[ti:Ital (The Universal Side)] [ar:The Roots] [al:Illadelph Halflife (Explicit Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ital (The Universal Side) (Album Version|Explicit) - The Roots/Q-Tip [00:03.93]From the Illadelph side [00:06.44]From the New York side [00:09.12]To the Universal Side [00:13.48]From the Illadelph side [00:15.98]From the New York side [00:19.32]From the Universal Side [00:21.95]Abstract [00:22.56]I wanna be able to reach an MC [00:24.15]And reach a little child in the same degree [00:26.25]And my elders excel [00:27.49]I mean what the hell [00:28.75]We might as well bridge these gaps [00:30.17]In all before we fall in the fire [00:32.20]It's a million mc's upon a [00:33.43]Plan they call real tryin' to set it [00:34.97]Profess mic techniques illegit [00:36.51]Inaccurate perceptions of reality embedded [00:39.50]In their minds thus their rhymes are discredited [00:41.55]Check it out man [00:42.34]I use my music implemented [00:43.40]With jewels export tools [00:44.44]To inspire all those too cool [00:46.19]Fools who say screw school [00:47.34]'Cause they don't see the conspiracy [00:49.01]That's put here to trap you and me [00:50.72]You think you can get it [00:51.69]Y'all know the battle lieutenant [00:52.48]Be on some whole 'nother [00:53.52]Other finesse genetic [00:55.16]They say I get it from my [00:56.40]Mother so it's inhereditary [00:57.48]And very necessary to shine [00:59.70]Legendarily heavily refined [01:01.83]Contemporaries like The [01:03.02]Roots is so radit's like dage [01:04.94]Which bag did they come out of [01:06.24]And how can I get in it to win [01:07.92]It like a raffle ticket pick [01:09.18]And if you feelin' something [01:10.29]Guess who gets the sticking [01:11.32]I got this Ital style up close and personal [01:13.54]The first of all I violate I shall retaliate [01:16.96]We on point like decimal abstract now [01:22.21]MCin' while I'm breathin' MCin' is believin [01:25.12]That you can host a ceremony [01:26.44]And the dough is never phony [01:27.70]In fact it's quite therapeutic [01:28.99]Like B12 hypodermic needle [01:30.61]So shoot it [01:31.58]Lyrically elicit upstarts the explicit [01:33.39]Most wicked seven digit mic wizard [01:35.56]My tongue lash out and strike [01:37.36]With it just slightly might miss it [01:39.51]When I blast through your [01:40.68]Section and district the feminine [01:42.12]From the Illadelph side [01:45.64]From the New York side [01:48.70]To the Universal Side [01:50.62]C'mon c'mon [01:52.62]From the Illadelph side [01:55.33]From the New York side [01:57.68]To the Universal to the Universal [01:59.52]C'mon c'mon [02:00.84]In my formitive years by [02:01.93]My peers I was influenced [02:03.33]Until the instruments of time [02:05.09]Killed the congruent [02:06.45]I peeped the blue prints on [02:07.75]How to make true sense of MC's [02:09.30]Which are a nuisance I know just [02:10.97]What to do since I'm on another lev [02:12.66]Brothers is fakin' jacks and [02:14.05]Think they ready for the rev [02:15.61]But they got a lot to learn to [02:17.03]Make theri thoughts long term [02:18.59]'Cause on theri short [02:19.54]Cuts they made a wrong turn [02:20.64]Probably timelessly I construct the fear some [02:22.90]To rip your eardrum for many years to come [02:25.55]Professional style thinkin' rational to move wise [02:28.03]So hard it's a wonder y'all alive [02:30.09]And still breathin' niggaz is [02:31.91]Dead and not even [02:33.02]Perpetuatin' real life the sh*t kicked [02:35.11]Is real trife they fake bleedin' [02:36.75]It's obvious that they needin' attention feedin' [02:39.24]They cold actin' like heathens [02:40.59]When mics is picked up [02:42.25]Mc's scenes is kicked up [02:43.60]Like women with the gripper [02:44.83]Drinking moet 'till they hiccup [02:46.17]Fellas hustlin' picking bricks up [02:48.23]Fantasizin' about the illest stick up [02:50.27]But rip up the jam and we be truly impressed [02:52.66]On stage you won't need your tef vest [02:55.19]Only a mic with and a mic test [02:56.87]And at your best you get blessed [02:58.63]By the fans who profess [03:00.29]That they can relate with [03:01.46]The trials you tribulate [03:02.37]Or the pains you endure [03:03.72]Cause some cats is pure [03:04.91]Tell horors that are true but see cats like you [03:07.36]Y'all fake joints just to get a woo woo [03:09.73]The tear jerker you like that miracle worker [03:12.11]Whose miracle just ran out [03:13.89]I think it's time you pan out [03:15.37]Or just plain fade 'cause yo you played [03:17.57]We 'bout to drop on you like the everglades [03:20.84]From the Illadelph side from the New York side [03:26.15]To the Universal Side [03:29.54]C'mon [03:30.98]From the Illadelph side from the New York side [03:35.89]To the Universal Side [03:38.27]C'mon c'mon [03:40.15]From the Illadelph side from the New York side [03:46.16]To the Universal Side [03:48.44]C'mon [03:49.76]From the Illadelph side from the New York side [03:55.49]To the Universal Side [04:00.43]To the East coast Side to the West coast Side [04:05.94]To the Universal Side