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U for Me

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Hip-Hop/Rap

U for Me was released on September 29, 1998 by Arista as a part of the album Foundation

Song Details

AlbumFoundation

Release DateSeptember 29, 1998

LabelArista

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM87

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Brand Nubian

Programming, Vocals

Lord Finesse

Programming

Petawane

Vocals

Diamond D

Programming

Grand Puba

Programming

Alamo

Programming

Buck Wild

Programming

O. Gee

Programming

Chris "Suga" Liggio

Chris "Suga" Liggio

Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Lorenzo Dechalus

Lorenzo Dechalus

Composer, Lyrics

Willie Dixon

Composer, Lyrics

R. Hall

Composer, Lyrics

Derek Murphy

Composer, Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Brand Nubian

Mixing Engineer, Executive Producer

Lord Finesse

Producer

Drew Dixon

Executive Producer

Jeff Dixon

Executive Producer

Jim Albert

Recording Engineer

Brian Garten

Recording Engineer

Dave Hyman

Recording Engineer

Tom Leinbach

Recording Engineer

Eddie Sancho

Recording Engineer

Kirk Yano

Recording Engineer

Andrew Blakelock

Andrew Blakelock

Mixing Engineer

Diamond D

Mixing Engineer

DJ Premier

Mixing Engineer

Jason Goldstein

Jason Goldstein

Mixing Engineer

Ken "Duro" Ifill

Ken "Duro" Ifill

Mixing Engineer

Matt Stein

Mixing Engineer

Patrick Viala

Mixing Engineer

Fred Hedemark

Assistant Engineer

Bill Importico

Assistant Engineer

Jason Stasium

Assistant Engineer

Dexter Thibou

Assistant Engineer

Grand Puba

Assistant Engineer

Artese Williams

Artese Williams

Assistant Engineer

Tom Coyne

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah, uh-huh

Chorus:

U for me (U for me)

And me for you (Me for you)

One for all (One for all)

That's the way we do (That's the way we do)

U for me (U for me)

And me for you (That's right)

One for all (One for all)

That's the way we do (That's the way we do)

Verse One: Grand Puba

Yeah I keep truer, sidestep MC's like manure

Play the corner like a sewer, keep it milky like Kahlua

Ya heard my shit be off the optimately optimate

Once a **** begin to spit, get ya high like trees and shit

That's it, then I push it uptown to the Bush

Yeah I moosh, watch me hook it off like a Nike swoosh

My conglomerates reign dominance with prominence

Son, a lot of **** thought I was done but I only just begun

Can y'all feel me because we feel y'all can

Smoke the tree right off the tims, long live Brand Nubian

My rhyme flow be imported, got so many different styles my shit is assorted

Never distorted, wanna catch my flow, better camcord it

I'm a take you there, believe me yo

See I'm here like welfare, got so many **** livin my nickname should be

"Air"

You for me, me for you, that's how we do, 99-to-two-thou Brand Nu

Chorus:

U for me (Uhuh)

Me for you (Me for you)

One for all (One for all now)

That's the way we do (That's just the way we do)

U for me (That's you for me)

Me for you (Uhuh)

One for all (One for all)

That's the way we do (That's just the way we do)

Verse Two: Lord Jamar

Yeah, we engage the enemy, arrange the assembly

Flip thru the pages of time, do you remember me?

Thru the ages I existed only as a memory

Some of me exists inside your biochemistry

I be the slave that always misbehave, runnin for days

The North Star help me find my way

I ain't got no time to play, I'm trying to get away

Bloodhounds tryin to track me down, tryin to bring me back to town

If they catch me they just might ax me

Won't arraign me, they probably hang me

But it's freedom or death, exert speed til my last breath

Can't half step, Whitey's on my trail

I'm ridin on the underground rail, hidin from the face that's pale

Me and Harriet, Swing Low Sweet Chariot and take me home

They wanna break my bones and take me where they keep the tombstones

Chorus:

U for me (That's you for me)

Me for you (and that's me for you)

One for all (One for all baby)

That's the way we do (That's just the way that we do)

U for me (Brand Nu, Brand Nu)

Me for you (Me for you, huh)

One for all (One for all)

That's the way we do (That's the way we do)

Verse Three: Sadat X

Let me find out, y'all tryin to dine out without me there

It can't happen, why is ya still yappin?

I'm known by college grads and then by anyone who all knighted

Why you so excited? You scarin chicks and grabbin em

Talkin bout cabbin off the bat

Relax ****, you here with me, we don't get down like that

I keep 13 with one in the ass, you Catholic mass

Nobody wants to die and be a mural on the wall

I'm the apostle y'all, I'm like Samuel L.L

But I'll swing by you like Eve with a gun in my sleeve

Weed spots is like my need spots, let freedom ring

Sadat X Luther King

I wanna 1000 from the housing, don't know how much the club allows in

But I told the bouncer, I said "Yo that's not my fault

There's no need for assault", push and hit the asphalt

Now I'm a peaceful man, would you do for me, or is it......

Chorus:

U for me (Is it in like that?)

Me for you (Fo' sho', here we go)

One for all (I said it's one for all)

That's the way we do (That's the way that we do)

U for me (U for me, u for me y'all)

Me for you (Fo' sho', I'm for you, dogg)

One for all (One for all)

That's the way we do (That's the way we do)

U for me (Brand Nubian huh)

Me for you ('98-'99)

One for all (Touche, here we go)

That's the way we do (And that's the way, that's the way, that's the way)

U for me (Yeah sho' nuff)

Me for you (Uhuh, keep it goin)

One for all (One for all baby)

That's the way we do (That's the way we do, that's the way we do)

Written by: Derek Murphy, Lorenzo Dechalus, R. Hall, Willie Dixon

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