[00:00:00] Ital (The Universal Side) (explicit Album Version) - The Roots [00:00:03] From the Illadelph side [00:00:06] From the New York side [00:00:09] To the Universal Side [00:00:13] From the Illadelph side [00:00:15] From the New York side [00:00:19] From the Universal Side [00:00:21] Abstract [00:00:22] I wanna be able to reach an MC [00:00:24] And reach a little child in the same degree [00:00:26] And my elders excel [00:00:27] I mean what the hell [00:00:28] We might as well bridge these gaps [00:00:30] In all before we fall in the fire [00:00:32] It's a million mc's upon a [00:00:33] Plan they call real tryin' to set it [00:00:34] Profess mic techniques illegit [00:00:36] Inaccurate perceptions of reality embedded [00:00:39] In their minds thus their rhymes are discredited [00:00:41] Check it out man [00:00:42] I use my music implemented [00:00:43] With jewels export tools [00:00:44] To inspire all those too cool [00:00:46] Fools who say screw school [00:00:47] 'Cause they don't see the conspiracy [00:00:49] That's put here to trap you and me [00:00:50] You think you can get it [00:00:51] Y'all know the battle lieutenant [00:00:52] Be on some whole 'nother [00:00:53] Other finesse genetic [00:00:55] They say I get it from my [00:00:56] Mother so it's inhereditary [00:00:57] And very necessary to shine [00:00:59] Legendarily heavily refined [00:01:01] Contemporaries like The [00:01:03] Roots is so radit's like dage [00:01:04] Which bag did they come out of [00:01:06] And how can I get in it to win [00:01:07] It like a raffle ticket pick [00:01:09] And if you feelin' something [00:01:10] Guess who gets the sticking [00:01:11] I got this Ital style up close and personal [00:01:13] The first of all I violate I shall retaliate [00:01:16] We on point like decimal abstract now [00:01:22] MCin' while I'm breathin' MCin' is believin [00:01:25] That you can host a ceremony [00:01:26] And the dough is never phony [00:01:27] In fact it's quite therapeutic [00:01:28] Like B12 hypodermic needle [00:01:30] So shoot it [00:01:31] Lyrically elicit upstarts the explicit [00:01:33] Most wicked seven digit mic wizard [00:01:35] My tongue lash out and strike [00:01:37] With it just slightly might miss it [00:01:39] When I blast through your [00:01:40] Section and district the feminine [00:01:42] From the Illadelph side [00:01:45] From the New York side [00:01:48] To the Universal Side [00:01:50] C'mon c'mon [00:01:52] From the Illadelph side [00:01:55] From the New York side [00:01:57] To the Universal to the Universal [00:01:59] C'mon c'mon [00:02:00] In my formitive years by [00:02:01] My peers I was influenced [00:02:03] Until the instruments of time [00:02:05] Killed the congruent [00:02:06] I peeped the blue prints on [00:02:07] How to make true sense of MC's [00:02:09] Which are a nuisance I know just [00:02:10] What to do since I'm on another lev [00:02:12] Brothers is fakin' jacks and [00:02:14] Think they ready for the rev [00:02:15] But they got a lot to learn to [00:02:17] Make theri thoughts long term [00:02:18] 'Cause on theri short [00:02:19] Cuts they made a wrong turn [00:02:20] Probably timelessly I construct the fear some [00:02:22] To rip your eardrum for many years to come [00:02:25] Professional style thinkin' rational to move wise [00:02:28] So hard it's a wonder y'all alive [00:02:30] And still breathin' niggaz is [00:02:31] Dead and not even [00:02:33] Perpetuatin' real life the sh*t kicked [00:02:35] Is real trife they fake bleedin' [00:02:36] It's obvious that they needin' attention feedin' [00:02:39] They cold actin' like heathens [00:02:40] When mics is picked up [00:02:42] Mc's scenes is kicked up [00:02:43] Like women with the gripper [00:02:44] Drinking moet 'till they hiccup [00:02:46] Fellas hustlin' picking bricks up [00:02:48] Fantasizin' about the illest stick up [00:02:50] But rip up the jam and we be truly impressed [00:02:52] On stage you won't need your tef vest [00:02:55] Only a mic with and a mic test [00:02:56] And at your best you get blessed [00:02:58] By the fans who profess