[00:00:00] Star/Pointro (Explicit) - The Roots [00:00:01] Written by:Sylvester Stewart [00:00:36] Get em up high okay yeah [00:00:47] Go all star and get down for yours [00:00:50] To the ladies in the house we proud of y'all [00:00:53] You got the Roots crew with the sound of course [00:00:56] High lift em up high okay [00:00:58] When that adrenaline get in they system [00:01:00] It get em out on a quest for stardom could be a mother f**king problem [00:01:04] In Philly cincinnati Los Angeles or Harlem [00:01:06] Kids call themselves killers let they hammers do the talkin [00:01:09] Don't even know the meaning of life ain't seen a thing [00:01:12] And you dream of flooding the scenery with yayo and greenery [00:01:14] But for now you sticking her with the heavy machinery [00:01:17] Wonder how you lift it up be only 17 [00:01:20] And like everybody he want to shine young brothers on the grind [00:01:23] Holding something in their spine bowling for columbine [00:01:25] Stressing to me how it's all about a dollar sign [00:01:28] Dig the way you out of line out of sight and out of mind [00:01:31] Up against the clock and damn near out of time [00:01:34] The Tipping Point has arrived and that's the bottom line [00:01:36] To all my peoples that are stars it's our time to shine [00:01:39] Let's get em up high c'mon [00:01:40] Go all star and get down for yours [00:01:43] To the ladies in the house we proud of y'all [00:01:46] You got the Roots crew with the sound of course [00:01:49] High lift em up high okay [00:01:52] Go all star and get down for yours [00:01:54] To the ladies in the house we proud of yall [00:01:57] You got the Roots crew with the sound of course [00:02:00] High lift em up high okay [00:02:02] Yo ain't it strange how the newspapers play with the language [00:02:05] I'm deprogramming yall with uncut slang sh*t [00:02:08] I know some peoples in the party armed and dangerous [00:02:10] Twist some cool champagne I'm going through changes [00:02:13] A grown a** man I done paid my dues [00:02:15] Learn the rules lil homey you could be one too [00:02:18] Niggas know ain't no telling what he gonna do [00:02:21] But recognize young bro I'mma do it for you [00:02:24] You know why we're all stars and we highly evolved [00:02:26] Hip hop it's not pop like kylie minogue [00:02:29] If it bang them getting busy brothers probably involved [00:02:32] In the game where everybody got a shottie to draw [00:02:35] I guess you probably a thug you boss balling or what [00:02:37] I can't call it man I got the ladies falling in love [00:02:40] Cause handsome intelligent tough I'm all the above [00:02:42] I know you knew it it's the movement [00:02:44] Groove to it while you doing it up [00:02:46] Go all star and get down for yours [00:02:48] To the ladies in the house we proud of yall [00:02:50] You got the Roots crew with the sound of course [00:02:53] High lift em up high okay [00:02:55] Go all star and get down for yours [00:02:57] To the ladies in the house we proud of y'all [00:03:01] You got the Roots crew with the sound of course [00:03:04] High lift em up high okay [00:03:06] Introducing the band you gotta see to believe [00:03:09] He got the mic in his hand so keep the heat up your sleeve [00:03:12] It's black thought he rocking sharp so the speakers'll bleed [00:03:14] I run a triathlon you wouldn't see me fatigued [00:03:17] I'm a star and maybe y'all should cop something to be [00:03:20] Or trade some of y'all equipment in for something you need [00:03:22] Cause it's a lot of b******t flooding the scene [00:03:24] Where everybody's a star and hot sh*t is few and far between [00:03:28] We Lose the grip of what garbage mean [00:03:30] Shorties want to be themselves I know it's hard to be [00:03:33] Don't want to do the ruben studdard and come off less threatening [00:03:36] Keeping it real I'll kill you if you end up letting it [00:03:38] Ain't it blowing your mind how the game all in line [00:03:41] Now the best to the rest we fin to end up setting it [00:03:44] I'd tell you that I was a veteran but it's evident [00:03:47] You act like you want it you gonna end up getting it