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[00:20.62]I'm talking' bout roots
[00:22.15]I can't hate where I'm from
[00:24.31]Cause where I'm from made me (Cause where I'm from made me)
[00:26.91]I came from the bottom of the slums
[00:29.82]But now I got me... me
[00:31.53]That's because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[00:37.06]I'm talking' bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[00:42.38]I'm talking bout roots
[00:43.89]Hey I can't be mad at what ya'll meet ahead
[00:46.12]I don't regret my ghetto struggle due to my success
[00:48.76]It ain't that beautiful to write on overcoming stress
[00:51.42]Top Ramen noodles thank happy for the fact I was fed
[00:54.12]Look at me now but all before hey Mr. Skid Row
[00:56.67]The dirty south ain't just a name the way I've been poor
[00:59.50]The projects burnin' white, I call it gizmo
[01:02.18]Went from a gun to them cars in a Jigga video
[01:04.76]Can't find a meal to a mil, only God know it
[01:07.58]No record deal to a deal, I work hard for it
[01:10.38]Can I live to I'm livin' like my Momma told it
[01:13.07]Before you rip it, gotta sew it
[01:14.66]Yeah
[01:15.37]I'm talking' bout roots
[01:16.33]I can't hate where I'm from
[01:18.29]Cause where I'm from made me (Cause where I'm from made me)
[01:20.76]I came from the bottom of the slums
[01:23.66]But now I got me... me
[01:25.59]That's because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[01:30.82]I'm talking' bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[01:36.26]I'm talking bout roots
[01:37.46]Hey, still on my coupe but can't take
[01:39.77]Somebody had to be just to get away
[01:42.27]My sister had to leave, I respect her stayin safe
[01:45.06]Oh yea I had to grieve but I'm stronger to this day
[01:47.87]Pain, I can't ignore it, you might say I'm ignorant
[01:50.53]I'm mistakin' for courage, which victory so gorgeous
[01:53.30]Make it through two Bush, I can make it through any forest
[01:55.88]Hunger gave me the wish, but the bottom is so important
[01:58.61]37 ave and 187 street, Miami (Karat city), now I'm part of a legacy
[02:03.83]I'm thankful for the hood, what is love without jealousy
[02:06.68]There's only five letters really help me
[02:09.02]I'm talking' bout roots
[02:10.24]I can't hate where I'm from
[02:12.39]Cause where I'm from made me (Cause where I'm from made me)
[02:14.67]I came from the bottom of the slums
[02:17.71]But now I got me... me
[02:19.58]That's because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[02:24.79]I'm talking' bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[02:30.03]I'm talking bout roots
[02:31.74]Hey I know the seeds been planted
[02:33.65]It's damaging my soul but my dreams been granted
[02:36.33]That triple life towards, much deeper than nurse planet
[02:38.94]What could I want more than redoing I never planned it
[02:41.88]Gets no lower than a grabbin' on your feet
[02:44.34]A man will stand for nothin'if he fall off with the feet
[02:47.16]A baller and a hitter all in the street
[02:49.66]If you look beneath the sand then we all need a crease
[02:52.69]Roots before the branches, roots before mansions
[02:55.26]Roots before your paper crazier than Marilyn Manson
[02:57.96]Roots with your grandparents, roots under your canvas
[03:00.76]Roots whether you black, white, or Spanish
[03:02.85]I'm talking' bout roots
[03:04.15]I can't hate where I'm from
[03:06.13]Cause where I'm from made me (Cause where I'm from made me)
[03:08.55]I came from the bottom of the slums
[03:11.47]But now I got me... me
[03:13.37]That's because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[03:19.04]I'm talking' bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)
[03:24.18]I'm talking bout roots
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