The Roots
What You Want (Live)
[Chorus]
Here's what you want, right?
Here's what you need, right?
We got to give you more
Of what you're looking for

[Verse 1]
Yo, so it's a secret that's been pent up inside for years
Exclusive type, only for your eyes and ears
You held it in for so long, you bursted into tears
The letters spilled slowly across the page like a world premiere
Well I ain't, the bullshit begins here
The obvious cause, the effects is unclear
The punishment for crimes of the heart could be severe
Though to keep it on the low is a heavy cross to bear
You deep now, submerged with no signs of air
Still your sunken heart thumpin' like the kick in a snare
While on the surface, it's all turnin' to a circus
That's why you're nervous, and you got a right to be
'Cause if somebody would've done that shit to me
I mean, my best man hittin' my wife-to-be
My sentiments exactly would be history
Y'know what I'm sayin? My peoples in the place
Let's hit it off, one, two

[Chorus]
Here's what you want, right?
Here's what you need, but
We got to give you more
Of what you're looking for
It's do or die, man
Not gonna stop
You and I, you and I, son
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
Yo, it's like nothing changed, it's all the same thing
The same characters in a book, with different names
It's a lot more to lose than you got to gain
You a lot more confused than hip to the game
The peep, the script to the game, the price is pain
Men and women get into things, now who's to blame?
When everybody whispering 'bout whatever took place
And how the fact was denied with a straight face
And lies, hard to swallow from the bitter taste
Well, that's a point in the past that can't be erased
So motivate, though it's hard to let it ride
Or set aside true feelings, underhand dealings
Our lost trust, I wonder if we lost us
It's bigger than me and you, it's monstrous
So I'ma, just calm down and try to relax
Before I clap the hammer and the hammer I clap, one two

[Chorus]
Here's what you want, right?
Here's what you need, but
We got to give you more
Of what you're looking for
It's do or die, man
Not gonna stop
You and I, you and I, son
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 3]
If you could only flashback and undo our actions
Change what happens, dissect the fractions
A time to rewind and be recorded absent
For real, 'cause these memories is photographic
Pornographic, pushin' me close to madness
Head heavy like I'm trippin' on acid tablets
Yesterday, as I recall, was all fabulous, I thought so
But now it feel like shots hittin' my torso
Spent a lot of time and trust in the wrong place
Fought a lot of fights rollin' with the wrong ace
Love, stronger than pride, we could end disgrace
I need, room to think, and space to ventilate
Was solid as a rock, shall not disintegrate
Thoughts racing like the lunatics on the interstate
For real, yo
It's ill, yo
My peoples in the place, one two

[Chorus]
Here's what you want, right?
Here's what you need, but
We got to give you more
Of what you're looking for
It's do or die, man
Not gonna stop
You and I, you and I, son
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's what you want, right?
Here's what you need, but
We got to give you more
Of what you're looking for
It's do or die, man
Not gonna stop
You and I, you and I, son
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Outro]
Aw yeah
Uh, aw yeah