Aminé, JID, Charlie Wilson - Roots(2020)

[00:12.88] You say you heard a lot about me
[00:15.10] Nigga, fuck what you heard
[00:16.70] It's all fun and games 'til it happens like a Based God curse
[00:20.46] Yeah, cell keep tickin' on me like I'm six-one-seven, yuh
[00:24.23] My cousin steez Stizz like he's six-one-seven, okay
[00:27.96] Devil on my shoulder, marijuana from Boulder
[00:31.62] You know my niggas in this mutherfuckin' bitch
[00:34.96] If bein' ugly was pretty, I'd be the shit
[00:38.35] Never been nowhere, but these niggas, they love to trip
[00:41.48] Eritrea, Ethiopia, Habesha utopia
[00:45.17] Bitches gettin' cold, then niggas grab your Patagonias
[00:48.96] So I Toby acquired her
[00:51.07] I had to get a baby who could make me get wired up
[00:54.56] You know I'm 'bout that action
[00:57.02] My nigga Marc could get it crackin'
[00:59.11] Open up your soul and take your body like, "What's ha'nnin'"
[01:02.95] I'm not a succulent or sucker, baby girl
[01:05.85] These roots made me, I bring my flowers to the world (yeah)
[01:10.09] It's on me
[01:12.45] When my flaws like ice, keep my soul inside (no, no, oh)
[01:16.79] The sun is on me
[01:19.42] And my stems don't bite if the light
[01:22.18] Shines bright (no, no, no, no, no, no, no)
[01:23.73] It's rainin' on me
[01:26.68] My guilt weigh heavy, it cost me a life
[01:30.45] I got my own seeds (yeah)
[01:33.33] They ripped my petals to my six 'cause my roots won't die
[01:37.47] Check this out
[01:38.47] Like humans and animals
[01:39.95] Plants need both water and nutrients to survive, food
[01:42.96] Most all plants use water to carry moisture, nutrients
[01:46.06] Back and forth between the roots and leaves
[01:49.15] Bitch
[01:52.06] Searchin' for my shelter through the storm
[01:54.32] I find peace, my safe haven, keepin' me far away from harm
[01:57.89] Nevertheless, the greener grass is proof the roots are strong
[02:00.83] But now we standin' here, divided, choose the side where you belong
[02:04.15] Mama, keep the lights on
[02:05.74] Yeah, all I see is red, so we awake the dead
[02:08.58] She likes my third eye, she loves my third leg
[02:11.23] This my third time around the worldwide, winds
[02:13.93] Give me the Versai-, Versac-, Benz, put work in
[02:17.44] Made my words work with pens, scribblin' sins, I drop gems
[02:21.80] I don't got tick-tock time for them, seeds or stems
[02:25.68] Evil men plottin', we see you 'cause we watching
[02:29.07] We see you, believe me you, we see you (Mr. Route)
[02:33.52] Get your ass up out that grass and stretch your limbs
[02:36.13] Photosynthesis, I see the future picture, take a glimpse
[02:39.72] Everything you tryna have is in your grab, so get a grip (Mr. Route)
[02:43.71] It's for the kids (Mr. Route)
[02:45.69] Yo, what it is?
[02:47.51] It's on me
[02:49.93] When my flaws like ice, keep my soul inside (no, no, oh)
[02:54.27] The sun is on me
[02:56.85] And my stems don't bite if the light
[02:59.32] Shines bright (no, no, no, no, no, no, no)
[03:01.12] It's rainin' on me
[03:04.28] My guilt weigh heavy, it cost me a life
[03:07.99] I got my own seeds (yeah)
[03:10.60] They ripped my petals to my six 'cause my roots won't die
[03:15.03] (What the fuck)
[03:17.26] Holy holy holy, holy holy holy (let me grow)
[03:24.46] Holy holy holy, holy holy holy
[03:31.49] Holy holy holy, holy holy holy (let me grow)
[03:38.33] Holy holy holy, holy holy holy
[03:45.48] Holy holy holy, holy holy holy (let me grow)
[03:52.39] Holy holy holy, holy holy holy
[03:59.27] Holy holy holy, holy holy holy (let me grow)
[04:06.03] Holy holy holy, holy holy holy (let me grow)
[04:15.64] Let me grow, oh let me grow
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