[00:-2.00]The Roots - Criminal (Feat. Truck North and Saigon)
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[00:26.41]Monday they predict the storm
[00:28.95]Tuesday they predict the bad
[00:31.27]Wednesday they cover the grass
[00:33.81]And I can see it's all about cash
[00:36.27]And they got the nerve to hunt down my ass
[00:38.78]And treat me like a criminal
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[00:41.38]Look, it is what it is
[00:42.41]Because of what it was
[00:43.69]I did what I did
[00:44.92]'Cause it does what it does
[00:46.16]I don't put nothin' above
[00:47.47]What I am, what I love
[00:48.66]My family, my blood
[00:50.10]My city and my hood
[00:51.29]Hater for the greater good
[00:52.44]I'm back from Hollywood
[00:53.75]And I ain't changed a lick
[00:55.10]Though, I know I probably should
[00:56.53]But, what I'm doin' is not a good look
[00:58.26]I never did it by the good book, as a lifetime crook
[01:02.05]All the petty crime took a toll on me
[01:04.03]I look around at my homies that's gettin' old on me
[01:06.43]But still somethin' gotta hold on me
[01:08.34]Maybe it's faith
[01:09.24]If it's comin', yo I'm willing to wait
[01:11.04]I'm not runnin', I done ran through the mud
[01:13.13]I done scrambled and such
[01:14.43]I done robbed an odd job and gambled enough
[01:16.97]Till I'm put up in handcuffs
[01:18.60]And pissin' in a cup
[01:19.55]If there's a God,
[01:20.46]I don't know if he listenin' or what
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[01:28.06]Monday they predict the storm
[01:30.60]Tuesday they predict the bad
[01:33.03]Wednesday they cover the grass
[01:35.51]And I can see it's all about cash
[01:37.99]And they got the nerve to hunt down my ass
[01:40.45]And treat me like a criminal
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[01:43.09]Yeah, it is what it is
[01:44.48]And that's how it go
[01:45.44]Get treated like a criminal
[01:46.77]If crime is all you know
[01:47.99]Get greeted like a nigga
[01:49.30]If a nigga saw your show
[01:50.61]A public enemy, to send a eye in the scope
[01:53.14]My city like a island where you can't find a boat
[01:55.63]Have you wishin' for a raft
[01:56.93]And prayin that hope flows
[01:58.26]So real ???
[02:00.84]Who lookin' for a chair and some real strong rope
[02:03.43]Just to end it all here
[02:04.81]Screamin' "f**k the mayor"
[02:06.16]He see the faces at the bottom of the welfare
[02:08.34]They act like I'm somethin' to fear
[02:10.40]Trapped in urban warfare
[02:11.52]And pullin' triggers at a college career
[02:13.22]Can't ignore the call of the wild
[02:15.03]That's drawin' 'em near
[02:16.20]Try to make fast money last long some years
[02:18.58]Try to laugh it off
[02:19.75]Still couldn't lose the tears
[02:21.25]To the rules, I will not adhere
[02:23.09]Break the law, yeah... {echoes}
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[02:29.82]Monday they predict the storm
[02:32.28]Tuesday they predict the bad
[02:34.74]Wednesday they cover the grass
[02:37.15]And I can see it's all about cash
[02:39.68]And they got the nerve to hunt down my ass
[02:42.11]And treat me like a criminal
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[02:44.84]Who wanna challenge mine?
[02:45.75]I'm sick of St. Valentine
[02:47.40]I did the violent crimes
[02:48.69]That's why I got this style of rhyme
[02:50.11]Seek repentance to spittin’ them sentences
[02:52.13]To senseless experience is the difference
[02:53.97]You can't convince this
[02:55.03]In a crime sense, niggas is infants
[02:56.61]I'm like a senior citizen
[02:58.03]Still livin' but gettin' benefits
[02:59.69]Put emphasis on hittin' my nemesis in high percentages
[03:02.69]Crooked ass cops is the reason for my belligerence
[03:05.24]And it gets deeper than that
[03:06.66]Remember nights I used to sleep wit a gat
[03:08.38]With a package of crack under my sneaker strap
[03:10.43]D's sneak attack and raid me
[03:12.11]It took a week for that
[03:13.11]Beat the rat, but you're sayin' "look, he think he the mack"
[03:15.55]F**k ya'll!
[03:16.35]Niggas who thinkin' they might try us
[03:18.13]Watch us inside riots
[03:19.28]Blue cars and light fires
[03:20.59]We already been knocked, scrutinized
[03:22.98]Plus, cops rush to brutalize us
[03:24.48]America's polluted by lust
[03:25.81]Who could I trust?
[03:26.76]If I can't trust you, then I might touch you
[03:28.99]If I ain't got love for you
[03:30.10]Then f**k you!
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[03:31.56]Monday they predict the storm
[03:34.03]Tuesday they predict the bad
[03:36.45]Wednesday they cover the grass
[03:39.01]And I can see it's all about cash
[03:41.47]And they got the nerve to hunt down my ass
[03:43.99]And treat me like a criminal
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[03:47.00]Monday they predict the storm
[03:49.41]Tuesday they predict the bad
[03:51.87]Wednesday they cover the grass
[03:54.34]And I can see it's all about cash
[03:56.88]And they got the nerve to hunt down my ass
[03:59.39]And treat me like a criminal
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