Thought@Work-The Roots

[ti:Thought@Work] [ar:The Roots] [al:Home Grown! The Beginners Guide to Understanding the Roots, Vols. 1 and 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.39]Thought@Work - The Roots [00:01.01]Written by：Ahmir Questlove' Thompson/Leonard Hubbard/James Gray/Benjamin Kenney [00:02.47] [00:16.92]Yo where the freaks at lookin' at me [00:19.43]You wanna see black then jump on it [00:21.60]And to the chumps who think they might want it [00:23.76]I might spot your ride and dump on it [00:25.86]And send a couple of boys to that corner of yours [00:28.05]And role out with a n**ga slumped on it [00:30.24]You see black fall back son [00:31.91]Me and shock up in a black regal no insurance [00:34.55]We like D E A serving warrants [00:36.83]So tell the freaks you know to stop whorin' [00:39.04]We gon' grab the mics and get 'em off the wall [00:40.92]So e'rybody in here can stop snorin' [00:43.30]Yo where the safe money unlock it pull it out your pocket [00:46.22]Ben Banniker Bay with the Al Morrocan [00:48.34]Black thought on capitals like the sovereign [00:50.57]Girls get your eyes back up out the sockets [00:52.73]Focus flawless New York to Europe [00:54.83]To lands where my feet ain't even touch the soil yet [00:57.04]What a movement the rap solution [00:58.77]It thumps so hard we got 'em world wide usin' them [01:01.04]Tracks from black for satisfaction [01:02.93]The role of captain played by Samuel L Jackson [01:05.25]Yo ill insanity that's cold and morbid [01:07.49]But when I'm in your orbit your soul absorb it [01:09.76]A real raw n**ga won't fold or forfeit [01:11.81]A thorough bred gonna enforce it [01:13.57]Tariq's where the beats at [01:14.86]And where the people out their seats at [01:16.64]For what 'cause y'all on it [01:18.08]I'm like Aqua man and Brown Hornet [01:20.26]I'm like Imhotep but don't flaunt it [01:22.44]Dog reintroducing Master Thespian [01:25.01]Ho telling est elin est emceein [01:27.25]F**k getting money for real get freedom [01:29.38]Black on the grind from A M to the P M [01:31.58]Splash up crash up the X 5 B M [01:33.61]Motive entertainment the Philly Mob we in [01:35.93]Weak hearts yo we not them [01:37.53]Waddup n***a T 3 n***a Bahtem [01:39.71]When the M ill get home we're gonna win [01:41.79]First one to fall cats with no chin [01:44.07]The mic the black hold remain smokin' [01:46.11]And ladies up in the place is wide open [01:48.11]For real know I'm talking about [01:49.76]Pull it out your pocket [01:50.86]Pull it out your pocket [01:51.97]Pull it out your pocket [01:53.11]Check it out [01:53.77]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on [01:56.76]Throw it on [01:58.01]You feel this joint this is your favorite song [02:00.95]Favorite song [02:01.88]You at the dance hall you got it going on [02:05.53]It's time to show it off so throw your hands up [02:09.69]Check it out yo [02:11.01]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on [02:13.95]Throw it on [02:15.33]You feel this joint this is your favorite song [02:18.31]Favorite song [02:18.98]You at the dance hall you got it going on [02:22.96]It's time to show it off yall n**gas know what's up [02:27.20]Yo here go the rapper of the year year of the rap [02:30.21]Come from South Philly where the hammers are clapped huh [02:32.58]Violate and you will answer to black [02:34.26]You a thug not really there's the answer to that [02:36.44]Lee ya boxed silly with the hands skill attack [02:38.73]Cancel your check flip dismantle your trap huh [02:41.32]Wanna pack can't handle your strap [02:43.26]You a schmuck type shoot your man in the back [02:45.48]Meanwhile I'm outstanding and I'm outspoken [02:47.80]Wild out take fools out without joking [02:49.94]If I run out of shots I'm going out poking [02:52.04]On a date with sis we going out stroking [02:54.38]And the shot is fantastic [02:56.20]The fantastic is the romantic [02:58.29]And to the freaks in the house if you're ready to bounce [03:00.59]We can go to the flat then get tantric [03:02.57]Yeah you pronounce the Tariq any questions [03:05.28]Street hip hop I bring forth the essence [03:07.24]You see pulling up five deep [03:08.85]With nothing but dimes inside of my jeep [03:11.06]I'm not arguing to get in V I P cocksucker prick [03:14.06]Suck a dick I'ma floss for the f**k of it [03:16.20]Girls say the baw black be on some other sh*t [03:18.32]N**ga talk like you work for the government [03:20.45]My words worth like Barnes Noble [03:22.59]Spit hot flames that'll harm your vocal [03:24.73]Spit thought name I'm a bomb your local [03:26.90]Neighborness for a ten mile radius [03:29.20]Well every ghetto craving this new anthem [03:31.21]My brain unstable and I'm just too handsome [03:33.40]I bang with the best around [03:34.90]Who can test the ground when I finesse the sound [03:37.11]Here come the controller [03:37.98]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on [03:41.06]Throw it on [03:42.41]You feel this joint this is your new favorite song [03:45.65]You at the dance hall you got it going on [03:50.02]It's time to show it off so throw your hands up [03:54.32]Check it out yo [03:55.50]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on [03:58.47]Throw it on [03:59.91]You feel this joint this is your favorite song [04:03.04]You at the dance hall it's time to show it off [04:07.42]You got it going on y'all n**gas know what's up [04:11.39] [04:13.20]Get it work [04:14.19]Get it f**k [04:15.27]Get it work get up come on [04:17.00]Ah [04:17.54]Uh [04:18.20]Ah [04:18.80]Uh [04:19.89]Ah [04:20.29]Say come on uh [04:21.79]Get it work [04:22.85]Get it f**k [04:23.88]Get it work get up come on [04:25.73]Ah [04:25.92] [04:26.50]Ha [04:26.97]Ye [04:27.42]Uh mmm