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(unti end)