Bass check 1-2
Keys check 1-2
Drums check 1-2
It's the roots
Now what we want y'all to do is sit back y'all, and just relax y'all
Sit back y'all, and just relax y'all
Sit back y'all, and just relax y'all
And if you dig it let me hear your finger snap y'all
Scott Storch, y'all, he on the keys right?
Lenoard Hubbard, y'all he's on the bass right?
Question, Y'all, he's on the drums right
Now who I am? Who I am? Yo, who I am is the
Black thought

Everybody say the name of this jam y'all

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)
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I'm the rhyme displayer
The vocal player
I won't chill
So show us some mother fuckin' skill
Now, hold up, wait a sec
You got a rep
So, the jam
The name of this jam

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

We got to bring it on
Steve Coleman is on the horn
In case you thought my guard was caught
My name is Black thought
I'm from the Roots clan
Steve Coleman is my man
We got to rock the jam!
The name of the jam is

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Bang, be-doop get a taste
Of Leonard Hubb on the base
I hope he plays it sweet
And doesn't, don't lose the beat
Your words you heard just what I said
So Leonard's fuckin' with my head
But yo he's still my man
Rockin' the
The name of this jam

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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