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NeverThe Roots

Released: May 19, 2014

Featuring: Patty Crash

Songwriter: Greg Porn Mike Jerz Adrian Charlie Guzman Adolfo Salazar Black Thought Patty Crash

Producer: Richard Nichols Black Thought ?uestlove Trapzillas Mike Jerz

[Hook: Patty Crash]
Street dreams, close your eyes
Say goodbye to my memory
Street dreams, this is the moment
The moment that feels like forever
This is the end, to where I began
And it feels like forever
They say time flies
Down from the sky, and says never (Never, never)
I look down (Down, down)
All I see is never (Never, never)
And all I know, is all I know (All I know, I know, I know...)

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse: Black Thought]
I was born faceless in an oasis
Folks disappear here and leave no traces
No family ties nigga, no laces
Less than a full deck nigga, no aces
Waitin' on Superman, losing all patience
Gettin' wasted on an everyday basis
I'm stuck here, can't take a vacation
So fuck it, this shit is damnation
This is reality mane
Ain't no surprise I've been bangin' without any mane
What is this? Gotta be brave
When into the night I'ma go quietly mane
Life is a bitch and then you live
Until one day by death you're found
I tried to keep both of my feet on the ground
But I know my head is surrounded by clouds
Spirallin' down, destined to drown
Forever is just a collection of nows
Off on my own, nowhere is my home
Approaching infinity's fork in the road
When I was young, something I often was told
It's not a bargain if it costs you your soul
Costs you your pride, caution aside
I'm gone with the wind and along for the ride
Wish I could rest, and open my eyes
But time ain't finna fly down from the sky
A place where the lonely love
Not another soul's there, only us (Only us, only us)

[Hook: Patty Crash]
Street dreams, close your eyes
Say goodbye to my memory
Street dreams, this is the moment
The moment that feels like forever
This is the end, to where I began
And it feels like forever
They say time flies
Down from the sky, and says never (Never, never)
I look down (Down, down)
All I see is never (Never, never)
And all I know, is all I know

[Outro: Patty Crash]
I woke with a tear drop
All I know, it's all I know
I woke with a tear drop
All I know, it's all I know
It's all I know, all I know (Know, know, know)

The Roots

The world’s premiere hip-hop band, The Roots were formed in Philadelphia in 1987 by MC Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and drummer and bandleader Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. Since those early days, the band has weathered changes in personnel and record labels while performing hundreds of shows a year and releasing a string of well-regarded (if not always top-selling) albums.

While the musicianship of Thompson and the other band members, as well as their seemingly limitless repertoire, gets most of the attention, real hip-hop fans know that the rapping skills of Black Thought (along with former group member Malik B.) are the group’s hidden weapon. Thought, one of the few MCs brave enough to go toe to toe with Big Pun, handles any groove the band throws at him with aplomb, style, and flash.

Today, The Roots are seen by millions every night as the house band on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, a move that has given the group the chance to indulge its not-insignificant comic side.

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