Shaheed: 
It's a new decade 
The Native Tongues are about to proceed with the usual lingo 
The usual rhythm 

Q-Tip: 
Devoted to...the art of moving butts 
The rhythm's happenin, and it's movin up 
The Tribe has been on hold for much too long 
Don't fear the rhythm because it's strong 
On the corners, brothas bop their heads 
>From the high-tops to the knotty dreads 
I'm a nubian y'all, look what we did 
Took the crust away from the third eye lid 
Now, it's kinda open, longs to see the site 
Rhythms of the Tribe which is passed out right 
Night after night, day after day 
Questin for the rhythms of the Native Tongue lay 
Rhythm is the key as we open up the door 
Things a B-boy has never seen before 
Polyrhythmatic with a big fat boom 
You have an eargasm as you start to consume 
The ghetto beat with a ghetto poem 
Yeah, it's from the heart, cuz it's from the home 
Jarobi, Phife, Ali Shaheed 
Call me Koala, got what you need 
You're a disc jock, then jock this 
Rhythms can't lose, rhythms can't miss 
If you feel uptight and you need to freak 
It'll be alright once we drop this beat 

chorus: 
I got the rhythm, you got the rhythm(8X) 

Q-Tip: 
Ma ma sa ah, ma ma coo sa 
Gets hectic, freak a bourgeios 
We Quest around for the musical hard 
On the avenues, streets and boulevard 
Not sellin out, that's a negative 
Lovin hip hop, lovin heritage 
Got the instinct to travel miles and miles 
Gotta whole lot of room for piles and piles 
Now, you're kinda with it, wanna get the funk 
>From the Zulu Nation, toppin all the junk 
Standin on the top like the Temptations said 
Rhythms are obese, yeah, you gotta keep 'em fed 
Read what I read, can't be better said 
Tribalic motions dabble in the head 
Sweetback's bad, not as bad a beat 
It's a "stone groove baby" 
Continue, on the windy road 
But, I'm luggin, a crazy big load 
Will we be on point for the ninety deck 
Is it muscle bound and will it flex? 
But trudgin, we are used to 
You don't Quest alone, Quest with a crew 
We're four, once more, must make the tracks 
You see four fronts, but now you see four backs 

chorus(until end)