Thought@Work-The Roots

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[00:00.00]Thought@Work - The Roots
[00:08.46]Written by：Ahmir Questlove' Thompson/Leonard Hubbard/James Gray/Benjamin Kenney
[00:16.92]Yo where the freaks at lookin' at me
[00:19.43]You wanna see black then jump on it
[00:21.60]And to the chumps who think they might want it
[00:23.76]I might spot your ride and dump on it
[00:25.86]And send a couple of boys to that corner of yours
[00:28.05]And role out with a n**ga slumped on it
[00:30.24]You see black fall back son
[00:31.91]Me and shock up in a black regal no insurance
[00:34.55]We like D E A serving warrants
[00:36.83]So tell the freaks you know to stop whorin'
[00:39.04]We gon' grab the mics and get 'em off the wall
[00:40.92]So e'rybody in here can stop snorin'
[00:43.30]Yo where the safe money unlock it pull it out your pocket
[00:46.22]Ben Banniker Bay with the Al Morrocan
[00:48.34]Black thought on capitals like the sovereign
[00:50.57]Girls get your eyes back up out the sockets
[00:52.73]Focus flawless New York to Europe
[00:54.83]To lands where my feet ain't even touch the soil yet
[00:57.04]What a movement the rap solution
[00:58.77]It thumps so hard we got 'em world wide usin' them
[01:01.04]Tracks from black for satisfaction
[01:02.93]The role of captain played by Samuel L Jackson
[01:05.25]Yo ill insanity that's cold and morbid
[01:07.49]But when I'm in your orbit your soul absorb it
[01:09.76]A real raw n**ga won't fold or forfeit
[01:11.81]A thorough bred gonna enforce it
[01:13.57]Tariq's where the beats at
[01:14.86]And where the people out their seats at
[01:16.64]For what 'cause y'all on it
[01:18.08]I'm like Aqua man and Brown Hornet
[01:20.26]I'm like Imhotep but don't flaunt it
[01:22.44]Dog reintroducing Master Thespian
[01:25.01]Ho telling est elin est emceein
[01:27.25]F**k getting money for real get freedom
[01:29.38]Black on the grind from A M to the P M
[01:31.58]Splash up crash up the X 5 B M
[01:33.61]Motive entertainment the Philly Mob we in
[01:35.93]Weak hearts yo we not them
[01:37.53]Waddup n***a T 3 n***a Bahtem
[01:39.71]When the M ill get home we're gonna win
[01:41.79]First one to fall cats with no chin
[01:44.07]The mic the black hold remain smokin'
[01:46.11]And ladies up in the place is wide open
[01:48.11]For real know I'm talking about
[01:49.76]Pull it out your pocket
[01:50.86]Pull it out your pocket
[01:51.97]Pull it out your pocket
[01:53.11]Check it out
[01:53.77]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on
[01:56.76]Throw it on
[01:58.01]You feel this joint this is your favorite song
[02:00.95]Favorite song
[02:01.88]You at the dance hall you got it going on
[02:05.53]It's time to show it off so throw your hands up
[02:09.69]Check it out yo
[02:11.01]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on
[02:13.95]Throw it on
[02:15.33]You feel this joint this is your favorite song
[02:18.31]Favorite song
[02:18.98]You at the dance hall you got it going on
[02:22.96]It's time to show it off yall n**gas know what's up
[02:27.20]Yo here go the rapper of the year year of the rap
[02:30.21]Come from South Philly where the hammers are clapped huh
[02:32.58]Violate and you will answer to black
[02:34.26]You a thug not really there's the answer to that
[02:36.44]Lee ya boxed silly with the hands skill attack
[02:38.73]Cancel your check flip dismantle your trap huh
[02:41.32]Wanna pack can't handle your strap
[02:43.26]You a schmuck type shoot your man in the back
[02:45.48]Meanwhile I'm outstanding and I'm outspoken
[02:47.80]Wild out take fools out without joking
[02:49.94]If I run out of shots I'm going out poking
[02:52.04]On a date with sis we going out stroking
[02:54.38]And the shot is fantastic
[02:56.20]The fantastic is the romantic
[02:58.29]And to the freaks in the house if you're ready to bounce
[03:00.59]We can go to the flat then get tantric
[03:02.57]Yeah you pronounce the Tariq any questions
[03:05.28]Street hip hop I bring forth the essence
[03:07.24]You see pulling up five deep
[03:08.85]With nothing but dimes inside of my jeep
[03:11.06]I'm not arguing to get in V I P cocksucker prick
[03:14.06]Suck a dick I'ma floss for the f**k of it
[03:16.20]Girls say the baw black be on some other sh*t
[03:18.32]N**ga talk like you work for the government
[03:20.45]My words worth like Barnes Noble
[03:22.59]Spit hot flames that'll harm your vocal
[03:24.73]Spit thought name I'm a bomb your local
[03:26.90]Neighborness for a ten mile radius
[03:29.20]Well every ghetto craving this new anthem
[03:31.21]My brain unstable and I'm just too handsome
[03:33.40]I bang with the best around
[03:34.90]Who can test the ground when I finesse the sound
[03:37.11]Here come the controller
[03:37.98]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on
[03:41.06]Throw it on
[03:42.41]You feel this joint this is your new favorite song
[03:45.65]You at the dance hall you got it going on
[03:50.02]It's time to show it off so throw your hands up
[03:54.32]Check it out yo
[03:55.50]You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on
[03:58.47]Throw it on
[03:59.91]You feel this joint this is your favorite song
[04:03.04]You at the dance hall it's time to show it off
[04:07.42]You got it going on y'all n**gas know what's up
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[04:13.20]Get it work
[04:14.19]Get it f**k
[04:15.27]Get it work get up come on
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[04:20.29]Say come on uh
[04:21.79]Get it work
[04:22.85]Get it f**k
[04:23.88]Get it work get up come on
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[04:26.97]Ye
[04:27.42]Uh mmm