Lyrics
Yo my definition is a lyricist for hire
My vocal's a passport that never expire
Crowd loud like fifty rounds of gun fire
Screamin' out "the roots" while I balance wit the wire
Yo, expert in this profession, the session
In 1987, I linked up wit the question
Eleven years later we shared crop wit Geffen
In musical hell, but hip-hop forever heaven
My thoughts, interwoven and deep like Beethoven
This foul world so filled of shit it like a clogged up colon
Swollen wit minds that got stolen
Fake-ass cops, uncontrollable patrolmen
Torture, blood flow like bodies of water
Fathers sexually assaultin' they own daughter
Out of sync, outta order like a puzzle
In the land of the unseen hand that hold juggle
In a game of life, yo it's hard to roll a double
Tryin' times, take lives and separate couples
Kids thinkin' they grown, tellin' they moms "fuck you"
Under they breath, livin' in the last times left
Peep the imagery stretch across the sky like a canvas
And we're the artists beneath vigorous rough strokes of darkness
Time to set it off, let's spark this
Switzerland, let's spark this!!

We are the ultimate (rock-rockin' it)
We are the ultimate (rock-rockin' it)
We are the ultimate, rock-rockin' it, rock-rockin' it, rock-rockin' it
We are the ultimate (rock-rockin' it)
We are the ultimate louder! (rock-rockin' it)
We are the ultimate
(Rock-rockin' it) c'mon (rock-rockin'' it) c'mon (rock-rockin' it)

Yo my definition is a lyricist for hire
You couldn't have a clue, it's about to transpire
The books I buy live arms ?I wire?
The fifth, similar to ghetto gospel choir
We explore the whole states plus record
In flight buds, trip that was a prisoner in war
Four-four the corridor, seal it, no floor
But I could see the drop was a mile aboard
To the bottom, electrical shock for rhymes
I said "I don't got em", guess it kinda presented a problem
When I understood, they said "let him go"
I woke, during a center to London-Heathrow
And now wit a past, fuckin' wit border patrol
I'm findin' it out, I'm leakin' wit my people
Hit the studio, spread this information
In daze of frustration fogged the education
From illa-fifth to switzerland destination
The roots du journ, go check the translation
The dictionary of devout topics, far from Ebonics
The fifth dynast, they can't stop it
Yo Zurich y'all keep it tight heed
While the roots crew smoke weed
Yo, we are the ultimate (rock-rockin' it)
We are the ultimate, say what? (rock-rockin' it)
We are the ultimate, c'mon
(Rock-rockin' it) c'mon c'mon rock-rockin' it, rock-rockin' it
We are the ultimate (rock-rockin it)
We are the ultimate louder (rock-rockin' it)
We are the ultimate louder
(Rock-rockin' it) c'mon rock-rockin' it, rock-rockin' it

Copyright: BMG Rights Management
Writer(s): JUSTIN GRAY, KRISTIAN OTTESTAD, LINDSEY RAY




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