The Roots — 75 Bars Blacks Reconstruction

[Intro] Just a little bit more We got Tariq up? [Verse: Black Thought] I'm from the land of them straight razor face beard niggas With hammers on their waist, yeah, waste weird niggas And erase scared niggas, them snake-head niggas That take care of niggas who don't break bread with us Niggas make dead niggas, and hate Black niggas Brown niggas, high yellow niggas and them red niggas No tellin' when the bullet comin', be prepared, niggas 'Cause when it do, it's coming land, sea and air, niggas That's everywhere, niggas Am I the motherfuckin' legendary? Yeah, niggas Make it very clear, niggas Been looking at y'all in my rearview mirror, niggas Wanna be a millionaire, I'm already there, niggas I'm a debonaire nigga, a bear taking more than my share Looky here, yeah, I know it ain't fair, nigga Neither is a bald eagle with a hair trigger Haystack—try to find a needle up in there, nigga Leave you up in there, nigga Show me the puppet that don't need a puppeteer, nigga Shed another tear, nigga I'm in the field with a shield and a spear, nigga I'm in your girl with her heels in the air, nigga I am such a rare nigga You in a battle telling me you not ready Like you figured I'ma bear with you I don't care, nigga You now listening to the sounds of the Money Making Jam Trillionaires, nigga Gentlemen of an extraordinary league You never see me blowing on no ordinary weed What I'm smoking ain't a product of no ordinary seed Your boy is heavy tree'd I'm feeling merry as a Tyler Perry scene That monetary gangrene We tried to launder the cash and never came clean So now, I'm in the story with all the cats before me And smoke purgatory for doing the same thing And them niggas ain't change, them niggas can't change Their moms shake they heads, say, "It's such a dang shame" The train to the bus then another dang plane My stage and my government ain't the same name I'm a rockstar, love it that my wallet chain hang I'm a modern day saint, I'm a modern day Kane My definition, I can finally explain Cold smooth like that dude Sean Connery was playing I just gotta be the man, I'm the father figure and When I spit, it's something like a psychology exam If you stand where I stood, you could probably understand How that mic feeling like a million dollars in my hand It's the silence of the lamb, go and cop another gram And twist with your Xanny, Percocet, Percodan What's your networking plan? You better look alive 'Cause them niggas outside looking desperate again, nigga And the blunts and liquor killing our lungs and liver The asthmatic drug addict, I function with it I put a rapper in a hole where the dust will sit For spitting played out patterns that once was hittin' I got news for you all, let me show you how to ball See the legendary fall, I ain't heard of that Y'all niggas is off the wall like Arsenio Hall I'ma put you right back where the dirt is at 450 Fahrenheit on the thermostat Somebody starvin' like a white girl, Bernadette But she not a earner yet She couldn't put in no work for Nat Burner yet The black microphone murder vet, I'm in a class of my own If I got beef with you, you the last one to know I arrive on time, I'm never fashionable You late, I'm already internationable I done twirled in Berlin, banged in Beijing You never seen nothing, can't say the same thing Tell somebody "Black Thought," yeah, you know the name ring So give him the game ring for bringing what them niggas can't bring My hustle is long, my muscle is strong My man put the paper in the duffle, I'm gone Y'all still a lightyear from the level I'm on Just a pawn stepping right into the head of the storm You been warned, I will blow y'all niggas and disintegrate I'm a rebel, renegade, must stay paid