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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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2003

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Black Thought speaks and makes crowd respond for a minute and 15 sec.* 
 [Black Thought] 
 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 ?uestion 
 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 ?strep?, 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) see'mon (Rock-rockin it) see'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 ex-plore 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 ? 
 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 do journ, go check the translation 
 The dictionary of devout topics, far from ebonics 
 The Fifth Dynast, they can't stop it 
 Yo Zurlich why'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, see'mon 
 (Rock-rockin it) see'mon see'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) see'mon rock-rockin it, rock-rockin it 
 They go *Thought starts humming and Scratch does his thing* 
 *Crowd cheers

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