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Listen to Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide to Understanding the Roots, Vol. 1 by The Roots
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Listen to The Roots Essentials featuring The Roots
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Listen to Hip-Hop Throwback featuring The Roots
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Listen to Firsts: Virgil Abloh featuring The Roots
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Listen to Rap Heavy Hitters featuring The Roots
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Listen to Malcolm McLaren: Sampled featuring The Roots
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Listen to James Brown: Sampled featuring The Roots
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Listen to Carpool Karaoke: Episode 1 Playlist featuring The Roots
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Roots
The Roots
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jaguar
Jaguar
Composer
Ahmir Thompson
Ahmir Thompson
Composer
Tarik Trotter
Tarik Trotter
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Scott Storch
Scott Storch
Producer
The Grand Wizzards
The Grand Wizzards
Producer
Jon Smeltz
Jon Smeltz
Mixing Engineer
Richard Nichols
Richard Nichols
Mixing Engineer
Mike Lowe
Mike Lowe
Producer

Lyrics

Here's what you want right, here's what you need right We got to give you more of what you're lookin' for So it's a secret that's been pent up inside for years Exclusive type, only for your eyes and ears You held it in for so long you bursted into tears The letters spilled slowly across the page like a world premiere Well, I ain't, the bullshit begins here The obvious cause, the effects is unclear The punishment for crimes of the heart could be severe Though to keep it on the low is a heavy cross to bear You deep now, submerged with no signs of air Still your sunken heart thumpin' like the kick in a snare While on the surface it's all turnin' to a circus That's why you're nervous and you got a right to be 'Cause if somebody woulda done that shit to me I mean my best man hittin' my wife-to-be My sentiments exactly would be history, ya know what I'm sayin' My peoples in the place, let's hit it off, one, two Here's what you want right, here's what you need right We got to give you more of what you're lookin' for Yo, it's like nothin' changed, it's all the same thang The same characters in a book with different names It's a lot more to lose than you got to gain You a lot more confused than hip to the game The peep, the script of the game, the price is pain Men and women get into things, now who's to blame? When everybody whisperin' 'bout whatever took place And how the fact twist a knot with a straight face And lies, hard to swallow from the bitter taste Well, that's a point in the past that can't be erased So motivate, though it's hard to let it ride Or set aside true feelings, underhand dealings Our lost trust, I wonder if we lost us It's bigger than me and you, it's monstrous So I'ma just calm down and try to relax Before I clap [unverified] Here's what you want right, here's what you need right We got to give you more of what you're lookin' for If you could only flash back and undo our actions Change what happens, dissect the fractions A time to rewind and be recorded absenta For real cause these memories is photographic Pornographic, pushing me close to madness Head heavy like I'm trippin' on acid tablets Yesterday as I recall was all fabulous I thought so But now it feel like shots hittin' my torso Spent a lotta time and trust in the wrong place Fought a lotta fights rollin' with the wrong ace Love, stronger than pride, we could end disgrace I need room, the think and space to ventilate Was solid as a rock, shall not disintegrate Thoughts racing like the lunatics on the interstate For real ya, it's ill ya, my peoples in the place Here's what you want right, here's what you need right We got to give you more of what you're lookin' for Here's what you want right, here's what you need right We got to give you more of what you're lookin' for Here's what you want right, here's what you need right We got to give you more of what you're lookin' for ...
Writer(s): Ahmir Thompson, Scott Storch, Tarik Collins, Jacquelyn Wright, Mike Lowe Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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