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What They Do Lyrics By The Roots

    raphael saadiq
    never do what they do what they do what they do
    never do what they do what they do what they do

    black thought
    yo yo
    lost generation fastpaced nation
    world population confront they frustration
    the principles of true hiphop have been forsaken
    it’s all contractual and about moneymakin’
    pretendtobe cats don’t seem to know they limitation
    exact replication and false representation
    you wanna be a man then stand your own
    to emcee require skills i demand some shown
    i let the frauds keep frontin’ and roam like a cellular phone
    far from home givin’ crowds what they wantin’
    official hiphop consumption the fifth thumpin’
    keepin’ your party jumpin’ with an original somethin’
    yo i dedicate this to the onedimensional
    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’ass crew but um

    raphael saadiq
    never do what they do what they do what they do
    never do what they do what they do what they do

    black thought
    thin is the line that run between love and hatred
    the game is illnatured it’s nothin’ sacred
    aiyo it’s funny what i see some rap niggas do to make it
    a few’ll blow up or go as far as they can take it
    my ninetofive is just to hit ya get the party live
    i’m black thought used to rap for sport
    now the rhymesayin’ rentpayin’ life support
    i take it very seriously within this industry
    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 doin’ tours
    recipient of applause from all of you and yours
    creator of original sounds that’s in the stores
    you take home to absorb and sweat it out your pores
    now who can stop the music runnin’ through these veins
    infinitely go against the grain that’s why my motto’s to

    raphael saadiq
    never do what they do what they do what they do
    never do what they do what they do what they do

    black thought
    livin’ 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 they hit my head like brick
    as i embark on a mission welcomin’ to the dark
    when i first spark the art’s when the listenin’ start
    open your head wide and let the thought inside
    my style fortified by all of philadelphi
    my delph more stealth than all the wicked wealthy
    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 puttin’ on my cousin hamed
    we let the ladies blend with the darkskinned thoroughbred
    and discover my level is that of no other
    and roots crew reign official and true while i’m continuin’ to

    raphael saadiq
    never do what they do what they do what they do
    never do what they do what they do what they do
    never do what they do what they do what they do
    never do what they do what they do what they do
    never do what they do what they do what they do
    never do what they do what they do what they do

    Artist: The Roots

    Year: 1997

    Decade: 90s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 254