Roots - The Ultimate lyrics
rate me*Black Thought speaks and makes crowd respond for a minute and 15 sec.*<br />
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[Black Thought]<br />
Yo my definition is a lyricist for hire<br />
My vocal's a passport that never expire<br />
Crowd loud like fifty rounds of gun fire<br />
Screamin out "The Roots" while I balance wit the wire<br />
Yo, expert in this profession, the session<br />
In 1987, I linked up wit the ?uestion<br />
Eleven years later we shared crop wit Geffen<br />
In musical hell, but hip-hop forever heaven<br />
My thoughts, interwoven and deep like Beethoven<br />
This foul world so filled of shit it like a clogged up colon<br />
Swollen wit minds that got stolen<br />
Fake-ass cops, uncontrollable patrolmen<br />
Torture, blood flow like bodies of water<br />
Fathers sexually assaultin they own daughter<br />
Out of sync, outta order like a puzzle<br />
In the land of the unseen hand that hold juggle<br />
In a Game of Life, yo it's hard to roll a double<br />
Tryin times, take lives and separate couples<br />
Kids thinkin they grown, tellin they moms "Fuck you"<br />
Under they breath, livin in the last times left<br />
Peep the imagery stretch across the sky like a canvas<br />
And we're the artists beneath vigorous rough strokes of darkness<br />
Time to set it off, let's spark this<br />
Switzerland, LET'S SPARK THIS!!<br />
We are the ULTIMATE (rock-rockin it)<br />
We are the ULTIMATE (rock-rockin it)<br />
We are the ULTIMATE, rock-rockin it, rock-rockin it, rock-rockin it<br />
We are the ULTIMATE (rock-rockin it)<br />
We are the ULTIMATE LOUDER! (rock-rockin it)<br />
We are the ULTIMATE<br />
(Rock-rockin it) C'mon (Rock-rockin it) C'mon (Rock-rockin it)<br />
Yo my definition is a lyricist for hire<br />
You couldn't have a clue, it's about to transpire<br />
The books I buy live arms ?I wire?<br />
The Fifth, similar to ghetto gospel choir<br />
We ex-plore the whole states plus record<br />
In flight buds, trip that was a prisoner in war<br />
Four-four the corridor, seal it, no floor<br />
But I could see the drop was a mile aboard<br />
To the bottom, electrical shock for rhymes<br />
I said "I don't got em", guess it kinda presented a problem<br />
When I understood, they said "Let him go"<br />
I woke, during a center to London-Heathrow<br />
And now wit a past, fuckin wit border patrol<br />
I'm findin it out, I'm leakin wit my people<br />
Hit the studio, spread this information<br />
In daze of frustration fogged the education<br />
>From Illa-Fifth to Switzerland destination<br />
The Roots du journ, go check the translation<br />
The dictionary of devout topics, far from ebonics<br />
The Fifth Dynast, they can't stop it<br />
Yo Zurlich y'all keep it tight heed<br />
While The Roots Crew smoke weed<br />
Yo, we are the ULTIMATE (rock-rockin it)<br />
We are the ULTIMATE, say what? (rock-rockin it)<br />
We are the ULTIMATE, c'mon <br />
(Rock-rockin it) C'mon c'mon rock-rockin it, rock-rockin it<br />
We are the ULTIMATE (rock-rockin it)<br />
We are the ULTIMATE LOUDER (rock-rockin it)<br />
We are the ULTIMATE LOUDER<br />
(Rock-rockin it) C'mon rock-rockin it, rock-rockin it<br />
They go *Thought starts humming and Scratch does his thing*<br />
*Crowd cheers*
