Stressed Out - A Tribe Called Quest

Lyrics by：Kamaal Fareed/Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Dexter Mills/Gary Taylor

Composed by：Kamaal Fareed/Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Dexter Mills/Gary Taylor

Faith Evans：

I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out

When you're face to face with your adversity

I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out

We're gonna make this thing work out eventually

Consequence/Q-Tip：

Yo I ain't one to complain but there's things in the game

What's your name

Consequence I'm tight burnt like flames

And why's that

American dreams they got this ghetto kid in a fiend

Don't stress that cause it's not in your bloodstream

Your whole being comes from greatness d'you remember

Shaytan got you caught in the storms of December

And brothers on the block packing nines like September

Crazy situations keeps pockets on slender

Yo I be on the avenue where they be actin brand new

I'm splurging on these Reebok joints for shorty boo

All of a sudden I saw these two kids frontin'

Talking out they joints but they wasn't saying nuttin'

My hand was on my toolie they was actin unruly

Say word yo word up yo I was tight caught up

But I swallowed my pride and let that nonsense ride

Because I'm positive it seems that negative dies

Yo we was at the dice game making these cats look silly

Flamming steady running off at the Willie

I had my cash mixed my rent due with my play-dough

I gotta see some loot so on my girls I blow

Shook them s**ts in my palm let em hit the flo'

Kept my eyeballs scoping for them pigs po-po

I got to go on the ave see my parole by fo'

But I gotta steady freak these boys like JoJo

And I was doing it 'til I met Ike Spike and Mike

One roll they had my pockets thirstier than Sprite

Yo I know the feeling when you feeling like a villain

You be having good thoughts but the evils be revealin'

And the stresses of life can take you off the right path

No doubt

Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff

We gotta hold it down so we can move on past

All adversities so we can get through fast like that

I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out

When you're face to face with your adversity

I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out

We're gonna make this thing work out eventually

Consequence：

You got the N.W.O.

Low cash flow

Your baby's on the way

And you don't know who

And crosstown n***as trying to

Bust at you

Aiyyo they got me stressed out

And you don't know what to do

Phife Dawg：

Dunn-da-lie dunn-da-lo dunn-da-lie dunn-da-lee

Me no look for trouble but trouble done follow me

All I wanted to be was a illa MC

Ever since me was small as a youth out in Queens

What did you mash on de dancehall

All a me

Until my best friend caught two in him head

Right scene

And ever since that day

Ya not hear me

Things been a mess

R.I.P Ghosta Rock true ting God bless

So nowadays I go see wifey just to cure me from stress

Lay my head on her breast

Sugar dumpling knows best

Explaining all my problems to her getting things off my chest

A little hook up squeeze up and no more am I vexed

Ayo son without my peeps I'd be truly assed out

Make sure I have my medication so I wouldn't pass out

Native Tongues for believing in me when everyone was fessing

Most of all Jah Mighty for the guidance and the blessings

I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out

When you're face to face with your adversity

I really know how it feels to be stressed out stressed out

We're gonna make this thing work out eventually

Faith Evans：

Come on baby we gon make it

Gonna make it

Come on baby we gon make it

Oh yeah

Come on baby we gon make it

Gonna make it

We gon make it

Gotta make it

Come on baby we gon make it

Gonna make it

We're gonna make it

We're gonna make it

Come on baby we gon make it

We're gonna make it

We're gonna make it

Ohhhhhhh

Come on baby we gon make it

Ohhhhhhh

Come on baby we gon make it

Gonna make it

Come on baby we gon make it

Ohhhhhhh

We gon make it

Ahaowwhwwww

Come on baby we gon make it

Ahahwwww

I know we're gonna make it

We're gonna make it

Come on baby we gon make it

Yeahhhh

We gon make it

Yeahhahhahhhh

Come on baby we gon make it

We're gonna make it

We've gotta make it

I know we're gonna make it

We're gonna make it gonna make it

We gotta make it I know we gonna make it

Gotta make it oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah