The Roots — The Notic

[Vocals from D'Angelo] [Verse 1: Black Thought] This beautiful blend, I knew her through a mutual friend She was a work of art, a part of my heart from back then A brown skin singer with a knack for actin' Alana's whole attraction just fractionally based on surface I got into her mental on purpose And with alertness, as I flirt with her emotion Walls we built up out of nervousness was broken I reminisce on how this Black Thought had her open With the energy that got the whole summertime smokin' Very hypnotized, when it was time, we spent time It's no way to rewind or prevent time from slippin' away like day Into the dark and the way that Things Fall Apart Will make some start to feel more weak or insecure But for whatever reason, our relationship remain mature Even when she caught feelings 'cause I stay on tour As I reflect on before and recap the situation I guess from experience comes education We set on a path to opposite destinations It's best to chalk it up and add it to the elevation Then, eventually flow on to lost communication I called but lost all information And with time, forgot it, it's not like I'm all in tears about it But the fact of the matter remains that I miss The Hypnotic [Hook x2: D'Angelo] You're a shinin' star No matter where you are For the world to see What you truly be [Verse 2: Black Thought] Yo, she was The Hypnotic and potent as a narcotic The bizarre logic of it all, is while the clock tick Pages of the calendar flip, we can't stop it Time will either tell the tale or turn a love toxic Now, was she real? Or an illusion of this optical Confusion with the accent of Ancient Egypt? Or could it be that she's the one I was supposed to be with And together walk this twisted staircase to somethin' realistic? Damn, her lips havin' me addicted to her presence Front page material on Essence A queen, imperial before her adolescence And as she grew into a woman, she became refined I never knew another like her in my lifetime So, now I travel through a tunnel of space without a place On the face of this Earth, with this pain gettin' worse Drivin' me insane, or at least, I'm touchin' the brink of sanity To think of how I can link or contact her I was a fool before, but more wise after the fact I'm analyzin' how I'm wantin' her back And wonderin' exactly where she could be on the map I'm just sittin' here, spinnin' the world on one finger Reoccurrin' thoughts of this brown skin singer Yo, the psychotic, The Hypnotic Yo, check it out, the most melodic Hypnotic, yeah [Hook x4] [Piano Outro]