A Tribe Called Quest
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Footprint

Footprint lyrics by A Tribe Called Quest. [Q-TIP] As we start trudgin' Me and my brothas we be lookin' and be buggin' Vehicles of life they be rollin' and be...

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Footprint

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[Q-TIP]

As we start trudgin'

Me and my brothas we be lookin' and be buggin'

Vehicles of life they be rollin' and be mergin'

Searchin' for the virgins of life

They'll be shovin' out the door of that's crack

The valley's of time, are always on my feet

As least the beat will combine

The calluses and corns with the funky bassline

You don't need underdog for a nickel shoeshine or the shoes that's phat

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

Footin' up and down like a UNLV Rebel

The answer be amoungst us, well we rarely dig acoustics

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

You must contain in that at least to dip your hip in rap

Your feet will be infectious so at least realise the fact

The rhythms are insertive and the nurse can be converted

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

If your a megastar would you buy you a car?

I'd rather go barefootin', for prints I will be puttin'

All over the earth if we can get there first

Now that we are in it, Footprints will be imprinted

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

They'll probably be the one's with the size now flyin'

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

If you want protection you can hide behind the shield

[Q-TIP]

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

Look 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 their 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 screechin'

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 ringin' 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, wide and deep, you can dig it in a jeep

But dig it in the ground because your foot print now

[Q-TIP]

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

our thing as we start swingin', travellin' 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 linga'

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

A Nubian, a Nubian, a proud one at that

Remember me the brotha' who said "Black is Black"

You can come while we quest, I don't play, I don't just

Get emotions off your chest, we are black, we the best

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

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