What They Do
Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Yo, yo, lost generation, fast paced nation World population, confront their frustration The principles of true hip hop have been forsaken It's all contractual and about money making Pretend to be cats, don't seem to know their limitations Exact replication and false representation You wanna be a man, then stand your own To MC requires skills, I demand some shown I let the frauds keep frontin' And roam like a cellular phone far from home Giving crowds what they wantin' Offical hip hop consumption, the 5th dumpin' Keepin' ya party jumpin' with an original somethin' Yo, I dedicate this to the one dimensional No imagination, excuse for perpetration My man came over and said, "Yo, we thought we heard you" Joke's on you, you heard a bitin' a*s crew but uh Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Thin is the line that run between love and hatred The game is ill natured, it's nothing sacred Hey yo, it's funny when I see some rap niggaz do to make it A few would blow up or go as far as they can take it My nine to five is just to hit ya get the party live I'm Black Thought, used to rap for sport Now the rhyme saying rent paying life support I take it very seriously within this industry It's various crews that try to touch me But I come wit the beautiful things and I bless the track plushly Around the world the crowds love me from doing tours Recipient of applause from all'a you and yours Creator of original sounds to send to stores you take home To absorb and sweat it out your pores Now who can stop the music runnin' through these veins Infinitely go against the grain, that's why my motto's to Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Livin' the life of limos and lights, airplanes and trains Short days and long nights Keyboards and mics, ba*s chords and drum kicks And my mental thick to hit my head like brick As I embark on a mission welcoming to the dark When I first spark the arts, when the listening start Open your head wide and let the thought inside My style fortified by all of Philadelphi I've dealt more stealth than all the wicked wealthy Mentality undetectable by the naked eye Then I get paid when the record is played "To put it short I want it made like Ed", Nuff said Then after that, I'm puttin' on my cousin Hamed We let the ladies blend with the darkskin devil bred and discover My level is that of no other and roots crew reign offical and true While I'm continuing to Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Never do what they do, what they do, what they do Never do what they do, what they do, what they do
- Intro
- Respond/React
- Section
- Panic!!!!!!!
- It Just Don't Stop
- Episodes
- Push Up Ya Lighter
- What They Do
- ? Vs. Scratch (The Token DJ Cut)
- Concerto Of The Desperado
- Clones
- Universe At War
- No Alibi
- Dave Vs. Us
- No Great Pretender
- The Hypnotic
- Ital (The Universal Side)
- One Shine
- The Adventures In Wonderland
- Outro
- No Hometro/Proceed 2 [Explicit]
- Distortion To Static [Explicit]
- What They Do [Explicit]
- The Next Movement [Explicit]
- Good Music [Explicit]
- The Lesson [Explicit]
- Star [Explicit]
- The Hypnotic [Explicit]
- Silent Treatment
- You Got Me [Explicit]
- Clones [Explicit]
- What You Want [Explicit]
- Act Too (Love Of My Life) [Explicit]
- Do You Want More?!!!??! [Explicit]
- It's Comin' [Explicit]
- Double Trouble [Explicit]
Best of Roots
2006-09-26
- Rock Star
- Come Together
- The Next Movement
- Thought Is Like Freestyle [J. Period Exclusive Freestyle]
- Clones
- Subliminal Minded
- Push Up Ya Lighter
- Push Up Ya Lighter
- Concerto of a Desperado
- Concerto of a Desperado [J. Period Remix]
- Been Thru the Storm
- Superlyricism/R.I.P. Big Pun (Interlude)
- Superlyrical
- Supposed to Represent (Interlude)
- All in the Music
- Don't Feel Right
- Members of the Band/Proceed II (Interlude)
- Essaywhuman?!!!??!
- Live from the Pj's
- Pj's [J. Period Remix]
- Influences/Native Tongue (Interlude)
- P*ssy Galore
- Stay Cool
- Stay Cool [J. Period Remix]
- De La Soul/Ego Trip (Interlude)
- What They Do
- You Got Me [Me Tienes Remix]
- Me Tienes [J. Period Remix]
- Don't Say Nuthin [J. Period Remix]
- Nuthin [J. Period Stick Up Remix]
- Nuthin [J. Period Shot Ya Remix]
- Adrenaline
- Adrenaline [J. Period Remix]
- Yes Y'all [J. Period Remix]
- Beat Street/B-Boy (Interlude)
- Thought @ Work [J. Period Remix]
- Boom!/Wrath of Kane [J. Period Blend]
- Din Da Da [J. Period Volume Remix]
- Rahzel (Interlude)
- Act Too... Love of My Life
- Love of My Life [Remix]
- Streets of Philly
- What You Want
- Like Water [Remix]
- You Got Me [J. Period Remix]
- Break You Off [#]
- Murder in the First [*]

