[ti:Thought @ Work] [ar:The Roots] [al:Phrenology (Explicit Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Thought @ Work (Explicit) - The Roots [00:16.86]Yo where the freaks at lookin' at me [00:19.50]You wanna see Black Then jump on it [00:21.69]And to the chumps who think they might want it [00:23.84]I might spot your ride and dump on it [00:26.01]And send a couple of boys to that corner of yours [00:28.18]And role out with a ni**a slumped on it [00:30.25]You see Black fall back son [00:32.22]Me and Shock up in a Black Regal no insurance [00:34.79]We like DEA serving warrants [00:36.62]So tell the freaks you know to stop whorin' [00:38.90]We gon' grab the mics and get them off the wall [00:41.18]So everybody in here can stop snorin' [00:43.29]Yo where the safe money unlock it pull it out your pocket [00:46.43]Ben Banniker Bay with the Al Morrocan [00:48.43]Black thought on capitals like the sovereign [00:50.53]Girls get your eyes back up out the sockets [00:52.72]Focus flawless New York to Europe [00:55.10]To lands where my feet ain't even touch the soil yet [00:57.49]What a movement the rap solution [00:58.79]It thumps so hard we got them world wide usin' them [01:01.31]Tracks from Black for satisfaction [01:02.93]The role of captain played by Samuel L Jackson [01:05.53]Yo ill insanity that's cold and morbid [01:07.53]But when I'm in your orbit your soul absorb it [01:09.89]A real raw ni**a won't fold or forfeit [01:11.82]A thorough bred gonna enforce it [01:13.66]Tariq's where the beats at [01:14.90]And where the people out their seats at [01:16.71]For what 'Cause y'all on it [01:18.10]I'm like Aqua man and Brown Hornet [01:20.24]I'm like Imhotep but don't flaunt it [01:22.48]Dog reintroducing Master Thespian [01:25.14]Ho-telling-est elin-est emceein [01:27.23]F**k getting money for real get freedom [01:29.41]Black on the grind from A M to the P M [01:31.49]Splash up crash up the X-5 B M [01:33.67]Motive entertainment the Philly Mob we in [01:35.99]Weak hearts yo we not them [01:37.68]Waddup ni**a T3 ni**a Bahtem [01:39.71]When the M-ill get home we're gonna win [01:42.10]First one to fall cats with no chin [01:44.10]The mic the Black hold remain smokin' [01:46.16]And ladies up in the place is wide open [01:47.98]For real you know what I'm talking about [01:49.52]Pull it out your pocket [01:50.91]Pull it out your pocket [01:51.94]Pull it out your pocket [01:52.89]Check it out [01:53.75]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on [01:58.07]You feel this joint this is your new favorite song [02:01.20]You at the dance hall you got it going on [02:05.72]It's time to show it off so throw your hands up [02:09.80]Check it out yo [02:11.02]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on [02:15.14]You feel this joint this is your new favorite song [02:18.93]You at the dance hall you got it going on [02:23.11]It's time to show it off yall niggas know what's up [02:27.37]Yo here go the rapper of the year year of the rap [02:30.35]Come from South Philly where the hammers are clapped huh [02:32.55]Violate and you will answer to Black [02:34.49]You a thug not really there's the answer to that [02:36.36]Lee ya boxed silly with the hands skill attack [02:38.38]Cancel your check flip dismantle your trap huh [02:41.32]Wanna pack can't handle your strap [02:43.20]You a schmuck type shoot your man in the back [02:45.55]Meanwhile I'm outstanding and I'm outspoken [02:47.64]Wild out take fools out without joking [02:49.83]If I run out of shots I'm going out poking [02:52.33]On a date with sis we going out stroking [02:54.32]And the shot is fantastic [02:55.85]The fantastic is the romantic [02:58.19]And to the freaks in the house if you're ready to bounce [03:00.64]We can go to the flat then get tantric [03:02.54]Yeah you pronounce the name Tariq any questions [03:05.25]Street hip-hop I bring forth the essence [03:07.51]You see pulling up five deep [03:08.66]With nothing but dimes inside of my jeep [03:11.01]I'm not arguing to get in VIP cocksucker prick [03:14.01]Suck a dick I'ma floss for the f**k of it [03:16.19]Girls say the baw black be on some other sh*t [03:18.38]Ni**a talk like you work for the government [03:20.42]My words worth like Barnes & Noble [03:22.46]Spit hot flames that'll harm your vocal [03:24.50]Spit thought name I'm a bomb your local [03:26.96]Neighborness for a ten mile radius [03:29.12]Well every ghetto craving this new anthem [03:31.14]My brain unstable and I'm just too handsome [03:33.30]I bang with the best around [03:34.74]Who can test the ground when I finesse the sound [03:37.06]Here come the controller [03:37.93]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on [03:42.45]You feel this joint this is your new favorite song [03:45.81]You at the dance hall you got it going on [03:49.96]It's time to show it off so throw your hands up [03:54.36]Check it out yo [03:55.61]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on [03:59.65]You feel this joint this is your new favorite song [04:03.46]You at the dance hall it's time to show it off [04:07.41]You got it going on y'all niggas know what's up