Tribe Called Quest, A - Glamour And Glitz Lyrics






[Verse One: Q-Tip]

Yup yup yup
To the North to the South to the East to the West
I don't discriminate boy I bring it to your chest
If you oppose, then your soul will decompose
Strive to get money and I'm not no hoe
Fresher than the air that you're breathing through your nose
Fuller than the kicks that you're puttin on your toes
You can ask Bo but yo that nigga don't know
About the dominant factor the accurate rapper
Here's the next chapter, page ninety-five
Niggaz so hard it's a wonder they alive
But yo we still survive through the danger that lurks
My eyes remain wide while you ask like Urk
and yo my Family Matters, so all you mad hatters
Put your thinking caps on and motherfuckin brainstorm
Cause I got the plan that wins and can't lose
Your man knows who's nice say Tip he'll say "True"
A lot of these jokers out here is blase
I'll be rockin mikes until a horse says hey
Some are preoccupied with glamour and glitz
Actin all boogee and making big movies
But I'll be in the cut call me Incognito
Busy makin joints that will bump for my people
You're listening to a man who was something for nothing
Stay in me forever head, never be frontin

[Chorus: x2]

Once in a while we have fun in the mix (never ever)
In to good living, but some be into glitz (true dat)
Everybody knew, all the fellas and the chicks (trigga E)
Gotta wear a shoe that fits
...to all my peoples

[Verse Two:]

C'mon word, check it out now (you out there?)
Uh, uh, check it out now (you out there?)
What? Uh, check it out now (louder! louder!)
(louder! louder!) Uh, check it out, yo

Peace to the girl named Hurricane G
Peace to my girl named Dawn Paris
Peace to the Organzied Kon-fus-ion
Peace to all my shorties that be dying too young
Peace to both coasts and the land in between
Peace to your man if you're doing your thing
Peace to my peoples who was incarcerated
Asalaam alaikum means peace, don't debate it
Devouring, and towering over fools
Your mic is broke and my shit's cool
The black man with the understandin of
The three wise men and the theories of Zen
Yo I get inside the crevice like a dentist
Disrupt, the block, like Dennis, the Menace
Shaheed is on the needle, the shit it won't weeble
or wobble, your rhymes is mixed up like Boggle
Bingo! That was the damn dog's name
But yo I know another one with much more fame
The Phife Dawg, and that's my word to the cipher
About to bring it to your chest and cause strife check it out
You're doubling back, to your rhyming pad
What I represent is MC's gone mad
In a perfect world there's imperfect acts
We've come like a God to redirect alla that
So people with a gift can just flaunt and get money
So much, we in the bank that the shit ain't funny
Money is invested in real estate and stocks
But not inside the glamour cuz all of that stops

[Outro: Consequence]

Yo dis the Cons to the Quence
up in ya like a stiff one, knowhatImean?
It's nine-five, you got to live it or rip it
So if you step on the streets keep it movin, knowhatImean?

[Chorus]





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  1. E.... E....

    Yup yup yup
    To the North to the South to the East to the West
    I don't discriminate boy I bring it to your chest
    If you oppose, then your soul will decompose
    Strive to get money and I'm not no hoe
    Fresher than the air that you're breathing through your nose
    Fuller than the kicks that you're puttin on your toes
    You can ask Bo but yo that nigga don't know
    About the dominant factor the accurate rapper
    Here's the next chapter, page ninety-five
    Niggaz so hard it's a wonder they alive
    But yo we still survive through the danger that lurks
    My eyes remain wide while you ask like Urk
    and yo my Family Matters, so all you mad hatters
    Put your thinking caps on and motherfuckin brainstorm
    Cause I got the plan that wins and can't lose
    Your man knows who's nice say Tip he'll say "True"
    A lot of these jokers out here is blase
    I'll be rockin mikes until a horse says hey
    Some are preoccupied with glamour and glitz
    Actin all boogee and making big movies
    But I'll be in the cut call me Incognito
    Busy makin joints that will bump for my people
    You're listening to a man who was something for nothing
    Stay in me forever head, never be frontin
    Once in a while we have fun in the mix [never ever]
    In to good living, but some be into glitz [true dat]
    Everybody knew, all the fellas and the chicks [trigga E]
    Gotta wear a shoe that fits
    ...to all my peoples
    c'mon word, check it out now [you out there?]
    Uh, uh, check it out now [you out there?]
    What? Uh, check it out now [louder! louder!]
    [louder! louder!] Uh, check it out, yo
    Peace to the girl named Hurricane G
    Peace to my girl named Dawn Paris
    Peace to the Organzied Kon-fus-ion
    Peace to all my shorties that be dying too young
    Peace to both coasts and the land in between
    Peace to your man if you're doing your thing
    Peace to my peoples who was incarcerated
    Asalaam alaikum means peace, don't debate it
    Devouring, and towering over fools
    Your mic is broke and my shit's cool
    The black man with the understandin of
    The three wise men and the theories of Zen
    Yo I get inside the crevice like a dentist
    Disrupt, the block, like Dennis, the Menace
    Shaheed is on the needle, the shit it won't weeble
    or wobble, your rhymes is mixed up like Boggle
    Bingo! That was the damn dog's name
    But yo I know another one with much more fame
    The Phife Dawg, and that's my word to the cipher
    About to bring it to your chest and cause strife check it out
    You're doubling back, to your rhyming pad
    What I represent is MC's gone mad
    In a perfect world there's imperfect acts
    We've come like a God to redirect alla that
    So people with a gift can just flaunt and get money
    So much, we in the bank that the shit ain't funny
    Money is invested in real estate and stocks
    But not inside the glamour 'cause all of that stops
    Outro: Consequence
    Yo dis the Cons to the Quence
    up in ya like a stiff one, knowhatImean?
    It's nine-five, you got to live it or rip it
    So if you step on the streets keep it movin, knowhatImean?
    Once in a while we have fun in the mix [never ever]
    In to good living, but some be into glitz [true dat]
    Everybody knew, all the fellas and the chicks [trigga E]
    Gotta wear a shoe that fits
    ...to all my peoples

  2. A.... E....

    ATCQ Forever Phife rest in beats your music will always lives on forever my brotha word up mad respect Real hip hop lives on for life💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🙏👐👐✊🔥🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯

  3. F.... G....

    the tribe its simple out of this world

  4. J.... P....

    Chopped the hell out of that break!! This was the evolution period ...

  5. Y.... L....

    Sounds like he freestyled the 2nd verse.

  6. D.... E....

    This could've been on Beats Rhymes and Life

    D.... E....

    Noooooooo there's wayyyyyy too many "Q-Tip Only" songs on Beats Rhymes and Life. After Low End Theory album any song that said it was an A Tribe Called Quest song, I expected to hear Phife Dawg on it, because he had proven himself as NIce!
    When ATCQ first came out...okay Q-Tip Only songs was expected lol, but damn it after Midnight Marauders came out and everyone was fiendin' or some more ATCQ shit, and when you saw THE SHOW's soundtrack listing with Glamour and Glitz by ATCQ you got exited like I NEEDZ TO HEAR DAT ASAP!....when you finally did, t was just Q Tip rapping over a throwaway beat lacking jazz samples trynna sound more Street than normal, and you was actually left with the idea of thanks (because its Tribe) , but no thanks because it's not ! TRIBE !.....so no, I'm glad it was NOT on Beats Rhymes and life, and quite frankly alot of those songs on Beats Rhymes and Life shouldn't have been on there.
    The Love Movement Album should have been Beats Rhymes and Life, because it was better, people was still expecting music from ATCQ in 1996 unlike 1998 when The Love Movement was released. They could've released Beats Rhymes and Life in 1998. I know it's harsh, because they we're the ones who got me interested in making beats in the first place. That's why I'm so hard on em.

    D.... E....

    @Me You everything you said is straight false bullshit . You're not a real tribe called quest fan. Nope beats, rhymes & life was better than Love movement. Every song belonged on the beats, Rhyme and life album .. there was several soundtrack songs that should have been on album. A tribe called quest sound changed after midnight Marauders.

    D.... E....

    James Roy seriously wtf is wrong with this mf??? Tip literally says “beats rhymes and life” as a adlib on the track...

  7. P.... J....

    this is the fucking tune, mate.

  8. A.... S....

    some body needs to drop a freestyle down below...

  9. N.... R....

    RIP Phife Dawg ❤️