The Roots — The Ultimate LIve

[Intro: Black Thought] When it comes to presenting this Hip Hop shit to you, in its most pure form Me and my brothers that you see on the stage, we're on the ultimate level, without no doubt I feel it's safe to say The Roots Crew is the foundation, we're the original article, you know I'm saying No additives, no preservatives Word up, word up I'ma break this shit down for you Whatever I say, "We are the ultimate" All my people in the house, right? What y'all gon's say, Zurich is "Rock, rockin' it!" Y'all say: "Rock, rockin' it!", one time Then y'all gon' go:"Rock, rockin' it! Rock, rockin' it! Rock, rockin' it!" 'Cause we say: "The ultimate" And you: "Rock, rockin' it!" We are the ultimate And you: "Rock, rockin' it!" We are the ultimate Then y'all go: "Rock, rockin' it!" 1-2, here we go, yeah! We are the ultimate Rock, rockin' it! We are the ultimate Rock, rockin' it! We are the ultimate Rock, rockin' it! Rock, rockin' it! Rock, rockin' it! [Hook: Black Thought & Audience] We are the ultimate Rock, rockin' it! We are the ultimate Rock, rockin' it! We are the ultimate Rock, rockin' it! Rock, rockin' it! Rock, rockin' it! [Verse 1: Black Thought] Yo my definition is a lyricist for hire My vocal's a passport that never expire Crowd loud like fifty rounds of gun fire Screamin' out "The Roots" while I balance wit the wire Yo, expert in this profession, the session In 1987, I linked up wit the ?uestion Eleven years later we shared crop wit Geffen In musical hell, but hip-hop forever heaven My thoughts, interwoven and deep like Beethoven This foul world so filled of shit it like a clogged up colon Swollen wit minds that got stolen Fake-ass cops, uncontrollable patrolmen Torture, blood flow like bodies of water Fathers sexually assaultin they own daughter Out of sync, outta order like a puzzle In the land of the unseen hand that hold juggle In a Game of Life, yo it's hard to roll a double Tryin times, take lives and separate couples Kids thinkin they grown, tellin they moms "Fuck you" Under they breath, livin in the last times left Peep the imagery stretch across the sky like a canvas And we're the artists beneath vigorous rough strokes of darkness Time to set it off, let's spark this Switzerland, LET'S SPARK THIS!! [Hook: Black Thought & Audience] We are the ULTIMATE (Rock, rockin' it!) We are the ULTIMATE (Rock, rockin' it!) We are the ULTIMATE (Rock, rockin' it! Rock, rockin' it! Rock, rockin' it!) We are the ULTIMATE (Rock, rockin' it!) We are the ULTIMATE, LOUDER! (Rock, rockin' it!) We are the ULTIMATE (Rock-rockin it) C'mon (Rock, rockin' it!) C'mon (Rock, rockin' it!) [Verse 2: Black Thought] Yo my definition is a lyricist for hire You couldn't have a clue, it's about to transpire The books I buy live arms ?I wire? The Fifth, similar to ghetto gospel choir We ex-plore the whole states plus record In flight buds, trip that was a prisoner in war Four-four the corridor, seal it, no floor But I could see the drop was a mile aboard To the bottom, electrical shock for rhymes I said "I don't got em", guess it kinda presented a problem When I understood, they said "Let him go" I woke, during a center to London-Heathrow And now wit a past, fuckin wit border patrol I'm finding it out, I'm leaking wit my people Hit the studio, spread this information In daze of frustration fogged the education From Illa-Fifth to Switzerland destination The Roots du jour, go check the translation The dictionary of devout topics, far from ebonics The Fifth Dynasty, they can't stop it Yo Zurich y'all keep it tight heed While The Roots Crew smoke weed [Hook: Black Thought & Audience] We are the ULTIMATE (Rock, rockin' it!) We are the ULTIMATE, say what? (Rock, rockin' it!) We are the ULTIMATE, c'mon (Rock, rockin' it!) C'mon c'mon (Rock, rockin' it! Rock, rockin' it!) We are the ULTIMATE (Rock, rockin' it!) We are the ULTIMATE LOUDER (rock-rockin it) We are the ULTIMATE LOUDER (Rock, rockin' it!) C'mon (Rock, rockin' it! Rock, rockin' it!)