[00:-2.00]The Roots - Rising Up (Feat. Wale and Chrisette Michele)
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[00:00.64]Yesterday I saw a B-girl crying,
[00:02.87]yesterday I saw a B-girl crying
[00:05.25]I walked up and asked what's wrong,
[00:07.68]she told me that the radio's been playing the same song all day long
[00:12.11]so I told her I got something you've been waiting for,
[00:15.32]I got something you've been waiting for
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[00:23.14]Yesterday I saw a B-girl crying,
[00:25.39]I walked up and asked what's wrong, she told me that
[00:28.48]the radio's been playing the same song all day long
[00:32.62]So get your glass lift it up in the toast position
[00:34.96]We getting paper like John Travolta get it
[00:37.49]Cause we focused wit it we supposed to get it
[00:39.97]You know me and my whole squad we so committed
[00:42.48]We not the kids coolin out on the sofa wit it
[00:44.96]We about to dominate the globe like Oprah did it
[00:47.57]We getting paper like John Travolta nigga
[00:50.02]Well I'm a downtown shoota who that?
[00:52.20]The crown ruler is back
[00:53.43]He congruent to the shape of a mack
[00:55.16]Look how I do it yo I'm takin you back
[00:57.02]This how you rise down to the foundation how sacred is that?
[01:00.22]I'm from the number one place on the map
[01:02.23]The generational gap with yet another sensational track
[01:05.24]And we don't stress for nothing I just press the button
[01:07.93]It's as simple as just makin it hap
[01:09.69]To all the frauds stop fakin relax
[01:11.74]And to the broads if you cakin
[01:13.61]Then clap then shake it without breakin your back
[01:15.55]I know the world been waitin for that you been aching fa that
[01:18.20]Cause what they playin on the station is wack
[01:20.25]And I'm a legend in the flesh that dress to impress
[01:23.03]The best is that which I accept and nothing less
[01:25.55]My stacks is grotesque my squad is so fresh
[01:28.01]You know its Black Thought and your boy the Bro Quest, But
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[01:31.36]Yesterday I saw a B-girl crying,
[01:33.41]I walked up and asked what's wrong,
[01:35.76]she told me that the radio's been playing the same song all day long
[01:40.43]So get your glass lift it up and in toast position
[01:43.60]We getting paper like John Travolta get it
[01:46.31]Cause we focused wit it we supposed to get it
[01:48.72]You know me and my whole squad we so committed
[01:51.19]We got the kids coolin out on the sofa wit it
[01:53.73]We about to dominate the globe like Oprah did it
[01:56.20]You getting paper like John Travolta nigga so lets go
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[02:00.12]Hip-Hop aint dead casue the pulse is in us
[02:01.66]I got the everclear flow they mimosa wit it
[02:03.86]We are the hope of the culture they posed to listen
[02:06.24]And I'm posed ta pivot like i'm a forward in the league, im oden wit it
[02:10.13]yet dont owe them niggaz nottin but potent lyrics
[02:12.78]But if you aint gotta dance they revoke your spinnin
[02:15.15]So good rappers aint eatin they olsen twinin
[02:17.68]but im so committed, they have grown familiar
[02:20.13]With the counterfit hitters they soso wit it but they a sosa wit it.
[02:24.12]they Mark McGuire wit the writtin I'm Rodriguez
[02:26.71]on the road to riches this is the fork im hittin
[02:29.09]this is the trial and error era no co defendant
[02:31.59]I push the seed every time like I'm Cody wit it
[02:34.08]I said they one hit wonders pneumonia to us
[02:36.71]I don't know you niggas hit the road my nigga
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[02:39.76]Yesterday I saw a B-girl crying,
[02:41.24]I walked up and asked what's wrong,
[02:43.50]she told me that the radio's been playing the same song all day long
[02:48.45]So get your glass lift it up and in toast position
[02:50.79]We getting paper like John Travolta get it
[02:53.30]Cause we focused wit it we supposed to get it
[02:55.88]You know me and my whole squad we so committed
[02:58.38]We got the kids coolin out on the sofa wit it
[03:00.83]We about to dominate the globe like Oprah did it
[03:03.40]You getting paper like John Travolta nigga so lets go
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[03:06.82]where my grimey figures at? look lively addressing the captain
[03:09.57]show me where your first impression is at
[03:11.28]And where your dedication to the true profession is at
[03:13.68]How you laugh answer me what kind of question is that
[03:16.24]I'll show you where my rare essence is at the adolescence of rap
[03:19.36]The real muscle in the message of that
[03:21.39]my name trouble I'm a blessin to rap
[03:23.11]and you can check my stats cause worldwide they attesting to that
[03:26.47]so nigga listen you can probably learn a lesson perhaps
[03:28.84]how I'm like bobby DeNiro Joe Pesc and them cats
[03:31.30]am I the unsung hero oh yes if you askin anybody that's aware of the classics
[03:36.08]they'll tell you I'm a legend in the flesh that dress to impress
[03:39.22]The best is that which I accept and nothing less
[03:41.84]My stacks is grotesque my squad? so fresh
[03:44.26]You know its Black Thought and your boy the BroQuest, But
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[03:47.43]Yesterday I saw a B-girl crying,
[03:49.45]I walked up and asked what's wrong,
[03:51.46]she told me that the radio's been playing the same song all day long
[03:56.94]So get your glass lift it up in the toast position
[03:59.28]We getting paper like John Travolta get it
[04:01.79]Cause we focused wit it we supposed to get it
[04:04.29]You know me and my whole squad we so committed
[04:06.78]We not the kids coolin out on the sofa wit it
[04:09.33]We about to dominate the globe like Oprah did it
[04:11.91]so lets go
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