Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)-A Tribe Called Quest

[00:00.000] 作词 : G. Clinton, Jr./Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Kamaal Fareed [00:01.000] 作曲 : G. Clinton, Jr./Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Kamaal Fareed [00:03.99][Intro: Prince Paul] [00:04.30]It's a new decade [00:07.11]The Native Tongues are about to proceed with the usual lingo [00:12.74]The usual rhythm [00:18.98]Devoted to, the art of moving butts [00:20.86]The rhythm's happening, and it's moving up [00:23.05]The Tribe has been on hold for much too long [00:25.55]Don't fear the rhythm because it's strong [00:27.74]On the corners, brothers bop their heads [00:29.92]From the high-tops to the natty dreads [00:32.42]I'm a nubian y'all, look what we did [00:34.61]Took the crust away from the third eyelid [00:37.11]Now it's kinda open, longs to see the sight [00:39.61]Rhythms of the Tribe which is passed outright [00:41.80]Night after night, day after day [00:43.99]Questing for the rhythms of the Native Tongue way [00:46.49]Rhythm is the key as we open up the door [00:48.67]Things a B-boy has never seen before [00:51.17]Poly-rhythm addict with a big fat boom [00:53.36]You have an eargasm as you start to consume [00:55.55]The ghetto beat with a ghetto poem [00:57.73]Yeah, it's from the heart, cos it's from the home [01:00.24]Jarobi, Phife, Ali Shaheed [01:02.42]Call me Koala, got what you need [01:04.61]You're a disc jock, then jock this [01:07.11]Rhythms can't lose, rhythms can't miss [01:09.30]If you feel uptight and you need to freak [01:11.49]It'll be alright once we drop this beat [01:13.99][Hook] [01:33.05]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [01:35.24]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [01:37.11]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [01:39.61]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [01:41.80]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [01:43.98]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [01:46.49]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [01:48.67]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [01:50.86][Verse 2: Q-Tip] [01:51.17]Ma Massa-ya, Ma Makossa [01:53.05]Gets hectic, freak a bourgeois [01:55.55]We quest around for the musical heart [01:57.74]On avenues, streets and boulevards [02:00.24]Not selling out, that's a negative [02:02.42]Loving Hip Hop, loving heritage [02:04.61]Got the instinct to travel miles and miles [02:06.80]Gotta whole lot of rhythm, piles and piles [02:09.30]Now you're kinda with it, wanna get the funk [02:11.80]From the Zulu Nation, topping all the junk [02:13.99]Standing on the top like the Temptations said [02:16.17]Rhythms are obese, yeah, you gotta keep 'em fed [02:18.67]Read what I read, can't be better said [02:20.86]Tribe'll lick motions dabble in the head [02:23.36]Sweetback's bad, not as bad as a beat [02:25.55]It's a (stone groove baby) [02:28.05]Continue, on the windy road [02:30.24]But, I'm lugging, a crazy big load [02:32.42]Will we be on point for the ninety dec [02:34.61]Is it muscle bound and will it flex? [02:37.11]But trudging, we are used to [02:39.30]You don't Quest alone, Quest with a crew [02:41.49]We're four, once more, must make the tracks [02:43.67]You see four fronts, but now you see four backs [02:46.48][Hook] [02:51.80]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [02:53.67]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [02:55.55]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [02:58.05]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [03:00.24]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [03:02.42]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [03:04.61]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [03:07.11]I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm [03:09.30]