A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints lyrics

As we start trudging
Me and my brothers we be
Looking and be bugging
Vehicles of life they be
Rolling and be nudging
Searching for the virgins of life
That be shoving out the door that's crack
The valleys of time, are always on my feet
As least the beat will combine
The calluses and corns with
The funky bassline
You don't need Underdog for a nickel
Shoeshine or the shoes that's phat
But can I get a level on
The bass and on the treble?
Footing up and down like a UNLV Rebel
The answer be amongst us 'cause
We really dig acoustics
Can't be too much flacking
Not too much packing
You must container that at least to
Dip your hand in rap
Your feet will be infectious so
At least realize the fact
The rhythms are inserted and the
Nurse can be converted
This ain't rock 'n' roll 'cause
The rap is in control if you're a megastar
Words will buy you a car
I'd rather go barefooting
For prints I will be putting
All over the earth if we can get there first
Now that we are in it
Footprints are being printed
So if you recognize 'em
You can try to size 'em
They'll probably be the ones with
The size nine flying
All over the field, you won't have to yield
If you want protection you can
Hide behind the shield

And the musician often tries to capture
The new thing so that we
Might have melody and have rhythm
As we do our thing
It's rough and tough in this ghetto
A lot of funny stuff going down but
You got to walk tall walk tall!

You can game on the gallons if
You really need to rock
But we walk while we talk as
We stomping through the block
Hand in hand 'cross the land
As Muhammad cross the fade
It's a Tribe who meanders
Precious like a jade it's a art
Theo arch rhymes the ground placed upon
The mind will unwind, it will soft to beyond
Catch the track, track by track
Get a map to track a trail
You will find yourself behind for
A map does not prevail
See the levels peaking as
The rhythms keep-a screeching
A Quest, oh yes a Quest
Inside the jam I will keep preaching
The point, oh yes the point
Because it's close but yet so far
The liveliness is mean as we
Scoot across the star we are bulging
I'm indulging in a rat-a tat tat
Explanation for the line is that
The rhythm is phat
Keep it wild, wide and deep
You could dig it in a Jeep
But dig it in the ground
Because the footprint now

Walk tall!

If there's a storm that's brewing
It won't keep us from doing
Our thing as we start swinging
Travelling is bringing
Joy inside the domes as we
Hit the road to Rome
A chair is not a chair, a house is not a home
Because my skin is brown
Yo I'm gonna do the town
Rub it in the face and rub
My feet all through the place
When you get your finger on
The music it'll linger
Sing a song o' sixpence
Sing it like a singer
A Nubian, a Nubian, a proud one at that
Remember me
The brother who said "Black is black"
You can come while we Quest, I don't play
I don't jest
Get emotions off your chest, we are Black
We been blessed
Making moves, making motions
Flowing like an ocean
The walking will continue
We know that we will bring you
The times that you have waited
More anticipated
Be gone but not for long because
The feet will stay strong