What They Do - The Roots Written by:Jimmy Grey/Brown/Ahmir Thompson/Tariq Trotter/Raphael Saadiq/Leonard Hubbard Never do what they do what they do what they do Never do what they do what they do what they do Yo yo Lost generation fast paced nation World population confront they frustration The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken It's all contractual and about money making Pretend-to-be cats don't seem to know they limitation Exact replication and false representation You wanna be a man then stand your own To MC requires skills I demand some shown I let the frauds keep fronting And roam like a celluar phone far from home Giving crowds what they wanting Offical hip-hop consumption the 5th thumping Keeping ya party jumping with an original something Yo I dedicate this to the one dimension-al No imagination excuse for perpetration My man came over and said yo we thought we heard you Joke's on you you heard a bitin-a** crew but um Never do what they do what they do what they do Never do what they do what they do what they do Thin is the line that run between love and hatred The game is ill-natured it's nothing sacred Aiyyo it's funny when I see some rap niggaz due to make it A few'll blow up or go as far as they can take it My nine to five is just to hit ya get the party live I'm Black Thought used to rap for sport Now the rhymes saying rent paying life support I take it very serious-ly within this in-dustry It's various crews that try to touch me But I come with the beautiful things and I bless the track plushly Around the world crowds love me from doing tours Recepient of applause from all of you and yours Creator of original sounds to send to stores You take home to absorb and sweat it out your pores Now who can stop the music running through these veins Infinitely go against the grain that's why my motto's to Never do what they do what they do what they do Never do what they do what they do what they do Living the life of limos and lights Airplanes and trains short days and long nights Keyboards and mics bass chords and drum kicks And my mental thick to hit my head like brick As I embark on a mission welcoming to the dark When I first spark the arts when the listening start Open your head wide and let the thought inside My style fortified by all of Philadel-phi I've dealt more stealth than all the wicked weal-thy Mentality undetectable by the naked eye Then I get paid when the record is played To put it short I want it made like Ed nuff said Then after that I'm putting on my cousin Hamed We let the ladies blend with the darksking thoroughbred And discover my level is that of no other And Roots crew reign offical and true while I'm continuing to Never do what they do what they do what they do Never do what they do what they do what they do编辑于2021/03/17更新