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I don't care, as long as the bassline's pumpin'. The drumline bangin' away. Make one move and I'll blow you away. One false move and I'll blow you away. I don't care, as long as the bassline's pum
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under fire. Cause I'm pennin the words that move millions. Slide right in front of your eyes true brilliance. It's a new bad moon on the rise, who feelin it. New true skill in it. Y'all the roots
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Listen, I got you phobic offa this like arachnids. Drastic, it ain't plastic, it's just pro blackness. Grown man tactics no pediatrics. The kind of track that make the comeback miraculous. The cat
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Yo, the feet that I walk with. The ears that I hear with, the eyes that I see with. The mouth that I talk with, the terror that I stalk with. Now it's time to spark * Yo, the feet that I walk with.
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Hold your flix, I'm not for the photo op's. It's Black, code name Yaphet Kotto ock. My twist like a ratchet in an auto shop. Since granddaddy old Desoto stopped and he got the Caddie. I been gladl
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If you were worried 'bout where. I been or who I saw or. What club I went to with my homies. Baby don't worry you know that you got me If you were worried 'bout where. I been or who I saw or. Wha
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And it weights a ton. 'Riq geez motherfuckers I'm a son of a gun. Black master of any trade under the sun. Talk sharp like a razor blade under the tongue. Clear my path and come get your captain h
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Uh uh, come on, S-P in the. Up north into the NYC and the out West. And to niggas in Cali and the Down South type dynamite. What, yo yo come on dynamite dynamite. Uh check it out, uh uh. Yo yo yo
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Bass for your face, highs for your eyes. Don't blink, Black Ink has arrived, all rise. Rudebwoys keep dem thing at your side, be alright. Muh'fuckers Philly we up in here, we all live. I'm puffin
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Hip-hop y'all, to the top y'all. Hip-hop check it out. It's like that uh and it sounds so nice. Hip-hop, you the love of my life. We bout to take it to the to the to the, check it out. Yo, what,
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Comin' to break you off(beat started, start-started). Comin' to break you off(beat started, start-started). Comin' to break you off(beat started, start-started). Yeah baby Comin' to break you off(b
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America's lost somewhere inside of Littleton. Eleven million children are on Ritalin. That's why I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin'. False media, we don't need it, do we? Pilgrims, slaves, Indi
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Somebody's gotta be there when it gets ugly. Somebody's gotta be there when it gets bloody. Somebody's gotta get their hands dirty. Yo, it's a * up job but somebody's gotta do it Somebody's gotta c
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a spiritual blend. And everybody who forgot then baby tell em again. It's just me and Tariq, with Ahmir on the beat. The Roots crew baby yo we got to make it unique. We got the soul-shockinest
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Chorus. Oooh. It's been a long time. Since I been back around the way. It's been a long time. Let it spin let spin let it spin. Since I been back around your way. It's been a long time. Long t
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You are all. We don't even come to see our own, man. Listen, Freddy, listen. If we had to depend upon black people to eat,. We would starve to death. You've been out there,. You on the bandstand
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(To the- to the- to the. what, what) Hook (Jaguar). It's what you want, babe,. It's what you need, babe,. We 'bout to give you more (check it out). Of what you lookin' for. Verse 1 (Black Though
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Stand up, stretch for the stars. Get somebody else involved right next to ya. Y'all elected me to keep it so fresh for ya. Just cause I make it possible for the rest of ya. To just take it there c
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Why? Sky's the limit so you know I'm gonna rise and shine. I gotta do my thing, I'm kinda getting a little tired of all that's hidden. That's the reason I'm a speak my mind, keep from going insane.
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Dear God, I'm trying hard to reach you. Dear God, I see your face in all I do. Sometimes it's so hard to believe it. But, God, I know you have your reasons. (Uh huh) They said, "he's busy, hold th
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, The Roots is out to the subway Does anybody like real music?. Sweet music, soul music?. You know The Roots is a group that'll choose it. Just to use it, to make you move it, yeah Does anybody like
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Well I'm a fly Philly nigga, finger on the trigga. MCs repent from sins, God's comin again. Original (what?), visionary individual. Original (what?), visionary individual. I proceed, as I give ya
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Power of calling He sat below it and listen in,. Listen in to all what it told . And at the time come that unknown. Come from nowhere and behind no one. His lips whisper unknown words. Never heard
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Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Yo, yo. Lost generation, fast paced nation. World population confront they frustration. The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken. It's al
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and gentlemen. Select the weapon at the gate upon entering, The Roots instrumentaling. Spark *, them niggas try to talk *. We hit em like the L at 60th and Market. South Philly clip a hold
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(The hypnotic, the hypnotic) Yo, I knew this girl named Alana with mad persona. She delt with reality never fed in to the drama. I met her through my nigga named Jermaine Palmer. Who knew her throu
