The Roots — Don’t See Us Live

[Intro: Black Thought & Scratch] Shit's supposed to drop right there... Yeah, we got my DJ, the human turntablist Scratch on the 1 and 2 Get wicked with it Shit's supposed to drop right there... Ah yeah, freak it, freak it, freak that shit, freak that shit Shit's supposed to drop right there... [Chorus: Black Thought] You don't see us, but we see you You stuck on sleep, get on them P's and Q's 'Cause you will get crept, with no discrept You know the rep, keep the, yo Ayo, you don't see us, but we see you You stuck on sleep, get on your P's and Q's Ayo, you will get crept, with no discrept You know the rep, check it out [Verse 1: Black Thought] Mesmerizing, state of the art caffeine It's over head like Omniverse screen I'm not the average savage that curse queens I'm something from his worst dreams First we handling first things, I'm subsurface unseen Grab this whole planet by the purse strings Niggas is earthlings, they ain't built to hurt things Speakin' the words of weaklings Yo, it's like, man beats world, it ain't no time to recline Act up, get clapped up, my mind is the nine Shine like jewels that spark, swimmin' wit' sharks Never caught speakin' to NARC's, that's weaker than Clark I'm the type to sit back and analyze the prize Grip it up and flee the scene with a different disguise Make a detour, I be all that I can be on Talkin' to this bitch life, I made her my wife Live twice, got seven more lives to live I'm all out, takin' things to the fullest extent Help me get it down and we can split a hundred percent Run a rapper through a maze like a experiment Word up, you know the legendary Y'all know the legendary, well it's the legendary Roots crew [Chorus: Black Thought] You don't see us, but we see you You stuck on sleep, get on them P's and Q's Because you will get crept, with no discrept You know the rep, we keep the flows in check You don't see us, but we see you You stuck on sleep, get on your P's and Q's Yo, because you will get crept, with no discrept You know the rep, we keep the flows in check [Verse 2: Black Thought rapping Dice Raw's verse] The boy Dice rise like a creature from out the swamp With my blood-thirsty clergy that's on the hunt for conk Who pumps your heart, I made you wanna rhyme from the start You should be more alert, then you wouldn't get hurt Get off your horse and on your P's and beware Of images you seein', did deceiving, you're scared And even more shook up than the scenes that's near Dice Raw, sting the inside of your mouth like a cold sore Who wanna piece? Well it's Round One, let's begin My gun, don't bust it, just suck on in I got shit that'll have you beggin' me to shoot ya I'm the professor, you rock a dunce cap, though [Black Thought] OK Computer, Radiohead's knock To the Future Shock like Curtis, at your service None other than, the Fifth government, we play the cut again Y'all clueless to what the fuck is up again Yo, hard times and sufferin' What, my peoples in the crevices strugglin' 'Nuff of them, a toy soldier thespian But I'm from the next e-on, supreme being that's unseen Check it out, yo [Chorus: Black Thought] You don't see us, but we see you You stuck on sleep, get on them P's and Q's Yo, ayo, you will get crept, with no discrept You know the rep, keep them flows in check Ayo, you don't see us, but we see you You stuck on sleep, get on the P's and Q's Because you will get crept, with no discrept You know the rep, we keep the flows in check [Verse 3: Black Thought rapping Malik B's verse] They all around me, 'round me On my head, they got a bounty I'm tryin' to get this bail up so I can flee your county Triple-six, come in my mix, flood it with tricks Sharper than my mic, I'm like an ice pick And price bricks 'til dawn, if the money is long We could play strong and inhale through old play bong Son, you wrong if you thought I wasn't droppin' a ton Strictly thinkin' 'bout the way I got to tally a sum [Black Thought rapping Dice Raw's verse] Yo, I sneakfully snuck up from behind and got you From over there in them bushes, I chilled and watched you Dancin' all jolly, you pussy for them folly Get knocked out with one punch, from me you've been Ali-ed I float like hovercrafts and sting like vaccinations My name said out loud, you'll lose your concentration Dice Raw, D-I-C-E-R-A-W, you wanna take it? Otherwise, fuck you gon' do? That's what I thought, nada, nothing, caput, zero Rough as sandpaper but still smooth as a tiptoe The Roots taking over, Zurich, don't tell me you ain't know A lot of kids can rap but, yo... Namsayin, y'all know the legendary Y'all know the legendary, well, it's the muthafuckin' Roots crew [Chorus: Black Thought] You don't see us, but we see you You stuck on sleep, get on them P's and Q's Because you will get crept, with no discrept You know the rep, keep the flows in check Ayo, you don't see us, but we see you You stuck on sleep, get on your P's and Q's Because you will get crept, with no discrept You know the rep, keep the flows in check