所属专辑:Home Grown! The Beginners Guide to Understanding the Roots, Vols. 1 and 2
歌手: The Roots
时长: 05:52
Get 'em up high[00:00:14]
Okay[00:00:17]
Yeah[00:00:22]
Go all star[00:00:23]
And get down for yours[00:00:29]
To the ladies in the house[00:00:35]
Be proud of yours[00:00:37]
You got the[00:00:38]
Roots crew with the sound of course[00:00:39]
High[00:00:41]
Lift 'em up high[00:00:41]
Okay[00:00:43]
When that adrenaline get in they system[00:00:43]
It get 'em out on a quest for stardom[00:00:45]
Could be a motherf**kin' problem in philly[00:00:47]
Cincinatti[00:00:49]
Los angeles or harlem[00:00:49]
Kids call theyself killers let they hammers do the talkin'[00:00:51]
Don't even know the meaning of life[00:00:54]
Ain't seen a thing[00:00:56]
And you dream of floodin' the scenery with[00:00:56]
Llello and greenery[00:00:58]
But for now[00:00:59]
You stickin' her with the heavy machinery[00:01:00]
Wonder how[00:01:02]
You lift it up[00:01:02]
Be only 17[00:01:04]
And like e'rybody he wanna shine[00:01:04]
Young brothers on the grind[00:01:06]
Holdin' somethin' in they spine[00:01:07]
Bowling for columbine[00:01:08]
Stressin' to me how it's all about a dollar sign[00:01:10]
Dig the way you out of line[00:01:12]
Out of sight and out of mind[00:01:14]
Up against the clock and d**n near out of time[00:01:15]
The tipping point has arrived[00:01:17]
And that's the bottom line[00:01:19]
To all my peoples that's stars[00:01:20]
It's our time to shine[00:01:21]
Let's get 'em up high[00:01:23]
C'mon[00:01:24]
Go all star[00:01:25]
And get down for yours[00:01:26]
To the ladies in the house[00:01:27]
Be proud of yours[00:01:29]
You got the[00:01:30]
Roots crew with the sound of course[00:01:31]
High[00:01:33]
Lift 'em up high[00:01:33]
Okay[00:01:35]
Go all star[00:01:35]
And get down for yours[00:01:36]
To the ladies in the house[00:01:38]
Be proud of yours[00:01:39]
You got the[00:01:40]
Roots crew with the sound of course[00:01:41]
High[00:01:43]
Lift 'em up high[00:01:44]
Okay[00:01:45]
Yo[00:01:45]
Ain't it strange how the newspapers play with the language[00:01:46]
I'm deprogrammin' y'all with uncut slang s**t[00:01:48]
I know some peoples in the party armed and dangerous[00:01:51]
Twist some cool champagne[00:01:53]
I'm goin' through changes[00:01:55]
A grown a*s man[00:01:56]
I done paid my dues[00:01:57]
Learn the rules lil' homey[00:01:59]
You could be one too[00:02:00]
N***az know[00:02:01]
Ain't no tellin' what he gon' do[00:02:02]
But recognize young bruh[00:02:03]
I'ma do it for you[00:02:05]
You know why[00:02:06]
We all stars and we highly evolved[00:02:07]
Hip hop[00:02:09]
It's not pop like kylie minogue[00:02:09]
If it bang[00:02:11]
Them gettin' busy brothers probably involved[00:02:12]
In the game[00:02:14]
Where everybody got a shottie to draw[00:02:15]
I guess you probably a thug[00:02:16]
You boss ballin' or what[00:02:18]
I can't call it man[00:02:19]
I got the ladies fallin' in love[00:02:20]
'Cause handsome[00:02:22]
Intelligent[00:02:22]
Tough[00:02:23]
I'm all the above[00:02:23]
I know you knew it it's the movement[00:02:24]
Groove to it while you doin' it up[00:02:26]
Go all star[00:02:27]
And get down for yours[00:02:28]
To the ladies in the house[00:02:29]
Be proud of yours[00:02:31]
You got the[00:02:32]
Roots crew with the sound of course[00:02:33]
High[00:02:35]
Get 'em up high[00:02:35]
C'mon[00:02:36]
Go all star[00:02:37]
And get down for yours[00:02:37]
To the ladies in the house[00:02:40]
Be proud of yours[00:02:41]
You got the[00:02:42]
Roots crew with the sound of course[00:02:43]
High[00:02:45]
Get 'em up high[00:02:46]
C'mon[00:02:47]
Introducin' the band you gotta see to believe[00:02:48]
He got the mic in his hand[00:02:50]
So keep the heat up your sleeve[00:02:51]
It's black thought[00:02:53]
He rockin' sharp so the speakers'll bleed[00:02:54]
I run a triathalon[00:02:56]
You wouldn't see me fatigued[00:02:57]
I'm a star[00:02:58]
And maybe y'all should cop somethin' to be[00:02:59]
Or trade some of y'all equipment in for somethin' you need[00:03:01]
'Cause it's a[00:03:03]
Lot of b******t floodin' the scene[00:03:04]
Where everybody's a star[00:03:05]
And hot s**t is few and far between[00:03:07]
We lose the grip of what[00:03:09]
Garbage mean[00:03:10]
Shorties wanna be theyself[00:03:11]
I know it's hard to be[00:03:12]
Don't wanna do the ruben studdard and come off less threatenin'[00:03:13]
Keepin' it real'll kill you if you end up lettin' it[00:03:16]
Ain't it blowin' your mind how the game all in line[00:03:19]
Now the best[00:03:21]
To the rest[00:03:22]
We fin' to end up settin' it[00:03:23]
I'd tell you that I was a veteran but it's evident[00:03:24]
You act like you want it[00:03:27]
You gon' end up gettin' it[00:03:28]
Go all star[00:03:29]
And get down for yours[00:03:30]
To the ladies in the house[00:03:32]
Be proud of yours[00:03:33]
You got the[00:03:34]
Roots crew with the sound of course[00:03:35]
High[00:03:37]
Lift 'em up high[00:03:38]
C'mon[00:03:39]
Go all star[00:03:39]
And get down for yours[00:03:41]
To the ladies in the house[00:03:42]
Be proud of yours[00:03:43]
You got the[00:03:44]
Roots crew with the sound of course[00:03:45]
High[00:03:47]
Get 'em up high[00:03:48]
Okay[00:03:49]
Go all star[00:03:50]
And get down for yours[00:03:52]
Young ladies in the house[00:03:55]
Be proud of yours[00:04:10]
You got the[00:04:13]
Roots crew with the sound of course[00:04:19]
High[00:04:21]
Uh huh high[00:04:23]
C'mon[00:04:25]
Everybody is a star[00:04:29]
Everybody is a star[00:04:34]
Everybody is a star[00:04:39]
Everybody is a star[00:04:50]
I love you for who you are[00:04:52]
Every bit of you's a falling star[00:05:00]
Everybody is a star[00:05:06]
Everybody is a star[00:05:10]
Everybody wants to shine[00:05:21]