[00:-2.00]The Roots - Rising Down (Feat. Mos Def and Styles P)
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[00:17.90]Every anywhere heights plains peaks or valleys
[00:21.02]Entrances exits vestibules and alleys
[00:23.90]Winding roads that test the firm nerve
[00:26.60]fortune or fatal behind the blind curve
[00:29.34]The engine oil purr lights flash to a blur
[00:32.10]speed work through the earth make your motor go scurrr
[00:35.34]tonight at noon watch a bad moon rising
[00:37.72]identities in crisis and conflict diamonds
[00:40.44]blindin staring at lights till they cryin
[00:43.32]bone gristle popping from continuous grindin
[00:46.23]grapes of wrath in a shapely glass
[00:48.72]ingredients influential on your ways and acts
[00:51.50]zero tolerance to raise the tax
[00:53.54]it don't matter how your gates is latched
[00:55.79]you aint safe from the danger jack
[00:57.41]made it way before they made the map
[00:59.86]or a GPS this is DEF leader
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[01:03.51]I know where I'm goin even when its dark and being led down that road
[01:07.99]Hello hello hello hello...
[01:09.28]you don't see that somethings wrong earth's spinnin outta control
[01:13.44]Hello hello hello hello...
[01:14.61]Everything's for sale even souls someone get God on the phone
[01:19.04]Hello hello hello hello...
[01:20.47]Northside nigga Southside
[01:22.23]Hello hello hello hello...
[01:23.14]shits poppin off Worldwide
[01:25.06]Hello hello hello hello...
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[01:26.05]Between the greenhouse gases and earth spinnin off its axis
[01:28.76]got mother nature doin back flips the natural disasters
[01:32.33]its like 80 degrees in Alaska you in trouble if u not an Onasis
[01:36.36]it aint hard to tell that the conditions is drastic
[01:39.34]just turn on the telly check for the news flashin
[01:42.16]how you want it bagged paper or plastic
[01:44.31]lost in translation or just lost in traffic
[01:46.95]yo I dont wanna floss I done lost my passion
[01:49.89]and I ant trying to climb yo i lost my traction
[01:52.67]they makin me break my contents under pressure
[01:55.65]do not shake I'm workin while the boss relaxin
[01:58.25]here come Mr. tax man he leavin a fraction give me back some
[02:02.01]matter fact next pay check it's like that son
[02:04.91]I'll f**k around and have to hurt a few men
[02:07.35]They probably chalk it up as a disturbing new trend hello
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[02:10.93]I know where I'm goin even when its dark and being led down that road
[02:15.19]Hello hello hello hello...
[02:16.47]you don't see that somethings wrong earth's spinnin outta control
[02:20.70]Hello hello hello hello...
[02:21.97]Everything's for sale even souls someone get God on the phone
[02:26.33]Hello hello hello hello...
[02:27.75]Northside nigga Southside
[02:29.50]Hello hello hello hello...
[02:30.56]shits poppin off Worldwide
[02:32.26]Hello hello hello hello...
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[02:33.70]Should I say hello or should I say that hell is low
[02:36.59]And my nigga are niggero I'm an African American
[02:41.08]They sell drugs in the hood but the man he move the medicine
[02:44.25]He'll prescribe you Augmen for everything
[02:47.15]a little stuffy nose tell you get some Claritin
[02:50.07]you know I'm hip to it and its hard to claim the land
[02:53.16]when my great great great grands were shipped to it
[02:55.76]look at technology they call it downloading
[02:58.82]I call it downsizing somebody follow me
[03:01.12]Does a computer chip have an astrology
[03:03.76]And when it f**k up could it give you an apology
[03:06.59]Could it
[03:07.18]Should it say hello or should it say goodbye
[03:09.89]Try to understand how smart and how hood am I, It don't matter though
[03:13.91]until we learn that the world don't turn right ,we all oughta the scatter though
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[03:18.36]I know where I'm goin even when its dark and being led down that road
[03:22.36]Hello hello hello hello...
[03:23.90]you don't see that somethings wrong earth's spinnin outta control
[03:28.05]Hello hello hello hello...
[03:29.33]Everything's for sale even souls someone get God on the phone
[03:33.53]Hello hello hello hello...
[03:37.17]Hello hello hello hello...
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