Tribe Called Quest, A - Excursions Lyrics
[vocal interludes sampled from "Time is Running Out" by The Last Poets]
[Q-Tip]
Back in the days when I was a teenager
Before I had status and before I had a pager
My pops used to say, it reminded him of be-bop
I said, well daddy don't you know that things go in cycles
The way that Bobby Brown is just ampin like Michael
Its all expected, things are for the lookin
If you got the money, Quest is for the bookin
Come on everybody, let's get with the fly modes
Still got room on the truck, load the back boom
Listen to the rhyme, to get a mental picture
of this black man, through black woman victim
Why do I say that, cuz I gotta speak the truth man
Planted on the ground, the act is so together
Bonafied strong, you need leverage to sever
The unit, yes, the unit, yes, the unit called the jazz is
deliberatley cheered LP filled with streeet goods
You can find it on the rack in your record store (store)
If you get the record, then your thoughts are adored
and appreciated, cause we're ever so glad we made it
We work hard, so we gotta thank God
Dishin out the plastic, do the dance till you spastic
If you dis... it gets drastic
Listen to the rhymes, cuz its time to make gravy
If it moves your booty, then shake, shake it baby
All the way to Africa a.k.a. The Motherland (uh)
Stick out the left, then I'll ask for the other hand
That's the right hand, Black Man (man)
Only if you was noted as my man (man)
If I get the credit, then I'll think I deserve it
If you fake moves, don't fix your mouth to word it
Get in the zone of positivity, not negativity
Cuz we gotta strive for longevity
If you botch up, what's in that (ass) (what?)
A pair of Nikes, size ten-and-a-half (come on, come on)
[Chorus:]
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on) [4X]
"Time.. time is a ship on a merciless sea
Drifting toward an average of nothingness
Until it can be retarded for it's own destiny
TIME is an inanimate object
Praying and praying and praying for ??
Time is DANCING, moving lingering all memories of past.."
The Last Poets
You gotta be a winner all the time
Can't fall prey to a hip hop crime
With the dope raps and dope tracks for you for blocks
From the fly girlies to the hardest of the rocks
Musically the Quest, is on the rise
We on these Excursions so you must realize
that continually, I pop my Zulu
If you don't like it, get off the Zulu tip
So what could you do in the times which exist
You can't fake moves on your brother or your sis
But if your sis is a (bitch), brother is a jerk
Leave 'em both alone and continue with your work
Whatever it may be in today's society
Everything is fair, at least that how it seems to me
You must be honest and true to the next
Don't be phony and expect one not to flex
Especially if you rhyme, you have to live by the pen
Your man is your man, then treat him like your friend
All it is, is the code of the streets
So listen to the knowledge bein dropped over beats
Beats that are hard, beats that are funky
It could get you hooked like a crackhead junkie
What you gotta do to is know that the Tribe is in the sphere
The Abstract Poet, prominent like Shakespeare
[Chorus]
Edgar Allan Poe, it don't stop (uh!)
"Time is running out on black power Africans today
and whites blacks and reporters at night
Everytime you see them ?? with their tongues hangin out
Time is running and past and passing and running
Running and past and passing and running (excursions)"
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Tribe Called Quest, A Excursions Comments
This song is so HIP-HOP!
This song is censored even on the explicit version. One of the three artists sampled on the song objected to the cursing.
Sounds just as fresh as the first time I heard it. THIS is Hip Hop!!!!
A masterpiece
super intro for my fav tribe album not one wack song son love live it cause these were the best hip hop times ever and it looks like there never gonna come back im 50 yrs old and smile when i hear this shit man this is the realeast rap ever
Back in this bitch once again fuck
Peep my excursions flip
as a youngster, i played those North East Coast hot blocks listening to beats that are hard, beats that are funky, whilst i sold crack to crack head junkies
A masterpiece
still the hardest track to open a album up
Luís Fernando García-Ramírez agreed
beats that are hard beats that are funky it could get you hooked like a crack head junky
Started listening to this about 4 years ago never did I think it would have a million views
This song definitely set the tone for the rest of the album with its dark streetwise edge and stark hitting beats. The Low End Theory just may be the greatest sophomore album ever created by any Hip-Hop artist.
City on the Hill brought me here. Renaissance period of music, both rap and rock.
2019 anyone?
hell yes
2020 here.
Smooth as silk, and funky like Italian cheese. So cool...
(So.good) lede evol i
BBC6 music brought me here
Greatest group of all time 🐐👑 #RipPhife🙏 #ATCQ4Eva💯
the abstract poet prominent like shakespeare !!!!!!!
icecold430 bars
You invented the fake ...nnnews
The greatest rap album intro of all time PERIOD
Q Tip top 10 mc's of all time.
Easily one of the best opening tracks ever.
This song secured Q-tip as my favorite rapper for 2-3 years
T H A T B A SE
Why is Phife Dawg not on this one? That disturbs me.
At 1:14 does anyone else notice that noise in the background? It's somewhat of a zoom sound.
+1 HaΩa
10 1/2.
Tribe at its best
Know I see where the R&B group ‘The Internet’ sample the baseline from in the song off their new album “come together” 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿, they just rearranged it a little so that I wouldn’t be considered copying 👍🏿
A Chant for Bu 😎
Huh Mafia Citym
A Tribe of Called Quest Phife Dawng rest in Parodies hip hop will always be with you Forever word up❤💯💯💯
What an incredible intro. Perfect bass line, Q-Tip comes in with a godlike flow, and then when that drum sample finally hits, it fucking HITS. Chills. One of my favorite moments in all of hip hop.
Classic hip hop right here. Qtip was very underrated
plPhife. Damn, the definition of a MC. 😢😄😢😄😢😄😢😄😄😢😢😢
Jared Leto brought me here
Real hip hop heads only!
Same rhythm from song Human Nature from Madonna
and RIP Jalal :(
Back in the days when I was a teenager
Before I had status and before I had a pager
You could find the Abstract listening to hip hop
My pops used to say, it reminded him of be-bop
I said, well daddy don't you know that things go in cycles
The way that Bobby Brown is just ampin' like Michael
Its all expected, things are for the looking
If you got the money, Quest is for the booking
Come on everybody, let's get with the fly modes
Still got room on the truck, load the back boom
Listen to the rhymes, to get a mental picture
Of this black man, black woman venture
Why do I say that, 'cause I gotta speak the truth man
Doing what we feel for the music is the proof and
Planted on the ground, the act is so together
Bonafied strong, you need leverage to sever
The unit, yes, the unit, yes, the unit called the jazz is
We deliver it each year on the street for the beat 'cause
You can find it on the rack in your record store(store)
If you get the record, then your thoughts are adored and appreciated
Cause we're ever so glad we made it
We work hard, so we gotta thank God
Dishing out the plastic, do the dance till you spastic
If you dis, it gets drastic
Listen to the rhymes, 'cause its time to make gravy
If it moves your booty, then shake, shake it baby
All the way to Africa a.k.a. The Motherland (uh)
Stick out the left, then I'll ask for the other hand
That's the right hand, Black Man (man)
Only if you was noted as my man (man)
If I get the credit, then I'll think I deserve it
If you fake moves, don't fix your mouth to word it
Get in the zone of positivity, not negativity
'cause we gotta strive for longevity
If you botch up, what's in that (ass) (what?)
A pair of Nikes, size ten-and-a-half (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
You gotta be a winner all the time
Can't fall prey to a hip hop crime
With the dope raps and dope tracks for you for blocks
From the fly girlies to the hardest of the rocks
Musically the Quest, is on the rise
We on these Excursions so you must realize
Hip hop continually, about the Zulu
If you don't like it, get off the Zulu tip
So what could you do in the times which exist
You can't fake moves on your brother or your sis
But if your sis is a (bitch), brother is a jerk
Leave 'em both alone and continue with your work
Whatever it may be into this society
Everything is fair, at least that how it seems to me
You must be honest and true to the next
Don't be phony and expect one not to flex
Especially if you rhyme, you have to live by the pen
Your man is your man, then treat him like your friend
All it is, is the code of the streets
So listen to the knowledge being dropped over beats
Beats that are hard, beats that are funky
It could get you hooked like a crackhead junkie
What you gotta do to is know that the Tribe's in this sphere
The Abstract Poet, prominent like Shakespeare
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
I am the whitest guy alive but still i can't stop listening to this album. It is better than the stuff they call hiphop in my the netherlands (my country) though
Classic ATCQ dope album also.
i say goodbye, boring only read rippd
THIS ICONIC CLASSIC WILL NEVER GET OLD...FUTURE GENS WILL COME TO APPRECIATE THE GIFT ATCQ BROUGHT TO WORLD TO ENJOY FOREVER AND EVER...AMEN!
Hearing "time is running out" in that background over this baseline..shook to the core.
a pair of nike size ten and a half
SICK!!! THIS IS HIP HOP MAN!!!
runnin + passin passin + runnin
Beats that are hard beats that are funky.....
Back in the days when I was teenager, before I mortgage and before I had a iPhone
"if ya fake news dont fix your mouth to word it"
fake moves*
[Verse 1: Q-Tip]
Back in the days when I was a teenager
Before I had status and before I had a pager
You could find the Abstract listening to hip hop
My pops used to say, it reminded him of Bebop
I said, "Well, daddy don't you know that things go in cycles
Way that Bobby Brown is just amping like Michael"
It's all expected, things are for the looking
If you got the money, Quest is for the booking
Come on everybody, let's get with the fly mode
Still got room on the truckload of black boom
Listen to the rhymes, then get a mental picture
Of this black man, and black woman fixture
Why do I say that, cos I gotta speak the truth, man
Doing what we feel for the music is the proof and
Planted on the ground, the act is so together
Bona fide strong, you need leverage to sever
The unit, yes the unit, yes the unit called the jazz is
Delivering each year an LP filled with street goods
You can find it on your rack in your record store
If you get the record, say your thoughts are adored
And appreciated, cause we're ever so glad we made it
We work hard, so we gotta thank God
Dishing out the plastic, do the dance till you're spastic
If you diss... it gets drastic
Listen to the rhyme, cause it's time to make gravy
If it moves your booty, then shake, shake it baby
All the way to Africa a.k.a the Motherland
Stick out the left, then I'll ask for the other hand
That's the right hand, Black man
Only if you are noted as my man
If I get the credit, then I think I deserve it
If you fake moves, don't fix your mouth to word it
Get in the zone of positivity, not negativity
Cos we gotta strive for longevity
If you botch up, what's in that [ass]
(What?) A pair of Nikes size ten-and-a-half
[Hook]
We gotta make moves (words)
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves (words)
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
[Interlude]
Time, time is a ship on a merciless sea
Drifting toward an average of nothingness
Until it can be retarded for its own destiny
Time is an inanimate object
Praying and praying and praying with no justification for relief
Time is dancing, boogalooing away all memories of past
[Verse 2: Q-Tip]
We gotta be a winner all the time
Can't fall prey to a hip hop crime
With the dope raps and dope tracks we move blocks
From the fly girlies to the hardest of the rocks
Musically the Quest, is on the rise
We on these excursions so you must realize
That continually, I pop my Zulu [shit]
If you don't like it, get off the Zulu tip
So what can you do in the times which exist
You can't fake moves on your brother or your sis
But if your sis is a [bitch], brother is a jerk
Leave 'em both alone and continue with your work
Whatever it may be in today's society
Everything is fair, least that's how it seems to me
You must be honest and true to the next
Don't be phony and expect one not to flex
Especially if you rhyme, you have to live by the pen
Your man is your man, then treat him like your friend
All it is, is the code of the streets
So listen to the knowledge being dropped over beats
Beats that are hard, beats that are funky
They could get you hooked like a crackhead junkie
What you gotta do is know the Tribe is in the sphere
The Abstract Poet, prominent like Shakespeare
(Or Edgar Allan Poe or Langston Hughes)
[Hook]
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
We gotta make moves
Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on, come on)
[Outro]
Time is running out on black power advocates in the day
And white thigh supporters at night
Every time you see them they're chasing some white woman
With their tongue hanging out
Time is running and passing, passing and running
Running and passing, passing and running...
I agree! this group is one of the foundations of hip hop!!
Chicago Street Jam 2016 Tilt scooters!
"never ever fake moves"
Tony Jones whenever I feel myself not being true I say that part over and over. Quest for ever
75 dislikes !?
Dont sleep on this!! Hip Hop in its purest form right here. RIP PHIFE
Crazy Jam! Listening in 2017
Who played the bass on this? Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing?
Mickey Bass played bass on the sampled track - "Chant for Bu" by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
Wow. Thank you!
back in the days when i was a teenager pre no sto sam puko tetovi po ledza :~)
Pesado!
DRUMS OF DEATH MY NECK IS BROKE FRIM BOBBIN
That's pretty good
Some of Q-Tip's best work is on this track. Awesome intro to an immortal album.
That beat so funky i need a damn shower
😂IM DONE
Just take a shower
The Best Hip Hop Song Ever!
Yeah said he🙌🏼🙌🏼
Hey guys this is a pretty good song
no instrumental?
Science-lyricis-hip hop-black music-jazz..,,,,,and so on
''The Abstract Poet prominent like Shakespeare''
RIP Phife Dawg
I know, my intention was to post the phrase, but not forgotten the Phife.
Q-Tip is the Abstract
Phife is the Five Foot Assassin, The Funky Diabetic, Dr. Pepper
Don't you mean prominent?
Don't you mean prominent?
Don't you mean prominent?
Beeeesssst!!!
God this group is my favourite rap group ever. I'm not a usual fan of rap, but this band is mezmerizing.
+Cody Baldauf just saying rap is a music genre, and hip hop is a lifestyle and community it's made up of 4 elements, rapping(aka mcing), djing, breakdancing and graffiti!!
+E.M.A.N. Appreciate it
+Cody Baldauf no problem! remember that bcuz a lot of ppl get that mixed up!
Check out Digable Planets as well. Underrated jazz-hip hop group of the 90s
got it!! gonna check it out
Bassline just dope !
Jared Leto brought me
Rest in Power Phife Dawg
Peace to The God
Back when mainstream music used to actually contain meaning and originality.
one of the best original hip hop groups
true Karl very true
oh man oh man
I love this song & all of the other songs on here, even though I'm kinda late on this but oh well.
RIP PHIFE
(:-( rip
RIP Phife Dawg
rip phife dawg
RIP Phife :(
"Ali Shaheed its your blood that I bleed, yes Phife, for you I will give my life"
RIP Phife Dawg
+Flexin Maury Povich
Great picture man, Fantastic Planet is an awesome movie!
@Biggie Smalls one of the best. If you haven't already you should check out the song Come On Feet by Quasimoto, Madlib flipped the soundtrack fucking amazingly
RIP Phife Dawg.
one of the best intros to an album of all time
+Bryan Torres I wanna slap you
This is great, but I'm not 100% sure if it's better than Steve Biko
Karl Püschel Yeeees I agree. As soon as it comes on i gotta crank it.
Word ill never forget the feeling popping this tape in my deck for the first time and hearing excursions and flip the tape after to hear scenario
It's in my top three. #1 for me is souternplaystik #2 return 36 chambers