Youthful Expression-A Tribe Called Quest

[00:00.000] 作词 : J. Nyx/Ali Shaheed Muhammad/M. Gaye/Kamaal Fareed [00:01.000] 作曲 : J. Nyx/Ali Shaheed Muhammad/M. Gaye/Kamaal Fareed [00:17.75][Verse 1: Q-Tip] [00:18.07]The taste of nuthin, this does somethin [00:20.25]Mom's got no back, says I'm frontin [00:22.44]Call me Smiley, cuz I'm wiley [00:24.63]Living life like the life of Riley [00:26.82]Smokin' blunts with a boy named Bud [00:29.01]We cough up your lungs, cough up your cud [00:31.19]Put out fires, with a 40, ounce of water [00:34.32]You know you oughta [00:35.57]Dance to this, the girl you kiss [00:37.76]I like fried foods, especially fish [00:39.94]Afrocentric, I'm electric [00:42.13]Socialistic and eccentric [00:44.32]Body's healthy, mind is wealthy [00:46.51]Thoughts, they flow, that will propel me [00:48.69]To be a Native, get creative [00:50.88]Original and designative [00:53.07]Listen to the line that's playin' [00:55.25]Listen hard to what Q's sayin' [00:57.44]Politicians are magicians [00:59.94]Make your vote, they hope your wishin [01:01.82]Ambiguous words, senseless verbs [01:04.32]They all amount to crap that's heard [01:06.51]Violent hip hop, money flip flops [01:08.69]Promoters won't book, but it still rocks [01:11.19]I'm a Zulu, yes, a true blue [01:13.07]Red Alert is with the poo-poo [01:15.26]Ozone layer, loses flava [01:17.44]Here's the edge that you will savor [01:54.63][Verse 2: Q-Tip] [01:54.94]With expressions and I'm guessin [01:57.13]19 years is a youthful lesson [01:59.32]Fallin skies babe, open eyes babe [02:01.82]Can't you see what lays inside babe [02:04.00]Makin mentions on this tension [02:05.88]Rhythmic lovin, my profession [02:08.07]Hips, they gyrate, scripts I narrate [02:10.26]No banana, I ain't a primate [02:12.76]Ain't no soul glo, just an afro [02:14.94]The head is bred to let the thoughts grow [02:17.13]Quest together, to lands of never [02:19.32]Sleet and snow and storms can't sever [02:21.51]Tribe is growin, never know when [02:23.69]For this time, six necks may show in [02:25.88]Dialogues have been accepted [02:28.07]Negatives have been rejected [02:30.26]That's the music, negro music [02:32.44]Is here for all, so you must choose it [02:34.63]Phonies fondle, watch it throttle [02:36.82]3-6-5 straight out the bottle [02:39.01]Bustin caps, finger snaps [02:41.19]I prefer the second for ghetto tracks [02:43.38]Phife, Jarobi, Ali told me [02:45.57]Get the force like Wan Kenobi [02:48.07]Force his teachin, beats are screechin [02:49.94]Poly plateaus, we aim for reachin [02:52.13]Tribalization, freaks the nation [02:54.63]A mass of peers in celebration [02:56.82]Hopes been real high, since the knee high [02:59.01]Days of youth, feelin good and real spry [03:01.19]Avid combos, hear those bongos [03:03.38]Boom cacka boom, that's how they go [03:05.57]We ain't nomads, but we real glad [03:07.76]Hip hop slams through the nineties, no fad [03:09.94]As a rhythm, have been given [03:12.13]Hurry up, become, we breakin out, out [03:15.25][Outro: Ali Shaheed Muhammad] [03:15.57]With a rhythmic instinction to be able to travel [03:17.75]Beyond existing forces of life [03:19.94]Basically, that Tribal [03:21.50]And if you wanna get the rhythm [03:22.75]Then you have to join a Tribe [03:24.01]Word, peace [03:25.57]