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Live and direct, live and direct
You know what live and direct mean?
Live and direct, comeYeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, how you be? How you be?
From New York to A T aliens, you kno what Im sayin'?
Word up, do it like this
Word up, word up, do it like that
And you dont stop, and you dont quit
Unless youre in the studio doin' wack shit
Yo check itBoom batta, watch your teeth shatter
All that shit you pop in your jams, it wont matter
Bust your whole grill, now watch that joint shatter
Im the captain of the ship, fuck a William Shatner
Emcees be poppin' shit when they squeezin' they cake batter
Claimin' they style be fat, but guess whose style is fatter?
The ill beat jacker, emcee attacker
Fuckin' with the diggy it dont get no blackerMalik is Zach Taylor, ey the stress reliever
Brown eyed shorty, chocolate like Godiva
Fuck what you heard, Ill make you a believer

Me getting' burnt, thats like a white girl named Shareema
You never see her, 'cause shes the black like Sarafina
Set shit off like Monifah, nickel like Khadija
So girls with fat asses and tits, nice to meet ya
Do five plus five equals ten? Ask your teacherFor God so loved the world he said, "Phife, ask your preacher"
Love to toot my own horne, similar to Lena
Before I take stage, I take sips of Aquefina
Fucked Judy Jetson, now they call me Jet Screamer
Love my coffee dark so you can keep your dairy creamer
Tribe fallin' off well youse a goddamn dreamerHah, yaknahmean?
A word up, a word up, a word up, a word up, yo
Have you heard the one make the crowd rock?
Tribe called Quest we haffa do it non-stop
Listen to the radio, were never goin' pop 'causeYa nah ready for dis yet, bwoy
Say ya nah ready, say ya nah ready
Say ya nah ready for dis yet, bwoy
Say ya nah ready, say ya nah ready
Say ya nah ready for dis yet, bwoy
And we out like that, buck that

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A Tribe Called Quest was an influential hip hop group of the 1990s, originally formed in Queens, New York City in 1985. The group is composed of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, Jarobi White, was an intermittent collaborator appearing on their first album, but he left the group soon after, although he is mentioned as a 'sometimes' member on their third album liner notes. Along with De La Soul, the group was a central part of the Native Tongues Posse, and enjoyed the most commercial success out of all the groups to emerge from that collective.

Q-Tip and Phife had grown up together in Queens, and met Muhammad in high school. The group's name was coined by The Jungle Brothers, whose members attended the same school. Soon after, the group began performing live and recording on a local label. The group became a part of the Native Tongues family, a Hip-Hop artist collective also consisting of the groups Jungle Brothers, De La Soul and Black Sheep.

At the time of their inception, A Tribe Called Quest was unique within the hip-hop community for eschewing gangsta rap and macho posturing. Their lyrics focused on abstract and social issues such as the word "nigger", date rape and consumerism. Musically, the group helped pioneer the jazz-rap style (along with groups such as Gang Starr and De La Soul). They made their studio debut in 1990 with People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. Though this album was critically acclaimed and lead to a strong fan following, their next album, The Low End Theory (1991) was a massive artistic success, appearing on several best of the year lists. It is considered one of the most important hip-hop albums to date. The Low End Theory was followed by the equally strong Midnight Marauders (1993), while Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996) and The Love Movement (1998) did not meet with as much success.

Following The Love Movement, the group disbanded in 1998. Q-Tip and Phife Dawg went on to pursue solo careers while Muhammad co-founded the R&B group Lucy Pearl.

Recently, there have been rumors of a reunion between the trio, ignited by a spate of group concert apperances around the US, but their most recent appearance was a Bumbershoot, a three-day music festival in Seattle in 2006 and there has been little news of an upcoming album, leading some to believe that the rumors may be unfounded.

The official site is located at:
http://www.atribecalledquest.com/

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