Lyric What They Do - The Roots

Lyric Song What They Do: featuring Common

Intro Common

YeahUNIVerse
at war
UNIVerse when you and I verse
at war motherfucker
We gonna do this Chi town style verse at war
Illadelphyou know how we get down
You know the business Illtown illanoid
Bringin it straight to your chest comin thru with the iller category
Yessahhahyeah preacher man with the Com
Break it down one two we about to drop a bombcheck it

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When you and I verse at war UNIVerse at War
And your verse at corefor what you thought before
Steppin up into a zone you should never explore
The next level orlevel of the whole conceptor

Verse One

Check itrappers
Get on the mic talk about cars and clothes
Sounding like hoes
Ain t been exposed to the foes of most disciples
I m from the state that is Illthe rap son of man
Rotated down to Philto say what I feel
Get it off my burnt chestmy word becomes flesh
Wargoing on between the West and the East
of the landniggaz don t own a piece
Grease is the wordMurray slides some pimp oil to me
My lady friend sneaks my beer in the movie
Throw your hands in the airif you the true and living
Bewarethe new world orderthe devil s new religion
Sent my homey to the number two division
Sellin bootleg moviesgot my VCR on a evasive maneuver
Be that as I choosesdrinkin tropical it s just sittin
at a table with sophisticated bitches
Nah that ain t nothin I would call my mother
Nor do I call every nigga my brother
Gotta have Black Thoughtit s sorta B like Malik
So don t Question a Brotherto the Roots I get deep

Verse Two

Yoenter the last era
Your scholarship into the world of politics
and mascarawe operate within this artificial op era
I bring hip hop terror like the Fuhrer
The Ace Ventura into the horror
Laboratory laborerventure beyond the border
I ll struc ture a style destroy your whole aura
Plus you re a drenalin ll rise before your eyes
and mortalizemy image hit the skies
Deceive the devil in disguise
My music I parenthesize
Represent the wisedo this be how we enterprise
Kid no compromise yeahyeah I m thinkin fast like drama
Dyin I wear your mind away like Alzheimer
I pull a mic up out my bomber big up to Bahama
The A O this year we leavin em in trauma
Then after meI plan to leave behindthe legacy
or history of the familythe fifth dynasty
For humanityto bear witness to this
Del val syllable stylist
You know the time kid

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Verse Three

Yothe general flowskids compose on tablet
Expose how they was average and they thoughts not rapid
Here comes the hot packagethrough your block like traffic
The rock was typed graphic now watch the mic blast it
Shootin at the stars with emphatic rap static
See the mirror shatter from thoughtsI m bustin back at it
The Lieuten antthe ele phantsippin automatic
Micrippin asiaticarchitects out to have it
The turn of the centurythe planet s like a penitentiary
exaggeratedniggaz is livin highly medicated
I Used to Love but now she violated
Hip hop holocaust and campsold champs are concentrated
They outdated and incarcerated
Loved and appreciated hated and very debated
For every career created was eliminated
And that s the way the balance of yin and yang related

Verse Four Common

As the block is de vine
Niggaz swing on in a safari
Wild niggazlike I m high on latari
Some let the block block they mind if they could see what I see
Get out the city for a sec be at the places I be
HeyI ma be back on the deckopening
Business in places for you to cash your check
Myneck of the woods ain t all good ain t all bad
You can live in the burbsand still get had
The sad part about it niggaz had houses on the lake
They tryin to move us outthe land we ain t appreciate
For peace we skatecrackers we roll or player hate
Call each other cuz cause of how we relate
I see way too many Cadillacs with dope man plates
Through the wind and blow upsis how niggaz communicate
Harmonizing through beeper and reefer
The city got my peoples in a sleepertalk is getting cheaper

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