Footprints-A Tribe Called Quest

[00:00.000] 作词 : Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Kamaal Fareed [00:01.000] 作曲 : Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Kamaal Fareed [00:19.61]As we start trudging [00:20.86]Me and my brothers we be looking and be bugging [00:23.36]Vehicles of life they be rolling and be nudging [00:25.55]Searching for the virgins of life [00:27.11]That be shoving out the door that's crack [00:28.99]The valleys of time, are always on my feet [00:31.17]As least the beat will combine [00:32.74]The calluses and corns with the funky bassline [00:34.61]You don't need Underdog for a nickel shoeshine or the shoes that's phat [00:38.67]But can I get a level on the bass and on the treble? [00:40.86]Footing up and down like a UNLV Rebel [00:43.36]The answer be amongst us 'cause we rarely dig acoustics [00:45.55]Can't be too much flacking, not too much packing [00:48.36]You must container that at least to dip your hand in rap [00:50.55]Your feet will be infectious so at least realize the fact [00:53.05]The rhythms are inserted and the nurse can be converted [00:55.55]This ain't rock 'n' roll 'cause the rap is in control [00:57.74]If you're a megastar, words will buy you a car [01:00.24]I'd rather go barefooting, for prints I will be putting [01:02.74]All over the earth if we can get there first [01:04.92]Now that we are in it, footprints are being printed [01:07.42]So if you recognize 'em, you can try to size 'em [01:09.92]They'll probably be the ones with the size nine flying [01:12.11]All over the field, you won't have to yield [01:14.61]If you want protection you can hide behind the shield [01:17.11] [01:17.73]And the musician often tries to capture the new thing so that we might have melody and have rhythm as we do our thing [01:28.36]It's rough and tough in this ghetto, a lot of funny stuff going down but you got to walk tall. Walk tall! [01:36.17] [01:36.49]You can game on the gallons if you really need to rock [01:38.36]But we walk while we talk as we stomping through the block [01:40.86]Hand in hand 'cross the land as Muhammad cross the fade [01:43.36]It's a Tribe who meanders, precious like a jade [01:45.86]It's a art, Theo arch rhymes the ground placed upon [01:48.05]The mind will unwind, it will soft to beyond [01:50.55]Catch the track, track by track, get a map to track a trail [01:52.74]You will find yourself behind for a map does not prevail [01:55.24]See the levels peaking as the rhythms keep-a screeching [01:57.74]A Quest, oh yes a Quest, inside the jam I will keep preaching [02:00.24]The point, oh yes the point, because it's close but yet so far [02:02.42]The liveliness is mean as we scoot across the star [02:04.93]We are bulging, I'm indulging in a rat-a-tat-tat [02:07.11]Explanation for the line is that the rhythm is phat [02:09.61]Keep it wild, wide and deep, you could dig it in a Jeep [02:12.11]But dig it in the ground because the footprint now [02:14.61]Walk tall! [02:23.99] [02:50.67]If there's a storm that's brewing, it won't keep us from doing [02:55.24]Our thing as we start swinging, travelling is bringing [02:57.74]Joy inside the domes as we hit the road to Rome [03:00.24]A chair is not a chair, a house is not a home [03:04.92]Because my skin is brown, yo I'm gonna do the town [03:05.55]Rub it in the face and rub my feet all through the place [03:07.42]When you get your finger on the music it'll linger [03:09.61]Sing a song o' sixpence, sing it like a singer [03:12.11]A Nubian, a Nubian, a proud one at that [03:14.30]Remember me, the brother who said "Black is black" [03:16.80]You can come while we Quest, I don't play, I don't jest [03:19.30]Get emotions off your chest, we are Black, we been blessed [03:21.49]Making moves, making motions, flowing like an ocean [03:23.99]The walking will continue, we know that we will bring you [03:26.49]The times that you have waited, more anticipated [03:28.99]Be gone but not for long because the feet will stay strong [03:32.11]