What They Do-The Roots

[ti:What They Do] [ar:The Roots] [al:The Roots (International Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]What They Do - The Roots [00:00.02]Written by：Raphael Saadiq/Tariq Trotter/Ahmir Thompson/Jimmy Grey/Leonard Hubbard/Brown [00:00.04] [00:26.53]Never do what they do what they do what they do [00:35.67] [00:37.00]Never do what they do what they do what they do [00:45.95]Yo yo lost generation fast pace nation [00:49.64]World population confront their frustration [00:52.10]The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken [00:54.43]It's all contractual and about money making [00:57.32]Pretend to be cats don't seem to know their limitations [00:59.77]Exact replication and false representation [01:02.36]You wanna be a man then stand your own [01:04.63]To mc requires skills I demand some shown [01:07.28]I let the frauds keep fronting [01:08.83]And roam like a celluar phone far from home [01:11.35]Giving crowds what they wanted [01:12.79]Offical hip-hop consumption the 5th dumping [01:15.33]Keeping you party jumping wit an original something [01:17.97]Yo I dedicate this to the one dimensional [01:20.29]No imagination excuse for perpetration [01:23.11]My man came over and said [01:24.45]Yo we thought we heard you [01:26.07]Joke's for you [01:26.67]We heard your biting a** crew but uh [01:28.65]Never do what they do what they do what they do [01:37.71] [01:39.09]Never do what they do what they do what they do [01:48.17] [01:49.20]Thin is the line of between love and hatred [01:51.59]The game is ill-natured it's nothing sacred [01:53.81]Hey yo it's funny when I see some rap niggaz do the making [01:56.78]Of you would blow up or go as far as they can take it [01:59.36]My nine to five is just to hit ya get the party live [02:02.19]I'm black thought used to rap for sport [02:04.32]Now the rhymes in went pay a life support [02:06.85]I take it very seriously within this industry [02:09.67]It's various crews that try to touch me [02:11.70]But I come with the beautiful thing [02:13.25]And I bless the track plushly [02:14.89]Around the world the crowds love me from doing tours [02:17.53]Recepient of applause from you and yours [02:20.03]Creator of original sounds to send to stores you take home [02:23.30]To absorb and sweat it out your pores [02:25.21]Now who can stop the music running through these veins [02:27.63]Infinitely go against the grain [02:29.46]That's why my motto's to [02:30.84]Never do what they do what they do what they do [02:39.79] [02:41.01]Never do what they do what they do what they do [02:50.35] [02:51.33]Living the life of limos and lights [02:53.58]Airplanes and trains [02:54.75]Short days and long nights [02:56.17]Keyboards and mics [02:57.38]Bass chords and drum kicks [02:58.79]And my mental thick to hit my head like brick [03:01.12]As I embark on a mission welcoming to the dark [03:03.84]When I first spark the arts when's the listening start [03:06.33]Open your head wide and let the thought inside [03:08.86]My style fortified by all of philladelphy [03:11.83]I've dealt more stealth than all the wicked wealthy [03:14.24]Mentality undetectable by the naked eye [03:16.96]Then I get paid when the record is played [03:19.22]To put it short I want it made like ed nuff said [03:22.11]Then after that I'm putting no mind cause how man [03:24.53]We let the ladies blend with the darksking devil bred and discover [03:28.05]My level is that of no other [03:29.55]And roots crew bring offical and true [03:31.58]While I'm continuing to [03:32.92]Never do what they do what they do what they do [03:41.92] [03:43.32]Never do what they do what they do what they do [03:52.38] [03:53.68]Never do what they do what they do what they do [04:02.65] [04:04.04]Never do what they do what they do what they do [04:13.05] [04:14.30]Never do what they do what they do what they do [04:23.33] [04:24.70]Never do what they do what they do what they do