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"Datskat (Live at Blue Note NYC)" is a track by The Roots, from the album The Roots Come Alive Too: DYWM30 Live at Blue Note NYC, released 28th November 2025. Full lyrics are available below.
Lyrics
[Intro: Black Thought] Uh-huh [Chorus: Black Thought] (Datskat) I know you dig it when I kick it, baby (Datskat) I know you dig it when I kick it, baby (Datskat) I know you dig it when I kick it, baby (Datskat) I know you dig it when I, check it out [Verse 1: Black Thought] Di-bi-dis-banks, hip-it-flip-didip-didim-dow-hound You wonder 'bout the sweat 'pon my brow, formulatin' nouns I'll get down, boogie brother, rock on, right on, right on Brown rhymer organically grown, I've shown while Sip-pipa-didip-styles and proceed to flow Plus I'm flyer than G.I., so yo, Joe Fuck, I run amok, yo, I'm the father of the fattest skatter Black is intellectual, cat that is perpetually Ritually catchin' wreck, don't step, I cut ya I mix the Sector 6 and now I knowledge butter words To prop up Afrika Bambaataa, a lotta brothers was out there Waitin' on that new shit, well, this is how we do, kid The levels are correct, one-two, call in a blunt too The front two run through, brand for you Good new styles like kung fu Rip this from the front to the back To all my peoples, where you at? I know you dig it when I kick it [Chorus: Black Thought] (Datskat) I know you dig it when I kick it, baby (Datskat) I know you dig it when I kick it, baby (Datskat) I know you dig it when I kick it, baby (Datskat) I know you, know you, know you, know you, know you (Datskat) Turn it up, yeah (Datskat) I know you dig it when I kick it, baby (Datskat) Yeah (Datskat) That be Malik [Verse 2: Black Thought] Badabu-dee-doo-bop-bop-bop-bop-bop Skiggy-dang, skiggy-dang, you knows I'm gonna rock And won't stop, just droppin' off my bags and tags When you define, the word behind, it says you lags We blast off like launchers, launchin' off the rockets When you bugs and you act like plugs, you're gettin' pulled outta sockets It's extracurricular, particularly this Miraculous, but lyrics, they be callin' me Jesus Please just call me Malik, I'm not a prophet Pass me a topic and I'll drop it Because it gets hairier, never marry or flurries a throne To hell with a royal thrown a microphone Will be convenient, I'm never bein' lenient On those blokes who like to choke 'cause they'll rope Badabu-dee-doo-bop-bop-bop-bop-bop We makin' touchdowns 'cause we knock them butts down, so [Chorus: Black Thought] (Datskat) I know you dig it when we kick it, baby (Datskat) I know you dig it way I kick it, baby (Datskat) I know you dig it way I kick it, baby (Datskat) Yeah (Datskat) There it is, what it is (Datskat) What it was, what it's gon' be (Datskat) Yeah, yeah (Datskat) Let's go
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