R.O.O.T.S. 歌词

[00:20.71]I’m talking’ bout roots
[00:22.67]I can’t hate where I’m from
[00:24.70]Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)
[00:27.79]I came from the bottom of the slums
[00:30.03]But now I got me...me
[00:32.21]That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[00:37.43]I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[00:43.15]I’m talking bout roots
[00:44.22]Hey I can’t be mad at what ya’ll meet ahead
[00:46.54]I don’t regret my ghetto struggle due to my success
[00:49.06]It ain’t that beautiful to write on overcoming stress
[00:51.77]Top Ramen noodles thank pappy for the fact I was fed
[00:54.61]Look at me now but all before hey Mr. Skid Row
[00:57.25]The dirty south ain’t just a name the way I’ve been poor
[00:59.87]The projects burnin’ white, I call it gizmo
[01:02.67]Went from a gun to them cars in a Jigga video
[01:05.21]Can’t find a meal to a mil, only God know it
[01:08.16]No record deal to a deal, I work hard for it
[01:10.69]Can I live to I’m livin’ like my Momma told it
[01:13.56]Before you rip it, gotta sew it
[01:14.61]I’m talking’ bout roots
[01:15.09]Yeah
[01:16.25]I can’t hate where I’m from
[01:18.27]Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)
[01:21.13]I came from the bottom of the slums
[01:23.34]But now I got me...me
[01:25.24]That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[01:31.18]I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[01:34.37]I’m talking bout roots
[01:37.31]Hey, still on my coupe but can’t take
[01:39.52]Somebody had to be just to get away
[01:41.91]My sister had to leave, I respect her stayin safe
[01:44.65]Oh yea I had to grieve but I’m stronger to this day
[01:47.41]Pain, I can’t ignore it, you might say I’m ignorant
[01:50.35]I’m mistakin’ for courage, which victory so gorgeous
[01:53.41]Make it through two Bush, I can make it through any forest
[01:56.73]Hunger gave me the wish, but the bottom is so important
[01:59.41]37 ave and 187 street, Miami (Karat city), now I’m part of a legacy
[02:04.76]I’m thankful for the hood, what is love without jealousy
[02:07.42]There’s only five letters really help me
[02:09.86]I’m talking’ bout roots
[02:11.07]I can’t hate where I’m from
[02:13.18]Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)
[02:16.08]I came from the bottom of the slums
[02:18.42]But now I got me...me
[02:20.22]That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[02:25.12]I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[02:31.17]I’m talking bout roots
[02:32.25]Hey I know the seeds been planted
[02:34.41]It’s damaging my soul but my dreams been granted
[02:36.94]That triple life towards, much deeper than nurse planet
[02:39.51]What could I want more than redoing I never planned it
[02:42.29]Gets no lower than a grabbin’ on your feet
[02:44.99]A man will stand for nothin’if he fall off with the feet
[02:47.74]A baller and a hitter all in the street
[02:50.28]If you look beneath the sand then we all need a crease
[02:52.90]Roots before the branches, roots before mansions
[02:55.78]Roots before your paper crazier than Marilyn Manson
[02:58.61]Roots with your grandparents, roots under your canvas
[03:01.26]Roots whether you black, white, or Spanish
[03:03.71]I’m talking’ bout roots
[03:04.96]I can’t hate where I’m from
[03:07.01]Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)
[03:09.99]I came from the bottom of the slums
[03:12.11]But now I got me...me
[03:14.03]That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[03:19.33]I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[03:24.70]I’m talking bout roots