[00:00.00]Footprints-A Tribe Called Quest
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[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
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[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!
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[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
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[02:14.61]Walk tall!
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[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
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