BOOM !-The Roots 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 And he got the Caddie I been gladly servin Any y'all cats wanna act determined Spit pesticides for rats and vermin Seem like none of y'all chumps is learning Y'all hopeless and I'm a little better than d**e is Far from a brand new kid to show biz Tryna hold on maintain my focus Coming out a room with a could of smoke Smokers rolling with the punches I survive and rock Cause I keep the crowd alive And the texture of my voice Is course and kind of hoarse and cut Like I'm throwing a thousand knives Party people gather round what We have here is a brand new sound Reach for my waist you hit the ground You better duck when that awful sound goes Boom Thats what's happenin in the parking lot Thats what's happenin on stage The man at hand that rule the school And reach and teach the blind And find a way from A to Z And be the most to boast I'm load and proud The game and reign that remain The heat is on so feel The fire come off the empire or the More higher level of depth one step beyond d**e To suckers all scope and hope to cop a note Cause I could never let em on top of me I play em out like a game of Monopoly Let it speed around the board like an astro And send them to jail for tryna pass go Shaking them up Breaking them up Taking no stuff But it still ain't loud enough So quest love let the fire roast So I can flow and we can kill the whole show cause Party people gather round what We have here is a brand new sound Reach for my waist you hit the ground You better duck when that awful sound goes Boom Thats what's happenin in the parking lot Thats what's happenin on stage I'm live Design a finer rhyme that's right on time One step beynd and not behind the line That seperates thought from divine You can take it as a caution or a warning sign Look for antonyms Words I'm sending em Homonyms synonyms good like MM's You know the time when it's Riq Gees slicing I turn a Mic's last name into Tyson My brain like a factory constantly creating Materials stitch by stitch for decoration My lyrics one fabric the beat is a lining My passion of rhyming is fashion designing Now it get sorted cause people wanna sport it ya bought it If you didn't then you couldn't afford it Poetry full of surprises it's like a game show And my brain go I do my thing yo Party people gather round what We have here is a brand new sound Reach for my waist you hit the ground You better duck when that awful sound goes Boom Thats what's happenin in the parking lot Thats what's happenin on stage
[00:00.00]BOOM !-The Roots [00:09.939]Hold your flix I'm not for the photo op's [00:11.863]It's Black code name Yaphet Kotto ock [00:13.863]My twist like a ratchet in an auto shop [00:15.863]Since granddaddy old Desoto stopped [00:17.911]And he got the Caddie [00:19.81]I been gladly servin [00:19.928]Any y'all cats wanna act determined [00:21.774]Spit pesticides for rats and vermin [00:23.838]Seem like none of y'all chumps is learning [00:25.774]Y'all hopeless and I'm a little better than d**e is [00:27.893]Far from a brand new kid to show biz [00:30.113]Tryna hold on maintain my focus [00:31.613]Coming out a room with a could of smoke [00:33.597]Smokers rolling with the punches [00:34.877]I survive and rock [00:35.671]Cause I keep the crowd alive [00:37.501]And the texture of my voice [00:38.673]Is course and kind of hoarse and cut [00:40.455]Like I'm throwing a thousand knives [00:41.827]Party people gather round what [00:42.973]We have here is a brand new sound [00:45.765]Reach for my waist you hit the ground [00:47.732]You better duck when that awful sound goes [00:49.592]Boom [00:52.436]Thats what's happenin in the parking lot [00:55.504]Thats what's happenin on stage [00:57.454]The man at hand that rule the school [00:59.20]And reach and teach the blind [01:00.36]And find a way from A to Z [01:01.727]And be the most to boast I'm load and proud [01:03.585]The game and reign that remain [01:05.241]The heat is on so feel [01:07.147]The fire come off the empire or the [01:08.693]More higher level of depth one step beyond d**e [01:11.07]To suckers all scope and hope to cop a note [01:13.113]Cause I could never let em on top of me [01:15.915]I play em out like a game of Monopoly [01:17.714]Let it speed around the board like an astro [01:19.708]And send them to jail for tryna pass go [01:21.880]Shaking them up [01:22.392]Breaking them up [01:22.908]Taking no stuff [01:23.440]But it still ain't loud enough [01:24.846]So quest love let the fire roast [01:26.630]So I can flow and we can kill the whole show cause [01:29.192]Party people gather round what [01:30.116]We have here is a brand new sound [01:32.912]Reach for my waist you hit the ground [01:34.722]You better duck when that awful sound goes [01:36.942]Boom [01:39.600]Thats what's happenin in the parking lot [01:42.708]Thats what's happenin on stage [01:44.708]I'm live [01:45.148]Design a finer rhyme that's right on time [01:46.878]One step beynd and not behind the line [01:48.614]That seperates thought from divine [01:50.378]You can take it as a caution or a warning sign [01:52.846]Look for antonyms [01:53.442]Words I'm sending em [01:54.722]Homonyms synonyms good like MM's [01:56.362]You know the time when it's Riq Gees slicing [01:58.484]I turn a Mic's last name into Tyson [02:00.532]My brain like a factory constantly creating [02:02.458]Materials stitch by stitch for decoration [02:04.270]My lyrics one fabric the beat is a lining [02:06.410]My passion of rhyming is fashion designing [02:08.271]Now it get sorted cause people wanna sport it ya bought it [02:10.943]If you didn't then you couldn't afford it [02:12.538]Poetry full of surprises it's like a game show [02:14.456]And my brain go [02:15.538]I do my thing yo [02:16.646]Party people gather round what [02:17.582]We have here is a brand new sound [02:20.128]Reach for my waist you hit the ground [02:22.114]You better duck when that awful sound goes [02:24.222]Boom [02:26.958]Thats what's happenin in the parking lot [02:30.102]Thats what's happenin on stage
