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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Q-Tip
Q-Tip
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kamaal Fareed
Kamaal Fareed
Songwriter
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad
Songwriter
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Songwriter
Nyx Nyx
Nyx Nyx
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
Producer
Shane Farber
Shane Farber
Engineer
Bob Power
Bob Power
Engineer
Anthony Saunders
Anthony Saunders
Engineer
Tim Latham
Tim Latham
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Pertains to nothin' , this does somethin'
Mom's got no back, says I'm frontin'
Call me Smiley, cuz I'm wiley
Living life like the life of Riley
Smokin' blunts with a boy named Bud
You cough up your lungs, cough up your cud
Put out fires, with a 40, ounce of water
You know you oughta
Dance to this, the girl you kiss
I like fried foods, especially fish
Afrocentric, I'm electric
Socialistic and eccentric
Body's healthy, mind is wealthy
Thoughts, they flow, that will propel me
To be a native, get creative
Original and designative
Listen to the line that's playin'
Listen hard to what Q's sayin'
Politicians are magicians
"Take your vote, they hope, they're wishin'
Ambiguous words, senseless verbs
They all amount to crap that's heard
Violent hip-hop, money flip flops
Promoters won't book, but it still rocks
I'm a Zulu, yes, a true blue
Red Alert is with the poo-poo
Ozone layer, loses flava
Here's the edge that you will savor
[Verse 2]
With expressions and I'm guessin
19 years is a youthful lesson
Fallin' skies babe, open eyes babe
Can't you see what lays inside, babe?
Makin' mentions on this tension
Rhythmic lovin, my profession
Hips, they gyrate, scripts I narrate
No banana, I ain't a primate
Ain't no Soul Glo, just an afro
The head is bred to let the thoughts grow
Quest together, to lands of never
Sleet and snow and storms can't sever
Tribe is growin, never know when
For this time, six necks may show in
Dialogues have been accepted
Negatives have been rejected
That's the music, negro music
Is here for all, so you must choose it
Phonies fondle, watch it throttle
3-6-5 straight out the bottle
Bustin' caps, finger snaps
I prefer the second for ghetto tracks
Phife, Jarobi, Ali told me
Get the force like Wan Kenobi
Force his teachin', beats are screechin'
Poly plateaus, we aim for reachin'
Tribalization, freaks the nation
A mass of peers in celebration
Hopes been real high, since the knee high
Days of youth, feelin' good and real spry
Avid combos, hear those bongos
Boom cacka boom, that's how they go
We ain't nomads, but we real glad
Hip-hop slams through the nineties, no fad
As a rhythm, have been given
Hurry up, become, we breakin out, out
[Verse 3]
With a rhythmic instinction to be able to travel, beyond existing forces of life
Basically, that's Tribal
And if you wanna get the rhythm
Then you have to join The Tribe
Word, peace
Written by: Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, J. Davis, J. Nyx, Kamaal Fareed, M. Gaye
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