Excursions (J. Period Tribute Remix)

Lyrics

[Intro: Q-Tip & The Notorious B.I.G.] Back in the days when I was a teenager (Remember back in the days?) (J. Period) Back in the days when I was a teenager (Remember back in the days?) [Verse 1 Intro: Posdnuos] Ayo, J. Period want you to understand (Your fantasy back in the days was to be native) (Word up!) This is the De La version... of "Excursions" Check it out [Verse 1: Posdnuos] Back in the day when I was a teenager When we signed to Tommy Boy instead of the major You could find work-matic listening to hip-hop Tryin' to add the right ingredients so not to flip-flop Stirred it from the tip-top, add it in the bottom Ears brought the eyes so you know we had to dot 'em For the ones who gave the upgrade to us The upstage and thrust pass all the chumps And the ledge to ledge, I clear the whole jump Never fall off! Stop waiting for the thump! The only fracture is your disbelief On how Psodnuos still cookin' up the beef and broccoli Damn right Stir-fried mics, red curry on soul The other brand is bland, put 'em on hold Roll wit' the brand you trust Double decade, no trouble, no rust No maintenance, we exceeded all your expectations Rap formations we studied By chance we out-run the outcome We stand as prophets warring over drums And we appreciate it, cause we ever so glad we made it We work hard, so we had to thank God And relevate the squad, been ever since y'all So I need to make sure I thank my nigga Prince Paul (Prince Paul) You here to start shit? Don't try to play me If you hear the dance then shake, shake it baby All the way to Africa, Ma$e got the weed to blow I be in Conchasa, sippin' on some Vitalo Since they now warning in the Congo, I'm back on the scene With the Abstract, ridin' through Queens Tellin' him how to get them tribe fanatics to shape (What?) Tell 'em Tribe didn't break-up, they just takin' a break And just move, yo [Hook: Posdnuos & Q-Tip] We gotta make moves Never, ever, ever could we fake moves Hah, yeah, we need to make moves Tell 'em Tribe didn't break-up, they just takin' a break and just move (Back in the days when I was a teenager) We gotta make moves (Remember back in the days?) Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (Back- Back- Back in the days when I was a teenager) Ha, yo, we need to make moves (Remember back in the days?) Yo, mooooove [Interlude: The Last Poets Sample & Psodnuos] Time... time is a ship on a merciless sea Drifting toward an average of nothingness (Yeah, it's the De La version... of "Excursions") Until it can be retarded for its own destiny Time is an inanimate object (J. Period... Woo!) Praying, and praying, and praying for- Time is dancing, moving- De La Soul is dead! Hell no! [Verse 2: Trugoy the Dove] You gotta be a winner all the time Can't fall prey to a hip-hop crime With these dope raps and dope tracks you move heads Went from B-Boys to bein' dope boys instead Musically the Quest, never compromised With the new version let the dated one slide Continuin' a legacy, true to the shit If you don't know us then you're new to the shit So what you gonna do with the times that exist? Can't fake moves on your man or your sis But if your sis is a bird, your man is a clown Then have an intervention sit they dumb asses down Whatever it may be in today's society Everything is fair, at least it's how it seems to me As long as you're candid, earn your respect And if they play phony then they gotta get checked Especially if you're rhymin, live by the pen Your man is your man, then treat him like your friend Yeah y'all We 'gon play it by the code of the streets So listen to the gems, flooded over beats Beats that are hard, beats that are funky Make you get your hook like a ketamine junkie What you gotta do is know that fam is in the sphere The Poet '86 prominent like Shakespeare Edgar Allen Poe [Hook: Q-Tip, Psodnuos & Trugoy the Dove] And let's make moves Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (Can't fake the moves y'all) We gotta make moves (De La, Tribe Called Quest) Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (J. Period) We gotta make moves Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (Come on!) We gotta make moves Never, ever, ever could we fake moooooves [Outro: Sample & Psodnuos] (Excursions) Time is running out on black power Africans in the day and whites, blacks, reporters at night Everytime you see them chasin' some white woman with their tongues hangin' out Time is running and past and passing and running Running and past and passing and running (Excursions) (Excursionnnnnnss)