[Phife]   Linden Boulevard represent, represent   Tribe Called Quest represent, represent   When the mic is in my hand, I'm never hesitant   My favourite jam back in the day was Eric B. for President      Rude boy composer   Step to me you're over   Brothers wanna flex   Youre not Mad Cobra   MC short and black   There aint no other   Trini-born black like Mia Longs grandmother   Tip and Sha they all that, Phife-Dawg ditto   Honey tell your man to chill, or else you'll be a widow   Did not you know that my styles are top-dollar?   The Five-Foot Assassin knockin fleas off his collar   Hip-hop scholar since bein knee-high to a duck   The height of Mugsy Bogues, complexion of a hockey puck   You better ask somebody on how we flip the script   Come to a Tribe show and watch the three kids rip      [Q-Tip]   Queens is in the house represent, represent   A Tribe Called Quest represent, represent   No tamin of the style cuz it gets irreverent   A Tribe Called Quest represent, represent      Huh-huh, here we go   You know that I'm the rebel   Throwin out the wicked like God did the Devil   Funky like your grandpas drawers, dont test me   We in like that, youre dead like Presley   When we comin through get tickets to see me   We work for the paper so therell never be a preemie   Lyrics are abundant cuz we got it by the mass   Egos are all idle cuz the music is the task   Valenzuela on the pitch, curveball, catch it   I think I got it locked, just smooth while I latch it   Right   Now I must move with the quickness   Here comes Shaheed so we must bear the witness      Chorus      Stir It Up x3   Steve Biko      Stir It Up x3   Steve Biko      Verse 2      [Phife]   New York City represent, represent   A Tribe Called Quest represent, represent   The Dawg is scientific with the styles I invent   A Tribe Called Quest represent, represent      MCs like to meddle, but heres my proposition   I let my lyrics flow, and jumped your whole position   I'm radical with this like the man this song is after   Yo Tip settle down, whats the reason for the laughter?      [Q-Tip]   I really cant say, I guess I laugh to keep from cryin   So much goin on, people killin, people dyin   But I wont dwell on that, I think I'll elevate my mental   Thanks for these bars on the Biko instrumental      [Phife]   Yo I take it back, Im the Indian giver   MCs take notes as I stand and deliver   Percussion isnt less, D's wear the vest   While they dodgin bullets, you should be dodgin Quest   Dont get me wrong, violence is not our forte   I just like to rhyme, kick the lyric skills like Pele   Tip educateem, my rhymes are strictly taboo   Fill em with some fantasies and I'll look out like Tattoo      [Q-Tip]      Okay   I am recognizing that the voice inside my head   is urging me to be myself but never follow someone else   Because opinions are like voices   we all have a different kind   So just clean out all of your ears   these are my views and you will find that   we revolutionize over the kick and the snare   The ghetto vocalist is on a state-wide tear   Soon to be the continent and then the freakin globe   Theres room for it all as we mingle at the ball   We welcome competion cuz it doesnt make one lazy or worn   We gotta work hard, you know the damn card   Try to be the fattest is the level that we strive   Try to be the fattest also to stay alive