The Roots — I Cant Help It

[Hook: Mercedes Martinez, Dice Raw & Both] I, I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I can't help it, I, I can't help it [Verse 1: Malik B] Live with it, that's how I survive with it Talk jive with it, you take a dive with it Connive with it, depart and arrive with it Harsh thrive, that's why it's part I with it I did it, make rhymes in five minutes Mind of a dentist, crimes of a menace Press rewind, see what you find in my image Take you niggas back to the line of the scrimmage 'Riq, you know we pull a freak with the flow Talk's cheap, that's why we speak with the dough Ill technique show I'm sleek with the flow It's cold outside, nigga sleep with the snow I tweak in the low tone, freak with the ozone I can't help hiding my secrets that's so known I only do what I got to 'cause it's possible And climbin' over whatever's known as an obstacle [Hook: Mercedes Martinez, Dice Raw & Both] I, I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I can't help it, I, I can't help it [Verse 2: Black Thought] Ugh, I can't help it, maybe I'm selfish Maybe the way I'm runnin' is becomin' a health risk All I can see is smoke through tortoise-shell Cazal 650's I'm feelin' like I'm makin' a sales pitch My head already so heavy, it's makin' the scales tip I got my own pressure and got everyone else's I'm rehabilitated, still feelin' rebellious Candidate of heart failure, more pills then Elvis In a layer cake, half-chocolate, half-velvet I'm listenin' to some Harold Melvin I got too many options, there's so many toxins Yo, ain't no really tellin' what we killin' ourselves with I lit a cigarette and inhaled it I'm thinkin' of some rhymes more iller than a threatening ailment I'm on some bomb-threat-in-the-mail shit Because of all the things I dealt with, nigga, I can't help it [Hook: Mercedes Martinez, Dice Raw & Both] I, I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I can't help it, I, I can't help it [Verse 3: Greg Porn] I never said I'm ready to die, but I accept it Never said I'm ready for war, but I'm protected I don't even know when it's coming, but I expect it Lost all semblance of hope, so now, I'm left with— Nervous conditions, addictions In addition to vixens that mixed in with the wrong crowd My life is on a flight that's goin' down My mother had an abortion for the wrong child Well, the time I felt love, that's gone now Been replaced by purple rains and some storm clouds Misery love misery So why make friends? Let's make some enemies And now, I got a habit that wasn't meant for me Now, I'm in a marriage that wasn't meant to be One more reason to change identity The cause, the crime, K's, penalties [Hook: Mercedes Martinez, Dice Raw & Both] I, I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I can't help it I can't help it, I, I can't help it [Outro: Mercedes Martinez & Dice Raw] I can't help it, I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I, I, I can't help it I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I, I, I can't help it I, I can't help it I, I can't help it I can't help it I can't help, I-I can't help it I can't help it, I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I, I, I can't help it I can't help it I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I, I can't help it I can't help it, I, I, I can't help it I, I can't help it I, I, I can't help it I, I, I, I can't help it