Root Down

[Intro]

That's a record

Uhhhh...

Huh...

Yeah

[Chorus]

I kick it root down, I put my root down

I kick it root down, I put my root down

So how we gonna kick it? Gonna kick it root down

Yeah, how you wanna kick it? Gonna kick it root down

So how you gonna kick it? Gonna kick it root down

Gonna break it on down, gonna kick it root down

[Verse 1]

It's not a put down, I put my foot down

And then I make some love, I put my root down

I’m like "Sweetie Pie" by the Stone Alliance

Everybody know I'm known for dropping science

‘Cause I'm electric like Dick Hyman

I guess you'd expect to catch the crew rhymin'

Never let you down with the stereo sound

So, Mike, get on the mic and turn it out (Mike D)

[Verse 2]

We're talking root down, I put my boot down (Boot down)

And if you want to battle me, you're putting loot down (Loot down)

I said it’s root down, it's time to scoot down (Scoot down)

I'm-a step up to the mic in my goose down (Goose down)

Come up representing from the upper west

Moneymakin' putting me to the test

Sometimes I feel as though I've been blessed

Because I'm doing what I want, so I never rest (Yeah, Mike it, Mike it)

[Verse 3]

Well, I'm not coming out goofy like the Fruit of the Loom guys

Just strutting like The Meters with the “Look-ka Py Py"

'Cause downtown Brooklyn is where I was born

But when the snow is fallin’, then I am gone (Oh weee)

You might think that I'm a fanatic

A phone call from Utah, and I'm throwing a panic

So break it to the root when we kick it on down

Jimmy Smith is my man, I want to give him a pound

[Chorus]

I kick it root down, I put my root down

I kick it root down, I put my root down

So how you wanna kick it? Gonna kick it root down

'Cause how we gonna kick it? Gonna kick it root down

So how we gonna kick it? Gonna kick it root down

Gonna break it on down, gonna kick it root down (Yeah)

[Verse 4]

Well, Ad-Rock (Huh), don't stop, come on

Just get on the mic with the tic and the toc, yeah

I'll fill you to the fuckin' rim like Brim

I'm walking down your block, and you say, "That's him

There goes the guy with the funky sound"

The Beatsie Boys, you know we come to get down

Because I've got the flow where I grab my dick

And say, “Oh my god, that's the funky shit!"

So I’ma pass the mic and cause a panic (Yeah)

The original nasal kid is doing damage

[Verse 5]

Every morning I took the train to High Street Station

Doing homework on the train, what a fucked up situation

On the way back up, hearing battle tapes

Through the underground, underneath the sky scrapes

It's like Harlem World Battles on the Zulu Beat Show

It's Kool Moe Dee vs. Busy Bee, there's one you should know, (Yeah)

Enough of that, I just want to give some respect due

MCA, grab the mic and Ma Bell will connect you

[Verse 6]

Bob Marley was a prophet for the freedom fight

"If dancin' prays to the lord, then I will feel all right"

I'm feelin' good to play a little music (Music)

Tears running down my face 'cause I love to do it (love to do it)

And no one can stop this flow from flowing on

A flow master of disaster with a sound that's gone (Yeah)

I'll give a little shout out to my dad and mom (Yeah)

For bringing me into this world and so on

[Chorus]

I kick it root down, I put my root down

I kick it root down, I put my root down

Yeah, so how we gonna kick it? Gonna kick it root down

Yeah, how you wanna kick it? Gonna kick it root down

So how we gonna rock it? Gonna rock it root down

Break it on down, gonna kick it root down

Yeah, that shit's on down

[Outro]

And that's a record, that's a record 'cause of Mario

And that's a record, that's a record 'cause of Mario

And that's a record, that's a record to Mario

Aww, now that's a record, buddy