The Roots - Get Busy lyrics

[Verse 1 - Black Thought] Look my squad's half mandrill half Mandela my band bout seventy strong just like fela yeah part melly mel part van halen and we represent illadel where they still rebellin a yo sicko show like mike moore's my city aint nothing like your's slippin into darkness like WAR, nightcrawl with the lights off, you see a lot of life loss for the white horse regardless, the charges makin us all targets all on the red carpet, guns from the black market ay who got the polititians in they back pocket? pimp slap pump that gimmie that profit when you make contact gimmie that gossip if you break contract you'll be that hostage they getting busy in the city it's raw better deadbolt the door it aint safe no more Southside get busy ya'll Northside get busy ya'll Westside get busy ya'll Worldwide get busy ya'll [Verse 2 - Dice Raw] Approach with caution be cautious when talking to bosses I feel I've been through a metamorphis I'm mutated by unknown forces the feelin of course is something thats hard to describe I'm half dead never felt more alive reborn removed the gold coins from my eyes I've been down but now i'm back up bout to act up boy you better back up when you see me set up shop know to pack up I crack up when a rapper gets slapped up number one reason ya'll should give rap up Dice it's mine, I got it all wrapped up I'm kindda W.E.B. Dubois meets Heavy D and the boys smooth as a Rolls Royce built like a tank smoking on gank I'm walking through the Guggenheim Raw Life Black Ink Southside get busy ya'll Northside get busy ya'll Westside get busy ya'll Worldwide get busy ya'll [Verse 3 - Peedi Peedi] Now on your mark get set go cop everything you ever heard by P.Crack Dice Raw and Black f**k the internet buy a baseball bat break a bootlegger leg all I listen to is vets, your fresh of the step I come directly at your OG neck I'm used to the one two check not the one two step I'm strapped I'll leave every cat among you wet now lets GO! you know I'm politically incorrect at the show I start it with a can I get a ho and the hoes go retarded the popo tape off the stage for caution, its badlands north philly get it in! its crack man, used to backspin now I spend stacks in sack's and uncle sam tryin to tax all my hard earned raps damn! we makin yin, pesos, euros, we representin'.. Southside get busy ya'll Northside get busy ya'll Westside get busy ya'll Worldwide get busy ya'll