The Roots — Proceed Live

[Intro: Black Thought] Y'all ready to rock, come on We gon' set it off I, I, I, here we go [Chorus: Black Thought] I shall, proceed, people And continue, to rock the mic I shall, proceed, check it out And continue, to rock the mic I shall, proceed And continue, to rock, you know what? We on some hip-hop, say somethin' What what, what what, we rock, ayo [Verse 1: Black Thought] Just think, just think, what, if you could just, just blink, what, yourself away Come on, think, just think, what if you could just, just blink, what, your ass away Black Thought'll rock the mic with no delay I be the 9 foot 11, residing at the mecca rest address in south section Used to cut class in the infinite pursuit of ass in '86 Easy with the chicks I was a chocolate boy Raised in the cellar with rhythm like Ella Walk the mega trife streets to the subway And lay 'til the train stop, now watch me hop Used to do the pop, dance to the "Planet Rock" At the block party they all jock who? Ayo, it's the MC down with my man C A-L-D-O-N-E, as we, ah, check it out [Chorus: Black Thought] Proceed, people And continue, to rock the mic I shall, proceed And continue, to rock the mic I shall, proceed, and And continue, to rock the mic We on some hip-hop, say somethin' What what, what what, we rock the mic [Verse 2: Black Thought] Uh, yo, early afternoon Break a lyrical, oh shit, ate some mushroom Fly when I die, put this up on a tomb I represented on the...feel the vibe Representing Philly, the sun, and star, and moon Make you feel you must increase the volume A pimple on the face of hip-hop, on a what We on a paper, when I'm on a, ayo, check it out right here So...Boogeyman Records from 125th to Japan I laid them, play like Donny Hathaway and shake a hand, and shake a hand You tried to kick it, love, I couldn't play my man My peoples is my peoples and my Yo, yo, tried to, what, ayo, I couldn't play my... Yo, I shake your hand, shoulda hit the... I shall...I shall... [Chorus: Black Thought] I shall, check it out, proceed, people Make some noise, and rock the mic Rock the house, proceed, check it out And continue, 'cause I do this well [Outro: Black Thought] Keep doin' it, what? Keep rippin' shit up And continue, once again, yo We on some hip, tell 'em somethin' What what, what what, we rock the mic