The Roots — Adrenaline Live

[Intro: Black Thought] Y'all still with me? How many people got the rhythm out here? How many people got the rhythm out here? You namsayin'? How many people got the rhythm and can really keep the pace? I want y'all to help me set this shit off We gonna have some fun with this one, y'all, come on You ready? Here we go, y'all Come on, clap, come on, clap your hands Come on, clap, y'all, clap your hands Come on, clap, yeah, come on, clap your hands Come on, clap, everybody, clap your hands Come on, clap, y'all, clap your hands Come on, clap, get it, clap your hands Come on, clap, clap your hands Come on, everybody, clap your hands Come on, clap, y'all, come on, clap your hands Come on, clap, y'all, come on, clap your hands Come on, clap, y'all, come on, clap your hands And keep clappin', keep clappin' Y'all ready to rock? Say I Say I Say I I'm ready to rock, y'all Say I Say I Say I I'm ready to rock, y'all Say I Say I Say I Got that feeling Hold tight, hold tight, hold tight Y'all can't get the second part, no matter what the fuck I say, right? I wonder if it's what I'm saying Ayo, we gon' try this shit one more time, 'cause I like, I like this part of the show I wanna see if I can get it to sound phat for the tape, for the album, you namsayin'? If you're down with me, a'ight, a'ight, this how I'ma break it down I'ma be like "Say I" then everybody'll be like "I" Then I don't know what I'ma say second but y'all got to listen close 'Cause then y'all gotta try to repeat that shit That's the fun of the game, you namsayin' So let's have a good time with this and listen close to the shit that's coming out I don't know how it's gon' go the second time Y'all ready? Come on, clap, keep clappin' your hands Come on, clap, y'all, come on, clap your hands Come on, clap, everybody, clap your hands Come on, clap, y'all, come on, clap your hands I need a bunch of energy, y'all Come on, y'all Come on, clap, y'all, come on, clap your hands Adrenaline, y'all, come on, clap your hands Come on, everybody, clap your hands Come on, clap, y'all, now everybody Let me hear you say I Say I Say I Got that adrenaline Say I Say I Say I Got that adrenaline Say I, come on, y'all Say I Say I Got that adrenaline Say I, one more time Say I Say I We gon' count this shit off [Chorus: Black Thought and Scratch] Once again 'gain Once again 'gain Once again 'gain 'gain, ladies and gentlemen Once again 'gain Once again 'gain Come on, one, two, adrenaline [Verse 1: Black Thought] I'm in the eye of the storm, where the pressure's on MC's are dressed funny like a leprechaun I chop rappers up like chicken szechuan Sellin' a squads off like a slave auction Yo, my zodiac sign read caution On stage, I make your seed to an or-phan Yo, my age an algebraic equation What, you want some? Here come the portion, son The Fifth foursome, armed at the door, son M-illi-tilla, Dice Raw, quick draw, son You don't want no more, son? That's when more come And drag a nigga Eerie Avenue to Oregon, you're all done Ladies and gentlemen Select the weapon at the gate upon entering, The Roots instrumentaling Spark shit, what, you wanna talk shit? We hit you like the L at 60th and Market South Philly clip a hole up inside you, park it Take sneaks, chains and rings and bracelets Split back this like we the therapist Adrenaline, Fifth mic terrorist, once again [Chorus: Black Thought and Scratch] Once again 'gain Once again 'gain Once again 'gain 'gain, ladies and gentlemen Once again 'gain Once again 'gain When I say two, you say "adrenaline" One, two... [Verse 2: Black Thought rapping Malik B's verse] Zigga zigga zigga, tryin' to get a grip but slip, lift me up Since I was a pup, was designed to erupt Get to know me, approach me slowly, caught puzzlin' Niggas thought they was,of course they wasn't Punked 'em with a dozen of pellets all in they skelet' Transform, from the norm, start to brainstorm Yeah, Malik B, he ain't gone I took the wrong exit, the sign said Langhorne I'm trapped up in about five worlds with live pearls Shouts to Armour Akquan who's name is Jalil The moat is deep water so let your hand expand it Command it, takin' you back like Knotts Landing I'm Ralph Kramden, we out, you'll see in Hampton, y'all What the what the what the, what the what the what the Pivot on this concrete earth until I rot Didn't figure how to conquer it yet but still I plot, once again [Chorus: Black Thought and Scratch] Once again 'gain Once again 'gain Once again 'gain 'gain, ladies and gentlemen Once again, y'all Once again 'gain One, two, adrenaline [Verse 3: Dice Raw] Yo, Beans passed the mack and we held 'em like hostages Rappers see me, hide they face like ostriches Dice'll grind your brain into little sausages Underwater rap, you know who the bosses is North Philly, baby, that's where that Raw shit is You'll get blown out the sky once you get talkative A-D devise rise, I fathered it So when you see me on the street, don't even bother, kid Just be on your merry way because you might get slayed They ask around, wonderin' what Dice Raw did Lay you on floors like ya gettin' carpeted You need a special kind of mic for retarded kids Now, me against you's like Kane against the Partridges You wanna battle, change your name to The Forfeiters 'Cause that's what you do, face to face wit raw niggas I give you a bad case of the fucked-up jitters, once again [Chorus: Black Thought and Scratch] Once again 'gain Once again 'gain Once again 'gain 'gain, ladies and gentlemen Once again 'gain Once again 'gain When I count to two, you say "adrenaline" Once again 'gain Once again 'gain Once again 'gain 'gain, ladies and gentlemen Once again 'gain Once again 'gain I'ma show y'all what I'm talkin' 'bout One, two, ADRENALINE