Table Of Contents (Parts 1 & 2) - The Roots.mp3

[00:00.000](Part One)
[00:00.607](Black Thought)
[00:00.791]*Background*
[00:00.909]Is this fast or normal speed?
[00:09.722]Yea, knawsayin?, yea, Table of Contents
[00:14.490]****ing wit it, one two, it's the Table of Contents, come on (2x)
[00:27.141]Uh yea, uh huh, yo
[00:27.452]Check it out, you're now intuned to the sounds of the
[00:31.098]R to the, double-O to the, T-S and I stretch limit to this profession
[00:35.249]My voice physically fit, tracks I'm bench-pressing
[00:37.700]The mic chord is an extension of my intestine
[00:39.929]Delicate MC's sliced in my delicatessan
[00:42.217]My mind state is that of the S-P
[00:44.042]Connection, Pennsy a part of me, South Philly through my arteries
[00:46.927]Thought the dark one, fearsome, slump son
[00:49.379]My vocal just a knuckle that sucker punched the drum
[00:51.691]Hip-hop yo that's my hustle and it kill a kingdom
[00:53.863]That Fall Apart to drastic propor-tion
[00:56.367]Lost ones out there, you better stand clear
[00:58.747]The Fifth Dynasty, it be a world premier
[01:00.983]Cuttin through like attorneys at law that's car chasin
[01:03.534]You star gazing, the force y'all facin is the
[01:05.982]R-to the, double-O to the, T-S an'
[01:08.900]Y'all niggas in the mix, keep guessin
[01:10.555]The world traveller in the flesh without question
[01:13.570]Last seven years on tour without restin
[01:15.170]Yo the kind of rapper you should reconsider testin
[01:17.435]Supreme simply, o-fficial Dundee
[01:19.972]What I bring'll motivate to move your whole country
[01:21.903]Throw your hands up if y'all want me to proceed wit
[01:25.110]And carry out strategic plans to leave wit
[01:27.372]The title that I'm watchin, Roots we run-ting
[01:29.534]My Dundee atire for MC hunting
[01:31.642]Step up and out the ring
[01:32.953]Y'all niggas on some other, y'all loud as Don King
[01:35.166]But wine drink within the danger zone lounging
[01:37.612]You need to be more aware of your surroundings
[01:39.761]Reality at times is astounding enough to get your heart pounding
[01:43.516]It's safe to assume, in all confidence
[01:45.662]That I'm one of the illest in the seven continents
[01:48.104]Yo, you on my shit, thanks for the compliments
[01:50.794]Table Of Contents (Parts 1 & 2) by The Roots from the album Things Fall Apart. You be ****ed up by my Table of Contents *begins fading
[01:52.735]Bad Lieutanent, you I been rhymin since
[01:55.060]The ****in past tense, **** no delayin
[01:57.127]Or playin taking your wing way back in the day of yo
[01:59.773]If l could get my mother****ing mind togethe
[02:00.466](Part Two)
[02:00.489](Malik B)
[02:06.625]It' the R-to the, double-O to the, T-S an'
[02:10.423]Yo yo, it's the R to the, double-O to the, T-S an' yo
[02:16.526]When I strike to excite, I just aim, I never miss
[02:19.638]Embrace you wit a hug of death, give your ass a slight kiss
[02:22.036]Toxic words that spill over pages, for ages
[02:24.712]Impacts like M-16's to twelve gauges
[02:26.775]The rage is still in me, never act too friendly
[02:29.779]Scully down creepin while you tilted off Henny
[02:32.456]Many man begin pure but in this world of sin your
[02:35.036]Holdin tight my mor-al by in-jure
[02:37.721]We scramble, because this game life is the gamble
[02:40.080]Vandalize your terrain, go against the grain
[02:42.479]Invade your brain wit the collision causing division
[02:44.964]Sweep your sector, leavin you niggas for stool-pigeons
[02:47.325]Sweep your sector, leavin you niggas for stool-pigeons
[02:49.979]Sweep your sector, leavin you niggas for stool-pigeons
[02:52.517]My religion is a way of life, but the trife replays
[02:55.747]Cause niggas acting shittiest these day
[02:57.636]Wagin wars, usin dynamics cuz I'ma slam it
[03:00.061]You talkin all this out out your mouth, you satanic
[03:02.615]Roam the planet, always takin bull shit for granted
[03:05.043]Just a cool type of cat but you still can't understand it
[03:07.457]You told to sit back, stand still and chill
[03:09.863]Niggas bound to clap shots cause they all act il
[03:12.628]Wit a sour-ass taste smilin up in your face
[03:15.050]I'm like trust, never leavin no trial or no trace
[03:17.716]Disappear wit the wind, ? shows the discipline
[03:20.519]Twenty-five years of my life I learned to ?miss amend?
[03:22.911]Peep the structure of a whole empire
[03:25.471]Smuggled sealed tai, pack lyrics like Kya
[03:28.008]Verbal messiah, when I cross I set a fire
[03:30.446]Wacker MC went in doubt cuz I'm for hire *echoes*