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Excursions chords by
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
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Intro 1
Am

Bbm


Am
Back in the days when
Verse 1


I was a teenager
E
Am

Before I had status and before

I had a pager
Bbm

You could find the Abstract

listening to hip hop

My pops used to say,

it reminded him of be-bop
Am

I I said, "Well daddy don't

you know that things go in cycles
E
Am

The way that Bobby Brown is just

ampin' like Michael"
Bbm

Its all expected, things are for the looking

If you got the money,

Quest is for the booking
Am

Come on everybody,

let's get with the fly modes

Still got room on the truck,
Bbm

load the back boom

Listen to the rhymes,

to get a mental picture
F

Of this black man, black woman venture
Am

Why do I say that? 'Cause

I gotta speak the truth man

Doing what we feel for the

music is the proof and
Bbm

Planted on the ground,

the act is so together

Bona fide strong,
Am

you need leverage to sever

The unit, yes, the unit,

yes, the unit called the jazz is

We deliver it each year on the street

for the beat 'cause
Bbm

You can find it on the rack

in your record store(store)

If you get the record, then your thoughts are
Am

adored and appreciated

'Cause we're ever so glad we made it

We work hard, so we gotta thank God
Bbm

Dishing out the plastic,

do the dance till you spastic
Am

If you diss, it gets drastic

Listen to the rhymes,

'cause its time to make gravy

If it moves your booty,
F

then shake, shake it baby
Bbm

All the way to Africa a.K.a.

The Motherland (uh)

Stick out the left,

then I'll ask for the other hand
Am

That's the right hand,

Black Man (man)
Bbm

Only if you was noted as my man (man)

If I get the credit, then I'll think I deserve it

If you fake moves,

don't fix your mouth to word it
Am

Get in the zone of positivity,

not negativity

'Cause we gotta strive for longevity
Bbm

If you botch up, what's

in that (what?)
Am

A pair of Nikes, size ten-and-a-half (come on,

on, come on)
Verse 2

We gotta make moves

Never, ever, ever could we fake

moves (come on, come on)
Bbm

We gotta make moves

Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on,
Am

come on)

We gotta make moves

Never, ever, ever could we fake
Bbm

moves (come on, come on)

We gotta make moves
Am
Bbm

Never, ever,
Am
Bbm

ever could we fake moves (come on,
Am

come on) You gotta be a winner all the time

Can't fall prey to a hip hop crime
Bbm

With the dope raps and dope

tracks for you for blocks

From the fly girlies to the

hardest of the rocks
Am

Musically, the Quest, is on the rise

We on these Excursions so you

must realize
Bbm

Hip hop continually, about the Zulu

If you don't like it, get
Am

off the Zulu tip

So what can you do in the

times which exist?

You can't fake moves on your

brother or your sis
Bbm

But if your sis is a

(bitch), brother is a jerk

Leave 'em both alone and continue

with your work
Am

Whatever it may be into

this society

Everything is fair,

at least that how it seems to me
F

You must be honest and
Bbm

true to the next

Don't be phony and expect

one not to flex
Am

Especially if you rhyme,

you have to live by the pen

Your man is your man,

then treat him like your friend
Bbm

All it is, is the code of the streets

So listen to the knowledge being

dropped over beats
Am

Beats that are hard,

beats that are funky

It could get you hooked like

a crackhead junkie
Bbm

What you gotta do to is know that

the Tribe's in this sphere

The Abstract Poet,
Am

prominent like Shakespeare
Verse 3
Am

We gotta make moves
Bbm

Never, ever, ever could we fake moves

(come on, come on)
Verse 4

We gotta make moves

Never, ever, ever could we fake

moves (come on, come on)
F
Am
We gotta
Verse 5

make moves

Never, ever, ever could we fake moves (come on,
Bbm

come on) We gotta make moves

Never, ever, ever could we fake

moves (come on, come on)
Am
Time is running out on black
Verse 6

power advocates

in the day (excursions, excursions)

And white thighed supporters at night

(excursions, excursions)
Bbm

Every time you see them, they're chas in' some

white woman (excursions, excursions)

With their tongue hangin' out

(excursions, excursions)

Time is running and passing,

passing and running (excursions, excursions)

Running and passing,

passing and running (excursions, excursions)

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