How I Got Over-The Roots

[ti:How I Got Over] [ar:The Roots] [al:How I Got Over] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]How I Got Over - The Roots [00:03.16]Uh ha uh ha [00:08.51]Out on the streets [00:10.15]Where I grew up [00:11.47]Ah hah [00:12.08]First thing they teach us [00:13.87]Not to give a f**k [00:15.40] [00:16.07]That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere [00:19.83]Someone has to care [00:23.35]How I got over where the people come apart [00:26.50] [00:27.35]Don't nobody care about cha [00:29.28]Only thing you got is God [00:30.93]Out here in these streets [00:32.88]If you get down on your luck [00:35.27]You can stand up with a hand down [00:37.55]But nobody give a f**k [00:38.76]Out here in these streets [00:40.63]Every man is for himself [00:43.05]They ain't helpin' no one else [00:44.95]It's a hazard to your health [00:46.37]Livin' life in these cold streets [00:48.23] [00:49.19](Hey) [00:50.06]Whose worryin' 'bout cha babe [00:52.18]When you wiln out [00:53.95]Runnin' around in these streets [00:55.48]Out on the streets where I grew up [00:58.91](How I got over) [00:59.68]First thing they teach us not to give a f**k [01:02.38](How I got over) [01:03.36]That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere [01:05.67](How I got over) [01:07.17]Someone has to care [01:10.94]When you on the corners too much drama [01:12.35]Livin' with the police right behind ja' [01:14.11]It's always more than a slight reminda [01:16.28]We livin' in a war zone like Rwanda [01:18.24]Before I go back to the heavenly Fatha [01:20.10]Pray for me if it ain't too much botha [01:22.09]Whatever don't break me or make me stronga [01:23.92]I feel like I can't take too much longa [01:26.02]It's too much lyin' and too much fryin' [01:27.92]I'm all cried out 'cause I grew up cryin' [01:29.96]They all got a sales pitch I ain't buyin' [01:31.80]They tryin' to convince me that I ain't tryin' [01:33.88]We uninspired we unadmired [01:35.80]And tired and sick of being sick and tired [01:37.78]A living in the hood where the shots are fired [01:39.90]We dyin' to live so to live we dyin' [01:41.58]You just like I am [01:42.80]Out on the streets [01:44.03](Uh) [01:44.44]Where I grew up [01:45.54](How I got over) [01:46.50]First thing they teach us not to give a f**k [01:49.54](How I got over) [01:50.38]That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere [01:52.78](Ya somebody somewhere) [01:53.97] [01:54.92]Someone has to care [01:57.86](Somebody's gotta care) [01:59.13] [02:00.00]And I swear it isn't fair in suspended animation [02:03.59]We ain't tryin' to go nowhere out here in these streets [02:07.16]We're so young and all alone [02:08.83] [02:09.60]We ain't even old enough to realize [02:11.69]We're on our own [02:13.14]Livin' life in these hard streets [02:14.98] [02:15.59]Where it's like they lost their mind [02:17.57]Is there anyway to find are [02:19.26]We runnin' out of time out here [02:21.38]Listen hey who's worryin' about cha babe [02:26.56]When you wiln out [02:28.45]Runnin' 'round in these streets [02:29.94]Out on the streets [02:31.39](Uh) [02:31.69]Where I grew up [02:32.74](How I got over) [02:33.73]First thing they teach us not to give a f**k [02:36.60](How I got over) [02:37.59]That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere [02:39.98](Ya somebody somewhere) [02:42.12]Someone has to [02:44.70] [02:45.37]Out on the streets [02:47.27]Where I grew up [02:48.48] [02:49.31]First thing they teach us not to give a f**k [02:52.44] [02:53.22]That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere [02:55.90] [02:56.87]Someone has to [03:00.24] [03:01.00]Out on the streets [03:02.48] [03:03.00]Where I grew up [03:04.29] [03:04.96]First thing they teach us not to give a f**k [03:08.22] [03:08.90]That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere [03:12.54]Someone has to [03:16.22] [03:16.83]Out on the streets where I grew up [03:20.01] [03:20.76]First thing they teach us not to give a f**k [03:24.10] [03:24.65]That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere [03:27.38] [03:28.29]Someone has to care