J. Period - Excursions (Tribute Remix) lyrics

{J. Period cuts and scratches} "Back in the days when I was a teenager?" [- Q-Tip "Remember back in the days?" [- B.I.G {J. Period} "Back in the days when I was a teenager?" [- Q-Tip "Remember back in the days?" [- B.I.G [Posdnuos - Verse One] Aiyyo, J. Period want you to understand... ("Your fantasy back in the days was to be Native" [- Trugoy) ("Word up!") This is the De La version...of "Excursions" Check it out.. Back in the day when I was a teenager When we signed to Tommy Boy instead of the major You could find work-matic listenin to hip-hop Tryin to add the right ingredients and not the flip-flop Sturred it from the tip-top, add it in the bottom Ears brought the eye/i so you know we had to dot 'em For the ones who gave the upgrade to us The upstage and thrust pa** all the chumps In the ledge to ledge, I clear the whole jump NEVER fall off! Stop waitin for the thump! The only fracture is your disbelief On how Posdnuos 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 main-tenance, 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 relevant the squad, been ever since y'all So I need to make sure I thank my n***a Prince Paul (Prince PAUL) You here to start sh*t, don't try to play me If you hear the dance then shake, shake it baby All the way to Africa, Mase got the weed to blow I be in Conchasa, sippin on some Vitalo Since the Nile 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... [Hook: Sample Chorus of "Excursions" by A Tribe Called Quest] 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...We gotta make moves Never, EVER, ever could we FAKE moves Yeah, we need to make moves Yo...MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE.... "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 it's own destiny TIME is an inanimate object (J. Period...WOO!) Praying and praying and praying for ?? Time is DANCING, moving lingering all memories of past.." -] The Last Poets ("De La Soul... is dead!" - Jungle Brothers) ("HELL NO!" - Run-D.M.C.) [Dave - Verse Two] 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 sh** If you don't know us then you're new to the sh** 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 a**es 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 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 a your hook like a can of mean junkies What you gotta do is know that fam is in the sphere The Poet 86 is prominent like Shakespeare ("Edgar Allen Poe..." - Q-Tip) [Hook: Sample Chorus of "Excursions" by A Tribe Called Quest] (Dave) We gotta make moves Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (Can't fake the moves y'all) We gotta make moves Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (De La, Tribe Called Quest, J. Period) C'mon, we gotta make moves Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on!) We gotta make moves Never, ever, ever could we fake MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVES.... "Time is running out on black power Africans today And whites blacks reporters at night Everytime you see them ?? with their tongues hangin out Time is running and past and pa**ing and running Running and past and pa**ing and running (excursions)" [Pos: Outro] Excursionnnnnnnnnnnnnnns, Na-na-NAH-NAH-NAH!!!!