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Without a DoubtThe Roots

Released: February 23, 1999

Featuring: Lady B

Songwriter: Chaos Black Thought Lady B

Producer: The Roots Chaos

[Intro: Black Thought & Lady B]
Hey, hey, hey hey
Hey, yes, yes, ah
C'mon, c'mon uh, uh, uh
Another one of those Saturday Nights y'all
Yo y'all, take heed
Yeah, check it out, c'mon
You're now rockin with the best, uh
Without a doubt, take heed y'all
C'mon, yeah, uh
Uh, yo, about to give you what you need y'all
Without a doubt

[Verse 1: Black Thought]
Check it out now, it's the type cerebral
World renowned, illustrious, illegal
My musical affection, bubblin' within your zone like champagne
Known as the Fifth campaign
Thought be doin his damn thang
Bent like a boomerang, tryna maintain
I'm both yin and yang from Mi Kan Lang
With your lady hittin' me up, I'm never answering
Let her miss me, see me then she all tryna kiss me
Talkin bout, "I dig you Tariq, the way you twist me"
Meanwhile, she comin home tipsy, all grinnin'
And what you used to fit 'em before, you now swimming
Just take a dive P-5 deep, the team winnin'
Takin hip-hop back to, the beginnin'
'Cause MC's are pretendin'
I slap your sound out the sky like I'm goaltending
Bring your career to an ending, enter the next era trascending for real
Knahmsayin? If not, then man listen
For you to try to fuck with the Fifth, that's ambition
I let y'all know the time indeed, y'all need to-

[Hook: Lady B]
Take heed y'all
Get a little P-5-D y'all
Straight from the town of Philly y'all
But we about to give you what you need y'all, without a doubt
Take heed y'all
Get a little P-5-D y'all
Straight from the town of Philly y'all
But we about to give you what you need y'all, without a doubt

[Verse 2: Black Thought]
Yo, I control the stadium like the law long arm
Warn, ring the alarm, cause here The Roots come
The funk's all ready for whoever want some
Your album get split like, a lump sum
No doubt, under this influence of Falcon
Millenium spaceship, totally wasted
Schoolly D classic, though I vocally laced it
Taste this swerve on a regular basis
Servin y'all wherever the place is
Blowin conniseur quality in my competitor's faces
This is without doubt, your lady pass out
This Illa-Fifth Twilight Zone, you ass out
Shout, to my brothers on back route
Whippin the short that's smacked out, dig it
Strump this in your casette deck, hip-hop has not left yet
I sent a verse in the mail like, a death threat
The critically acclaimed composer, stand over
Whichever mute miniscule mic holder
You never knew the real before, yo, I show ya
You need to make your thoughts more sober, think it over

[Hook: Lady B]
Take heed y'all
Get a little P-5-D y'all
Straight from the town of Philly y'all
But we about to give you what you need y'all, without a doubt
Take heed y'all
Get a little P-5-D y'all
Straight from the town of Philly y'all
But we about to give you what you need y'all, without a doubt
Take heed y'all
Get a little P-5-D y'all
Straight from the town of Philly y'all
But we about to give you what you need y'all, without a doubt
Take heed y'all
Get a little P-5-D y'all
Straight from the town of Philly y'all
But we about to give you what you need y'all, without a doubt

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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