The Roots
Rock You
[Intro: Black Thought]
Rock you, rock you
Rock you, rock you
Rock you, rock you
Come on, come on

[Verse 1: Black Thought]
Ayo y'all rappers less played, what I'm about to say
Will probably hit y'all n***as in a real strange way
Shmucks, ducks and half hearted prankster crews
Willie dank Langston Hughes, put shanks in crews
I debut to make the news and I've been killing it since
Still in the trench, buzzing off the chilling suspense
I want my n***as out that barbwire still in the fence
Verbal assassin, I'm a killer still in a sense
Rhymes is graphic, aiming straight at your minds and blast that weak shit
The pieces and particles of fragments
Mad vocabulist, yes I must confess
I'm like Nitti tryin to sink a slug in Elliot's chest
Just taste on that it's Black you can tell he a vet
You never knew that fate cut you until your belly was wet
New Delian cat the Fraggle Rock skully is split
It's Black coming, you can tell it's a hit
Comin' to drop you n***a

[Chorus: Black Thought]
We will rock you, we will rock you
We will rock you, we will rock you
We will rock you, we will rock you
[Verse 2: Black Thought]
Yo y'all savages is primitive, I'm true penmanship
Here come the neuro-linguistic rap hypnotist
Making soundwaves, prisoners outta the listeners
Legendary magnificent dope distributors
Man, I remain miles ahead of the game
Slang play off the meter 'cause it's never the same
N***as tell me how they never coming better than plain
They love what I say, here come the rebel breaking the frame
And the charts too, my earning bars arts is martial
I'm coming to off you, I ain't tryna argue
When you least expect it I'ma step out the darkroom
Pull out the hardware tools the particles will spark you
My n***as wraps give a slice, I spit nice
Fucking around this twice as much as rhythm is rolling a dice
To choose one the noose or the gun
'Cause you're getting banged or hanged, Thought second to none
N***a

[Chorus: Black Thought]
We will rock you, we will rock you
We will rock you, we will rock you
We will rock you, we will rock you

[Verse 3: Black Thought]
Yo check it out whether you ballin' or just on the
Wall and grooving grooving
We've come to get it kicking and get the movement moving
For Tracey and Tamika and for Shelly and Susan
Styles make you wonder what the hell he was using
Remember your development with melanin music
Spit so many spears it's becoming a nuisance to some
But to whoever want to know who the truth is
You never heard another on the mic as ruthless
I drink a little liquor, a lot of water and juices
It make money ain't no need for makin excuses
Burn you fucking with a South Philly exclusive
Them long dick n***as with real short fuses
That go off, chick likes Riq, you such a show off
You cut your locks down to a fro then cut your fro off
I been at your show there ain't no way to cut your flow off
You got to be the illest MC that people know of, word
[Bridge: Black Thought]
I will rock you
I will rock you

[Chorus: Black Thought]
We will rock you, we will rock you
We will rock you, we will rock you
We will rock you, we will rock you