Songtext The show The Roots

The show

Intro:

Ladies and gentlemen
The greatest stage show youve ever witnessed
Appearing live, from out the 2-1-5, the roots crew

Verse 1:

Big respect to the get fresh, yes
Have you ever seen a show and fellas on the mic
Make one minute rhymes that dont come out right
(they bite) aiyo, they never write (thats not polite)
Word up, am I lyin? (nah, youre quite right)
Well tonight on this very mic youre about to hear
We swear, the illest star rappers of the year
So so, cheerio, yell, scream bravo
Also, if you didnt know its the roots show

Verse 2:

Yo rahzel (wassup? ), put your wallies on
(yo riq, I was about to but I need a shoehorn)
Whys that? (cos these shoes always hurt my corn)
Six minutes, six minutes, six minutes roots crew, youre on
Uh uh on, uh uh on, uh uh-uh uh-uh uh uh on
Uh uh on, uh uh on, uh uh-uh uh-uh uh uh on

Here we go, (here we go), come on, (come on)
Here we go, (here we go), come on, (come on)

(yo riq, wheres malik? ) aiyo, the brother is late
Told him the time, oh, I forgot the date
(man, you did it again) oh no!
(here we go), come on
(here we go), come on
(here we go, did we miss the show? )
No, no no nono, no we didnt, w-w-w-word
No nono nono nono, no we didnt, w-w-w-word
No we didnt, (well dont get us wrong)
Excuse but um, excuse but umm, excuse roots crew youre on
Uh uh on....

Verse 3:

Well it, started on osage avenue
When we came up with the squad thats called the roots crew
It was me, qwest kemal, hubbard and my man malik-
B, and rahzel from the nyc
Who used ta, scratch and sing, make sounds and things
For example, check out this telephone ring

*telephone ring*
(hello? hello? can I speak to rahzel?
(no, hes not in right now)

Well anyway, no more delay
Just peep out the ill my man display
Butcha gotta be (fresh), rahzelll rock (fresh)
Like d-o-u-g-i-e (fresh)
And Im known for the.......
And not for the........
Rahzel the godfather, the entertainer
No other title could fit me plainer
In the past generation, I am the remainder
And Im also known as the beatbox trainer
Cashin cheques, makin sound effects
After I finish rockin, black thought is up next

Well heres a lil sometin that needs to be heard
Rah, I was headin uptown, (word riq), word
(chillin) and all alone, no one to be with
Hopped up on the train headed for 2-5th
And saw this pretty girl (what? ), so I sat beside her
Then she went (*roar*) like she was tony the tiger
I said oh no, theres been a mistake
Love, my name is black thought, not frostie flakes
(oh, golly wally) well, she was raisin hell
She said aah, my name is maggie but call me michelle
*something in reverse*
Check it out, roots crew and yeah, we rock the house, ynahimsayin?
And when Im on the mic, there wont be no delayin
So bust a move, we show and prove
Yo rahzel, do that record jam on the groove

Outro:

As you can see, most definitely
The roots are....
Come up rahzel, come up illa del
Come up ? uestlove, and then come on up hub
Come up malik b, and then behind him d
Come up dice raw, the 5th dynasty
And black thought sendin out a shout to the get fresh crew
And doug e.