I'm from the land of them straight razor face beard niggas With hammers on their waist, yeah, waste rare niggas And I race scared niggas, them snake head niggas...

[Black Thought] Yeah yeah yeah, yes I, no doubt yes I (P-5-D) Check it out, yo yo Areegato, to all my people in Japan Whether you rockin Cartier or Pierre Carda...

What? Hip-Hop y'all, to the top y'all Hip-Hop check it out It's like that, and it sounds so nice Hip-Hop, you the love of my life We bout to take it to the to t...

You are all We don't even come to see our own, man Listen, Freddy, listen If we had to depend upon black people to eat, We would starve to death You've been out...

B>[Featuring Beanie Seagal, Dice Raw] [Scratch - intro] [Chorus] Once again, 'gain Once again, 'gain Once again, 'gain, 'gain Ladies and Gentlemen Once again, ...

[Black Thought - amidst ad libbing voices] What the fuck, what what what? Nuttin new, nuttin new What? Nuttin new check Nuttin new, nuttin new, y'all not sayin...

(feat Jack Davey) [Intro / Chorus: Jack Davey - singing] As I wait for atonement Trapped in the heat of the moment Feelin like I can't control it As I wait fo...

[Black Thought] Slow down when you're hitting them corners Fuck around, spill this 'gnac on my two hundred dollar suit (stop being a backseat driver man) (turn...

Hold your flix, I'm not for the photo op's It's Black, code name Yaphet Kotto ock My twist like a ratchet in an auto shop Since granddaddy old Desoto stopped an...

Chorus 2X: Musiq] I'm comin ta break you off(beat startedstart-started) I'm comin ta break you off(beat startedstart-started) I'm comin ta break you off(beat st...

[Black Thought] Yeah, sitting in the staircase, holding back tears Looking over mad years worth of photographs Pictures of some places I ain't never going back...

Yeah, to all the Jim Carrey ass large co-op KnowhatI'msayin? Large co-op, what the fuck? To the clones, we bless the domes Blow the vial, you know my style, lar...

Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust (8X) Chorus: Black Thought (4X) It's Common Dust y'all, and you don't stop For you to trust y'all, with real hip-hop [Black ...

(Jill Scott) I've been wondering about the Complexity Of what we have it shouldn't be More Just can't see More (Black Thought) You're physically in this, but ho...

(feat Saigon, Truck North) [Chorus] Monday they predict the storm Tuesday they predict the bad Wednesday they cover the grass And I can see it's all about cas...

Datskat! I know you dig it when I kick it baby! (4X) Di-bi-dis-banks, hip-flip-a-didip-didim-dow-hound You wonder bout the sweat pon my brow, formulatin nouns ...

[Intro:] Dear God, I'm trying hard to reach you Dear God, I see your face in all I do Sometimes, it's so hard to believe it... But God, I know you have your rea...

[Dice Raw] Yo, look at all the scavengers All wannabe contenders Dismember, wack niggaz I intend ta Y'all ain't shit but sticky shit on the bottom of Timber-lan...

Verse One: Malik Yo, I'm every MC, it's all in me That's the way it is, when ya gotta be Indeed as I distort I proceed, I need Gettin hotter than sacks of boom...

Black Thought: Well I'm a fly Philly nigga, finger on the trigga MCs repent from sins, God's comin again Original (what?), visionary individual Original (what?)...

[Chorus: John Legend] I keep it doin' it again Oh, I'm doin' it again Yes, I'm doin' it again I said it would end [Black Thought] Uh, remix, rising up out of ...

[Chorus] It don't feel right, it don't feel right It don't feel, it don't feel, I can't feel it no more It don't feel right, it don't feel right It don't feel,...

[Verse 1 - Black Thought] Yeah! That all mighty amazing, ill, highly contagious Kamikaze south splash like it shot from a gauge Until your body sound clash Hea...

[Black Thought] Uh, what what, yo yo P-5-D uncut Check it out, yo yo, S-P uncut Yo yo, what P-5-D uncut, yeah yeah it's that Philly shit Yo yo, check it out, y...

* about 35 seconds of ad libs * [Black Thought] We go wow, ba-da-da-dow-da-dah-ow Either stand tall, just sit the fuck down All the way from the 2-1-5th to Bu...

[Black Thought] Yea we gettin' ready to break y'all it's winner take all The game is locked we down to the eight ball The time is now, it ain't nothin' to wait...

[Black Thought] Uh uh, come on, S-P in the Up north into the NYC and the out West And to niggas in Cali and the Down South type dynamite What, yo yo come on dy...

Better believe---- it cause it is co --- min ------ You wan't believe the site you see before eyes --- You wan't believe the site you see before eyes --- [Blac...

BASS CHECK 1-2 KEYS CHECK 1-2 DRUMS CHECK 1-2 Its The Roots, Now what we want y'all to do is sit back y'all, and just relax y'all, Sit back y'all, and just rela...

[Chorus] America's lost somewhere inside of Littleton Eleven million children are on Ritalin That's whay I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin False media, we ...

[Black Thought] Yo yo, what the fuck, give us space See ya'll up in the place and shit, fuck Yo we 'bout to set it We got my man DJ Cash Money on the one and t...

(feat Malik B) [Chorus A 4X] This is a game I'm your specimen You've got to let me know baby So I can go, I'd have to fake it I could not make it You could no...

(feat Dice Raw, Peedi Peedi) [Verse 1-Black Thought] Look, my squad half-Mandrill, half-Mandela My band 'bout seventy strong just like Fela Yeah, part Melle-M...

~~Verse 1~~ When I'm looking at you, I keep thinkin' Why can't she be like you So I'm scheming, I can't go through this, believeing, that her love is true Stand...

f/ Amel Larrieux Chorus [Amel Larrieux] You live, you die And spend the years in between asking the question Why you've been through what you been You lose, yo...

[?uestlove] Peace to all the hip cats, all the nappy sweets This is the BROther ?uestion, broadcasting live via satellite, from the Never Never Tunnels Now dig...

Yo Malik Blunt [B] Whassup? Tell me how you like your grits man [B] Man I like ALL KINDS of grits son I just don't like them sticky grits Word, that was trippy ...

Yeah it would be cool it could be too Stop Running round in circles off of what we fuel Living a lie eventually believing it's true A lot of people here for us ...

[Chorus 2X] He said yeah You better come out with your hands up We got you surrounded I'm in the back Changin my outfit He said blink We gonna send the hounds ...

Uh, uh uh, uh-huh [Chorus 1: Dice Raw] Out on the streets, where I grew up First thing they teach us, not to give a fuck That type of thinking can't get you no...

Same story, same target, different time Cyclical reaction from the prisoners of the bilnd Trying to fight time, it's a battle of the mind Waiting for redemption...

(Feat Malik B, Mercedes Martinez, Porn) [Hook - Mercedes Martinez] I, I, I Can't Help It, I, I, I Can't Help It I Can't Help It, I Can't Help It I Can't Help ...

[Chorus: sung 2X] I don't care, as long as the bassline's pumpin The drumline bangin away Make one move and I'll blow you away One false move and I'll blow you...

I remain calm, lyrically I got the bomb when you put me on, I remain calm (repeat 4X) [Malik B] It's the 'I remain calm' but for jurge to erk Come out my humbl...

[Verse 1: Black Thought] I drew a 2 of hearts from a deck of cards A stock trick from my empty repertoire Another hopeless story never read at all I'm better o...

(feat Dice Raw, PORN, Talib Kweli) [Chorus: (Dice Raw) Talib Kweli] (I will not apologize) I will not apologize (I will not apologize) I will not apologize Thi...

[Black Thought] Uhh the molecular mass Of that rhythmic ass grass Is organic hip-hop jazz That you are all about to witness Groovy units check it owwwwt The n...

(feat Malik B, Porn) [Black Thought] Yeah, I'm from the illest part of the Western Hemisphere So if you into sight seein don't visit there It's somewhere betw...

Featuring Dice Raw Hook: All the crimes of hate just ain't the size and shape You can walk don't the block and get slumped or knocked Dig it, this world is fil...

Over the globe again from the realm of illadelph The planet overwhelmed yo just brace yaself Ya wanna go against me first face yaself i pose threat To whoever w...

featuring Q-Tip Verse One: Q-Tip I wanna be able to reach an mc and reach a little child in the same degree And my elders excel I mean what the hell we might ...

[Hook] Come get your kool on Stars are made to shine [X4] Stars are made to shine [Verse 1: Greg Porn] I'm in the double G, three-piece tux Screaming dressed ...

Chorus It's a lazy afternoon (Summertime, as I recline, lay back and relax, let the sun shine) Verse 1 [Black Thought] Consider this a message to my mellow ...

Black Thought] From The Never Never Tunnels via satellite Ceremonies be commencing in the candlelight Yo is I is up in the res-in-iduals tonight Absolutely beca...

If you can't swizzim then ya bound to drizzown Passing out life jackets bout to go didown Get down with the captain or go down with the ship Before the dark aby...

*after 2 minutes of talking* [Bobbito] Yo so let's get the mic burned, open it up [Black Thought] Yes I, check it out It's like, you listen to the musician ...

(feat John-John) [Intro / Chorus: John-John: repeat 2X] Turn up the boombox, put on your hightops Come on outside, today's gon' be the day we Start livin in t...

[Chorus] Oooh It's been a long time Since I been back around the way It's been a long time Let it spin let spin let it spin Since I been back around your way I...

[Verse 1: Big K.R.I.T] I did it all for the money, Lord That's what it seems... Well, in the world of night terrors it's Hard to dream, cash rules everything J...

[Black Thought] Yin for yang I walk on a line Between ghetto slang and stimulation of the mind Life is a labyryth for dollars and cents As I quest for cream, t...

BlackThought] One two Yes, The Roots layin back, rela-xin Coolin out with my man Malik B we call him Sla-xon YaknowhatI'msayin? We in effect Mo like Al B Sure, ...

Alright 100 grand says i get it in one take She want to know if we can be together Even if it aint gonna be forever But it can only be for one night The only t...

Chorus: 2X (first time a capella) Somebody scream bloody murder, inside of my head The exuctioner's plot controlled by the feds Take illegal action, they want M...

Malik B] Check it out, one two M-illi-tant I be the, alias Malik B Internationale rationale All the people up 68th Ave and across Broad Street or Silk Lane in S...

[Power of calling] He sat below it and listen in, Listen in to all what it told And at the time come that unknown Come from nowhere and behind no one His lips...

Black Thought: I woke up in the darkness at 12:17to shots and sirenes Look out the window, peep the high beams Now they searchin, the cops lookin for the person...

Black Thought] It looks like another one's comin around (3X) So the Black Thought gots to get down y'all, yeah * in background: "Pass the what? (Pass the popco...

[Black Thought] Peaceful minds in a land of war Seek peace of mind, through mental peacefulness Peacefulness, peacefulness, peace-ful-ness is in the mind of the...

Black Thought] Pass the what? Pass the popcorn (8X) Yo, I wrote this, basement, Never Never Tunnel type portion Just to accompany some audio distortion Bust th...

Just think, what if you could just, just blink yourself away? Just think, what if you could just, just blink yourself away? Jeff X can rock the mic with tooth d...

welcome to The Roots, The Roots Check it, check it, Black Thought, is in the house and uhh, Malik B, is in the house We're groovin out, yes in the house *disco...

Rock on, to the break of dawn Freak on to the early morn Khadafi and Sue-kwon, you got it goin on To my man Big Shawn, you got it goin on, now, yo You got The R...

Here we go Heh heh here we go Heh, heh heh, heh heh, heh here we go Heh heh, heh heh, heh heh, here we go Heh heh, heheheheh, here we go Heh heh, heh heh, heh h...

All the way live, from two-one-five (3x) kid, two-one-five, two-one-five What? Black Thought in the house Representin the Roots, y'all know how we do Proceed B...

Dancin on the dance floor Girl it's you that I adore Step on stage and scream for more All I see Pussy Galore Snap my fingers make you mine If not I'll snap a 2...

[Chorus] Don't stop (uh don't stop yo) Tonight (cheeba cheeba yo, soul shock yo) (Give it everything you got yo) (Once again it's time, it's time) It's time to ...

[Dice Raw] And the radio daze kept us in the dark And the satellite age brings us to the light Some feeling the pitch, some feeling the bite They ain't ready t...

(B Bonvoisin N Krief M Chemlek) J'ai rod pas mal de jours dans ta cour Tu m'as sduit, je voulais te faire l'amour Ceux qui vivaient dans tes envies rock and r...

[Light faded voice of Black Thought] Cause when I put rhymes in they minds yo For all y'all folks who were hopin and wishin and I can assault, tryin'a take my ...

(Feat Dice Raw, Mos Def, Styles P) Hello hello hello hello Hello hello hello hello Hello hello hello hello Hello hello hello hello [Mos Def] Every anywhere h...

[Chorus] Rock you {*repeat 6X* Come on {*repeat 2X* Aiyyo y'all rappers less play, what I'm about to say Will probably hit y'all niggas in a real strange way ...

[Chorus: Kweli & Dice Raw] Downtown everybody move to the beat Uptown everybody moving the heat Cross-town the party where both sides meet Eastside, westside, ...

f/ Aphillyation Yo I trash you, smash you from the state's capital All you see is flashing lights A whole community ready to fight One thousand MC's attack the...

[Verse One: Black Thought] Listen, I got you phobic off of this like arachnids Drastic, it ain't plastic it's Pro-Blackness Grown man tactics, no pediatrics the...

Chorus: Black Thought: (2X) You can't front, we comin with the shots to pump We got more cuz it's what you want Thump it in your section and throughout your sec...

[Verse 1: Black Thought] Knocked up 9 months ago And what she finna have she don't know She want neo-soul, cause hip-hop is old She don't want no rock-n-roll S...

Intro/Chorus: repeat 2X Girl you know that you need to stop givin' me the silent treatment baby Can't you see what you mean to me? I wanna love you constantly,...

[Chorus - Dice Raw] Days are living fast, moves in misery You got a song you wanna sing for me Sing a song, singing man Sing a song, singing man Sing another s...

[Verse 1: Aaron Livingston] Like when autumn leaves fall Down from the trees There goes, my honey bee I've lost a lot of sleep to dreams And I do not miss them...

[Hook:] Somebody's gotta be there when it gets ugly Somebody's gotta be there when it gets bloody Somebody's gotta get their hands dirty Yo, it's a fucked up j...

In town x3 Something in the way of things Something that will quit and won't start Something you know but can't stand Can't know get along with Like death Ridin...

[40 seconds of instrumental to start] [Black Thought] Get 'em up high - okay, yeah [Chorus] Go all-star, and get down for yours To the ladies in the house, ...

[Black Thought] Bass for your face, highs for your eyes Don't blink, Black Ink has arrived, all rise Rudebwoys keep dem thing at your side, be alright Muh'fuck...

Chorus: repeat 4X Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart [Malik B] Yo, I walk a-cross this, world that...

Black Thought: It's a frantic situation(x7) Common: Extra salty cuz whoever beat me, got me for this 31-inch And this Alpha Bailey jacket I had just bought me ...

[Just Blaze] It's about flesh and blood It's about heart beat that beats strong It's about passion That's unyielding And I want you men to know today It is you...

PUNISHER -- Ay-yo my murderous rap verbal attack is actual fact Tactical tracks match perfectly with graphical stats Half a you lack the magical dap of tragical...

MC's who slept for days, must be swept away (4X) [Malik B] The rhythm just sways, and like a sorceress I slays foes, and ri-vals, who wanna come this way, the...

[Part One] [Black Thought] *Background* Is this fast or normal speed? Yea, knawsayin?, yea, Table of Contents Fuckin wit it, one two, it's the Table of Conten...

[Part Two] [Malik B] It' the R-to the, double-O to the, T-S an' Yo yo, it's the R to the, double-O to the, T-S an' yo When I strike to excite, I just aim, I n...