A Tribe Called Quest - Push It Along lyrics

Q Tip is my title
I don't think that it's vital
For me to be your idol, but dig this recital
If you can't envision a
Brother who ain't dissing
Slinging this and that
'cause this and that was missing
Instead, it's been injected
The Tribe has been perfected
Oh yes, it's been selected
The art makes it protected
Afrocentric living, Africans be givin'
A lot to the cause
'cause the cause has been risen
Some brothers, they be flamming
Thinking we ain't slammin'
Coming off like the days when we
Used to wear the tans and
A blue-collar talker, hemisphere stalker
A glass of OJ and a ten mile walk-a
If you're in a Jeep and


You dig what you're hearing
Can I get a beep and
A side order of cheering?
I am what I am, that's a tribal man
We all know the colors, we all must stand
As we start our travels
Things they will unravel "Que sera sera"
For this unit is like gravel
Won't be gone for long, listen to the song
If you can't pull it, all ya gotta do is

Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along
Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along
Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along
Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along

Put one up for the Phifer
It's time to decipher the ills of the world
Make the situation lighter
The clock is always ticking
The systems should be kickin'
Like Tip said in "Ham and
Eggs", I eat chicken, chicken, chicken
Should I release the lever
The lever of the clever
Embellish on the funk as
We start to endeavor?
The roots of the rap filling up the gap
With the smash of a hand and a little toe tap

The boom, the bip the boom-bip
Indicates to the brothers that we
Be on the flip tip phonies start to crumble
Funky rhythm rumbles through the dance hall
But my anthem is humble
It's the nitty-gritty, my time is itty-bitty
So I kick the slash for
The gipper and the witty
This ain't trial and error
More like tribin' era
Constantly rude as some sort of tribal terror
The street can't depart from
The bloody heart repair the wear and tear
Don't stop 'fore it starts
Won't be gone for long, listen to the song
If you can't pull it, all ya gotta do is

Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along
Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along
Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along
Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along

Marching off the project
We hope that you will subject
It's good to be an object and never
Ever reject the tribe who meanders
With drunken propaganda
Keep it in boom and never will we slander
Redeems should be handed
Don't let me demand it
Money gives a nudge to the poet star bandit
Control it, then recluse it, follow
You won't lose it
Mysterious is the tribe for we choose it
Although she's flipping crazy
Give my love to Gracie
God, could you help 'cause this
Quest is crazy spacey?
The pigs are wearing blue
And in a year or two
We'll be going up the creek
In a great big canoe
What we gonna do, save me and my brothers?
Hop inside the bed and pull over the covers
Never will we do that and we
Ain't trying to rule that
We just want a slab of
The ham, don't you know, black?
This society of fake reality
Are nothing but a peg of informality
While I sing my song, sing it all day long
If you can't pull it, all ya gotta do is

Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along
Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along
Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along
Push it along, push it along
Push it along, yeah, push it along