Footprints

As we start trudgin', me and my brothers

We be lookin' and be buggin'

Vehicles of life, they be rollin'

And be nudgin'

Searchin' for the versions of life

They be shovin' out the door, that's crack

The valleys of time, are always on my feet

At least the beat will combine

The calluses and corns with the funky bassline

You won't need underdog for a nickle shoeshine

Or the shoes that's tapped

Well, can I get a level on the bass and on the treble?

Footin' up and down, like a UNLV Rebel

The answer be amongst us four, we really dig acoustics

Can't be too much flackin', not too much packin'

You must contain the knack, at least to dip your hip and back

Your feet will be infectious, so at least realize the fact

The rhythms are inserted, and the nurse can be converted

This ain't rock 'n roll, 'cause the rap is in control

If you're a mega star, words will buy you a car

I'd rather go barefootin', footprints I will be puttin'

All over the earth, if we can get there first

Now that we are in it, footprints are being printed

So if you recognize 'em, you can try to size 'em

They'll probably be the ones with the size nine flyin'

All over the field, you won't have to yield

If you want protection, you can hop behind the shield

You can gain on the gallons, if you really need to rock

But we walk, while we talk, as we stompin' through the block

Hand in hand, 'cross the land, as Muhammad cross the fade

It's a tribe who meanders, precious like a jade

It's a art, Theo arch, rhymes the ground placed upon

The mind will unwind, it will soft to beyond

Catch the track, track by track, get a map to track a trail

You will find yourself behind for a map does not prevail

See the levels peakin' as the rhythms keep a screeching

A Quest, oh, yes, a Quest, inside the jam I will keep preachin'

The point, oh, yes, the point, because it's close, but yet so far

The loudiness is ringing as we scoot across the star

We are bulgin', I'm indulgin', in a rat-a-tat-tat

Explanation for the liners that the rhythm is phat

Keep it wild, wild and deep, you could dig it in a Jeep

But dig it in the ground, because the footprint now

If there's a storm that's brewin', it won't keep us from doin'

Our thing as we start swingin', travelin' is bringin'

Joy inside the domes, as we hit the road to roam

A chair is not a chair, a house is not a home

Because my skin is brown, yo, I'm gonna do the town

Rub it in the face and rub my feet all through the place

When you get your finger on the music, it'll linger

Sing a song o' sixpence, sing it like a singer

A Nubian, a Nubian, a proud one at that

Remember me, the brother who said, "Black is Black"

You can come by request, I don't play, I don't jest

Get emotions off your chest, we are Black, we been blessed

Makin' moves, makin' motions, flowin' like an ocean

The walkin' will continue, we know that we will bring you

The times that you have waited, long anticipated

Be gone, but not for long because the feet will stay strong