The Next Movement

Come on
Hey, yes, y’all
You are now in tuned to the sounds
Of the legendary foundation

Yeah, you go
Hey you listeners, stop what you’re doin’
And set it in motion, it’s the next movement
You listeners, stop what you’re doin’
And set it in motion, it’s the next movement

[Word up]

We got the ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music

Yo’, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2
That’s how we usually start, once again it’s the Thought
The Dalai Llama of the mic, the prime minister Thought
This directed to whoever in listenin’ range
Yo’, the whole state of things in the world ‘bout to change
Black rain fallin’ from the sky looks strange
The ghetto is red hot, we steppin’ on flames
Yo’, it’s infliction on a price for fame
And it was all the same, but then the antidote came
The Black Thought, ill syllablist, out the Fifth
This heavyweight rap shit I’m about to lift
Like a father lift up it’s seed to sunlight
I plug in the mic, draw like a gunfight
I never use a cordless, or stand applaudless
Sippin’ chlorophyll outta ill silver gauntlets
I’m like a faucet, Monopoly’s the object
That ain’t no way to cut this tie, you got to get wet
Your head is throbbin’ and I ain’t said shit yet
The Roots crew, the Next Movement, come on

Hey, yes, y’all
You are now in tuned to the sounds
Of the legendary, foundation
Check it out, uh, don’t stop

Yo’, you go
Hey you listeners, stop what you’re doin’
And set it in motion, it’s the next movement
You listeners, stop what you’re doin’
And set it in motion, it’s the next movement

We got the ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music

Word up, the formation of words to fit
That’s what I usually disturb you with
A lotta rappers never heard of this
Or know half the time it is
You doubt the Illa-Fifth, what could you accomplish
Whether they skywritin’ your name or you anonymous
You be speechless with stingin’ sinuses
The Roots royal highnesses through your monitors
I tilt my crown, then blow down a dime a kiss
You need to buy a CD and stop rewindin’ this
I’m the finalist, shinin’ like a rugged amethyst
And at your music conference, I’m the panelist
Listen close to my poetry, I examine this
Like a analyst to see if you could handle this (Check it out)
You (You) got (Got) groove (Groove)
MCs freeze, stand still, nobody move
Unless you dealin’ with The Next Movement
The P-Phi-D we be the monument
I live my life nice, but I’m not troopin’
You theatrical as a Broadway play, this ain’t Rent
One hundred percent, straight out The Basement
Spreadin’ this across a planet on some next shit
How many people feelin’ this love music, come on

[Word up]

Yo, hey, yo’
Hey you listeners, stop what you’re doin’
And set it in motion, it’s the next movement
You listeners, stop what you’re doin’
And set it in motion, it’s the next movement

We got the hot, hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music
The ho-hot music, the hot music

Come on
Check it, you go

[Word up]
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