[Black Thought]
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C'mon.. and yes y'all
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You are now in tune to the sounds..
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of the legendary.. foundation
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Yeah, you go
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Hey you listeners, stop what you're doin and
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set it in motion, it's the next movement
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You listeners, stop what you're doin and
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set it in motion, it's the next movement
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Word up, we got the HOT-HOT music, The HOT MUSIC (1X)
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The HOT-HOT music, the HOT music (3X)
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Yo, one, two, one-two one-two
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That's how we usually start, once again it's the Thought
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The Dalai Lama of the mic, the prime minister Thought
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This directed to whoever in listening range
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Yo the whole state of things in the world bout to change
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Black rain fallin from the sky look strange
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The ghetto is red hot, we steppin on flames
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Yo, it's inflation on the price for fame
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and it was all the same, but then the antidote came
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The Black Thought, ill syllablist, out the Fifth
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This heavyweight rap shit I'm about to lift
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LIKE, a phyllum lift up it's seed to sunlight
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I plug in the mic, draw like a gunfight
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I never use a cordless, or stand applaudless
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Sippin cholorophyll out of ill silver goblets
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I'm like a faucet, monopoly's the object
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There ain't no way to cut this tap, you got ta get wet
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Your head is throbbin and I ain't said shit yet
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The Roots crew, the next movement, c'mon!
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And yes y'all
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You are now in tune to the sounds
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of the legendary, foundation, check it out, uh
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Testin, yo, you go
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Hey you listeners, stop what you're doin and
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set it in motion, it's the next movement
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You listeners, stop what you're doin and
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set it in motion, it's the next movement
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Word up, we got the HOT-HOT music, the HOT music (1X)
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The HOT-HOT music, the HOT music (3X)
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Word up, the formation of words to fit
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That's what I usually disturb you with
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A lot of rappers never heard of this, or know half the time it is
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You doubt the Illa-Fifth, what could you accomplish?
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Whether they skywriting your name, or you anonymous
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You be speechless, with stinging sinuses
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The Roots royal highnesses through your monitors
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I tilt my crown, then blow down a diamond kiss
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You need to buy a CD and stop rewindin this
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I'm the finalist, shinin like a rugged amethyst
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And at your music conference, I'm the panelist
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Listen close to my poetry, I examine this
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like an analyst, to see if you can handle this
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Check it out
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You, got the groove, emcees
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freeze, stand still, nobody move
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unless you dealin with The Next Movement
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The P-Phi-D we be the mon-u-ment
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I live my life nice, but I'm not too bent
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You theatrical as a Broadway play, this ain't Rent
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One hundred percent, straight out the Basement
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Spreading this across a planet on some next shit
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How many people feelin this love music? C'mon
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Yo, you go
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Hey you listeners, stop what you're doin and
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set it in motion, it's the next movement
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You listeners, stop what you're doin and
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set it in motion, it's the next movement
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Yo, we got the HOT-HOT music, the HOT music (1X)
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The HOT-HOT music, the HOT music (7X)
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The Next Movement (live)
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The Roots |