what?

(q-tip waxes philosophic, as lord of the tribe…)

[sample audio] — abbridged

What is a party if it doesn’t really rock?
What is a poet? All balls, no cock.
What is a war if it doesn’t have a general?
What’s Channel Nine if it doesn’t have Arsenio?
What is life if you don’t have fun?
What is a “what?” if you ain’t got a gun?
What is a quest if the players ain’t willing?
What is a pence if you don’t have a shilling?
What’s a fat man without food in his gut?
What’s a child birth, without the umbilical?
What’s United Parcel, without the deliverer?
What’s Momma-san, without Poppa-san?
What’s martial arts without Daniel-san?
Notta notta notta, notta damn thing.
What’s Duke Ellington without that swing?
What’s Alex Haley if it doesn’t have Roots?
What’s a weekend if you ain’t knockin’ boots?
What’s a black nation, without black unity?
What is a child who doesn’t know puberty?
What is my label when I exit boom status?
What’s menage-a-tois? Or, that is…
What is sex when you have three people?
What are laws if they ain’t fair and equal?
What’s Clark Kent without a telephone booth?
What is a liquor if it ain’t 80 proof?
What are the youth if they ain’t rebellin?
Whats Raplh Kramden, if he ain’t yellin’
…at Ed Norton? What is coke snortin’?
What is position if there is no contortin’?
What is hip-hop if it doesn’t have violence?
Chill for a minute, Doug E. Fresh said “silence”
*four second pause*
What is a glock if you don’t have a clip?
What’s a lollipop without the good ship?
What’s S&M if you dont have chains?
What’s a con-artist if he doesn’t have brains?
What’s America without greed and glamour?
What’s an MC if he doesn’t have stamina?
What’s music fractured without Mr. Walt?
What’s Trugoy without a phrase called torte?
What’s Chris Lighty if he wasn’t such a baby?
What is a woman if she didn’t say maybe?
Baby laid down, I removed the frown.
What would be my penal cord, if it wasn’t brown?
What is a paper without a president?
What is a compound without an element?
What is a jam if you don’t spike the punch?
What’s a Bruce Lee if you don’t like brunch?
Oooh ooh, it’s like that.You keep goin’…