Album Name

The Anthology

Artist

A Tribe Called Quest

Genre

랩/힙합

Release Date

1999.10.26

Release Agency

BMG

Stern firm and young
with a laid-back tongue
The aim is to succeed
and achieve at 21
Just like ringling brothers
i'll daze and astound
Captivate the mass
cause the prose is profound
Do it for the strong
we do it for the meek
Boom it in your boom it
in your boom it in your jeep
Or your honda or your beemer
or your legend or your benz
The rave of the town
to your foes and your friends
So push it along trails
we blaze
Don't deserve the gong
don't deserve the praise
The tranquility will make ya
unball your fist
For we put hip-hop
on a brand new twist
A brand new twist
with the homie-alistic
So low-key
that ya probably missed it
And yet it's so loud
that it stands in the crowd
When the guy takes the beat
they bowed
So raise up squire
address your attire
We have no time
to wallow in the mire
If you're on a foreign path
then let me do the lead
Join in the essence
of the cool-out breed
Then cool out to the music
cuz it makes ya feel serene
Like the birds and the bees
and all those groovy things
Like getting stomach aches
when ya gotta go to work
Or staring into space
when you're feeling berserk
I don't really mind
if it's over your head
Cuz the job of resurrectors is
to wake up the dead
So pay attention
it's not hard to decipher
And after the horns
you can check out the phifer

Competition
dem phifer come sideway
But competition
dey mus' me come straightway
Competition
dem phifer come sideway
But competition
dey mus' come straightway
Hows about that
it seems like it's my turn again
All through the years my mike
has been my best friend
I know some brothers wonder
can phifer really kick it
Some even wanna dis me
but why sweat it
I'm all into my music
cuz it's how i make papes
Tryin' to make hits
like kid capri makes tapes
Me sweat another
i do my own thing
Strictly hardcore tracks
not a new jack swing
I grew up as a christian
so to jah i give thanks
Collect my banks
listen to shabba ranks
I sing and chat i do all of that
It's 1991 and i refuse
to come wack
I take off my hat to other crews
that intend to rock
But the low end theory's here
it's time to wreck shop
I got tip and shah
so whom shall i fear
Stop look and listen
but please don't stare
So jet to the store
and buy the lp
On jive rca cassettes and cd's
Produced and arranged
by the four-man crew
And oh shit skiff anselm
he gets props too
Make sure you have a system
with some phat house speakers
So the new shit can rock
from mars to massapequa
Cuz where i come
from quality is job one
And everybody up on linden know
we get the job done
So peace to that crew
and peace to this crew
Bring on the tour
we'll see you
at a theatre nearest you
Hey yo but wait back it up
hup easy back it up
Please let the abstract
embellish on the cut
Back and forth
just like a cameo song
If you dig this joint then
please come dance along
To the music cuz it's done
just for the rhyme
Now i gotta scat
and get mine underline
The jazz the what
the jazz can move that ass
Cuz the tribe originates
that feelin' of pizzazz
It's the universal sound
best to brothers underground
In the one-six below
ya didn't have to go
Some say that i'm a sinner
cuz i once had an orgy
And sometimes for breakfast
i eat grits and porgies
If this is a stinker
then call me a stink i ask
what what what
now check it out
All my peoples
in queens ya don't stop
Now all my peoples
in brooklyn ya don't stop
And all my peoples
uptown ya don't stop
That includes the bronx
a' harlem ya don't stop
Now to that girl ramelle
ya don't stop
I say because ladies first
ya don't stop
And to the jb's ya don't stop
And de la soul ya don't stop
To my brand nubians ya don't stop
And to my leaders of the new
ya don't stop
To my man large professor
ya don't stop
Pete rock for the beat
ya don't stop
Everybody in the place
ya don't stop
Ya keep it on to the rhythm
ya don't stop
And last but not least
on the sure shot
It's the zulu nation