A Tribe Called Quest - Movin Backwards lyrics

(feat. Anderson .Paak) [Jarobi:] I hope my legendary style of rap lives on Affixed to the earth like my feet that got kicks on Moving backwards never, that was never the plan Pushing sh** along, weren't the stillest in the quick sand Asphalt jumpin', lyrical concrete My Jetta might be moving me throughout the many dark streets Backwoods, boondocks, whatever terrain Auf Wiedersehen, aloha, man, our feet ain't the same I won't abuse these shoes ain't made for reversing Trudging through these motherf**ers first album footprint Never ever ghostwritten, your sh** free, bitten Grab my sh** with both hands Iron grip, steel mitten Bloviated, Jarobi ate it, and now it's gone Closed mouths don't get fed or move ahead to my hustlers with customers Amateurs are being petty Trap lords with the fetty, don't be no backwards, no No backward a** n***a, don't be no backwards, no No backward a** n***a, don't be no backwards, no No backward a** n***a, don't be no backwards, no Don't do it, n***a [Anderson .Paak:] I spun around without a care, when I stopped, I felt lost I'm two heels from the top tier, I really want to be boss I figured out, I figured it out somewhere Maybe the answer's not up there Maybe it's on the ground somewhere When I stopped, I felt lost Do you ever feel lost? They wanna see my downfall Turn a good day into a downpour Thorns in the crown and the cross I bear Why they wanna see me hangin' like a towel somewhere One eye, two meals, three tears, a heart still How I'm feelin' in my mind right here I think I'm moving but I'm going nowhere, nowhere Better not feel lost How I'm supposed to know how home feels, I ain’t even on my home field Better not feel lost It's not a cruise that brought us here I'm gone for long And I refuse to be stuck right here I'm going to it backwards, and oh Can somebody just give me, can somebody just give me, can somebody just give me direction? I don't want to move backwards, no Can somebody just give me, can somebody just give me, can somebody just give me direction? I don't want to move backwards Can't go backwards I don't want to move backwards [Q-Tip:] Moving backwards never, that was never the plan Can I vent? I was content being my own man Up until that night, ill faded, walking home, I was faded Cocos races on my wrist like he was clapping his hands How demeaning y'all, who could be blind to racism [?] girl wrote to me for the brotherly baptism Instead of slaps give 'em, the dose of ab wisdom He'll make it out of the jungle some way Hey, it's figurative, not a real place you stay Ayy, it's mind scape, filled with f**ing malaise I got direction without using Waze Submitting myself to praying these days We walking backwards, it's only for stage [Anderson .Paak:] Feds coming out, with riot gear And everybody's hands in the air Four-fives get your a** 'round somewhere Come between and jump in the spare Say it loud, with a different ring my n***as listen (somebody just give me, somebody just give me, somebody just give me) Cool out, chill out n***a, I'm cool Cool out n***a, nah, n***a I'm through Head down, ain't no tellin' what you gon' do (somebody just give me, somebody just give me, somebody just give me directions) I don't want to move backwards, and oh! Cops, k**ing us n***as everywhere, maybe we should get some guns too She come around every now and a few Man I hope she really loves you Living high ain't hard to do She'll be in the clouds somewhere Feel fresh, I strut your b**hes out of here Might even take your broad too Oops, I'm 'bout to get kicked out here Tell mama I'mma slide through Still I, I'm trying to get out of here, but stuck up in the same room Too many open miles in here, sick of eating out at drive thru (Look at this motherf**er)