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Rising Up

This version of Rising Up was released by The Roots in 2008.

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Yesterday I saw a B-girl crying; yesterday I saw a B-girl crying
I walked up and asked what’s wrong,
She told me that the radio’s been playing the same song all day long
So I told her I got something you’ve been waiting for
I got something you’ve been waiting for

Yesterday I saw a B-girl crying; I walked up and asked what’s wrong
She told me that the radio’s been playing the same song all day long
So get your glass lift it up in the toast position
We getting paper like John Travolta get it
Cause we focused wit it we supposed to get it
You know me and my whole squad we so committed
We not the kids cooling out on the sofa with it
We about to dominate the globe like Oprah did it
We getting paper like John Travolta nigga

Well I’m a downtown shooter who that?
The crown ruler is back
He kind of grew into the shape of a mack
Look how I do it, yo I’m taking you back
This how you rise down to the foundation, how sacred is that?
I’m from the number one place on the map
The generational gap with yet another sensational track
And we don’t stress for nothing I just press the button
It’s as simple as just making it hap
To all the frauds stop faking, relax
And to the broads if you caking
Then clap then shake it without breaking your back
I know the world been waiting for that
You been aching for that cuz what they playing on the station is wack
And I’m a legend in the flesh that dress to impress
The best is that which I accept and nothing less
My stacks is grotesque my squad, so fresh
You know its Black Thought and your boy the bro ?uest, but

Hip-Hop ain’t dead cuz the pulse is in us
I got the Everclear flow, they mimosa with it
We are the hope of the culture, they supposed to listen
And I’m supposed to pivot like I’m a forward in the league, I’m Oden with it
Yet don’t owe them niggas nothing but potent lyrics
But if you ain’t got the dance they revoke your spinning
So good rappers ain’t eating they Olsen twining
But I’m so committed, they have grown familiar
With the counterfeit hitters they so-so with it, but they are Sosa with it.
They Mark McGuire with the written, I’m Rodriguez
On the road to riches this is the fork I’m hitting
This is the trial and error era no co-defendant
I push The Seed every time like I’m Cody with it
I said the one-hit wonders pneumonia to us
I don’t know you niggas, hit the road my nigga

Where my grimy figures at? look lively addressing the captain
Show me where your first impression is at
And where your dedication to the true profession is at
How you laugh answer me, “What kind of question is that?”
I’ll show you where my rare essence is at, the adolescence of rap
The real muscle in the message of that
My name trouble I’m a blessing to rap
And you can check my stats cuz worldwide they attesting to that
So nigga listen you can probably learn a lesson perhaps
How I’m like Bobby DeNiro, Joe Pesc and them cats
Am I the unsung hero? oh yes if you asking anybody that’s aware of the classics
They’ll tell you I’m a legend in the flesh that dress to impress
The best is that which I accept and nothing less
My stacks is grotesque my squad, so fresh
You know its Black Thought and your boy the bro ?uest, but

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The Roots has released many songs over the years besides Rising Up. The Roots released songs from 2008 to 2008 spanning across albums like Final Conversation Of Kings, Rising Down, Directions To See A Ghost, Fasciinatiion, Day & Age, Melodia, Here We Stand, Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace, The Bedlam In Goliath, Fast Times At Barrington High, Tantrum Castle, LAX, Hideaway, All Or Nothing, Konk, Attack & Release, Join With Us, Everything Is Borrowed, Walk This Way, Break Up The Concrete, Midnight Boom, Lust, Lust, Lust, No Gift To Bring, The Rise & Fall Of Ruby Woo, ...Earth To The Dandy Warhols..., When The World Comes Down, The Script, Forth, Goodbye Blues, Visiter, Stay Positive, Consolers Of The Lonely, Doll Domination, No Time For Later, We Started Nothing, Never Going Back To OK, Oceans Will Rise, The Second Gleam, One Too Many Hearts, The Age Of The Understatement, I Don't Want To Go To School, No, Virginia..., Whisper War, This Is Not The World, RAK, Meet Me On The Left Coast, Shine A Light, Chasing Lights, The Cheetah Girls: One World, ...In Color, Strength In Numbers, Funplex, Black Roses, Warpaint, Can't Stop, Won't Stop, What's Your Medium?, The Virginia EP, 4:13 Dream, ...And A Happy New Year, Won't Be Pathetic Forever, and New York Hospitals. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Roots.

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