wanna do is dance (Uh, uh)
That's all they wanna do (Uh, uh)
(Woo!) Get-get it
Get-get it
(What?)
Uh, get-get it (What?)

[Verse 1: Common, Pharrell & Both]
This is that automatic
I stay fresh like I'm wrapped in plastic (C'mon)
P goes spastic, C galactic (What?)
Southside boy, we Cadillac it
Charismatic, Asiatic (Ahh)
I hustle for mathematics (Ahh)

Cameras, action, changed the status (Ahh)
Actor tappin' yo' favorite actress
Gucci rockin', coochies poppin'
Movie watchin', booties droppin' (Uh)
Body movin', showin', provin'
Stylin'... and being fly (C'mon)

I touch the masses like a Catholic
Expensive rap shit, my future's backlit
Interact with the cat who macks and stacks
My vernac' attracts y'all react; so let's go, uh!
[Hook: Pharrell]
This is that new shit, keep 'em standing in line
That universal mind control, now move yo' behind
Uh, you know you like it; it's calling yo' name

Nigga, this is that new shit, and it don't feel the same
It's got that dang da-da-dang d-dang-a-dang dang
Dang diggy dang d-dang-a-dang dang
Bop-diddy-bop, d-dang d-dang diggy diggy
Bop-diddy-bop, d-dang d-dang dang


[Bridge: Common]
Uh
Wha? Wha?
Wha?
G-!
G-get it
G-get it
Uh, g-get it

[Verse 3: Common]
I am a renegade, I never been afraid
Fresh and I'm get-tin' paid
The future future of this age!
From the Chi so I talk this way
Twist the hay and the Grand Marnier (Uh!)
Rock the fly shit like every day
To the top and I'm on my way, let's go, uh!

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Over a Neptunes beat, Common and Skateboard P talk about robots and techno and strippers.

It was the first single off of Common’s Universal Mind Control album and the chorus adapts Busy Bee’s “Making Cash Money”

This song gets played at least 10 tens a day at Universal Studios in Orlando.

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Recorded At
South Beach Studios (Miami), Derrty Studios (St. Louis) & Electric Lady Studios (New York City)
Release Date
July 1, 2008
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