[00:00.00] 作词 : John Davis/M. Taylor/A. Muhammad[00:01.00] 作曲 : John Davis/M. Taylor/A. Muhammad[00:10.73][00:11.06]Linden Boulevard represent, represent-sent[00:13.17]Tribe Called Quest represent, represent-sent[00:15.47]When the mic is in my hand, I'm never hesitant[00:17.90]My favorite jam back in the day was "Eric B. for Presi—"[00:20.38][00:20.82]Rude boy composer, step to me you're over[00:23.11]Brothers wanna flex, you're not Mad Cobra[00:25.55]MC shorty black, there ain't no other[00:28.08]Trini-born lad like Nia Long's grandmother[00:30.63]Tip and Sha they all that, Phife Dawg ditto[00:33.19]Honey tell your man to chill, or else you'll be a widow[00:35.55]Did not you know that my styles are top-dollar?[00:38.22]The Five-Foot Assassin knocking fleas off his collar[00:40.72]Hip hop scholar since being knee high to a duck[00:43.21]The height of Muggsy Bogues, complexion of a hockey puck[00:45.83]You better ask somebody on how we flip the script[00:48.36]Come to a Tribe show and watch the three kids rip[00:50.74][00:51.18]Queens is in the house represent, represent[00:53.30]A Tribe Called Quest represent, represent[00:55.82]No taming of the style cause it gets irreverent[00:58.33]A Tribe Called Quest represent, represent[01:00.89]Huh-huh, here we go, you know that I'm the rebel[01:03.46]Throwing out the wicked like God did the Devil[01:05.92]Funky like your grandpa's drawers, don't test me[01:08.52]We in like that, you're dead like Presley[01:10.99]When we coming through get tickets to see me[01:13.54]We work for the paper so there'll never be a freebie[01:16.06]Lyrics are abundant cause we got it by the mass[01:18.52]Egos are all idle cause the music is the task[01:21.04]Valenzuela on the pitch, curveball, catch it[01:23.63]I think I got it locked, just smooth while I latch it[01:26.06]Right, now I must move with the quickness[01:28.60]Here comes Shaheed so we must bear the witness[01:31.10][01:31.38]Stir it up! Stir it up! Stir it up![01:38.62]Steve Biko[01:41.09]Stir it up! Stir it up! Stir it up![01:48.61]Steve Biko[01:50.96][01:51.40]New York City represent, represent[01:53.77]A Tribe Called Quest represent, represent[01:56.24]The Dawg is scientific with the styles I invent[01:58.84]A Tribe Called Quest represent, represent[02:01.33]MCs like to meddle, but here's my proposition[02:03.92]I let my lyrics flow, and juxt your whole position[02:06.43]I'm radical with this like the man this song is after[02:09.04]Yo Tip settle down, what's the reason for the laughter?[02:11.45]I really can't say, I guess I laugh to keep from crying[02:13.96]So much going on, people killing, people dying[02:16.41]But I won't dwell on that, I think I'll elevate my mental[02:19.00]Thanks for these bars on the Biko instrumental[02:21.57]Yo I'll take it back, I'm the Indian giver[02:24.05]MCs take notes as I stand and deliver[02:26.60]Percussion isn't less, Ds wear the vest[02:29.10]Why they dodging bullets, you should be dodging Quest[02:31.52]Don't get me wrong, violence is not our forte[02:34.14]I just like to rhyme, kick the lyric skills like Pelé[02:36.62]Tip educate 'em, my rhymes are strictly taboo[02:39.13]Fill 'em with some fantasies and I'll look out like Tattoo[02:41.52][02:41.90]Ok, I am recognizing that the voice inside my head[02:44.10]Is urging me to be myself but never follow someone else[02:46.42]Because opinions are like voices, we all have a different kind[02:48.91]So just clean out all of your ears, these are my views and you will find[02:51.48]That we revolutionize over the kick and the snare[02:54.20]The ghetto vocalist is on a state-wide tear[02:56.72]Soon to be the continent and then the freaking globe[02:59.20]There's room for it all as we mingle at the mall[03:01.78]We welcome competition cause it doesn't make one lazy or worn[03:04.35]We gotta work hard, you know the damn card[03:06.82]Try to be the phattest is the level that we strive[03:09.33]Try to be the phattest also to stay alive[03:11.44]