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? (Question Mark) by MF DOOM

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MF DOOM

? (Question Mark)

From Operation: Doomsday1999

Written by Kurious, MF DOOM

Produced by

Lyrics

? (Question Mark)

[Produced by MF DOOM]

[Intro: Dr. Doom]

My servants began to forge what was to become

The most dreaded costume on the face of the earth

The last thing to fit was the mask

Would it conform to my twisted features in comfort?

[Verse 1: MF DOOM]

He cleans his metal mask with gasoline, they after him

Last seen pullin' chicks like a fiend pull a fast one

Can't put shit past him

Got niggas on his own team mad enough to blast him

Retarded in real life, on the mic Rain Man

Stand close to his main man like a chain gang

Who give a fuck about who or their fancy crew

That's no mystery, like Hardy Boys do with Nancy Drew

Saw her with her drawers down — caught her

The extorter brings slaughter like, "Well, I oughta"

I suggest you hand over the formula, 'dullah

A villain in your land, in his land, a ruler

Hard hittin' like puffin' a woolah with Lieutenant Uhura

Every day feel like it's an off day with Ferris Bueller

Brother pull heat to prove they not sweet

About this track

"? (Question Mark)" is a song by MF DOOM from the album Operation: Doomsday, released in 1999. The song was written by Kurious, MF DOOM. It was produced by Metal Fingers.

MF DOOM profile →Operation: Doomsday album →Track profile →

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  • Big Lou— 22 credits as producer →
  • Bobbito— 34 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • MF DOOM— 864 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • MF Grimm— 53 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • Carl Rowatti— 30 credits as mastering engineer →
  • Metal Fingers— 245 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • Metal Face Records— 4 credits as reissue label →

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Metal Fingers

No matter how you spell it, we still got beats

So check the...

[Verse 2: Kurious & MF DOOM]

Don't question how we live, question what we give

Take it to the next, leave 'em where they can't see me

Still they judge, but they be butt ass

Twist that wig like a Muppet, keep it simple, can't trust it

Light's the fuel, mic is the tool

Drink Jack, kick back, drop jewel

Finish what I start, mastered the art

Livin' hell, can't explain it, inhale, confuse it more

Cop the .44, contemplate, meditate, dictate

I direct my direct fate, comin' of late

Kurious.. can I say, "Shit?"

Do it for Kadi Rock, do it for K.Nit

(R.I.P.) K-N-I-T, Sub-R-O-C

(Eternally for M-I-C) Only we save we

[Interlude: MF DOOM]

Yeah, this ain’t that rage in public (word up)

Or ya put motherfuckers get schooled, slammed on sight

[Verse 3: MF DOOM]

By candlelight, my hand'll write these rhymes 'til I'm burnt out

Mostly from experience, shit that I learned about

Topics and views generally concerned about

With different ways to come up and earn clout

I take a look at my life and pace the trails

From Tablik and savage females with fake nails to face veils

You out your frame for still bagging 'em, too

You know I know, these hoes be asking me if I'm you

Like my twin brother, we did everything together

From hundred raka'at salats to copping butter leathers

Remember when you went and got the dark blue Ballys?

I had all the different color Cazals and Gazelles

The "SUBROC" three-finger ring with the ruby in the "O", akh

Truly the illest dynamic duo on the whole block

I keep a flick of you with the machete sword in your hand

Everything is going according to plan, man

[Outro: Dr. Doom]

And now I seek revenge on the one who forced me to hide behind this mask

Don't move, you fools!

Within my gauntlet is concealed a most effective weapon!

[Laugh Track]

[Dr. Doom]

Why are you smiling?

[Sample]

You see!

[Commissioner Robbins]

Now!

[Explosion]

[Commissioner Robbins]

That's the end of Doom

[Reed]

I only wish we could be certain of that commissioner

[Thing]

Oh, yeah? I bet you we won't see him again until Doomsday[Laughs]

Get it? Doom-Doomsday!

Yeah, we get it. Oh Brother!

[Laughs]

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