Roots
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At eight or ten I wondered why my voice wasn't breaking yet
I was impatient to get from A to Z
So I'd break a sweat, play cassettes in my tape deck
Waiting for the day I could step to a stage
And get paid respect, paid a cheque
Maybe other kids would even play with me then
It's great to pretend the tune was written for you
That's why you sing with the radio while it ignores you
You perform awful but feel a lot better
Boom Boom Boom, Her Come the Hotstepper
Even back then my preference was funky
But less funky house than House in the Country
Syncopation, soul, anybody ill with it
Other kids had Whigfield, I was feeling Bill Withers
And to this day I'm still with him
Because nothing beats a sweet voice on distilled rhythms
I'm digging up my roots for you
Cooking up a little tuneful food
Come to the garden for a barbecue
And chill with me
Before I even saw South Park on TV
I know by heart the South Park CD
GTA: 1969 opened a life long affinity for Trojan
Return of Django, Skinhead Moonstomp
Music of Jamaican origin liberating my boom box
Too young for Appetite for Destruction
So The Offspring were my rock introduction
That was all I needed to be free
A CD with some power chords shredding like a power saw
"Fuck me, wow" I thought
How can plucked strings be this powerful?
But then I found another source of auditory debauchery
This naughty teen though was sweet
I bought a CD by an emineMC
Called "Hi! My Name Is Slim Shady"
I played it on my hi-fi daily
It never seemed to cease to amaze me
He'd say some crazy things
That were great for a teenager that needed danger
I'd replay the lyrics amazed
At the way the images would flicker inside my brain so vivdly
An outsider, a country bumpkin
Sitting inside with the Outsidaz bumping
There's something about the rhymes
Nothing else quite does as well, I love it
Cypress Hill: Live at the Fillmore
I'm not going to lie, that film was raw
Each rap I heard, each film I saw
Inspired me to build my skills some more
So I bought more CDs to imitate
Believe me, back in the day it was great
I had piano lessons after every school day
But my patience was thinner than an anorexic
I didn't want to play ballads anyway
I had a daydream of breakbeats and a pen and paper
So I said I'd make the make believe real
And make some real reel to reels like B-real
But the magic's made on computers today
So I used Magix Music Maker
Read the instructions, learnt all the book
Taught myself big beats like Norman Cook
Always cooking up a new track
Though with no microphone I couldn't actually do rap
That was too bad, but it wasn't too bad
Cause I'd already forgot and had a new fad
Threw away The Source, bought a new mag
Made new mates, talked in a new slang
I was a punk rocker now, proper loud
Would you believe I grabbed the opportunity to fuck about?
But what about the music? I've gone and lost it now
So I grabbed a guitar and started rocking out
Made a band with my mates called Matrons Apron
We played around, made some tapes it was great fun
Full of belly laughs
Even received a brief mention in the Telegraph
Just a couple of kids, played a couple of gigs
And then my mated moved on but fuck if I did
Obviously too late, got a copy of Cubase
A lot of tunes made, now it's today
I've innovated, took my inspirations in and made them
Into an original addition to you playlist
So now I meditate about how to elevate
Cause Safe was just the safety net to let me levitate
I'm picking my best fruit for you
You're the one, and I'd like tea for two
Come to the garden for a barbecue
And chill with me
I was impatient to get from A to Z
So I'd break a sweat, play cassettes in my tape deck
Waiting for the day I could step to a stage
And get paid respect, paid a cheque
Maybe other kids would even play with me then
It's great to pretend the tune was written for you
That's why you sing with the radio while it ignores you
You perform awful but feel a lot better
Boom Boom Boom, Her Come the Hotstepper
Even back then my preference was funky
But less funky house than House in the Country
Syncopation, soul, anybody ill with it
Other kids had Whigfield, I was feeling Bill Withers
And to this day I'm still with him
Because nothing beats a sweet voice on distilled rhythms
I'm digging up my roots for you
Cooking up a little tuneful food
Come to the garden for a barbecue
And chill with me
Before I even saw South Park on TV
I know by heart the South Park CD
GTA: 1969 opened a life long affinity for Trojan
Return of Django, Skinhead Moonstomp
Music of Jamaican origin liberating my boom box
Too young for Appetite for Destruction
So The Offspring were my rock introduction
That was all I needed to be free
A CD with some power chords shredding like a power saw
"Fuck me, wow" I thought
How can plucked strings be this powerful?
But then I found another source of auditory debauchery
This naughty teen though was sweet
I bought a CD by an emineMC
Called "Hi! My Name Is Slim Shady"
I played it on my hi-fi daily
It never seemed to cease to amaze me
He'd say some crazy things
That were great for a teenager that needed danger
I'd replay the lyrics amazed
At the way the images would flicker inside my brain so vivdly
An outsider, a country bumpkin
Sitting inside with the Outsidaz bumping
There's something about the rhymes
Nothing else quite does as well, I love it
Cypress Hill: Live at the Fillmore
I'm not going to lie, that film was raw
Each rap I heard, each film I saw
Inspired me to build my skills some more
So I bought more CDs to imitate
Believe me, back in the day it was great
I had piano lessons after every school day
But my patience was thinner than an anorexic
I didn't want to play ballads anyway
I had a daydream of breakbeats and a pen and paper
So I said I'd make the make believe real
And make some real reel to reels like B-real
But the magic's made on computers today
So I used Magix Music Maker
Read the instructions, learnt all the book
Taught myself big beats like Norman Cook
Always cooking up a new track
Though with no microphone I couldn't actually do rap
That was too bad, but it wasn't too bad
Cause I'd already forgot and had a new fad
Threw away The Source, bought a new mag
Made new mates, talked in a new slang
I was a punk rocker now, proper loud
Would you believe I grabbed the opportunity to fuck about?
But what about the music? I've gone and lost it now
So I grabbed a guitar and started rocking out
Made a band with my mates called Matrons Apron
We played around, made some tapes it was great fun
Full of belly laughs
Even received a brief mention in the Telegraph
Just a couple of kids, played a couple of gigs
And then my mated moved on but fuck if I did
Obviously too late, got a copy of Cubase
A lot of tunes made, now it's today
I've innovated, took my inspirations in and made them
Into an original addition to you playlist
So now I meditate about how to elevate
Cause Safe was just the safety net to let me levitate
I'm picking my best fruit for you
You're the one, and I'd like tea for two
Come to the garden for a barbecue
And chill with me
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:01.57] At eight or ten I wondered why my voice wasn't breaking yet
[00:04.46] I was impatient to get from A to Z
[00:07.12] So I'd break a sweat, play cassettes in my tape deck
[00:09.82] Waiting for the day I could step to a stage
[00:11.65] And get paid respect, paid a cheque
[00:14.44] Maybe other kids would even play with me then
[00:17.18] It's great to pretend the tune was written for you
[00:19.85] That's why you sing with the radio while it ignores you
[00:22.59] You perform awful but feel a lot better
[00:25.32] Boom Boom Boom, Her Come the Hotstepper
[00:28.38] Even back then my preference was funky
[00:30.13] But less funky house than House in the Country
[00:32.89] Syncopation, soul, anybody ill with it
[00:35.65] Other kids had Whigfield, I was feeling Bill Withers
[00:37.53] And to this day I'm still with him
[00:40.27] Because nothing beats a sweet voice on distilled rhythms
[00:42.97] I'm digging up my roots for you
[00:47.65] Cooking up a little tuneful food
[00:53.16] Come to the garden for a barbecue
[00:57.76] And chill with me
[01:03.25] Before I even saw South Park on TV
[01:05.96] I know by heart the South Park CD
[01:08.62] GTA: 1969 opened a life long affinity for Trojan
[01:12.39] Return of Django, Skinhead Moonstomp
[01:15.13] Music of Jamaican origin liberating my boom box
[01:18.85] Too young for Appetite for Destruction
[01:21.54] So The Offspring were my rock introduction
[01:23.38] That was all I needed to be free
[01:26.23] A CD with some power chords shredding like a power saw
[01:28.92] "Fuck me, wow" I thought
[01:30.74] How can plucked strings be this powerful?
[01:33.40] But then I found another source of auditory debauchery
[01:37.18] This naughty teen though was sweet
[01:38.97] I bought a CD by an emineMC
[01:43.52] Called "Hi! My Name Is Slim Shady"
[01:47.13] I played it on my hi-fi daily
[01:48.02] It never seemed to cease to amaze me
[01:48.91] He'd say some crazy things
[01:50.89] That were great for a teenager that needed danger
[01:53.51] I'd replay the lyrics amazed
[01:56.33] At the way the images would flicker inside my brain so vivdly
[01:58.17] An outsider, a country bumpkin
[02:01.75] Sitting inside with the Outsidaz bumping
[02:04.42] There's something about the rhymes
[02:06.32] Nothing else quite does as well, I love it
[02:08.19] Cypress Hill: Live at the Fillmore
[02:11.79] I'm not going to lie, that film was raw
[02:14.41] Each rap I heard, each film I saw
[02:17.24] Inspired me to build my skills some more
[02:19.96] So I bought more CDs to imitate
[02:22.66] Believe me, back in the day it was great
[02:25.49] I had piano lessons after every school day
[02:48.02] But my patience was thinner than an anorexic
[02:50.88] I didn't want to play ballads anyway
[02:53.58] I had a daydream of breakbeats and a pen and paper
[02:55.36] So I said I'd make the make believe real
[02:58.03] And make some real reel to reels like B-real
[03:00.83] But the magic's made on computers today
[03:03.54] So I used Magix Music Maker
[03:05.37] Read the instructions, learnt all the book
[03:09.15] Taught myself big beats like Norman Cook
[03:10.99] Always cooking up a new track
[03:13.78] Though with no microphone I couldn't actually do rap
[03:16.43] That was too bad, but it wasn't too bad
[03:19.16] Cause I'd already forgot and had a new fad
[03:21.80] Threw away The Source, bought a new mag
[03:23.67] Made new mates, talked in a new slang
[03:26.38] I was a punk rocker now, proper loud
[03:30.01] Would you believe I grabbed the opportunity to fuck about?
[03:31.87] But what about the music? I've gone and lost it now
[03:33.60] So I grabbed a guitar and started rocking out
[03:36.45] Made a band with my mates called Matrons Apron
[03:39.14] We played around, made some tapes it was great fun
[03:41.85] Full of belly laughs
[03:44.87] Even received a brief mention in the Telegraph
[03:46.87] Just a couple of kids, played a couple of gigs
[03:49.54] And then my mated moved on but fuck if I did
[03:51.37] Obviously too late, got a copy of Cubase
[03:55.17] A lot of tunes made, now it's today
[03:56.98] I've innovated, took my inspirations in and made them
[03:59.83] Into an original addition to you playlist
[04:01.63] So now I meditate about how to elevate
[04:05.38] Cause Safe was just the safety net to let me levitate
[04:06.26] I'm picking my best fruit for you
[04:12.52] You're the one, and I'd like tea for two
[04:18.07] Come to the garden for a barbecue
[04:22.62] And chill with me
[04:25.56]
[00:04.46] I was impatient to get from A to Z
[00:07.12] So I'd break a sweat, play cassettes in my tape deck
[00:09.82] Waiting for the day I could step to a stage
[00:11.65] And get paid respect, paid a cheque
[00:14.44] Maybe other kids would even play with me then
[00:17.18] It's great to pretend the tune was written for you
[00:19.85] That's why you sing with the radio while it ignores you
[00:22.59] You perform awful but feel a lot better
[00:25.32] Boom Boom Boom, Her Come the Hotstepper
[00:28.38] Even back then my preference was funky
[00:30.13] But less funky house than House in the Country
[00:32.89] Syncopation, soul, anybody ill with it
[00:35.65] Other kids had Whigfield, I was feeling Bill Withers
[00:37.53] And to this day I'm still with him
[00:40.27] Because nothing beats a sweet voice on distilled rhythms
[00:42.97] I'm digging up my roots for you
[00:47.65] Cooking up a little tuneful food
[00:53.16] Come to the garden for a barbecue
[00:57.76] And chill with me
[01:03.25] Before I even saw South Park on TV
[01:05.96] I know by heart the South Park CD
[01:08.62] GTA: 1969 opened a life long affinity for Trojan
[01:12.39] Return of Django, Skinhead Moonstomp
[01:15.13] Music of Jamaican origin liberating my boom box
[01:18.85] Too young for Appetite for Destruction
[01:21.54] So The Offspring were my rock introduction
[01:23.38] That was all I needed to be free
[01:26.23] A CD with some power chords shredding like a power saw
[01:28.92] "Fuck me, wow" I thought
[01:30.74] How can plucked strings be this powerful?
[01:33.40] But then I found another source of auditory debauchery
[01:37.18] This naughty teen though was sweet
[01:38.97] I bought a CD by an emineMC
[01:43.52] Called "Hi! My Name Is Slim Shady"
[01:47.13] I played it on my hi-fi daily
[01:48.02] It never seemed to cease to amaze me
[01:48.91] He'd say some crazy things
[01:50.89] That were great for a teenager that needed danger
[01:53.51] I'd replay the lyrics amazed
[01:56.33] At the way the images would flicker inside my brain so vivdly
[01:58.17] An outsider, a country bumpkin
[02:01.75] Sitting inside with the Outsidaz bumping
[02:04.42] There's something about the rhymes
[02:06.32] Nothing else quite does as well, I love it
[02:08.19] Cypress Hill: Live at the Fillmore
[02:11.79] I'm not going to lie, that film was raw
[02:14.41] Each rap I heard, each film I saw
[02:17.24] Inspired me to build my skills some more
[02:19.96] So I bought more CDs to imitate
[02:22.66] Believe me, back in the day it was great
[02:25.49] I had piano lessons after every school day
[02:48.02] But my patience was thinner than an anorexic
[02:50.88] I didn't want to play ballads anyway
[02:53.58] I had a daydream of breakbeats and a pen and paper
[02:55.36] So I said I'd make the make believe real
[02:58.03] And make some real reel to reels like B-real
[03:00.83] But the magic's made on computers today
[03:03.54] So I used Magix Music Maker
[03:05.37] Read the instructions, learnt all the book
[03:09.15] Taught myself big beats like Norman Cook
[03:10.99] Always cooking up a new track
[03:13.78] Though with no microphone I couldn't actually do rap
[03:16.43] That was too bad, but it wasn't too bad
[03:19.16] Cause I'd already forgot and had a new fad
[03:21.80] Threw away The Source, bought a new mag
[03:23.67] Made new mates, talked in a new slang
[03:26.38] I was a punk rocker now, proper loud
[03:30.01] Would you believe I grabbed the opportunity to fuck about?
[03:31.87] But what about the music? I've gone and lost it now
[03:33.60] So I grabbed a guitar and started rocking out
[03:36.45] Made a band with my mates called Matrons Apron
[03:39.14] We played around, made some tapes it was great fun
[03:41.85] Full of belly laughs
[03:44.87] Even received a brief mention in the Telegraph
[03:46.87] Just a couple of kids, played a couple of gigs
[03:49.54] And then my mated moved on but fuck if I did
[03:51.37] Obviously too late, got a copy of Cubase
[03:55.17] A lot of tunes made, now it's today
[03:56.98] I've innovated, took my inspirations in and made them
[03:59.83] Into an original addition to you playlist
[04:01.63] So now I meditate about how to elevate
[04:05.38] Cause Safe was just the safety net to let me levitate
[04:06.26] I'm picking my best fruit for you
[04:12.52] You're the one, and I'd like tea for two
[04:18.07] Come to the garden for a barbecue
[04:22.62] And chill with me
[04:25.56]