[00:00:00] Thought@Work - The Roots [00:00:01] Written by:Ahmir Questlove' Thompson/Leonard Hubbard/James Gray/Benjamin Kenney [00:00:16] Yo where the freaks at lookin' at me [00:00:19] You wanna see black then jump on it [00:00:21] And to the chumps who think they might want it [00:00:23] I might spot your ride and dump on it [00:00:25] And send a couple of boys to that corner of yours [00:00:28] And role out with a n**ga slumped on it [00:00:30] You see black fall back son [00:00:31] Me and shock up in a black regal no insurance [00:00:34] We like D E A serving warrants [00:00:36] So tell the freaks you know to stop whorin' [00:00:39] We gon' grab the mics and get 'em off the wall [00:00:40] So e'rybody in here can stop snorin' [00:00:43] Yo where the safe money unlock it pull it out your pocket [00:00:46] Ben Banniker Bay with the Al Morrocan [00:00:48] Black thought on capitals like the sovereign [00:00:50] Girls get your eyes back up out the sockets [00:00:52] Focus flawless New York to Europe [00:00:54] To lands where my feet ain't even touch the soil yet [00:00:57] What a movement the rap solution [00:00:58] It thumps so hard we got 'em world wide usin' them [00:01:01] Tracks from black for satisfaction [00:01:02] The role of captain played by Samuel L Jackson [00:01:05] Yo ill insanity that's cold and morbid [00:01:07] But when I'm in your orbit your soul absorb it [00:01:09] A real raw n**ga won't fold or forfeit [00:01:11] A thorough bred gonna enforce it [00:01:13] Tariq's where the beats at [00:01:14] And where the people out their seats at [00:01:16] For what 'cause y'all on it [00:01:18] I'm like Aqua man and Brown Hornet [00:01:20] I'm like Imhotep but don't flaunt it [00:01:22] Dog reintroducing Master Thespian [00:01:25] Ho telling est elin est emceein [00:01:27] F**k getting money for real get freedom [00:01:29] Black on the grind from A M to the P M [00:01:31] Splash up crash up the X 5 B M [00:01:33] Motive entertainment the Philly Mob we in [00:01:35] Weak hearts yo we not them [00:01:37] Waddup n***a T 3 n***a Bahtem [00:01:39] When the M ill get home we're gonna win [00:01:41] First one to fall cats with no chin [00:01:44] The mic the black hold remain smokin' [00:01:46] And ladies up in the place is wide open [00:01:48] For real know I'm talking about [00:01:49] Pull it out your pocket [00:01:50] Pull it out your pocket [00:01:51] Pull it out your pocket [00:01:53] Check it out [00:01:53] You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on [00:01:56] Throw it on [00:01:58] You feel this joint this is your favorite song [00:02:00] Favorite song [00:02:01] You at the dance hall you got it going on [00:02:05] It's time to show it off so throw your hands up [00:02:09] Check it out yo [00:02:11] You feel this sh*t soon as they throw it on [00:02:13] Throw it on [00:02:15] You feel this joint this is your favorite song [00:02:18] Favorite song [00:02:18] You at the dance hall you got it going on [00:02:22] It's time to show it off yall n**gas know what's up [00:02:27] Yo here go the rapper of the year year of the rap [00:02:30] Come from South Philly where the hammers are clapped huh [00:02:32] Violate and you will answer to black [00:02:34] You a thug not really there's the answer to that [00:02:36] Lee ya boxed silly with the hands skill attack [00:02:38] Cancel your check flip dismantle your trap huh [00:02:41] Wanna pack can't handle your strap [00:02:43] You a schmuck type shoot your man in the back [00:02:45] Meanwhile I'm outstanding and I'm outspoken [00:02:47] Wild out take fools out without joking [00:02:49] If I run out of shots I'm going out poking [00:02:52] On a date with sis we going out stroking [00:02:54] And the shot is fantastic [00:02:56] The fantastic is the romantic [00:02:58] And to the freaks in the house if you're ready to bounce [00:03:00] We can go to the flat then get tantric [00:03:02] Yeah you pronounce the Tariq any questions [00:03:05] Street hip hop I bring forth the essence [00:03:07] You see pulling up five deep [00:03:08] With nothing but dimes inside of my jeep [00:03:11] I'm not arguing to get in V I P cocksucker prick