I never let a statue tell me how nice I am
A Tribe Called Quest quotes
- Quotes
- 15
- Lyrics
- 13
- Interviews
- 2
Confidence dominates this page: 12 of the 15 lines carry that tag, and 4 are tagged wit. Nearly all of it is lyrics (13), led by Buggin' Out (3) and Check the Rhime (3), with 8 lines credited to The Low End Theory. The attitude is playful boasting about style and rhyme skill, plus the occasional turn toward loyalty and the old neighborhood in 1nce Again. The 2 interview lines, from Vulture, step back from the swagger to talk about cycles and honest authorship.
I float like gravity, never had a cavity
Got more rhymes than the Winans got family
I'm a Black intellect, but unrefined
Ayo, Bo knows this (What?) And Bo knows that (What?)
But Bo don't know jack, 'cause Bo can't rap
Analyze. That's what I do to MCs
That be talkin bout they this and that, money please
Ego. I'm on my own jock skill
Cuz if I don't say I'm the best, tell me who the hell will
I fought my shit up on Linden in the one-nine-two
Forever writing, never biting, ain't shit else to do
Yo, microphone check one, two, what is this?
The five foot assassin with the roughneck business
Styles upon styles upon styles is what I have
You wanna diss the Phifer but you still don't know the half
A special shout of peace goes out to all my pals, you see
And a middle finger goes for all you punk MC's
Back in the days on the boulevard of Linden
We used to kick routines and the presence was fittin'
Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am
Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram
Life is a cycle, and certain things are always going to come back around, especially if people cherish them like they cherish the golden era
Don’t call yourself the No. 1 MC when you have somebody writing for you. Don’t walk around here like you Jay Z or you Nas. You can’t really do that.
Brothers front, they say, "The Tribe can't flow"
But we've been known to do the impossible like Broadway Joe, so
Now every dog has his day, but eff that, it's my year
All you gat pullin' MC's could never come near