Chords for The Roots - What They Do (Official Music Video)

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[Cm] [Fm] .
[Cm] [Fm] [Cm] [Fm] .
[Cm] [Fm] .
[Cm] [Fm] .
[Eb] [Gm] [Fm] .
[Eb] [Cm] [Fm] .
[Eb] [Gm] [Fm] .
[Cm] [Fm] .
[Cm] Thank you so very much.
Lost generation, fast-paced nation,.
world [Bb] population confront they [Eb] frustration.
The principles of true hip hop have been forsaken.
It's all [Bb] contractual and [Cm] about money making.
Pretend to be cash, don't seem to know they [Fm] limitation.
Exact replication and false representation.
[Eb] You wanna be a man, then stand your [Bb] own.
To emcee, require [Fm] skills, I demand some show.
[Cm] I let the frauds keep frontin'.
And roam like a cellular phone, far from home.
Giving crowds what they wantin'.
Official hip hop consumption, the fifth [Ab] thumpin'.
Keepin' your party pumpin' with an [Cm] original something.
Yo, I dedicate this to the one dimension.
[Fm] Now no imagination, [Cm] execution, perpetration.
My man came over and said,.
yo, we thought we heard you.
Chokes on you, you heard it right.
Keep it up.
Never do [Fm] .
[Eb] what you do what [Cm] you do what [Fm] you do.
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[Cm] Never do [Fm] .
[Cm] what you do what you do what you do.
Never do what you do what you do what [Fm] you do.
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[Cm] Sin is the line that run between love and hatred.
The game is ill [Bb]-natured, it's not forsaken.
[Cm] And yo, it's funny what I see some rap do to [Fm] make it.
A few will blow [Bb] up, or go as far as they can [Cm] take it.
My nine to five is just to hit you, get the [Fm] party live.
I'm black, thought, used to rap for [Eb] sport.
Now the rhymes saying rent, pay, and life support.
I take it very [Fm] seriously.
Within this [Eb] industry, [Cm] it's various crews.
that try to touch me.
[Fm] But I come with the beautiful thing.
And I bless the track, [Cm] crush me.
Around the world, crowds love me from doing [Fm] tours.
Recipient of applause from all of you and [Cm] yours.
Creator of original sounds that's in the [Fm] stores.
You take home to absorb, [Cm] I swear that I can pause.
Now who can stop the music running through these veins?.
Infinitely go [Fm] against the grain.
That's why [Eb] my motto is to.
[Cm] Never do [Fm] .
what you [Eb] do what [Cm] you do what [Fm] you do.
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[Cm] Never [Fm] do what you do what you do what you do.
[Cm] Never do what you do what [Fm] you do.
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[Eb] Living the life of limos and [Bb] lights.
Airplanes and trains, short days and long nights.
[Eb] Keyboards and mic, bass chords and drum [Fm] kicks.
In my mental depth, they hit my head like [Eb] brick.
As I embark on a mission, welcome into the [Fm] dope.
When I first sparked the arts, when the listening stopped.
Open [Cm] your head wide and let the thought [Bb] inside.
My style fortified [Fm] by all of Philadelphia.
[Cm] My delph more stonk than all the wicked [Fm] welfare.
Mentality undetectable while the naked [Cm] eye dig.
I get paid when the record is [Fm] played.
To put it short, I want it made like Ed.
Enough [Cm] said, then after that,.
I'm putting on my cousin, [Fm] Hamed.
We let the ladies blend with the dark skin,.
[Cm] devil bread and discover.
My level is that of no [Fm] other.
And roots true, rain official and true.
while I'm [Eb] continuing to.
[Bb] Never do [Fm] .
what [Eb] you do [Cm] what you do what [Fm] you do.
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[Cm] [Gm] Never do [Fm] .
what you [Eb] do [Cm] what you do what [Fm] you do, .
[Eb] [Cm] Never do [Fm] what you [Eb] do what you do what [Fm] you do.
[Ab] .
[Cm] [Gm] Never do [Fm] .
what [Eb] you do what you do what [Fm] you do, .
[Eb] [C] [Fm] [Eb] .
[G] [Fm] .