Roots - Water lyrics
rate me[Black Thought]<br />
South Philly, North Side<br />
Oakland, Texas<br />
Georgia, Black People<br />
Yo, Worldwide, Sup my nigga<br />
You know what I'm saying<br />
Dumb and blind...<br />
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[Verse One: Black Thought]<br />
They say a record ain't nothing if it's not touching<br />
Gripping, draw you in closer make you want to listen to it<br />
And if you real I'll at making music<br />
Then lesson'll feel like you livin' through it<br />
That's how my nigga do it<br />
I met Slacks back in like '91 rapping<br />
We went to Millersville to get away from gun clappin'<br />
It ain't last<br />
I be in class dreaming 'bout<br />
50,000 fans up in the stands screaming out<br />
Encore, yo I'm headed back to Philly<br />
Nigga you rollin' with me?<br />
I'm trying to get busy<br />
We walk dogs that was off the chain<br />
Lot of times at the show people hardly came<br />
I just took it in stride as part of the game<br />
But inside people down with me started to change<br />
It was a couple things<br />
Lil' ??, lil' pills<br />
Instead of driving out on the road you rather chill<br />
I know the way the pleasure feel<br />
I'm not judging<br />
But still I'm on a mission, yo I'm not buggin'<br />
I got fam that won't stop druggin' <br />
They can't sleep<br />
They can't stick to one subject, they can't eat<br />
Is people steady comin' at me out in the streets<br />
Like Riq yo wat up with your peeps<br />
It gets deep nigga<br />
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[Chorus]<br />
Yo, you need to walk straight, master your high<br />
Son you missin' out on was passing you by<br />
I done seen the streets suck a lot of cats dry<br />
But not you and I my nigga<br />
We got to get<br />
Come on, over over the water <br />
Come on, over over the water<br />
Water, Water...<br />
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[Verse Two: Black Thought]<br />
Yo, we done made too many meals<br />
A couple of deals<br />
We done share clothes and wills<br />
Killed mics and reels<br />
We done rock<br />
Shows abroad, and slept on floors<br />
Trying to figga what the fuck we gettin' slept on for<br />
Oh why we walking with the rep up for<br />
Waited by the cavity law<br />
You know it if you came up poor my nigga<br />
Picture a bus up north<br />
You know we made of everything outlaws are made of<br />
I'm far from a hater<br />
And I don't say I love you 'cause the way I feel is greater<br />
In Illa you a poet son<br />
You a ball creator<br />
And this will probably dawn on you later<br />
Is in you nature, letters all up in the wall like they made of paper<br />
You got to find out where you talent take you<br />
You might fuck around, finally make it<br />
And that's real but yo<br />
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[Chorus]<br />
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[Verse Three: Black Thought]<br />
Yo, I want you all to understand I come from South Philly<br />
And when I walk the street is like a pharmacy<br />
They got all type of shit<br />
Anybody could get<br />
It goes from H to Ex<br />
To lucy ciggarette<br />
For my ghetto legend<br />
Known from Lil' shyst running<br />
Cop codeine by the courts and keep comin'<br />
Dummy, just embracing the dope like it's a woman<br />
You burnin' both sides of the rope and keep pullin'<br />
Tuggin', in between Islam and straight tuggin'<br />
Laying everyday around the way and doin' nothin'<br />
See'em looking shaking their head and start shruggin'<br />
If they don't have a man like mine, they got a cousin<br />
Hey yo you better be a true friend to 'em<br />
Before the shit put an end to 'em<br />
Or give a pen to 'em<br />
Or lock'em up in the studio with a mic<br />
'Cause on the real it might save his life<br />
Keep tellin'em<br />
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[Chorus x2]
