Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts) A Tribe Called Quest

From People's Instinctive Travels and The Paths of Rhythm


DJ Prince Paul:
It's a new decade
The native tongues are about to proceed with the usual lingo
The usual rhythm

Q-tip:
Devoted to...the art of moving butts
The rhythm's happenin, and it's movin up
The tribe has been on hold for much too long
Don't fear the rhythm because it's strong
On the corners, brothas bop their heads
from the high-tops to the knotty dreads
I'm a nubian y'all, look what we did
Took the crust away from the third eye lid
Now, it's kinda open, longs to see the site
Rhythms of the tribe which is passed out right
Night after night, day after day
Questin for the rhythms of the native tongue lay
Rhythm is the key as we open up the door
Things a b-boy has never seen before
Polyrhythmatic with a big fat boom
You have an eargasm as you start to consume
The ghetto beat with a ghetto poem
Yeah, it's from the heart, cuz it's from the home
Jarobi, phife, ali shaheed
Call me koala, got what you need
You're a disc jock, then jock this
Rhythms can't lose, rhythms can't miss
If you feel uptight and you need to freak
It'll be alright once we drop this beat

Chorus:
I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm(8x)

Ma ma sa ah, ma ma coo sa
Gets hectic, freak a bourgeios
We quest around for the musical hard
On the avenues, streets and boulevard
Not sellin out, that's a negative
Lovin hip hop, lovin heritage
Got the instinct to travel miles and miles
Gotta whole lot of room for piles and piles
Now, you're kinda with it, wanna get the funk
from the Zulu nation, toppin all the junk
Standin on the top like the Temptations said
Rhythms are obese, yeah, you gotta keep 'em fed
Read what I read, can't be better said
Tribalic motions dabble in the head
Sweetback's bad, not as bad a beat
It's a "stone groove baby"
Continue, on the windy road
But, I'm luggin, a crazy big load
Will we be on point for the ninety deck
Is it muscle bound and will it flex?
But trudgin, we are used to
You don't quest alone, quest with a crew
We're four, once more, must make the tracks
You see four fronts, but now you see four backs

Chorus

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[mez590]

this was a slept on album peace to the tribe peace to my brother jarobi

[Armeniacolombia29]

Indeed it was.

[TheMexicanMofo]

This is a fucking classic, RIP real hip-hop.

[veuvecliquot]

@tubiecubie for real? pls drop info if u know i been searchin for that sample...i mean why would it have a drum noise in it and too types of synths it sounds like a sample to me. peace

[veuvecliquot]

Any one know who the synth samples in this song is by?

[meechamaka411]

@mez590 Trust me...heads knew not to slept on this album once the whole joint drop'd!!! Tribe kinda took ova for minute...

[meechamaka411]

@TheMexicanMofo Don't give up yet, blackman/brownman!!! It's still out there...TRUST ME!!! Mind detects mind...

[mrwood4u]

@theone456

This is a classic, but the low end theoy was better. 

[Gr8testMuzic]

For me, People's Instinctive is by far the dopest album from ATCQ. The beats and vibes are simply great!

[BlueMagicVaults]

this whole album along with low end theories was ahead of it's time. truly

[1jtaztube]

Brothers bop their heads from the high tops to the knotty dreads..

polyrhythmatic .... Not selling that's a negative, lovin hip hop loving heritage

[danegilbert]

i keep finding new Hip Hop and old school, when it was really out for all this time. i cant believe i was born into this new age with weezy and shit.

this music is forever.