Sing Up Featuring Wale & Chrisette-The Roots

[00:-2.00]The Roots - Rising Up (Feat. Wale and Chrisette Michele) [00:-1.00] [00:00.40] [00:00.64]yesterday i saw a b-girl crying, [00:02.87]yesterday i saw a b-girl crying [00:05.25]i walked up and asked what's wrong, [00:07.68]she told me that the radio's been playing the same song all day long [00:12.11]so i told her i got something you've been waiting for, [00:15.32]i got something you've been waiting for [00:18.06] [00:23.14]yesterday i saw a b-girl crying, [00:25.39]i walked up and asked what's wrong, she told me that [00:28.48]the radio's been playing the same song all day long [00:32.62]so get your glass lift it up in the toast position [00:34.96]we getting paper like john travolta get it [00:37.49]cause we focused wit it we supposed to get it [00:39.97]you know me and my whole squad we so committed [00:42.48]we not the kids coolin out on the sofa wit it [00:44.96]we about to dominate the globe like oprah did it [00:47.57]we getting paper like john travolta nigga [00:50.02]well i'm a downtown shoota who that? [00:52.20]the crown ruler is back [00:53.43]he congruent to the shape of a mack [00:55.16]look how i do it yo i'm takin you back [00:57.02]this how you rise down to the foundation how sacred is that? [01:00.22]i'm from the number one place on the map [01:02.23]the generational gap with yet another sensational track [01:05.24]and we don't stress for nothing i just press the button [01:07.93]it's as simple as just makin it hap [01:09.69]to all the frauds stop fakin relax [01:11.74]and to the broads if you cakin [01:13.61]then clap then shake it without breakin your back [01:15.55]i know the world been waitin for that you been aching fa that [01:18.20]cause what they playin on the station is wack [01:20.25]and i'm a legend in the flesh that dress to impress [01:23.03]the best is that which i accept and nothing less [01:25.55]my stacks is grotesque my squad is so fresh [01:28.01]you know its black thought and your boy the bro quest, but [01:31.06] [01:31.36]yesterday i saw a b-girl crying, [01:33.41]i walked up and asked what's wrong, [01:35.76]she told me that the radio's been playing the same song all day long [01:40.43]so get your glass lift it up and in toast position [01:43.60]we getting paper like john travolta get it [01:46.31]cause we focused wit it we supposed to get it [01:48.72]you know me and my whole squad we so committed [01:51.19]we got the kids coolin out on the sofa wit it [01:53.73]we about to dominate the globe like oprah did it [01:56.20]you getting paper like john travolta n***a so lets go [01:59.73] [02:00.12]hip-hop aint dead casue the pulse is in us [02:01.66]i got the everclear flow they mimosa wit it [02:03.86]we are the hope of the culture they posed to listen [02:06.24]and i'm posed ta pivot like i'm a forward in the league, im oden wit it [02:10.13]yet dont owe them niggaz nottin but potent lyrics [02:12.78]but if you aint gotta dance they revoke your spinnin [02:15.15]so good rappers aint eatin they olsen twinin [02:17.68]but im so committed, they have grown familiar [02:20.13]with the counterfit hitters they soso wit it but they a sosa wit it. [02:24.12]they mark mcguire wit the writtin i'm rodriguez [02:26.71]on the road to riches this is the fork im hittin [02:29.09]this is the trial and error era no co defendant [02:31.59]i push the seed every time like i'm cody wit it [02:34.08]i said they one hit wonders pneumonia to us [02:36.71]i don't know you niggas hit the road my nigga [02:39.19] [02:39.76]yesterday i saw a b-girl crying, [02:41.24]i walked up and asked what's wrong, [02:43.50]she told me that the radio's been playing the same song all day long [02:48.45]so get your glass lift it up and in toast position [02:50.79]we getting paper like john travolta get it [02:53.30]cause we focused wit it we supposed to get it [02:55.88]you know me and my whole squad we so committed [02:58.38]we got the kids coolin out on the sofa wit it [03:00.83]we about to dominate the globe like oprah did it [03:03.40]you getting paper like john travolta n***a so lets go [03:06.49] [03:06.82]where my grimey figures at? look lively addressing the captain [03:09.57]show me where your first impression is at [03:11.28]and where your dedication to the true profession is at [03:13.68]how you laugh answer me what kind of question is that [03:16.24]i'll show you where my rare essence is at the adolescence of rap [03:19.36]the real muscle in the message of that [03:21.39]my name trouble i'm a blessin to rap [03:23.11]and you can check my stats cause worldwide they attesting to that [03:26.47]so n***a listen you can probably learn a lesson perhaps [03:28.84]how i'm like bobby deniro joe pesc and them cats [03:31.30]am i the unsung hero oh yes if you askin anybody that's aware of the classics [03:36.08]they'll tell you i'm a legend in the flesh that dress to impress [03:39.22]the best is that which i accept and nothing less [03:41.84]my stacks is grotesque my squad? so fresh [03:44.26]you know its black thought and your boy the broquest, but [03:47.15] [03:47.43]yesterday i saw a b-girl crying, [03:49.45]i walked up and asked what's wrong, [03:51.46]she told me that the radio's been playing the same song all day long [03:56.94]so get your glass lift it up in the toast position [03:59.28]we getting paper like john travolta get it [04:01.79]cause we focused wit it we supposed to get it [04:04.29]you know me and my whole squad we so committed [04:06.78]we not the kids coolin out on the sofa wit it [04:09.33]we about to dominate the globe like oprah did it [04:11.91]so lets go [04:15.18] [04:15.61] [04:22.80]