The Roots — Episodes

[Chorus: Jazzyfatnastees & Black Thought] Yeah, you in tune to another episode in my area code Better believe it All sorts of episodes in my area code 'Cause it is comin' Where the blocks explode, where the temperature is cold It's just an episode in my area code It's another episode in my area code You won't believe the sight you see before your eyes All sorts of episodes in my area code You won't believe the sight you see before your eyes Where the blocks explode, ride strapped and unload I seen it unfold in my area code [Verse 1: Black Thought] Yo, just push the panic button on your remote control Then enter the zone where I patrol this wicked realm cold soul Diddly Bo, leave her feelin' a saga foretold Who got caught 'pon the block for gold, got the old heads froze They peepin' outta closed windows They not secure as they supposed, I watched it all unfold Witness another episode, with titanic panoramic view As this manic-depressant un-load with this gung-ho Wild like a son sold for cash Guns traded for sensi and hash, crack for ass Entire crews pass, not makin' the news flash Brews pass a memory and spark not to blast Whatever Ave. transform to the war path Pure wrath from North down to 24th and Task Game slaughter half the niggas you acquainted with Streets tainted with camouflage, guerilla sabotage My cousins Jarette and Todd was livin' type large Got caught then blast, crashed off on Broad and Lombard So many so-called hearts scarred, they buried in the yard Lick shots at Babylon, de one comfy bombard Kids run far from traditional credit cards scams Veterans is nipped in the butt with large plans Stick-up kids is jumpin' outta plated Dodge Rams To jam you and your man, it's mad drama and... [Chorus: Jazzyfatnastees & Black Thought] Yeah, you in tune to another episode in my area code Better believe it All sorts of episodes in my area code 'Cause it is comin' Where the blocks explode, where the temperature is cold It's just an episode in my area code It's another episode in my area code You won't believe the sight you see before your eyes All sorts of episodes in my area code You won't believe the sight you see before your eyes Where the blocks explode, ride strapped and unload I seen it unfold in my area code [Verse 2: Dice Raw] This is for all of my niggas that are R.I.P.'s You ain't missin' nothin', life ain't what it should be I'll pass across soon, you know who's the enemy Lots of shit has changed and it's kinda fucked up to see You remember Tauseen? Nigga thinks life's a dream Go out fast for the buck, do anythin' for the C.R.E.A.M Never seen a case like this, although it's quite contagious He even got his little brother actin' all outrageous From dusk to dawn, and from dawn back to dusk They do anythin' and everythin' tryin' to come up It's kinda sickenin' how the cash is so fuckin' addictive And when I say son wild, they say that that's conflicted Ain't nothin' but a contradiction in this world we live in 'Cause the loot is for the takin', and not for the givin' Then the youngest one will say "I'mma die hustlin' Fuck everybody, except my brother who I'm trusted in" I guess the young boy just did not know the truth 'Cause the followin' week, Tauseen threw him off a roof And sometimes, I wonder what the fuck I think about that How nowadays kids get whacked for somethin' less than a pack But I guess that's how it goes when there ain't no more rep Thought he was his brother's keeper, but fuck all that Niggas causin' mayhem from the P.M.'s to A.M.'s America's worst nightmare: Guns in kids' hands [Chorus: Jazzyfatnastees & Black Thought] Yeah, you in tune to another episode in my area code Better believe it All sorts of episodes in my area code 'Cause it is comin' Where the blocks explode, where the temperature is cold It's just an episode in my area code It's another episode in my area code You won't believe the sight you see before your eyes All sorts of episodes in my area code You won't believe the sight you see before your eyes Where the blocks explode, ride strapped and unload I seen it unfold in my area code [Verse 3: Malik B] It was the year of '84, I was tryin' to get in the mix The year when niggas rolled with sheepskins, Cazals and kicks Even got the patent-leather Adidas snatched off your feet Man, that talk is cheap, the crippled can't walk for weeks The first stoge was rolled to Penn and Teller's Strolled in the dollar house parties in search for Cinderella Was just a little man, real bold Tryin' to act grown and old so that respect'll be shown A hip-hop, a little bop and the break-dancin' When niggas wore windbreakers, plot to take lambskins Remember Zigglers? Uptown, the bottom's not quite the same St. Charles in South Phil, the Ooh Mob gang H-R-M Ogontz Ave., Brickyard to Hollow Niggas was snatchin' Cazals and flippin' pockets for the dallo You wore your little rope chain in West Oak Lane And niggas from Logan came to extort, we know the game You proclaim this gangster bullshit talk And never even seen your man shot or bodies in chalk Aggravated assault, another weekend in the precinct Takin' everybody for a vic, man, that's how we think Back then, you'd catch a sucker-punch off-guard Niggas would pull your card, tryin' to walk around all hard Niggas quick to flip your pockets if you lip-service When you see fifteen niggas deep with scullys, get nervous It ain't no tellin' what they could do to you So, you clutch up, thinkin' and knowin' you gettin' stuck up In another episode in my area code, episode in my area code [Chorus: Jazzyfatnastees & Black Thought] Yeah, you in tune to another episode in my area code Better believe it All sorts of episodes in my area code 'Cause it is comin' Where the blocks explode, where the temperature is cold It's just an episode in my area code It's another episode in my area code You won't believe the sight you see before your eyes All sorts of episodes in my area code You won't believe the sight you see before your eyes Where the blocks explode, ride strapped and unload I seen it unfold in my area code [Outro: The Jazzyfatnastees] Better believe it, 'cause it is comin' You won't believe the sight you see before your eyes You won't believe the sight you see before your eyes Better believe it, 'cause it is comin'