Award Tour

The B-Side of the single is a slightly differed version of Midnight Marauders track "The Chase, Pt. 2", which notably features the first known verse by future Tribe collaborator Consequence. "Award Tour" remains Tribe's highest charting single to date, experiencing large success in America and overseas. The song featured in the PlayStation game Thrasher: Skate and Destroy. Kanye West includes a tribute to "Award Tour" on his song The Glory on his album Graduation. The song also appears in the MLB 08: The Show soundtrack.

[Produced by A Tribe Called Quest] [Chorus: Trugoy the Dove & Q-Tip] We on a world tour with Muhammad, my man (Right, true) Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand (Right, true) New York, NJ, NC, VA (Right, true) (Right, true) We on a world tour with Muhammad, my man (Right, true) Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand (Right, true) Oaktown, LA, San Fran, St. John (Right, true) (Right) [Verse 1: Q-Tip & Ali Shaheed Muhammad] People, give your ears, so I be sublime It's enjoyable to know you and the concubines Niggas, take off your coats, ladies, act like gems Sit down Indian style as we recite these hymns See, lyrically I'm Mario Andretti on the MOMO Ludicrously speedy or infectious with the slow-mo Heard me in the '80s, J.B.s on "The Promo" In my never-endin' quest to get the paper on the caper But now, let me take it to the Queens side I'm takin' it to Brooklyn side All the residential Questers who invade the air Hold up a second, son, 'cause we almost there You can be a Black man and lose all your soul You can be white and groove, but don't crap the roll See my shit is universal if you got knowledge of dolo Or delf or self, see there's no one else Who can drop it on the angle, acute at that So who that, do that, do-do that, that, that (Come on) Who that, do that, do-do that, that, that (Yeah, okay) Do that, do that, do-do that, that, that I'm buggin' out, but let me get back, 'cause I'm wettin' niggas So run and tell the others, 'cause we are the brothers I learned how to build mics in my workshop class So give me this award and let's not make it the last [Chorus: Trugoy the Dove & Q-Tip] We on a world tour with Muhammad, my man (Right, true) Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand (Right, true) Chinatown, Spokane, London, Tokyo (Right, true) (Right, true) We on a world tour with Muhammad, my man (Right, true) Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand (Right, true) Houston, Delaware, DC, Dallas (Right, true) (Right, true) [Verse 2: Phife Dawg] Back in '89, I simply slid into place Buddy, buddy, buddy all up in your face A lot of kids was bustin' rhymes, but they had no taste Some said Quest was wack, but now is that the case? I have a quest to have a mic in my hand Without that, it's like Kryptonite and Superman So, Shaheed, come in with the sugar cuts Phife Dawg's my name, but on stage call me Dynomutt When was the last time you heard the Phifer sloppy? Lyrics anonymous, you'll never hear me copy Top notch, baby, never comin' less Sky's the limit, you gots to believe up in Quest Sit back, relax, get up out the path If not that, here's a dance floor, come move that ass Non-believers, you can check the stats I roll with Shaheed and the brother Abstract Niggas know the time when Quest is in the jam I never let a statue tell me how nice I am Comin' with more hits than the Braves and the Yankees Livin' mad phat like an oversized mampi The wackest crews try to diss, it makes me laugh When my track record's longer than a DC-20 aircraft So next time that you think you want somethin' here Make somethin' def or take that garbage to St. Elsewhere [Chorus: Trugoy the Dove & Q-Tip] We on a world tour with Muhammad, my man (Right, true) Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand (Right, true) SC, Maryland, New Orleans, Motown (Right, true) (Right, true) We on a world tour with Muhammad, my man (Right, true) Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand (Right, true) Chinatown, Spokane, London, Tokyo (Right, true) (Right, true) We on a world tour with Muhammad, my man (Right, true) Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand (Right, true) Houston, Delaware, DC, Dallas (Right, true) (Right, true) We on a world tour with Muhammad, my man (Right, true) Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand (Right, true) New York, NJ, NC, VA (Right, true) [Outro: Midnight Marauder Program (Laura Dunn)] Seven times out of ten, we listen to our music at night Thus spawned the title of this program The word maraud means to loot In this case, we maraud for ears