Bass check, one, two
Keys check, one, two
Drums check, one, two
It's The Roots
Now, what we want y'all to do is sit back y'all (back)
And just relax y'all (just relax)
Sit back y'all (sit back)
And just relax y'all (just rela)
Sit back y'all (sit back)
And just relax (just relax)
And if you dig it (sit back)
Let me hear your finger snap y'all (sit back)
Scott Storch, y'all (Storch)
He on the keys right? (on the keys)
Lenoard Hubbard y'all(Leonard Hubbard)
He's on the bass right? (he's on the bass)
Question, y'all
He's on the drums right
Now who I am? Who I am? Yo, who I am is the
Black thought

I got to bum-duh-duh-duh, take a short
I make the biggity-box, box, box, Trocadero
I'm not a bum-bum-bum, zero
This boom-dum-boo-dum, is kinda bland
Yo, this is, boom-boom, cock, Ocean
Right here, that's my man (from New York state)
And I can, boom-bop, surely slam
Beat-di-di-di-box, Beat-di-di-di-bop-bop
And rock the-

Everybody say the name of this jam y'all

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

I'm bi-bling-ling-ding-ding, the rhyme displayer
The vocal bi-bling-ling-ding-pwang player
The Scotty, boom-boom, bang I won't chill
So, show us some bi-bling-ling-ding mother fuckin' skill
Now, hold up, bi-bling-ling-ding wait a sec
You got a bi-bling-ling-ding rep
So, we bi-bling-ling-ding jam
The name of the bi-bling-ling-ding jam

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

We got to ba-doo-doo bring it on
Steve Coleman is bi-bling-ling-ding on the horn
In case you bi-bling-ling-dong thought my guard was caught
My name is di-di-di Black thought
I'm from the bidi-bi-bi-bi Roots clan
Steve Coleman is my bah-da-da man
We got to ba-di-da-di-da rock the jam
ba-duh-duh The name of the jam is

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Bang, be-doop get a taste
Of Leonard Hubb boom-boom, bang up on the bass
I hope he boom-boom, dan-dang plays it sweet
And doesn't, boom-boom, bidi-boom don't lose the beat
Your words boom-diggity-bong-dong he heard just what I said
So Leonard's boom-boom, ding ding fuckin' with my head
But yo, boom-boom-bang he's still my man
Rockin' the boo-doo-duh-duh
The name of this jam

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
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Copyright: Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Ahmir K. Thompson, Josh Abrams, Leonard N. Hubbard, Scott Spencer Storch, Steve Coleman, Tarik L. Trotter