Artist: A Tribe Called Quest f/ Anderson .Paak Album: We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your service Song: Movin Backwards Typed by: Cedmaster3K [Jarobi] I hope my legendary style of rap lives on A-fixed to the Earth like my feet, they got cleats on Movin' backwards, never that was never the plan Pushin' shit along, render stillness in the quicksand Asphalt jumpin' junkie, lyrical concrete My Jedi mind be movin' me throughout the many dark streets Backwoods, boondocks, whatever terrain Auf wiedersehen, aloha, man our feet ain't the same I won't abuse these shoes, these shoes ain't made for reversin' Then trudgin' through these motherfuckers' first album, foot printin' Never ever ghostwritten, yo' shit free-bitten Grab my shit with both hands, iron grip, steel mitten Bloviated, Jarobi ate it and now it's gone Closed mouths don't get fed or move ahead To my hustlers with customers Scam my chicks just bein' petty, trap lords with the fetty Don't be no backwards, no, no backward ass nigga Don't be no backwards, no, no backward ass nigga Don't be no backwards, no, don't do it nigga [Interlude: Anderson .Paak] I spun around without a care, when I stopped, I felt lost I'm two heels from the top tier, really want to be boooss I figured it out, figured it out somewhere Maybe the answer's not up there Maybe it's on the ground somewhere... When I stopped, I felt loooost... Do you ever feel loooost? [Anderson .Paak] They wanna see my downfall Turn a good day into a downpour Thorns in the crown, hit the cross I bear Why they wanna see me hangin' like a towel somewhere? One eye, two bills Three tears, a heart still How I'm feelin' in my mind right here I think I'm movin', I ain't goin' nowhere, nowhere... Maybe why I feel lost, yeah How I'm 'posed to know how home feels? I ain't even on my home field And again I feel lost, huh Was not a cruise that brought us here Again I feel looost And I refuse to be stuck right here, yeah [Chorus: Anderson .Paak + Q-Tip] I don't want to move backwaaaards, no Can somebody just give me Can somebody just give me, can somebody just give me direction? I don't want to move backwaaaards, no Can somebody just give me Can somebody just give me, can somebody just give me direction? (Can't go back, yeah) I don't want to move backwaaaards, no [Q-Tip] Uhh.. Movin' backwards, never, that was never the plan Can I vent? I was content bein' my own man Up until that night ill-fated, walkin' home, I was faded Po puts braces on my wrist like he was clappin' his hands How demeanin' y'all, who could be blind to racism? Bring bro-bro to me for the brotherly baptism Instead of slaps, give him the dose of Ab' wisdom He'll make it out of the jungle some way, hey It's figurative, not a real place you stay, ay It's mind state filled with muck and malaise, uhh I got direction without usin' Waze, mm Submittin' myself to prayin' these days, yeah Moonwalkin' backwards, it's only for sta-a-a-a-age [Anderson .Paak + Q-Tip] Feds linin' up, in riot gear And everybody's hands in the air [Anderson .Paak] + (Q-Tip) + {both} Fo'-five's'll get your ass found somewhere Caught between hope and despair - say it loud What it take to make my niggas listen? (Somebody just give me) (Somebody just give me, somebody just give me) Cool out, chill {out nigga, I'm cool} Cool out nigga {nah nigga, I'm through} Head down, ain't no tellin' what you gon' do (somebody just give me) (Somebody just give me, somebody just give me direction) {I don't want to move backwaaaards, no} [Anderson .Paak] Cops, killin' us niggas everywhere Maybe we should get some guns too She come around every now and a few Man, I hope she really loves you Livin' high ain't hard to do She'll be in the clouds somewhere Feelin' fresh, I snatch your bitches out of here Might even take your broad too Oops, I'm 'bout to get kicked outta here Tell momma I'ma slide through, yeah Stealer, I'm tryin' to get out of here But stuck up in the same room Too many open miles in here Sick of eatin' out of drive-through [Outro] Hahahahah! (look at this motherfucker)