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A Tribe Called Quest-Award Tour [1993]*

[CHORUS] We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic' in their hand New York, NJ, NC, VA We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic' in their hand Oaktown, LA, San Fran, St. John [Q-TIP] People give your ears so I be sublime It's enjoyable to know you in the concubinz Niggaz' take off your coats, Ladies act like gems Sit down Indian style as we recite these hymns See, lyrically I'm Mario Andretti on the mo-mo Ludicrously speedy or infectious with the slow-mo Heard me in the eighties J. Beez on the promo In my never endin' quest to get the paper on the caper But now, let me take it to the Queens side I'm takin' it to Brooklyn side All the residential Quester's who invade the air Hold up a second son cuz' we almost there You can be a black man and lose all your soul You can be white 'n' blue but don't crap the roll See my shit is universal if you got knowledge or dolo Of delf for self, see there's no one else Who can drop it on the angle, acute at that So, do dat' do dat' doo dat' dat' dat' (COME ON) Do dat' do dat' doo dat' dat' dat' (OK) Do dat' do dat' doo dat' dat' dat' I'm buggin' out but let me get back `cuz they wettin' niggaz' So run and tell the others `cuz we are the brothas' I learned how to build mic's in my workshop class So give me this award and let's not make it the last [CHORUS] We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic' in their hand Chinatown, Spokane, London, Tokyo We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic' in their hand Houston, Delaware, DC, Dallas [PHIFE] Back in `89 I simply slid into place Buddy, Buddy, Buddy all up in your face Alot of kids was bustin' rhymes but they had no taste Some said Quest was Wack, but now is that the case I have a quest to have a mic' in my hand Without that, it's like Kryptonite and Superman So Shaheed come in with the sugar cuts Phife Dawg's my name but on stage call me Dynomutt When was the last time you heard the Phifer sloppy Lyrics anonymous, you'll never hear me copy Top notch baby, never comin' less Sky's the limit, you got's to believe up in Quest Sit back relax, get up off the path If not that, here's the dancefloor, come move that ass Non believer's you can check the stats I roll with Shaheed and the brotha Abstract Niggaz' know the time when Quest is in the jam I never let a statue tell me how nice I am Comin' with more hits than the Braves and the Yankees Livin' mad phat like an oversized mam-pi The wackest crews try to dis, it makes me laugh When my track record's longer than a DC-20 aircraft So next time that you think you want somethin' here Make somethin' differ, take that garbage to St. Elsewhere [CHORUS] We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic' in their hand SC, Maryland, New Orleans, Motown We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic' in their hand Chinatown, Spokane, London, Tokyo We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic' in their hand Houston, Delaware, DC, Dallas We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic' in their hand New York, NJ, NC, VA