[Intro]
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up my man 'jabes
[Verse 1]
Chillin' in my bedroom, it's mornin', I've not long woke up
Heard a ring-ring, so I picked my telephone up
Who's this? “Sebajun”, who? “Call me Nujabes”
Lookin' for a rapper for my beats, thinkin' you the best
Choice from the UK, do you have an email?
I'ma send a couple of my beats and some details
Want you here in Tokyo, get you in the studio
Got you on the airfare, bank wire sent the dough
June 10th 1999 at the airport
First time to Japan, so I had to clear my thoughts
Ready for the lyrical assault
That’s when I get the beat from Nujabes for “Don't Even Try It”
Plus four more, we record three in a day
“Unstoppable”, plus the track “People Don't Stray”
Me and L Universe spittin' on an unreleased
Part one done, Nujabes-san, rest in peace
[Hook]
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up my man 'jabes (He make the beat knock)
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up, big up my man 'jabes
[Verse Two]
June 23rd 2000, and I'm back on Japanese ground
Five more tracks, “Not Yet Known”, “Slow Down”
Plus a few more, now I'm at the Guinness record store
Nujabes got more breaks than I ever saw
Said he ordered just a few of Jay-Z's “Hard Knock”
But so much of mine and he so loved Starbucks
Then we both went on tour, Yellow in Tokyo
Fukuoka, Wakayama and Sapporo
Club I to I in Osaka and Kyoto
Gifu, Mito, Nagoya, it was so dope
Then he came to London and I showed him all my best breaks
Chillin' in the restaurant, eating up the best steak
Then I said goodbye at the terminal at Heathrow
He was enigmatic, so incognito
He was my people, chillin' in the Far East
Part two done, Nujabes-san, rest in peace
[Hook]
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up my man 'jabes (He make the beat knock)
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up, big up my man 'jabes
[Verse 3]
August 14th, 15th, 2010, club unit
Hydeout, Nujabes tribute, we doin' it
Cise Star, Fat Jon, Pace Rock, Funk D
Emancipator, Substantial, Apani
Gotta give a shout to my main man Takumi
Seiji, Segawa, the show really moved me
Moved us, Nujabes loved and respected
So many people's lives were affected
By his music, one in a million
Worldwide fans, grown men, young children
Spread the word, let the whole movement increase
Part three done, Nujabes-san, rest in peace
[Hook]
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up my man 'jabes (He make the beat knock)
Big up my man 'jabes
Big up, big up my man 'jabes