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Intro:
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Ladies and gentlemen
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The greatest stage show you've ever witnessed
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Appearing live, from out the 2-1-5, The Roots crew
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Verse 1:
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Big respect to the Get fresh, yes
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Have you ever seen a show and fellas on the mic
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make one minute rhymes that don't come out right
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(They bite) Aiyo, they never write (That's not polite)
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Word up, am I lyin? (Nah, you're quite right)
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Well tonight on this very mic you're about to hear
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We swear, the illest star rappers of the year
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So so, cheerio, yell, scream "Bravo"
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Also, if you didn't know it's The Roots Show
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Verse 2:
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Yo Rahzel (Wassup?), put your Wallies on
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(Yo 'Riq, I was about to but I need a shoehorn)
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Why's that? (Cos these shoes always hurt my corn)
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Six minutes, six minutes, six minutes Roots crew, you're on
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Uh uh on, uh uh on, uh uh-uh uh-uh uh uh on
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Uh uh on, uh uh on, uh uh-uh uh-uh uh uh on
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Here we go, (here we go), come on, (come on)
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Here we go, (here we go), come on, (come on)
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(Yo 'Riq, where's Malik?) Aiyo, the brother is late
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Told him the time, oh, I forgot the date
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(Man, you did it again) Oh no!
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(Here we go), come on
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(Here we go), come on
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(Here we go, did we miss the show?)
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No, no no nono, no we didn't, w-w-w-word
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No nono nono nono, no we didn't, w-w-w-word
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No we didn't, (Well don't get us wrong)
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Excuse but um, excuse but umm, excuse Roots crew you're on
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Uh uh on....
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Verse 3:
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Well it, started on-a O'Saints Avenue
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When we came up with the squad that's called The Roots crew
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It was me, Qwest Kemal, Hubbard and my man Malik-
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B, and Rahzel from the NYC
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Who used ta, scratch and sing, make sounds and things
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For example, check out this telephone ring
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*telephone ring*
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(Hello? Hello? Can I speak to Rahzel?
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(No, he's not in right now)
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Well anyway, no more delay
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Just peep out the ill my man display
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But'cha gotta be (fresh), Rahzel'll rock (fresh)
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like D-O-U-G-I-E (fresh)
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And I'm known for the.......
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and not for the........
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Rahzel the Godfather, the entertainer
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No other title could fit me plainer
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In the past generation, I am the remainder
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And I'm also known as the beatbox trainer
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Cashin cheques, makin sound effects
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After I finish rockin, Black Thought is up next
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Well here's a lil' sometin that needs to be heard
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Rah, I was headin Uptown, (Word 'Riq), word
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(Chillin) and all alone, no one to be with
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Hopped up on the train headed for 2-5th
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and saw this pretty girl (what?), so I sat beside her
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Then she went (*roar*) like she was Tony the Tiger
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I said "Oh no, there's been a mistake
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Love, my name is Black Thought, not Frostie Flakes"
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(Oh, golly wally) Well, she was raisin hell
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She said "Aah, my name is Maggie but call me Michelle"
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*something in reverse*
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Check it out, Roots crew and yeah, we rock the house, y'nahI'msayin?
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And when I'm on the mic, there won't be no delayin
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So bust a move, we show and prove
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Yo Rahzel, do that record Jam on the Groove
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Outro:
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As you can see, most definitely
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The Roots are....
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Come up Rahzel, come up Illa Del
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Come up ?UESTLOVE, and then come on up Hub
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Come up Malik B, and then behind him D
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Come up Dice Raw, the 5th Dynasty
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and Black Thought sendin out a shout to the Get Fresh Crew
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and Doug E.
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