Good Music - The Roots.mp3

[00:00.00] Peace to all the hip cats, all the nappy sweets
[00:04.98]This is the brother ?uestion, broadcasting live
[00:07.89]Via satellite, from the never never tunnels
[00:11.43]Now dig.. the rituals for today, is good music
[00:15.78]So sit back, relax.. and dig the groove
[00:19.11][black thought]
[00:19.41]Yo bust it, i digs hip-hop, and rocks for hip-hop
[00:22.17]Not r&b because to me that's not my style and
[00:24.90]The r-double-o-quotes ain't for radio, but major soul
[00:27.84]The ones that's hip won't change the dial and
[00:29.82]I remember one morning at the soul shack, coolin
[00:32.46]In the outback, on the songwritin ship
[00:35.10]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
[00:42.27]Was on the westside asleep without a clue when
[00:44.91]I hollered down to crumbs to pick up the phone
[00:46.74]And tell him to get ready (?uestion, what ya doin?)
[00:49.27](ain't no thing)　yeah,
[00:50.13]Buttered chicken wings, so i met him in the west
[00:52.56]Where we had to 'lax and wait for rubber band and bes'
[00:55.11]Bassey broke down on the other side of town
[00:57.33]Yo you know what it's about, the roots is out
[00:59.73]To the subway
[01:09.96]Does anybody like good music?
[01:12.18]Sweet music, soul music?
[01:14.58]You know the roots is a group that'll choose it
[01:17.13]Just to use it, to make you move it, yeah
[01:19.41]* repeat 2x except 'yeah' *
[01:19.83][black thought]
[01:20.10]From the subway to the studio
[01:21.90]Gots to break fast if we wanna get, to the bus
[01:24.99]Runnin like a mex for the border
[01:26.70](umm, yo, oh umm, was it a bunch of yas?)
[01:28.08]Nah, just the four of us
[01:29.91]Nuff nappy sweets on the transit, two fine
[01:32.73](three fine) fo' five mo' fine, uhh!
[01:35.13]A girl says, "hey ain't y'all the square roots?"
[01:36.69]And i'm like, " heh, worrrd,"
[01:37.95]And then the shorty passed the sign
[01:39.99]Now we got to make out exit (where?)
[01:42.21]To the pavement (to what?)　crushin trail mix
[01:44.43](oh word man, yo look out)　say what?　(look out!)
[01:45.99]?uestion dropped a whole bag of drumsticks
[01:48.48](ain't no thing) but a chicken wing, so
[01:50.46]He bends down to pick up the sticks
[01:52.29]And his pants fall down (dang!)
[01:54.00]In my face, ?uestion didn't frown, turned around
[01:57.03]And thought he felt a draft, so i laughed
[01:59.40](hahahahahah!)
[01:59.85]Does anybody like good music?
[02:02.07]Sweet music, soul music?
[02:04.47]You know the roots is a group that'll choose it
[02:06.99]Just to use it, to make you move it, yeah
[02:11.37]* repeat 2x except 'yeah' *
[02:14.64][kid crumbs]
[02:19.83]Here comes the crumbs, from the chums of the p.o.
[02:22.32]Sprouted from the roots and i was added to the trio
[02:24.84]Now i'm cahoots and got a reason for my ego
[02:27.12]In the words of, los lobos, ad-ios, a-migo
[02:29.52][black thought]
[02:29.79]At the rat cave, mic i'm hand, i'm flowin
[02:32.34]Tellin ?uestion, to keep it, goin
[02:34.86]What i'm doin, i'm not really knowin
[02:37.20]But umm, to me see it sounds oh-and-kay'n (it sounds ok)
[02:40.44]Layin, to the sounds playin
[02:42.33]Umm, hi to hoe and, yeah, hey to hay'n (uh-huh)
[02:44.76]Trippin, i'm tryin, not to laugh, bust it
[02:47.10]It's the last paragraph, and i'm done half
[02:49.62]But ?uestion's jokin, and i'm like hopin
[02:52.20]That nobody comes in and opens, the door...
[02:55.38](ah man, what is up with you man?
[02:58.11]I'm leavin, what why you scratchin your face like that man?
[03:02.28]Look ugly, self-righteous, do-gooder)
[03:04.65]Does anybody like good music?
[03:13.80]Sweet music, soul music?
[03:19.14]You know the roots is a group that'll choose it
[03:21.81]Just to use it, to make you move it
[03:24.15]* repeat 2x except *