| [00:-2.00] | The Roots - Rising Down (Feat. Mos Def and Styles P) |
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| [00:17.90] | Every anywhere heights plains peaks or valleys |
| [00:21.02] | Entrances exits vestibules and alleys |
| [00:23.90] | Winding roads that test the firm nerve |
| [00:26.60] | fortune or fatal behind the blind curve |
| [00:29.34] | The engine oil purr lights flash to a blur |
| [00:32.10] | speed work through the earth make your motor go scurrr |
| [00:35.34] | tonight at noon watch a bad moon rising |
| [00:37.72] | identities in crisis and conflict diamonds |
| [00:40.44] | blindin staring at lights till they cryin |
| [00:43.32] | bone gristle popping from continuous grindin |
| [00:46.23] | grapes of wrath in a shapely glass |
| [00:48.72] | ingredients influential on your ways and acts |
| [00:51.50] | zero tolerance to raise the tax |
| [00:53.54] | it don't matter how your gates is latched |
| [00:55.79] | you aint safe from the danger jack |
| [00:57.41] | made it way before they made the map |
| [00:59.86] | or a GPS this is DEF leader |
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| [01:03.51] | I know where I'm goin even when its dark and being led down that road |
| [01:07.99] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [01:09.28] | you don't see that somethings wrong earth's spinnin outta control |
| [01:13.44] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [01:14.61] | Everything's for sale even souls someone get God on the phone |
| [01:19.04] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [01:20.47] | Northside nigga Southside |
| [01:22.23] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [01:23.14] | shits poppin off Worldwide |
| [01:25.06] | Hello hello hello hello... |
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| [01:26.05] | Between the greenhouse gases and earth spinnin off its axis |
| [01:28.76] | got mother nature doin back flips the natural disasters |
| [01:32.33] | its like 80 degrees in Alaska you in trouble if u not an Onasis |
| [01:36.36] | it aint hard to tell that the conditions is drastic |
| [01:39.34] | just turn on the telly check for the news flashin |
| [01:42.16] | how you want it bagged paper or plastic |
| [01:44.31] | lost in translation or just lost in traffic |
| [01:46.95] | yo I dont wanna floss I done lost my passion |
| [01:49.89] | and I ant trying to climb yo i lost my traction |
| [01:52.67] | they makin me break my contents under pressure |
| [01:55.65] | do not shake I'm workin while the boss relaxin |
| [01:58.25] | here come Mr. tax man he leavin a fraction give me back some |
| [02:02.01] | matter fact next pay check it's like that son |
| [02:04.91] | I'll f**k around and have to hurt a few men |
| [02:07.35] | They probably chalk it up as a disturbing new trend hello |
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| [02:10.93] | I know where I'm goin even when its dark and being led down that road |
| [02:15.19] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [02:16.47] | you don't see that somethings wrong earth's spinnin outta control |
| [02:20.70] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [02:21.97] | Everything's for sale even souls someone get God on the phone |
| [02:26.33] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [02:27.75] | Northside nigga Southside |
| [02:29.50] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [02:30.56] | shits poppin off Worldwide |
| [02:32.26] | Hello hello hello hello... |
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| [02:33.70] | Should I say hello or should I say that hell is low |
| [02:36.59] | And my nigga are niggero I'm an African American |
| [02:41.08] | They sell drugs in the hood but the man he move the medicine |
| [02:44.25] | He'll prescribe you Augmen for everything |
| [02:47.15] | a little stuffy nose tell you get some Claritin |
| [02:50.07] | you know I'm hip to it and its hard to claim the land |
| [02:53.16] | when my great great great grands were shipped to it |
| [02:55.76] | look at technology they call it downloading |
| [02:58.82] | I call it downsizing somebody follow me |
| [03:01.12] | Does a computer chip have an astrology |
| [03:03.76] | And when it f**k up could it give you an apology |
| [03:06.59] | Could it |
| [03:07.18] | Should it say hello or should it say goodbye |
| [03:09.89] | Try to understand how smart and how hood am I, It don't matter though |
| [03:13.91] | until we learn that the world don't turn right ,we all oughta the scatter though |
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| [03:18.36] | I know where I'm goin even when its dark and being led down that road |
| [03:22.36] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [03:23.90] | you don't see that somethings wrong earth's spinnin outta control |
| [03:28.05] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [03:29.33] | Everything's for sale even souls someone get God on the phone |
| [03:33.53] | Hello hello hello hello... |
| [03:37.17] | Hello hello hello hello... |
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