[Black Thought]
From The Never Never Tunnels via satellite
Ceremonies be commencing in the candlelight
Yo is I is up in the res-in-iduals tonight
Absolutely because I`m the kid that`s on the mic
And I believe it`s destiny that I got put
in a position to throw lyrics like a shotput
Yo no matter the circumstance
Thought can always make you dance
like you got the heebie-jeebies or a hotfoot
The bass is low on the meter, less than zero
So while I`m sinning you be spinning like a planet
Yo if you dig the shit I`m sayin you`ll be deeper
Wish for little and your wishes shall be granted
We plant the seeds y`all, to grow The Roots y`all
And mad knowledge I got, from the archives
But now I got a crazy fat question:
what ever happened to Leonard Parts One to Five?
Chorus: Black Thought (repeat 2X)
Why`d you ask me that question? (I don`t know)
Where did Leonard Parts One to Five go?
Why`d you ask me that question? (I don`t know)
Word/Uhh/Yeah/...
Where did Leonard Parts One to Five go..
[Black Thought]
Chariot, Chariot, come swing low--be
Cause it`s on a lower level that I swing low, umm
?uestion, keeps me up, on the swing flow, he
don`t got a whole name, I call him, BRO The
Roots is comin through on your audio
For you to cut The Roots down I don`t think so
Because the sound from the ground is like be--low
And when the liquid kicks in then The Roots grow
Now my ace boom coon plus amigo
Was Shadrach Meshach and N`bendago
There was a Alpha to Omega, motion, system
but I just call them A to O
And in all states, The Roots`ll rock a fat show
Because I drop art like I was Pa-blo
And Pa-blo`s last name was Picasso
But as for cash flow, I don`t got no
dividends and, ends to spend on blow, yo
Where did Leonard Parts to Five go?
Chorus
[Black Thought]
Where`s the third verse? Here it comes, here it goes
The second had Oodles and Oodles of..
speaking of O`s, I`m hard to sink like a Cheerio
And I speak up loud, so you can hear me yo
Is it A Tribe Called Quest? Is it the J.Beez?
We`re Cool Like Dat, but yo we`re not the D.P.`s
It`s the group The Roots, with the organic rap style
Plus the groove from the rhythmic rhyme file
Umm.. I`m a big fan of the Soul
But I`m trying to get this Roots shit in control
So I hate when people say,
Umm - you remind me of De La Soul,
cause I got a soul, of my own, and umm
Yo The Roots are taking big steps and
you can listen as we progress in
Sometimes I might come to teach a lesson
Other times it`s with a crazy question like..
Yo.. whatever happened to Leonard Parts One to Five?
Word up; I don`t know, anyway, Roots up y`know
Uhh, as we do it like this
Roots up, Roots up
Roots up, Roots up
Roots up, Roots up
Roots up, Roots up
Roots up.. up, Roots up-up
Roots up, Roots up-up
Roots up, Roots up-up
Roots up, Roots _Up From the Ground_
Roots up, Roots up with the sound
Roots up, Roots _Up From the Ground_
Roots up, Roots gettin on down
Roots up, dig it
Roots up y`all, Roots up y`all
Roots is up Roots is up Roots is up y`all
Roots is up y`all, Roots is up y`all
Roots is up Roots is up Roots is up y`all
Roots is up..
