[00:00:01] Somebody's Gotta Do It (Explicit) - The Roots/Jean Grae [00:00:03] Written by:Floyd Carso [00:00:10] Somebody's gotta be there when it gets ugly [00:00:12] Somebody's gotta be there when it gets bloody [00:00:15] Somebody's gotta get their hands Devingrty [00:00:17] Yo it's a f**ked up job but somebody's gotta do it [00:00:20] Somebody's gotta come up with a plan [00:00:22] And be there when the shit hits the fan [00:00:24] I hope y'all out there understand [00:00:27] Look man it's a f**ked up job but somebody's gotta do it [00:00:29] Yeah y'all ideal for a lyrical perfectionist [00:00:31] Raw that's what every solDevinger in my collective is [00:00:34] Thought control level is that of a gold medalist [00:00:36] My level headedness make it come off so effortless [00:00:39] The rebel is a opposite extreme of devilish [00:00:41] Back setting it with the answer to your deficit [00:00:43] My track record is hot shit consecutive [00:00:46] Smug I got game just like a record executive [00:00:48] A kiss to the feminine girls loving a gentlemen [00:00:51] A genius slash gangsta with a skill for swindling [00:00:53] Bet on black [00:00:54] Bet these cats that's all gelatin [00:00:56] Will fall back spitting them raps that's unintelligent [00:00:58] Raps that cap rabid rattling out the gattlin [00:01:00] Crippling rhymes whistling past blow you back in [00:01:02] Smelling your blood now I'm huntin [00:01:04] Blowin gyour front in for fronting what up cousin [00:01:07] Oh now it's nothing [00:01:08] Yo you can't go beyond a point of no returning [00:01:10] I flip like my name Turner [00:01:12] That's for certain nigga Ted Turner Nat Turner nigga Ike Turner [00:01:15] The raw sojourner for truth [00:01:16] The mic burner [00:01:18] Somebody's gotta be there when it gets ugly [00:01:20] Somebody's gotta be there when it gets bloody [00:01:23] Somebody's gotta get their hands Devingrty [00:01:25] Yo it's a f**ked up job but somebody's gotta do it [00:01:28] Somebody's gotta come up with a plan [00:01:30] And be there when the shit hits the fan [00:01:32] I hope y'all out there understand [00:01:34] Look man it's a f**ked up job but somebody's gotta do it [00:01:38] Mic malevolence defies violence I inherited [00:01:40] Others just renting it like rooms at the Sheraton [00:01:42] I gotta jones like Vanessa in the devil in [00:01:44] And y'all cold like a show in the Netherlands [00:01:46] Cold shoulders and frozen aortic valves [00:01:48] So I don't form pals conform to norms morals Devingfferent [00:01:51] Gifted use it to shift shit a mutant shape shifter [00:01:55] When I spit it I'm liquid [00:01:56] You could lick a million shots at the character of the body shell [00:01:59] They'll just richochette nigga aura's hard as hell [00:02:01] Before there was ain't hard to tell [00:02:03] The mic's cycle coincided right with mine as well [00:02:06] Since a minor I walked with the spine upstraight [00:02:09] I learned to rhyme to feed the Devingnner plate [00:02:11] I scraped barrel even Devingned up on wine and steaks [00:02:13] Cause in the bone same marrow that apartheid chased [00:02:16] The narrow marging with the haves and the have nots [00:02:18] Will get smaller as I approach so watch your stash box [00:02:21] Fox logo if your fave is local [00:02:22] Get bruised till you're the color of the Laker's logo [00:02:25] This is work niggas [00:02:26] Somebody's gotta be there when it gets ugly [00:02:28] Somebody's gotta be there when it gets bloody [00:02:30] Somebody's gotta get their hands Devingrty [00:02:32] Yo it's a f**ked up job but somebody's gotta do it [00:02:35] Somebody's gotta come up with a plan [00:02:37] And be there when the shit hits the fan [00:02:40] I hope y'all out there understand [00:02:42] Look man it's a f**ked up job but somebody's gotta do it [00:02:45] I made it ain't nobody believe in me [00:02:47] But this rap game is like selling coke legally [00:02:49] Ain't no innovations that takes concentration [00:02:52] Nigga's celebrating not knowing the time they wasting [00:02:54] Killing mics is one of my aesthetics