Listen to Footprints (feat. CeeLo Green) [Remix] by A Tribe Called Quest

Footprints (feat. CeeLo Green) [Remix]

A Tribe Called Quest

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A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints (Remix) (Official Audio) ft. CeeLo Green

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

CeeLo Green

Vocals

Marquis Jefferson

Marquis Jefferson

Bass

David Ott

Keyboards

Edga Yoseat

Synthesizer

MTM

Synthesizer

Cherokee

Background Vocals

Q-Tip

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Kamaal Fareed

Songwriter

Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad

Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad

Songwriter

BASHIR ABDULLAH

BASHIR ABDULLAH

Songwriter

Bradley Ridgell

Bradley Ridgell

Songwriter

Laurence Mizell

Laurence Mizell

Songwriter

Stevie Wonder

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Edga Yoseat

Producer

MTM

Producer

Neal Pogue

Mixing Engineer

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

As we start trudging, me and my brothers we be looking and be bugging

Vehicles of life they be rolling and be nudging

Searching for the versions of life

That be shoving at 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 baseline

You won't need underdog for a nickel shoeshine on the shoes that's tap

But can I get a level on the bass and on the treble

Footing up and down like a UNLV Rebel

The answer be in boosters for we really dig acoustics

Can't be too much flacking, not too much packing

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 megastar, wouldn't buy you a car

I'd rather go barefooting, footprints I will be putting

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 non flying

All over reveal, you gon' have to yield

If you want protection, you can hide behind the shield

[Verse 2]

Footprints, y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

[Verse 3]

You can game on the gallons if you really need to rock

But we walk while we talk as we stomping 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 they're placed upon

The mind will unwind, it will soft to beyond

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

You will find yourself behind for a map does not prevail

See the levels peaking as the rhythms keep-a screeching

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

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

The liveliness is lean as we scoot across the star

We are bulging, I'm indulging in a rat-a-tat-tat

Explanation for the liners that the rhythm is phat

Keep it wild, wide, and deep, you could dig it in a jeep

But dig it in the ground because the footprint now

[Verse 4]

Footprints, y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

[Verse 5]

If there's a storm that's brewing, it won't keep us from doing

Our thing as we start swinging, traveling is bringing

Joy inside the domes as we hit the road to Rome

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

Because my skin is brown, yo, I 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've been blessed

Making moves, making motions, flowing like a ocean

The walking will continue, we know that we will bring you

The times that you have waited, wrong anticipated

Be gone but not for long 'cause the feet will stay strong

[Verse 6]

Footprints, y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints y'all

[Verse 7]

There's a sign on the sands of time, can you believe it?

Before the sun sets and rises again, you should read it

As you walk in the ways of man, there is a plan you should perceive it

Then indeed it is a path to a promise if you need it

Now you'll think of them when it's time to sink or swim

And will provide you moral compass to guide you

You'll survive through what most others have tried to

And as the tides grew, you found out you would fly too

So receive it as a beacon of light so I can see it

To leave footprints, one must be undefeated

You hear me?

To leave footprints, one must be undefeated

[Verse 8]

Footprints, y'all

Footprints, y'all

Footprints, y'all

Footprints, y'all, footprints, y'all

Written by: Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, Bradley Ridgell, Kamaal Fareed, Laurence Mizell, Sigidi Bashir Abdullah, Stevie Wonder

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