Phife dawg Yo Kamal reggie noble up in ya Yo Busta bus, yo it's time to step up You know I plaster, the little bastard And mastered the real way you
and on Check it out, check it out, to the break of, break of dawn Who's that, guess, one of the L.O.N.S. And a Tribe Called Quest, East Coast to West
Yo! We about to rock this joint from the family And we want ya'll all to know that it's time To rock rock ya'll, freak freak ya'll To the beat ya'll,
I really know how it feels to be stressed out, stressed out When you?re face to face with your adversity I really know how it feels to be stressed out
[Chorus 1 - Jr. Gong x2] Tribal war We nuh want no more a dat Every man deserve to earn And every child deserve to learn, now Tribal war A nuh dat
(Terri) When he's not home Means we move around as we please But when he gets home the blood that's in my head will freeze A big bottle's empty Another
(Greg) Won't you try to come down They all said they'd be here You know you've been to every gathering Stretching out the years You haven't said anything
(Tribe) Yesterday I was thinking It's a good time to change Progress the future It's happening it's ok One day like another Something to mend It's tempting
(Terri) Well look who isn't here, didn't say good-bye All that leaves is us without so much as a good reason why And guess who isn't here, can you believe
(Terri/Eric) Time's a mister crime's a mister Mister right is sex and shelter Sam says fists can make him feel like magic Sam says bitch let Sam devour
(Greg) Ticket in my hand I'm waiting Thinking this will be the time Imagine it will all be mine Far away I'll drink and dine Spend the night in cities
(Janet/Terri) Tossing and turning as your sheets wrap around you And your breathing is peaceful but you sleep is unsettling Slowly and steadily your memories
(Janet/Eric/Terri) *(vocal by Terri) He knows how to make me feel tragedy He's crafty He senses many ways to quiet me He's clever Hurry up, hurry up he
(Greg) Through the windshield, on the footbridge They cling to each other at the close of day They've not a care for the crush of traffic Their captive
(Terri) I am painting here with the lights off Making swirls with the paintbrush You say-what could this be of? We're laughing, neighbors they make fuss
You and I had such good times Summersun was on our minds Stars were always shining In our fantasy (fantasy) Like romeo and juliette (juliette) We fell
(Greg/Eric) Come on in now get warm Don't bring yourself to harm You know the light is always on You could be home now between Sheets that you know are
(Greg) I saw the film said that's the life for me Forsake the mundane for some instability So sue me Now you're hiding upstairs And now I'm not so sure