Excursions

<br>[Q-Tip] <br>Back in the days when I was a teenager <br>Before I had status and before I had a pager <br>You could find the Abstract listening to hip hop <br>My pops used to say, it reminded him of be-bop <br>I said, well daddy don`t you know that things go in cycles <br>The way that Bobby Brown is just ampin like Michael <br>Its all expected, things are for the looking <br>If you got the money, Quest is for the booking <br>Come on everybody, let`s get with the fly modes <br>Still got room on the truck, load the back boom <br>Listen to the rhymes, to get a mental picture <br>Of this black man, black woman venture <br>Why do I say that, cuz I gotta speak the truth man <br>Doing what we feel for the music is the proof and <br>Planted on the ground, the act is so together <br>Bonafied strong, you need leverage to sever <br>The unit, yes, the unit, yes, the unit called the jazz is <br>We deliver it each year on the street for the beat cuz <br>You can find it on the rack in your record store(store) <br>If you get the record, then your thoughts are adored and appreciated <br>Cuz we`re ever so glad we made it <br>We work hard, so we gotta thank God <br>Dishin out the plastic, do the dance till you spastic <br>If you dis...it gets drastic <br>Listen to the rhymes, cuz its time to make gravy <br>If it moves your booty, then shake, shake it baby <br>All the way to Africa a.k.a. The Motherland (uh) <br>Stick out the left, then I`ll ask for the other hand <br>That`s the right hand, Black Man (man) <br>Only if you was noted as my man (man) <br>If I get the credit, then I`ll think I deserve it <br>If you fake moves, don`t fix your mouth to word it <br>Get in the zone of positivity, not negativity <br>Cuz we gotta strive for longevity <br>If you botch up, what`s in that (ass) (what?) <br>A pair of Nikes, size ten-and-a-half (come on, come on) <br><br>Chorus: <br><br>We gotta make moves <br>Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on) (4X) <br><br>You gotta be a winner all the time <br>Can`t fall prey to a hip hop crime <br>With the dope raps and dope tracks for you for blocks <br>From the fly girlies to the hardest of the rocks <br>Musically the Quest, is on the rise <br>We on these Excursions so you must realize <br>Hip hop continually, about the Zulu <br>If you don`t like it, get off the Zulu tip <br>So what could you do in the times which exist <br>You can`t fake moves on your brother or your sis <br>But if your sis is a (bitch), brother is a jerk <br>Leave `em both alone and continue with your work <br>Whatever it may be into this society <br>Everything is fair, at least that how it seems to me <br>You must be honest and true to the next <br>Don`t be phony and expect one not to flex <br>Especially if you rhyme, you have to live by the pen <br>Your man is your man, then treat him like your friend <br>All it is, is the code of the streets <br>So listen to the knowledge being dropped over beats <br>Beats that are hard, beats that are funky <br>It could get you hooked like a crackhead junkie <br>What you gotta do to is know that the Tribe`s in this sphere <br>The Abstract Poet, prominent like Shakespeare <br><br>Chorus (repeat until end) <br><br>Edgar Allan Poe, it don`t stop (uh!)