Mr. Incognito Lyrics

[Hook: Ali Shaheed Muhammad]
Mr. Incognito, Incognito (12x)

[Verse 1: Q-Tip]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mr. Incognito is back again
Now all I want is peace and papes, and a physical friend
Jotting down my list of positives in life
I want a ride, crib, mutt, wife

The look on my grill is filled with conviction
Gonna get what I need, delete restriction
Babble on the boulevard to brother hood buddies
Poking in my pocket, it's a E for the moneys
Jay and all the jokes that jet in the Jettas
While I'm at the boob tube watching Baretta
Swig up on a forty cause I'm feeling thirsty
Mama says she taught me, better say she cursed me
Throwing on my hoodie, low-profilin
Wassup with the Tipster? Brotherman be wylin'
But I be on mission that's beyond eye-level
Questin' out the devil and his pals that are several
Quest with the Questers or Quest on a solo
Boom it in a Benzo, Beamer or a Bronco
Boom caca boom boom, boom caca boom
If my sight isn't seen, silly saps will assume
That we falling off the Earth with the Nina and the Pinta

The Five Foot Assassin with the shade of magenta
[Verse 2: Phife Dawg]
Magenta is the shade for the mystic parade
Physical Trini born, lyrically, I am swayed
Livin off Linden, 1-92nd
Chillin at the rest, other brothers wreck it
Easy like a morning, Commodore Sunday
Waited for a Tuesday, for manic Monday
When I woke Wednesday, persons was poundin'
Don't know the whereabouts, can't be foundin'
Feelin' for the feelin' for the one they call the Phifer
Still on the smooth but a tidbit hyper
Get with the get on as I hit the D-L
It's my thing what I bring, I try to do it well
You can bet your bottom dollar that the Tribe will not be slipping
Making hit after hit as we commence to start ripping
People think I'm buggin' or I have the heebiejeebies
The reason they can't find me is because they can't see me

[Hook: Ali Shaheed Muhammad]
Mr. Incognito, Incognito (12x)

[Verse 3: Q-Tip]
It's like the war's going on in the middle of your mind
But your mind can't contain Incognito's on the brain
So you chill by yourself, don't really sweat nobody
Speak to all the brothers and say peace to every hottie
But lurking in the ghetto is a germ that insists
Should you back the germ away? Or utilize your fists
Neither of the two, just continue with your thoughts
And wash away your pain with the power of the quart
Ain't got no time for girls, 'cause girls be on some bull
Checking for a nigga who got crazy pull
On some deep-rooted sexual, highly intellectual
Not checking for the fame although it's perpetual
I entered the world the same way I'll exit
If you really dig the groove, then hey, glad you checked it
'Cause Incognito's strong, not irking like a blister
Before you speak about me, make sure you call me Mister
[Hook: Ali Shaheed Muhammad]
Mr. Incognito, Incognito (5x)

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“Mr. Incognito” is one of two unreleased tracks included on the 2003 compilation Hits, Rarities & Remixes. As A Tribe Called Quest had retired and disbanded after their Love Movement album, this is the first “new” music to debut from the group in the five years since.

This shelved track features a classic 90’s hip-hop boom bap beat, with not only Q-Tip and Phife trading verses, but a rare vocal cameo from Ali Shaheed Muhammad whose voice is sampled and looped saying “Mr. Incognito” as the song’s hook.

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June 17, 2003
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