Respond/ React Lyrics
| Song | Respond/ React |
| Artist | The Roots |
| Album | Illadelph Halflife |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [00:01.923][Intro: Black Thought] | |
| [00:04.436] | It's just.. hip-hop bangin' in my head heavy |
| [00:07.528] | Malik said "Riq, you know the planet ain't ready for the half" |
| [00:10.540] | When we comin' with the action pack |
| [00:12.295] | On some Dundee shit, representin' the outback |
| [00:14.811] | Yo, we do it like this (All the way live, from 2-1-5) |
| [00:16.646] | You witnessin' the 5th Dynasty family clique |
| [00:18.401] | (All the way live, from 2-1-5) |
| [00:20.157] | Across the map, one time for ya... (All the way live, from 2-1-5) |
| [00:21.670] | It's time to react to respond to react to respond |
| [00:23.935] | (All the way live, from 2-1-5) |
| [00:24.437] | |
| [00:24.767][Hook] | |
| [00:25.295] | We settin' it from Southside, pushin' this up North |
| [00:27.126] | From Illadelphian reps, to fly points across the map |
| [00:30.497] | Bring it back to Respond/React |
| [00:32.256] | Then bring it back to Respond/React to this |
| [00:33.262] | |
| [00:33.513][Verse 1: Black Thought] | |
| [00:34.273] | The attractive assassin, blastin' the devil trespassin' |
| [00:37.788] | Master gettin' cash in an orderly fashion |
| [00:40.045] | Message to the fake n***a flashin': |
| [00:42.082] | Slow up, Ock, before you get dropped and closed like a caption |
| [00:45.102] | Fractional kids don't know the time for action |
| [00:47.684] | Styles got the rhythm that of an Anglo-Saxon |
| [00:50.193] | Round of applause, an avalanche of clappin' |
| [00:52.735] | {*BLAOW*} That's what happen, now what's your reaction? |
| [00:55.000] | We heavyweight traction, pro-pornographin' |
| [00:57.756] | Specialize in science and math and |
| [00:59.767] | Original Black man bustin' thoughts that pierce your mental |
| [01:02.528] | The fierce rippin' your sacks and |
| [01:04.037] | Vocal toe-to-toe impeccable, splittin' your back, son |
| [01:06.579] | Simple as addition and subtraction |
| [01:08.368] | Black Thought — the infinite relaxed one |
| [01:10.376] | Shorties say they love it with a passion |
| [01:12.384] | Bring the international traum' — see a squad, I harass |
| [01:12.886] | |
| [01:13.914][Verse 2: Malik B] | |
| [01:15.173] | REACT! You best adapt when I sling this rap |
| [01:17.690] | Another chapter, before when I have to trap ya |
| [01:20.456] | Map your whole path out |
| [01:21.954] | Go get your crowd so we can clap out |
| [01:23.458] | I drive down streets and take back route positionin' |
| [01:26.099] | When I'm in your system like glycerin |
| [01:28.105] | Fans listenin' from Michigan to Switzerland |
| [01:30.363] | Malik be bliss again, on the station with the discipline |
| [01:32.893] | Solicitin', sometimes illicit or explicit with it and |
| [01:35.652] | From the deep end where the hills are steep |
| [01:37.720] | Nobody cares to speak, a land where life is cheap |
| [01:40.242] | The street mentality mixed with the intellect personality |
| [01:43.826] | Hell where I dwell as well |
| [01:45.332] | N****s rebellious, bodies are found down in the cellars |
| [01:48.092] | My man caught a shot to the stomach, now who want it?! |
| [01:50.601] | Confronted by these dusty blunted |
| [01:52.116] | Cats who act like they don't know that the fact is that they bein' hunted |
| [01:55.389] | A process of elimination |
| [01:57.206] | Activate your mind with the stimulation |
| [01:59.211] | Enter your zone with penetration |
| [02:00.966] | I've seen more horror than Bram Stroker |
| [02:03.225] | Strip your broad or play poker, then drink mocha |
| [02:05.735] | The sometimes socializer, the joke despiser |
| [02:08.245] | You woke the wiser, dealin' with The Roots' vocalizer |
| [02:11.004] | Up in your flesh from South Philly to West |
| [02:13.263] | I stampede your style, I'll compile then bless |
| [02:14.016] | |
| [02:15.035] | Hook x2 |
| [02:15.536] | We settin' it from Southside, pushin' this up North |
| [02:18.045] | From Illadelphian reps, to fly points across the map |
| [02:21.310] | Bring it back to Respond/React |
| [02:23.148] | Then bring it back to Respond/React to this |
| [02:24.536] | |
| [02:34.949][Verse 3: Black Thought] | |
| [02:35.497] | A-yo, I'm just a lyricist, a chemist of the hemp |
| [02:38.282] | The beat pimp, the ill Philly resident that's far from hesitant |
| [02:42.119] | Corrupt like a president |
| [02:43.625] | Never benevolent, but poetically prevalent |
| [02:46.057] | Cooler than peppermint |
| [02:47.065] | The Lieutenant for n****s talkin' 'bout represent |
| [02:49.400] | No doubt, it's obviously evident I get bent |
| [02:52.188] | Far from temporary, son, I'm very permanent |
| [02:54.703] | Hittin' MC's like an intoxicant |
| [02:56.670] | Sent to prevent monopoly is my intent |
| [02:59.510] | The means is what I invent |
| [03:01.027] | This mental murder pay the rent |
| [03:02.530] | Lyrically, I'm the dominant ingredient |
| [03:04.586] | The swift extravagant, smooth lubricant |
| [03:06.873] | Down with the M-the-Ill-itant |
| [03:08.379] | (Ch-ch-ch...) — That's the sound of the Dynasty chant |
| [03:10.907] | We surround your camp, assumin' the war stance |
| [03:13.406] | And bring it from the chest, now let's daaance |
| [03:14.430] | |
| [03:15.223][Verse 4: Malik B] | |
| [03:15.542] | M-ILL-ITANT! (What?!) Feel The Fifth guerilla chant |
| [03:18.516] | Y'all talk about bodies, but you would not kill a ant |
| [03:21.027] | My skill is amp, would peel a n***a like a stamp |
| [03:23.809] | Caliber is of Excalibur, now you be damp |
| [03:26.310] | When I operate, the crowd will copulate |
| [03:28.089] | My game'll make a room populate |
| [03:29.868] | And 2-1-5th is the stock of hate |
| [03:31.655] | Peep the logistics, slump your squad of misfits |
| [03:33.915] | They all get they wrists slit, blast your ass if you insist it |
| [03:36.676] | Leave no trace so there's no trace for ballistics |
| [03:38.935] | Turn your soul and body to statistics |
| [03:40.938] | In particular, I've got that extracurricular |
| [03:43.196] | Squad in the stash who could be stickin' ya, slip and they vickin' ya |
| [03:46.457] | Harass your po-lice commissioner |
| [03:48.489] | Don't like chicks with weaves talkin' 'bout, "I need conditioner" |
| [03:51.500] | That shit's deader than n****s with a morticianer |
| [03:54.258] | A jenazah, up in your flesh like plasma |
| [03:57.030] | Take away your last breath when you got asthma |
| [03:59.582] | Then meet Bad Lieu down at the plaza |
| [04:01.611] | Hip-hop extravaganza, tell your man I slump him with a stanza |
| [04:04.876] | Now "Who's the Boss?" — not Tony Danza |
| [04:06.412] | My force not green, but the force is obscene |
| [04:08.945] | P.O. took a piss test; it came out not clean |
| [04:11.455] | Brody with my man Miz-Moose and Hakeem |
| [04:13.984] | My squad from deuce-four up to West Oak Lane |
| [04:16.242] | All the way to Tackawanna and Frankford, they know the name |
| [04:18.793] | It's like that... M-Ill-itant |
| [04:19.810] | |
| [04:20.109][Bridge: Black Thought] | |
| [04:21.454] | The M-Ill-itant... lyrically hostile, Bad Lieutenant |
| [04:23.961] | Check it out, foul style, check it out |
| [04:24.827] | |
| [04:25.423] | Hook x4 |
| [04:26.271] | We settin' it from Southside, pushin' this up North |
| [04:28.861] | From Illadelphian reps, to fly points across the map |
| [04:32.145] | Bring it back to Respond/React |
| [04:33.905] | Then bring it back to Respond/React to this |
| [00:01.923][Intro: Black Thought] | |
| [00:04.436] | It' s just.. hiphop bangin' in my head heavy |
| [00:07.528] | Malik said " Riq, you know the planet ain' t ready for the half" |
| [00:10.540] | When we comin' with the action pack |
| [00:12.295] | On some Dundee shit, representin' the outback |
| [00:14.811] | Yo, we do it like this All the way live, from 215 |
| [00:16.646] | You witnessin' the 5th Dynasty family clique |
| [00:18.401] | All the way live, from 215 |
| [00:20.157] | Across the map, one time for ya... All the way live, from 215 |
| [00:21.670] | It' s time to react to respond to react to respond |
| [00:23.935] | All the way live, from 215 |
| [00:24.437] | |
| [00:24.767][Hook] | |
| [00:25.295] | We settin' it from Southside, pushin' this up North |
| [00:27.126] | From Illadelphian reps, to fly points across the map |
| [00:30.497] | Bring it back to Respond React |
| [00:32.256] | Then bring it back to Respond React to this |
| [00:33.262] | |
| [00:33.513][Verse 1: Black Thought] | |
| [00:34.273] | The attractive assassin, blastin' the devil trespassin' |
| [00:37.788] | Master gettin' cash in an orderly fashion |
| [00:40.045] | Message to the fake n a flashin': |
| [00:42.082] | Slow up, Ock, before you get dropped and closed like a caption |
| [00:45.102] | Fractional kids don' t know the time for action |
| [00:47.684] | Styles got the rhythm that of an AngloSaxon |
| [00:50.193] | Round of applause, an avalanche of clappin' |
| [00:52.735] | BLAOW That' s what happen, now what' s your reaction? |
| [00:55.000] | We heavyweight traction, propornographin' |
| [00:57.756] | Specialize in science and math and |
| [00:59.767] | Original Black man bustin' thoughts that pierce your mental |
| [01:02.528] | The fierce rippin' your sacks and |
| [01:04.037] | Vocal toetotoe impeccable, splittin' your back, son |
| [01:06.579] | Simple as addition and subtraction |
| [01:08.368] | Black Thought the infinite relaxed one |
| [01:10.376] | Shorties say they love it with a passion |
| [01:12.384] | Bring the international traum' see a squad, I harass |
| [01:12.886] | |
| [01:13.914][Verse 2: Malik B] | |
| [01:15.173] | REACT! You best adapt when I sling this rap |
| [01:17.690] | Another chapter, before when I have to trap ya |
| [01:20.456] | Map your whole path out |
| [01:21.954] | Go get your crowd so we can clap out |
| [01:23.458] | I drive down streets and take back route positionin' |
| [01:26.099] | When I' m in your system like glycerin |
| [01:28.105] | Fans listenin' from Michigan to Switzerland |
| [01:30.363] | Malik be bliss again, on the station with the discipline |
| [01:32.893] | Solicitin', sometimes illicit or explicit with it and |
| [01:35.652] | From the deep end where the hills are steep |
| [01:37.720] | Nobody cares to speak, a land where life is cheap |
| [01:40.242] | The street mentality mixed with the intellect personality |
| [01:43.826] | Hell where I dwell as well |
| [01:45.332] | N s rebellious, bodies are found down in the cellars |
| [01:48.092] | My man caught a shot to the stomach, now who want it?! |
| [01:50.601] | Confronted by these dusty blunted |
| [01:52.116] | Cats who act like they don' t know that the fact is that they bein' hunted |
| [01:55.389] | A process of elimination |
| [01:57.206] | Activate your mind with the stimulation |
| [01:59.211] | Enter your zone with penetration |
| [02:00.966] | I' ve seen more horror than Bram Stroker |
| [02:03.225] | Strip your broad or play poker, then drink mocha |
| [02:05.735] | The sometimes socializer, the joke despiser |
| [02:08.245] | You woke the wiser, dealin' with The Roots' vocalizer |
| [02:11.004] | Up in your flesh from South Philly to West |
| [02:13.263] | I stampede your style, I' ll compile then bless |
| [02:14.016] | |
| [02:15.035] | Hook x2 |
| [02:15.536] | We settin' it from Southside, pushin' this up North |
| [02:18.045] | From Illadelphian reps, to fly points across the map |
| [02:21.310] | Bring it back to Respond React |
| [02:23.148] | Then bring it back to Respond React to this |
| [02:24.536] | |
| [02:34.949][Verse 3: Black Thought] | |
| [02:35.497] | Ayo, I' m just a lyricist, a chemist of the hemp |
| [02:38.282] | The beat pimp, the ill Philly resident that' s far from hesitant |
| [02:42.119] | Corrupt like a president |
| [02:43.625] | Never benevolent, but poetically prevalent |
| [02:46.057] | Cooler than peppermint |
| [02:47.065] | The Lieutenant for n s talkin' ' bout represent |
| [02:49.400] | No doubt, it' s obviously evident I get bent |
| [02:52.188] | Far from temporary, son, I' m very permanent |
| [02:54.703] | Hittin' MC' s like an intoxicant |
| [02:56.670] | Sent to prevent monopoly is my intent |
| [02:59.510] | The means is what I invent |
| [03:01.027] | This mental murder pay the rent |
| [03:02.530] | Lyrically, I' m the dominant ingredient |
| [03:04.586] | The swift extravagant, smooth lubricant |
| [03:06.873] | Down with the MtheIllitant |
| [03:08.379] | Chchch... That' s the sound of the Dynasty chant |
| [03:10.907] | We surround your camp, assumin' the war stance |
| [03:13.406] | And bring it from the chest, now let' s daaance |
| [03:14.430] | |
| [03:15.223][Verse 4: Malik B] | |
| [03:15.542] | MILLITANT! What?! Feel The Fifth guerilla chant |
| [03:18.516] | Y' all talk about bodies, but you would not kill a ant |
| [03:21.027] | My skill is amp, would peel a n a like a stamp |
| [03:23.809] | Caliber is of Excalibur, now you be damp |
| [03:26.310] | When I operate, the crowd will copulate |
| [03:28.089] | My game' ll make a room populate |
| [03:29.868] | And 215th is the stock of hate |
| [03:31.655] | Peep the logistics, slump your squad of misfits |
| [03:33.915] | They all get they wrists slit, blast your ass if you insist it |
| [03:36.676] | Leave no trace so there' s no trace for ballistics |
| [03:38.935] | Turn your soul and body to statistics |
| [03:40.938] | In particular, I' ve got that extracurricular |
| [03:43.196] | Squad in the stash who could be stickin' ya, slip and they vickin' ya |
| [03:46.457] | Harass your police commissioner |
| [03:48.489] | Don' t like chicks with weaves talkin' ' bout, " I need conditioner" |
| [03:51.500] | That shit' s deader than n s with a morticianer |
| [03:54.258] | A jenazah, up in your flesh like plasma |
| [03:57.030] | Take away your last breath when you got asthma |
| [03:59.582] | Then meet Bad Lieu down at the plaza |
| [04:01.611] | Hiphop extravaganza, tell your man I slump him with a stanza |
| [04:04.876] | Now " Who' s the Boss?" not Tony Danza |
| [04:06.412] | My force not green, but the force is obscene |
| [04:08.945] | P. O. took a piss test it came out not clean |
| [04:11.455] | Brody with my man MizMoose and Hakeem |
| [04:13.984] | My squad from deucefour up to West Oak Lane |
| [04:16.242] | All the way to Tackawanna and Frankford, they know the name |
| [04:18.793] | It' s like that... MIllitant |
| [04:19.810] | |
| [04:20.109][Bridge: Black Thought] | |
| [04:21.454] | The MIllitant... lyrically hostile, Bad Lieutenant |
| [04:23.961] | Check it out, foul style, check it out |
| [04:24.827] | |
| [04:25.423] | Hook x4 |
| [04:26.271] | We settin' it from Southside, pushin' this up North |
| [04:28.861] | From Illadelphian reps, to fly points across the map |
| [04:32.145] | Bring it back to Respond React |
| [04:33.905] | Then bring it back to Respond React to this |
| [00:01.923][Intro: Black Thought] | |
| [00:04.436] | It' s just.. hiphop bangin' in my head heavy |
| [00:07.528] | Malik said " Riq, you know the planet ain' t ready for the half" |
| [00:10.540] | When we comin' with the action pack |
| [00:12.295] | On some Dundee shit, representin' the outback |
| [00:14.811] | Yo, we do it like this All the way live, from 215 |
| [00:16.646] | You witnessin' the 5th Dynasty family clique |
| [00:18.401] | All the way live, from 215 |
| [00:20.157] | Across the map, one time for ya... All the way live, from 215 |
| [00:21.670] | It' s time to react to respond to react to respond |
| [00:23.935] | All the way live, from 215 |
| [00:24.437] | |
| [00:24.767][Hook] | |
| [00:25.295] | We settin' it from Southside, pushin' this up North |
| [00:27.126] | From Illadelphian reps, to fly points across the map |
| [00:30.497] | Bring it back to Respond React |
| [00:32.256] | Then bring it back to Respond React to this |
| [00:33.262] | |
| [00:33.513][Verse 1: Black Thought] | |
| [00:34.273] | The attractive assassin, blastin' the devil trespassin' |
| [00:37.788] | Master gettin' cash in an orderly fashion |
| [00:40.045] | Message to the fake n a flashin': |
| [00:42.082] | Slow up, Ock, before you get dropped and closed like a caption |
| [00:45.102] | Fractional kids don' t know the time for action |
| [00:47.684] | Styles got the rhythm that of an AngloSaxon |
| [00:50.193] | Round of applause, an avalanche of clappin' |
| [00:52.735] | BLAOW That' s what happen, now what' s your reaction? |
| [00:55.000] | We heavyweight traction, propornographin' |
| [00:57.756] | Specialize in science and math and |
| [00:59.767] | Original Black man bustin' thoughts that pierce your mental |
| [01:02.528] | The fierce rippin' your sacks and |
| [01:04.037] | Vocal toetotoe impeccable, splittin' your back, son |
| [01:06.579] | Simple as addition and subtraction |
| [01:08.368] | Black Thought the infinite relaxed one |
| [01:10.376] | Shorties say they love it with a passion |
| [01:12.384] | Bring the international traum' see a squad, I harass |
| [01:12.886] | |
| [01:13.914][Verse 2: Malik B] | |
| [01:15.173] | REACT! You best adapt when I sling this rap |
| [01:17.690] | Another chapter, before when I have to trap ya |
| [01:20.456] | Map your whole path out |
| [01:21.954] | Go get your crowd so we can clap out |
| [01:23.458] | I drive down streets and take back route positionin' |
| [01:26.099] | When I' m in your system like glycerin |
| [01:28.105] | Fans listenin' from Michigan to Switzerland |
| [01:30.363] | Malik be bliss again, on the station with the discipline |
| [01:32.893] | Solicitin', sometimes illicit or explicit with it and |
| [01:35.652] | From the deep end where the hills are steep |
| [01:37.720] | Nobody cares to speak, a land where life is cheap |
| [01:40.242] | The street mentality mixed with the intellect personality |
| [01:43.826] | Hell where I dwell as well |
| [01:45.332] | N s rebellious, bodies are found down in the cellars |
| [01:48.092] | My man caught a shot to the stomach, now who want it?! |
| [01:50.601] | Confronted by these dusty blunted |
| [01:52.116] | Cats who act like they don' t know that the fact is that they bein' hunted |
| [01:55.389] | A process of elimination |
| [01:57.206] | Activate your mind with the stimulation |
| [01:59.211] | Enter your zone with penetration |
| [02:00.966] | I' ve seen more horror than Bram Stroker |
| [02:03.225] | Strip your broad or play poker, then drink mocha |
| [02:05.735] | The sometimes socializer, the joke despiser |
| [02:08.245] | You woke the wiser, dealin' with The Roots' vocalizer |
| [02:11.004] | Up in your flesh from South Philly to West |
| [02:13.263] | I stampede your style, I' ll compile then bless |
| [02:14.016] | |
| [02:15.035] | Hook x2 |
| [02:15.536] | We settin' it from Southside, pushin' this up North |
| [02:18.045] | From Illadelphian reps, to fly points across the map |
| [02:21.310] | Bring it back to Respond React |
| [02:23.148] | Then bring it back to Respond React to this |
| [02:24.536] | |
| [02:34.949][Verse 3: Black Thought] | |
| [02:35.497] | Ayo, I' m just a lyricist, a chemist of the hemp |
| [02:38.282] | The beat pimp, the ill Philly resident that' s far from hesitant |
| [02:42.119] | Corrupt like a president |
| [02:43.625] | Never benevolent, but poetically prevalent |
| [02:46.057] | Cooler than peppermint |
| [02:47.065] | The Lieutenant for n s talkin' ' bout represent |
| [02:49.400] | No doubt, it' s obviously evident I get bent |
| [02:52.188] | Far from temporary, son, I' m very permanent |
| [02:54.703] | Hittin' MC' s like an intoxicant |
| [02:56.670] | Sent to prevent monopoly is my intent |
| [02:59.510] | The means is what I invent |
| [03:01.027] | This mental murder pay the rent |
| [03:02.530] | Lyrically, I' m the dominant ingredient |
| [03:04.586] | The swift extravagant, smooth lubricant |
| [03:06.873] | Down with the MtheIllitant |
| [03:08.379] | Chchch... That' s the sound of the Dynasty chant |
| [03:10.907] | We surround your camp, assumin' the war stance |
| [03:13.406] | And bring it from the chest, now let' s daaance |
| [03:14.430] | |
| [03:15.223][Verse 4: Malik B] | |
| [03:15.542] | MILLITANT! What?! Feel The Fifth guerilla chant |
| [03:18.516] | Y' all talk about bodies, but you would not kill a ant |
| [03:21.027] | My skill is amp, would peel a n a like a stamp |
| [03:23.809] | Caliber is of Excalibur, now you be damp |
| [03:26.310] | When I operate, the crowd will copulate |
| [03:28.089] | My game' ll make a room populate |
| [03:29.868] | And 215th is the stock of hate |
| [03:31.655] | Peep the logistics, slump your squad of misfits |
| [03:33.915] | They all get they wrists slit, blast your ass if you insist it |
| [03:36.676] | Leave no trace so there' s no trace for ballistics |
| [03:38.935] | Turn your soul and body to statistics |
| [03:40.938] | In particular, I' ve got that extracurricular |
| [03:43.196] | Squad in the stash who could be stickin' ya, slip and they vickin' ya |
| [03:46.457] | Harass your police commissioner |
| [03:48.489] | Don' t like chicks with weaves talkin' ' bout, " I need conditioner" |
| [03:51.500] | That shit' s deader than n s with a morticianer |
| [03:54.258] | A jenazah, up in your flesh like plasma |
| [03:57.030] | Take away your last breath when you got asthma |
| [03:59.582] | Then meet Bad Lieu down at the plaza |
| [04:01.611] | Hiphop extravaganza, tell your man I slump him with a stanza |
| [04:04.876] | Now " Who' s the Boss?" not Tony Danza |
| [04:06.412] | My force not green, but the force is obscene |
| [04:08.945] | P. O. took a piss test it came out not clean |
| [04:11.455] | Brody with my man MizMoose and Hakeem |
| [04:13.984] | My squad from deucefour up to West Oak Lane |
| [04:16.242] | All the way to Tackawanna and Frankford, they know the name |
| [04:18.793] | It' s like that... MIllitant |
| [04:19.810] | |
| [04:20.109][Bridge: Black Thought] | |
| [04:21.454] | The MIllitant... lyrically hostile, Bad Lieutenant |
| [04:23.961] | Check it out, foul style, check it out |
| [04:24.827] | |
| [04:25.423] | Hook x4 |
| [04:26.271] | We settin' it from Southside, pushin' this up North |
| [04:28.861] | From Illadelphian reps, to fly points across the map |
| [04:32.145] | Bring it back to Respond React |
| [04:33.905] | Then bring it back to Respond React to this |
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