Roots - Ital (The Universal Side) lyrics
rate me[Verse One: Q-Tip]<br />
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I wanna be able to reach an mc<br />
And reach a little child in the same degree<br />
And my elders excel<br />
I mean what the hell<br />
We might as well bridge these gaps<br />
In all before we fall in the fire<br />
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[Black Thought:]<br />
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It's a million mc's upon a plan they call real tryin' to set it<br />
Profess mic techniques illegit<br />
Inaccurate perceptions of reality embedded<br />
In their minds thus their rhymes are discredited (check it out)<br />
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[Q-Tip:]<br />
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I use my music implemented with jewels import tools<br />
To inspire all those too cool fools who say screw school<br />
'Cause they don't see the conspiracy<br />
That's put here to trap you and me<br />
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[Black Thought:]<br />
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Y'all know the battle leutenant be on some whole 'nother other<br />
Finesse genetic<br />
They say I get it from my mother so its' inheredit-<br />
Ary and very necessary to shine<br />
Legendarily, heavily refined<br />
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[Q-Tip:]<br />
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Contemporaries like the Roots is so radit's like dage<br />
Which bag did they come out of, and how can I get in itto win<br />
It<br />
Like raffle ticket pick<br />
And if you feelin' something, guess who gets the sticking<br />
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[Black Thought:]<br />
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I got this Ital mad up close and personal<br />
The first I find to violate, I shall retal-<br />
Iate with realisms for their whole local<br />
We on point like decimal Abstract now<br />
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[Q-Tip:]<br />
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MCin while I'm breathingmcin is believing<br />
That you can host a ceremony and the dough is never phony<br />
In fact, it's very therapeutic<br />
Like B12 hyperdermic needle so shoot it <br />
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Lyrically elicit upstarts the explicit<br />
Most wicked seven digit mic wizardmy tongue lashes out and<br />
Strikes with it<br />
Just slightly might miss it<br />
When I blast through your section or district<br />
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[CHORUS]<br />
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[Verse Two: Black Thought]<br />
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In my formitive by my peers I was influenced<br />
Until the instruments of time killed the congruence<br />
I peeped the blue prints on how to make true sense<br />
Of MC's which are a nuisance I know just what to do sinceI'm on<br />
Another lev.<br />
Brothers is fakin' jacks and think they ready for the rev.<br />
But they got a lot to learn, to make theri thoughts long term<br />
'cause on theri short-cuts they made a wrong turn<br />
Probably, timelessly I construct the firesome<br />
To rip your eardrum for many years to come<br />
Professional style thinkin' rational to move wise<br />
So hard it's a wonder y'all alive...<br />
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[Q-Tip:]<br />
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...And still breathin', niggaz is dead and not even<br />
Perpetuatin' real life the shit kicked is real trife ayo they<br />
Fake bleedin'<br />
It's obvious that they needin' attention feedin'<br />
They cold actin' like heathens<br />
When mics is picked up MC's scenes is kicked up<br />
Like women with the gripper drinking Moet 'till they hiccup<br />
Fellas hustlin' picking bricks up<br />
Fantasizin' about the illest stick up<br />
But rip up the jam and we be truly impressed<br />
On stage you won't need your tef. vest<br />
Only a mic with and a mic test<br />
And at your best you get blessed by the fans who profess<br />
That they can relate <br />
With the trials you tribulate<br />
Or the pains you endure <br />
'cause some cats is pure<br />
Tell horors that are true but see cats like you<br />
Y'all fake joints just tyo get a woo-woo<br />
The tear jerker<br />
You be that miracle worker<br />
Whose miracle just ran out<br />
I think it's time you pan out<br />
Or just plain fade, 'cause yo you played<br />
We 'bout to drop on you like the Everglades
