The Adventures in Wonderland

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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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1996

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F*ck, kill, and prosper 
Is the gospel of Wonderland, where 
Street sands, are quick
To suck you down to the abyss 
With the lure of pure bliss if you kiss the dicks 
Of the niggaz? Never, Nosferatu's 
Those witches and warlocks in blue 
Government gumshoe, keepers of the first zoo 
Who? Me?  
I'm the modern day vixen vampire slayer 
Unauthorized player, in the capitalist contest 
To see who "Gets Money" 
No milk and honey, in this land 
Cause justice has been banned 
So it's play dirty or die by the hand 
That's holding all the guns 
Plunged, deep into religion was my first decision 
To save me and my daughter's lives, but 
I can't thrive off spirit and scripture 
The picture grew clearer; I made the move to rear her 
In a life wanting for nothing 
So I got into this drug thing 
Not doing, but dealing 
Sealing fates and, healing struggle gaped, wounds 
Of the doomed became my mission 
Izm was just too small time 
I had to find the best design to 
F*ck with the massive motherfuckers minds, and pockets 
So I sold ? kits and, alleyway thigh splits for two bits 
And, five year old preschool pussy 
And, once strong now bony backs and stretched out 
Weary racks of snatch, in other words
I sold crack 
Morality was buried deep, beneath the new Jeep, 
Silk sheets and money heaps 
Still the good mother, I sent my daughter off to 
Boarding school to keep shit under cover 
All the while envisioning myself, a champion of ghetto causes 
Plus his, game I was playing, and winning 
While sinning, against myself and soul to get the gold 
I was the Female Don, the Crack Queen 
To me I seemed unstoppable, my coffers full 
I went buckwild, wanting more 
Like the pipe worn whores I began to deplore 
No time for playing with my coochie 
Counting my man's mad lucci 
While he was up inside some hoochie's loose piece 
I signed the checks and, I counted out the cash 
Wasn't saving ass for no niggaz sent upriver 
I thought my shit was tight
Til my empire started to quiver 
Taking every chance, under surveillance, being listened to 
And watched, like Assata Shakur 
My place on the top was no more sure 
Loose lips flipped the script 
The fantasy trip, swiftly ended 
It took no time to blend in, with the population prison 
My jaded vision, busted like a cherry 
Every, dream I had, now tainted bad 
I fucked and, I killed, to prosper 
Upheld each tenant, of the ghastly gospel 
Shift to a different Wonderland to pay the price for my vice 
A land of fields to toil in like slaves 
No lilies in this field just plenty of souls to save 
Plenty of fat uniformed rats with 
Below average size cocks that slither 
Through cell locks, in the night 
Lactating tits being licked, left and right 
Plenty of coochie, burning with desire 
Like black churches in the South 
Black prayers and pussy on fire 
Penned up behind barbed wire 
Me and my fellow female mammals, animals 
Bitches in cages, bodies racked with hormone rages 
Minds haunted by our children's faces 
They mace us, with promises of rehabilitation slash corruption 
Place smoking guns in empty hands of, native sisters and sons 
I joined in this nation's favorite pastime 
On a quest to gets mine 
Now I'm passing time standing on line 
In the commissary to buy Maxi-Pads 
Instead of shopping at Barney's for Chanel bags 
Nana who raised me, went to bed a-dazed 
Via my mistakes, and my daughter hates 
Me for what I did 
And I'm fucked, and I'm stuck 
Doing the Devil's bid 
Being locked in a moral corrupt crib 
Psst, missing my kid, psst, hey girl, 
You want to get finger fucked tonight? 
I swear I'll stick it in and up tight just right 

Yo sis, I've had to kill and shit 
Just blow my head pretty and I'll give you a slip 
Alright Ladies, lights out!

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