The Roots — No Alibi

[Intro] One-two, one-two, one-two, one-two Check it, yeah, yeah [Hook] If you seen it or heard it, maybe, probably I did it Maybe or maybe not, I admit what I committed Exhibit the truth because I'm livin' proof why I had no disguise tryin' to vocalize [Verse 1: Malik B] Dig it, look through the window, tell me what you see? The M-Illatant school of philosophy Where niggas get dealt wit' mental velocity Connect my sentences and thoughts like apostrophes You represent hypocrisy, it ain't no stoppin' me Until I fulfill my term of my prophecy My attitude is scarred by this inner-city urban Iller dolo stress on my brain just like a turban Who get grazed by the bullet? Triggers, who quick to pull it? The anti-bullshitter, Islamic extortioner You're the forfeiter unfortunately Niggas who wanna gyp me, I cause humidity, so come and get me I'm simply the cat to lay back, I chill and watch you The silent ninja intends to injure, now I gotchu Sanity was lost so now I'm found insane I'm thinkin' streets to jeeps; hours, days to weeks I even speak to geeks, I hold my fortune, it's sweet I'm discreet in the streets, but that's just the way I play, though I lay low, but over your head just like a halo Hell's angel, these thoughts you cannot untangle When I drop jewels, niggas, they wear it like a bangle Check it out, one time for your mind like that [Hook x2] If you seen it or heard it, maybe, probably I did it Maybe or maybe not, I admit what I committed Exhibit the truth because I'm livin' proof why I had no disguise, no verdicts, no alibis [Verse 2: Black Thought] Dig it, look into the window, tell me what you see? Lieutenant university of philosophy When you not possibly escapin' what I'm meditatin' My shackle of thought tackle you while I'm educatin' Your dome resonatin' from inhalation of darkness As I spark the smart shit for which you’re waitin' Situatin' me at the top of the pile Wild Delaware Val', Pennsylvanian sub-terranean style Step up into my crevice and taste the medicine of the Champagne King like Evelyn, leavin' you leveled and sabotaged It's all camouflaged like the devil and guns And coke peddlin', Olympic meddlin' flashback That of a war veteran blast at The programmer bringin' lashes 'cross your back On some accuracy of a brainwashed Bosnian troop That swooped down through your roof without sound On a lyrical Nat Turner mission, reactin' off of intuition Continuously alert, no intermission If your ears hurt, you shouldn't listen That mean you artificial and my style'll poison your brain tissue Gettin' maimed and crippled once the gamma rays hit you My grain's habitual and I should never go against The ritual I've been masterin' ever since I was among the flavored youth, remain sharper than a saber tooth My deliverance is self-evidence Vit-al, lyric-al science, now! [Hook] See, if you seen it or heard it, maybe, probably I did it Maybe or maybe not, I admit what I committed Exhibit the truth because I'm livin' proof why I had no disguise, no verdicts, no alibi If you seen it or heard it, maybe, probably I did it Maybe or maybe not, I admit what I committed Exhibit the truth because I'm livin' proof why I had no disguise tryin' to vocalize, yeah [Verse 3: Black Thought] Who knows what you snorted? Or who support what you recorded? But don't get it distorted, in this orbit you're aborted This authentic, sorted shit's imported, exported Styles, they get sported, my paragraph's aortic Behold, the illest medley lock you in a choke hold Illadelph epilogue, top league, plush, plus en vogue Slice tongues from your area code Student of life that's on the rugged-exterior mode Blind a devil with the bold, black and gold shine I walk the thin line and hold mine, let the people respond It's mind detect mind, swine decline, let the power refine Build like it's 1999 In this day and time, the reptilian roam the sextillion ton Your Armageddon gwan come from the sun Untouchable cuts that's unclutchable for some to overstand So y'all sit back and wonder, "Damn!" I'd like to take this time to tell you who I am Original man, Black Thought A.K.A. Lieutenant Malik B.'ll be the M-Illatant Known to vanish in the atmosphere, we up there like the stratos Word life [Hook] If you seen it or heard it, maybe, probably I did it Maybe or maybe not, I admit what I committed Exhibit the truth because I'm livin' proof why I had no disguise, and no alibi So, if you seen it or heard it, maybe, probably I did it Maybe or maybe not, I admit what I committed Exhibit the truth because I'm livin' proof why I had no disguise tryin' to vocalize, we got no alibi