Misunderstood

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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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Exclusive, baby, The Roots
Shout out to Black Thought
Shout out to Questlove
This is featuring Erykah Badu and Tierra Whack
Funk Flex, Hot97, this right here
Hard
Wow, wow
Off that album End Game

Sometimes, I feel like I should (like I should)
Oh, they delivered
Maybe I would if I could (new Roots)
(Erykah Badu, Tierra Whack)
You know I come from the hood (this is so hard)
(Listen to the knock, listen to the knock)
That's why I'm misunderstood

Yo, one for Celia, my first and my last daughter
Two for the team taking the lead in the last quarter
Three for the impact of the African (this is crazy)
But maybe never toss the baby in law with the bath water (this is crazy)
We order, erase the limelight
Family code, keep the family close, because at any moment
You could be toast
Though the most grandiose flaws could be fixed, the Pope
If you wanna move the world, it would take different strokes
That's why since the beginning I been humble as pie
I figured I could ask the whole world to rumble, but why?
When I can follow my trajectory as one of a kind
I never lived in Illinois, so how I come from the Chi?
Get in the corner, who was born to be way more than a performer
It was formerly so vulnerable, he wore a suit of armor
What the world'll have in store for you, is tragedy and trauma
Sometimes when I started winning, I had to be the karma
You get what you ask for, Tierra go Whack, though
We the gas everybody been wearing the mask for
Get your passport, we getting off of the back porch
And my attitude has always been blacker than asphalt (woo)
When we blast off, we show 'em how production sound
With the back, forth, side to side, straight up and down
Real goddesses and goblins, high above the clouds, yeah
It's all love, but the supreme love is ours
I can't stop

Sometimes, I feel like I should (uh, it's all love)
Maybe I would if I could (I can't stop)
You know I come from the hood (ayo, it's all love)
That's why I'm misunderstood (queen)

How do I explain this?
I feel safe in the most dangerous places
Hope my death ain't painless
Pain made me who I am
And most crimes are heinous
From the dirt but I came out stainless, uh
Wipe the dust off my lap
Couple stacks, spend in Saks
They can copy the Whack
That's facts with a X, they can't stop me, I'm back
On my boom bap, dummies can't give me no dap
No handouts, my hand out reaching for soap and water
Tokens and quarters
A few grand left for my granddaughter
Flowing like I live underwater
Reporting live from the trenches
I'm just chilling in my trench coat
I don't like to vent, car covered in tint
Coming off the bench, flow hot, I knew it was meant
I read energy, so you ain't gotta give me no hints
Outside like a tent
(?) mortgage the rent
I'm still loading up, only on fifty percent
They say I sold out, that was just the event
Super intense, shining so they only can squint
Consistent content machine (this is hard)

Sometimes, I feel like I should (yes sir)
(Yeah, it's all love)
Maybe I would if I could (Funk Flex)
You know I come from the hood (ayo, it's all love)
(New Roots, featuring Erykah Badu, Tierra Whack, exclusive)
(Let's get it)
Sometimes, I feel like I should (oh yeah, nah, this is it)
(It's all love, love)
Maybe I would if I could (oh this is it, this is it)
(I can't stop)
You know I come from the hood (this thing hard)
That's why I'm misunderstood (uh, yes sir)
(Ayo)
(Ooh, ooh)

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