Get free, yeah! (So funky) Bass! Once again I don't follow trends They just follow me just like the Israelites through the Red Sea It might take U some time but U will want 2 see The undisputed truth and... Get free, yeah (So funky) Bass! Get free, now (Once again, back, it's the incredible) Get free, yeah (So funky) Bass! [Those of U...] (Once again, back, it's the incredible) My level is now what U must learn 2 rise above Talk 2 D'Angelo or better yet ?uestlove How U gonna get my back when U frontin'? (Funky, funky) {x2} CHORUS: How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back? I'm 2 far right 2 get left goin' sideways, Jack How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back? Never we mind what U do, in Moneyapolis, we the the mack 5 little Indians trying 2 steal from my stack A groove 2 later all the critics tell them what they lack Bowl of them O's is like sugar, no smack How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back? CHORUS (How U gonna get my back when U frontin'?) {x2} (Once again, back, it's the incredible) And U woke this mornin' 2 a drumroll, rat-a-tat-tat Before I even got outta bed I got another track And who's that brushing their teeth in the bathroom? Slender, fine and black Never she mind what U do, in Moneyapolis, I'm the the Mack, hey CHORUS (How U gonna get my back when U frontin'?) {x2} (Once again, back, it's the incredible) 4 every royalty point of yours I get 'em in advance That's why in videos U'll never see me dance Why should I when minorities get half a chance In truth U are 2 me simply my fakest fan NPG New Power (Chuck) Generation (D.) free nation, free nation (Funky, funky, funky) Check it (Undisputed) Come one, come all 2 the download ball, uh There's no curfew 2 hurt U, no substitution School's now in session Put down the Smith & Wessons Real renegades don't invite grenades 2 make the grade This is a brain raid - who rise above the lies Raise above the daze New ways disguised in a craze (Funky) Uh, gotcha back against that status they be throwin' up at us (Funky) Back against the wall again high trees catchin' a lotta wind, ohhh Last band standin' Gotta knack 4 overstandin' Accordin' 2 planin' - look up in the sky (Funky) No cable wire, whoa God bless the child {x2} Cool, whatcha need 2 do? Get free, yeah! (Once again, back, it's the incredible) Is that my song playin' on the radio? (So funky) It could be, G? I can't remember, I wrote it in '84 Y'all keep groovin', U know I got nothing but love 2 show Take it, like Clarence said, "I got a million of 'em, all different" U know? CHORUS (How U gonna get my back when U frontin'?) (Once again, back, it's the incredible) (Can somebody tell me?) (Word y'all) CHORUS (How U gonna get my back when U frontin'?) (Back, it's the incredible) (What they say about Stevie?) (They forgot the years) (Let me help y'all show) (Now your ass sorry) How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back? (Once again, back, it's the incredible) How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back? Never we mind what U do... Peanut, show em the real chicken grease up in this... ... got my back when U frontin'? Say what? (So funky, bass) What? What? (Once again, back, it's the incredible) How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back? (So funky) {x3} Bass! (Once, once...) I'm 2 far right 2 get left goin' sideways, Jack (Once again, back, it's the incredible)