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The Roots

The Roots are an American Grammy Award-winning hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are known for a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which includes live instrumentals.Malik B., Leonard "Hub" Hubbard, and Josh Abrams were added to the band, originally called The Square Roots. more »

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Yo my definition is a lyricist for hire 
My vocal's a passport that never expire 
Crowd loud like fifty rounds of gun fire 
Screamin' out "the roots" while I balance wit the wire 
Yo, expert in this profession, the session 
In 1987, I linked up wit the question 
Eleven years later we shared crop wit Geffen 
In musical hell, but hip-hop forever heaven 
My thoughts, interwoven and deep like Beethoven 
This foul world so filled of shit it like a clogged up colon 
Swollen wit minds that got stolen 
Fake-ass cops, uncontrollable patrolmen 
Torture, blood flow like bodies of water 
Fathers sexually assaultin' they own daughter 
Out of sync, outta order like a puzzle 
In the land of the unseen hand that hold juggle 
In a game of life, yo it's hard to roll a double 
Tryin' times, take lives and separate couples 
Kids thinkin' they grown, tellin' they moms "f*ck you" 
Under they breath, livin' in the last times left 
Peep the imagery stretch across the sky like a canvas 
And we're the artists beneath vigorous rough strokes of darkness 
Time to set it off, let's spark this 
Switzerland, let's spark this!! 

We are the ultimate (rock-rockin' it) 
We are the ultimate (rock-rockin' it) 
We are the ultimate, rock-rockin' it, rock-rockin' it, rock-rockin' it 
We are the ultimate (rock-rockin' it) 
We are the ultimate louder! (rock-rockin' it) 
We are the ultimate 
(Rock-rockin' it) c'mon (rock-rockin'' it) c'mon (rock-rockin' it) 

Yo my definition is a lyricist for hire 
You couldn't have a clue, it's about to transpire 
The books I buy live arms ?I wire? 
The fifth, similar to ghetto gospel choir 
We explore the whole states plus record 
In flight buds, trip that was a prisoner in war 
Four-four the corridor, seal it, no floor 
But I could see the drop was a mile aboard 
To the bottom, electrical shock for rhymes 
I said "I don't got em", guess it kinda presented a problem 
When I understood, they said "let him go" 
I woke, during a center to London-Heathrow 
And now wit a past, fuckin' wit border patrol 
I'm findin' it out, I'm leakin' wit my people 
Hit the studio, spread this information 
In daze of frustration fogged the education 
From illa-fifth to switzerland destination 
The roots du journ, go check the translation 
The dictionary of devout topics, far from Ebonics 
The fifth dynast, they can't stop it 
Yo Zurich y'all keep it tight heed 
While the roots crew smoke weed 
Yo, we are the ultimate (rock-rockin' it) 
We are the ultimate, say what? (rock-rockin' it) 
We are the ultimate, c'mon 
(Rock-rockin' it) c'mon c'mon rock-rockin' it, rock-rockin' it 
We are the ultimate (rock-rockin it) 
We are the ultimate louder (rock-rockin' it) 
We are the ultimate louder 
(Rock-rockin' it) c'mon rock-rockin' it, rock-rockin' it

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