Good Music - The Roots.mp3

[00:01.80]Peace to all the hip cats, all the nappy sweets
[00:04.95]This is the brother ?uestion, broadcasting live
[00:07.86]Via satellite, from the never never tunnels
[00:11.34]Now dig.. the rituals for today, is good music
[00:15.81]So sit back, relax.. and dig the groove
[00:19.17][black thought]
[00:19.44]Yo bust it, i digs hip-hop, and rocks for hip-hop
[00:22.08]Not r&b because to me that's not my style and
[00:24.99]The r-double-o-quotes ain't for radio, but major soul
[00:27.81]The ones that's hip won't change the dial and
[00:29.94]I remember one morning at the soul shack, coolin
[00:32.46]In the outback, on the songwritin ship
[00:35.01]Blizz a five, off a bob marley spliff
[00:37.11]On the cloud i be relaxin from last night and shit
[00:39.96]In studio today but hey brother ?uestion
[00:42.21]Was on the westside asleep without a clue when
[00:45.00]I hollered down to crumbs to pick up the phone
[00:46.74]And tell him to get ready (?uestion, what ya doin?)
[00:48.75](ain't no thing)　yeah,
[00:50.01]Buttered chicken wings, so i met him in the west
[00:52.53]Where we had to 'lax and wait for rubber band and bes'
[00:54.96]Bassey broke down on the other side of town
[00:57.33]Yo you know what it's about, the roots is out
[00:59.76]To the subway
[01:00.45]Does anybody like good music?
[01:02.22]Sweet music, soul music?
[01:04.56]You know the roots is a group that'll choose it
[01:07.14]Just to use it, to make you move it, yeah
[01:11.01]* repeat 2x except 'yeah' *
[01:14.79][black thought]
[01:20.01]From the subway to the studio
[01:21.87]Gots to break fast if we wanna get, to the bus
[01:24.87]Runnin like a mex for the border
[01:26.82](umm, yo, oh umm, was it a bunch of yas?)
[01:27.99]Nah, just the four of us
[01:29.88]Nuff nappy sweets on the transit, two fine
[01:32.58](three fine) fo' five mo' fine, uhh!
[01:35.01]A girl says, "hey ain't y'all the square roots?"
[01:36.63]And i'm like, "heh, worrrd,"
[01:37.74]And then the shorty passed the sign
[01:39.96]Now we got to make out exit (where?)
[01:42.18]To the pavement (to what?)　crushin trail mix
[01:44.46](oh word man, yo look out)　say what?　(look out!)
[01:46.02]?uestion dropped a whole bag of drumsticks
[01:48.42](ain't no thing) but a chicken wing, so
[01:50.43]He bends down to pick up the sticks
[01:52.26]And his pants fall down (dang!)
[01:53.88]In my face, ?uestion didn't frown, turned around
[01:57.00]And thought he felt a draft, so i laughed
[02:00.03](hahahahahah!)
[02:00.27]Does anybody like good music?
[02:02.07]Sweet music, soul music?
[02:04.41]You know the roots is a group that'll choose it
[02:06.99]Just to use it, to make you move it, yeah
[02:14.91]* repeat 2x except 'yeah' *
[02:15.45][kid crumbs]
[02:19.89]Here comes the crumbs, from the chums of the p.o.
[02:22.23]Sprouted from the roots and i was added to the trio
[02:24.75]Now i'm cahoots and got a reason for my ego
[02:27.12]In the words of, los lobos, ad-ios, a-migo
[02:29.49][black thought]
[02:29.76]At the rat cave, mic i'm hand, i'm flowin
[02:32.22]Tellin ?uestion, to keep it, goin
[02:34.74]What i'm doin, i'm not really knowin
[02:37.17]But umm, to me see it sounds oh-and-kay'n (it sounds ok)
[02:40.44]Layin, to the sounds playin
[02:42.21]Umm, hi to hoe and, yeah, hey to hay'n (uh-huh)
[02:44.73]Trippin, i'm tryin, not to laugh, bust it
[02:47.07]It's the last paragraph, and i'm done half
[02:49.89]But ?uestion's jokin, and i'm like hopin
[02:52.17]That nobody comes in and opens, the door...
[02:55.14](ah man, what is up with you man?
[02:59.25]I'm leavin, what why you scratchin your face like that man?
[03:00.75]Look ugly, self-righteous, do-gooder)
[03:04.62]Does anybody like good music?
[03:07.11]Sweet music, soul music?
[03:19.80]You know the roots is a group that'll choose it
[03:21.75]Just to use it, to make you move it
[03:23.88]* repeat 2x except *