| 'Riq Gees, that’s what’s up
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| Dilla Dawg, that’s what’s up
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| Roots crew, that’s what’s up
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| We keep the ghe-tto twisting backwoods up
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| K. Rigg, that’s what’s up
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| Phil da Ag, that’s what’s up
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| J Ball, that’s what’s up
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| You know my niggas keep it ghe-tto, twisting backwoods up
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| I got a shit load of story tales up in my sack
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| So let all the drums and all the noise interact
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| Twist up a fat one and make my coffee black
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| The Grim Ripper, th-th-the boss is back
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| My nigga, fifteen minutes minus five is a dime
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| To jewel it or not, it ain’t a problem to shine
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| It’s why my man Dilla do it without even tryin'
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| The greatest hip hop producer of all time, dig it
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| We back on the job, having a good time with it
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| You gotta love it, we got it, you still tryna get it
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| The footprint in the booth on every continent
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| Step off the stage the whole crowd, that’s our hostages
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| And our sponsors is my marrow lynch mob
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| Hands on a long double barrel that the trench hide
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| Tired of being outside, breaking inside
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| First motherfucker that flinch, he getting french fried, yeah
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| That’s what’s up
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| Frank’n’Dank, that’s what’s up
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| 'Riq Gees, that’s what’s up
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| You know my people keep it ghe-tto twisting backwoods up
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| Krondon, that’s what’s up, yeah
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| Kweli, that’s what’s up
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| Ayo Com, that’s what’s up
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| You know my people keep it ghe-ghetto twisting backwoods up
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| From the smoke of the basement to the pickings on the roof
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| I rock the house from out of solitary booth
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| I’m raw like the fury I instill in every booth
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| My name Black Thought from the legendary Roots
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| Guarding the gate, ill vibe off them snakes
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| Up in them sweepstakes, I’ma give these cats something to taste
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| Shot glass full of chemical waste
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| Mollywop smirks off your face
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| You get lurched off the base
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| Outside of the world premiere
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| Tusslin' for a parking space
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| To get a glimpse of the IMAX Theater rhyme creator
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| Deep concentrater, black activist agitator
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| Contemplating the outcome of engagement
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| Keeping patient, moving like a secret agent
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| Mic like a ball and chain, a lab calling my name
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| What the fuck, I’m 'bout to muscle the game
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| It’s 'Riq Gees, that’s what’s up
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| Gulity Simpson, that’s what’s up
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| Madlib, that’s what’s up
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| Yeah, keep it ghe-ghetto twisting backwoods up
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| Dilla Dawg, that’s what’s up, yeah
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| Turn it up, that’s what’s up, yeah
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| That’s what’s up, yeah
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| We keep it ghe-ghetto twisting backwoods up, yeah |