The Roots — Essaywhuman? Live

[Intro: Black Thought] What y'all talkin' 'bout, man? Say what? Say what? Say what? A'ight, a'ight, hold it, hold it, check it out, check it out Check it out, check it out Yo, yo, shh I don't ever, I don't really even, I don't never really be doing this joint You namsayin'? I don't really... Bass check 1, 2 Check the drums, 1, 2 Keys check, one time for your mind, y'all, yo It's The Roots Now what we want you all to do is sit back y'all, and just relax y'all Sit back y'all, and just relax y'all Sit back y'all, and just relax y'all Sit back y'all, and just, yo, check it out Questlove y'all, keepin the pace, right Ay, Corona's rockin' the place, right And Leonard Hubbard, y'all, he's on the bass, right Now, who I am? Yo, what's my name? Yo, who I am [Verse 1: Black Thought] Well, I'm the nap burner Ya namsayin'? Word up, I grab the microphone and serve a I'm back to give y'all some, feel this shit We got my brother Quest, love on the drums Now when we doom-dididi-doom-da-doom, rock the shit, uh You like The Roots crew is the ultimate, come on, uh, uh That's why, ya namsayin', we represent the Illa Fifth fam, say what, yo, yo The name of this shit right here, if y'all know the name of the joint, then sing along with me And let's have some fun, here we go [Chorus: Black Thought] Essaywhuman, Essaywhuman, Essaywh-uman, Essaywhuman, check it out Essaywhuman, uh, Essay what y'all, Essaywhuman, Essaywhu, check it out Yo, it's the, Essaywhuman, come on, Essaywhuman, uh, Essaywhuman Yo, I'm on some duh-duh-duh-duh, Essaywhuman, here we go [Verse 2: Black Thought] Listen... it is about the time For my man to come up to the front from behind So check it out, yo, put your hands together one time, y'all We gon' rock this shit 'Cause on the keys we got my homeboy Kamal rockin' the shit Okay, now check it out y'all It's just di-di-di-di-dedication, it'll show you love Yo, check it out, uh uh uh And then Kamal gon' flip the script and turn into J-Dub, J-Dub, J-Dub Ya namsayin'? Word. But on the real he's just my man, check it out, uh, yo We're ready to blick-di... [Chorus: Black Thought] Essaywhuman, Essaywhuman, uh, Essaywh-uman, Essaywhuman Essaywhuman, Essaywhuman, uh, Essaywhu, come on y'all, Essaywhuman, uh Essaywhuman, uh, Essaywhuman, right, Essaywhat what what, Essaywhuman Check it out, yo, yo, what's up with you? Nah, what's up with me? Nah, yo, what's up? Check it, yo... [Verse 3: Black Thought] For all my... peeps in the place We got my man Leonard Hubbard on bass Now, he don't really be liking to play the shit I say when we be doing this joint That's why my brother Questlove is in the back keeping the pace Now, check it out, we gon' do it like this We got to... rock the show, ah see see see About that skit shit ain't none of y'all party people know Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, yo You now in tune to the sounds of The Roots crew fam One time, if anybody know the name of this joint, I want y'all to sing along with me Right about now, let's get it down, y'all, come on [Chorus: Black Thought] Essaywhuman, Essaywhuman, Essaywh-uman, Essaywhuman, come on Essaywhuman, y'all, Essaywhuman, say what say what, get it, yo Essaywhuman, uh. Essaywhuman, right, Essaywhuman, uh, Essaywhuman, right Essaywhuman, uh, say what, yo, y'all on the one, on the foot step pattern, check it out, yo... [Outro: Black Thought] That shit was fun, ya namean? Word So, some of y'all people that just jumped on The Roots bandwagon ain't too familiar with that joint right there Y'all was like, "What are they doing? Is this planned?" Ya namean? Word up But you know, that shit right there was fun, taking y'all back It got me real relaxed now, ya namsayin'? It got me on some cool out shit, we coolin' out My Mars Co-op and Giant Scientist in the place...