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I travel the world because I own it
Yo, you don't want it？ Yo, you don't want it
You know you really don't want it
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I travel the globe because I own it
Yo, you don't want it when confronted
You know you really don't want it

My job description is a lyricist for hire
My vocals a passport that never expires
The crowd loud like 50 rounds of gunfire
Screaming out,“THE ROOTS！”
I'm balanced on the mic wire
Expert at the profession of the sound session
In '87 I linked up with a Question
Eleven years later,
We share crop for Geffen in a music hell
But hiphop's forever heaven
My thoughts interwoven and deep like Beethoven
This fowl world is so full of shit
It's like a backed up colon That's swollen
With minds that got stolen
Fake police chiefs can't control their patrol men
The torture！ blood flow like bodies of water
And father sexually assault bodies of daughters
It's out of sync, out of order like a puzzle
Within the hustle of the unseen hand that holds trouble
In the game of life it's difficult to roll a double
When tryin' times take lives and separate couples
Kids thinking they grown
Tellin their moms fuck you under they breath
We livin' in the last times left
Peep the imagery it's stretch across the sky like a canvas
And we're the artists
Beneath vigorous brush strokes of darkness
Time to hold it down, let's spark this

The Agenda for the moment,
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I travel the world because I own it
Yo, you don't want it？ Yo, you don't want it
You know you really don't want it
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I travel the globe because I own it
Yo, you don't want it when confronted
You know you really don't want it

My definition is a lyricist for hire
You couldn't have a clue what's about to transpire
The books I buy, is like arms I acquire
The 5th similar to ghetto gospel choir
We explore the whole States plus abroad
In flight once, I dreamed I was a prisoner of war
For corner corridor, ceiling without floor
From what I could see the drop was a mile or more
To the bottom
Electric shock for rhymes
I said I don't got em
I guess it kinda presented a problem
From what I understood
They said “Let him go”
I woke up during decent into London Heathrow
Hour done passed fuckin' wit border patrol
Finally got out, linkin' wit my people
To the studio to spread the information
Cuz in days of frustration it's time for education
From Oakland to Osaka destination
The Roots be the jawn kid, check the translation
In the dictionary of hiphop topics
Far from ebonics, murder with haiku and sonnets
Yo, my philly squad proceed to take heed
While the unaware proceed to take heed

The Agenda for the moment,
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I travel the world because I own it
Yo, you don't want it？ Yo, you don't want it
You know you really don't want it
The Agenda for the moment,
Seek surrender from opponent
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I travel the globe because I own it
Yo, you don't want it when confronted
You know you really don't want it