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Essaywhuman?!???!!! (Live 1999)

by The Roots

on Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995)

[Intro: Black Thought]
What y'all talkin' 'bout, man?
Say what?
Say what?
Say what?
A'ight, a'ight, hold it, hold it, check it out, check it out
Check it out, check it out
Yo, yo, shh
I don't ever, I don't really even, I don't never really be doing this joint
You namsayin'?
I don't really...

Bass check 1, 2
Check the drums, 1, 2
Keys check, one time for your mind, y'all, yo
It's The Roots

Now what we want you all to do is sit back y'all, and just relax y'all
Sit back y'all, and just relax y'all
Sit back y'all, and just relax y'all
Sit back y'all, and just, yo, check it out
Questlove y'all, keepin the pace, right
Ay, Corona's rockin' the place, right
And Leonard Hubbard, y'all, he's on the bass, right
Now, who I am? Yo, what's my name? Yo, who I am

[Verse 1: Black Thought]
Well, I'm the nap burner
Ya namsayin'? Word up, I grab the microphone and serve a
I'm back to give y'all some, feel this shit
We got my brother Quest, love on the drums
Now when we doom-dididi-doom-da-doom, rock the shit, uh
You like The Roots crew is the ultimate, come on, uh, uh
That's why, ya namsayin', we represent the Illa Fifth fam, say what, yo, yo
The name of this shit right here, if y'all know the name of the joint, then sing along with me
And let's have some fun, here we go

[Chorus: Black Thought]
Essaywhuman, Essaywhuman, Essaywh-uman, Essaywhuman, check it out
Essaywhuman, uh, Essay what y'all, Essaywhuman, Essaywhu, check it out
Yo, it's the, Essaywhuman, come on, Essaywhuman, uh, Essaywhuman
Yo, I'm on some duh-duh-duh-duh, Essaywhuman, here we go

[Verse 2: Black Thought]
Listen... it is about the time
For my man to come up to the front from behind
So check it out, yo, put your hands together one time, y'all
We gon' rock this shit
'Cause on the keys we got my homeboy Kamal rockin' the shit
Okay, now check it out y'all
It's just di-di-di-di-dedication, it'll show you love
Yo, check it out, uh uh uh
And then Kamal gon' flip the script and turn into J-Dub, J-Dub, J-Dub
Ya namsayin'? Word. But on the real he's just my man, check it out, uh, yo
We're ready to blick-di...

[Chorus: Black Thought]
Essaywhuman, Essaywhuman, uh, Essaywh-uman, Essaywhuman
Essaywhuman, Essaywhuman, uh, Essaywhu, come on y'all, Essaywhuman, uh
Essaywhuman, uh, Essaywhuman, right, Essaywhat what what, Essaywhuman
Check it out, yo, yo, what's up with you? Nah, what's up with me?
Nah, yo, what's up? Check it, yo...

[Verse 3: Black Thought]
For all my... peeps in the place
We got my man Leonard Hubbard on bass
Now, he don't really be liking to play the shit I say when we be doing this joint
That's why my brother Questlove is in the back keeping the pace
Now, check it out, we gon' do it like this
We got to... rock the show, ah see see see
About that skit shit ain't none of y'all party people know
Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, yo
You now in tune to the sounds of The Roots crew fam
One time, if anybody know the name of this joint, I want y'all to sing along with me
Right about now, let's get it down, y'all, come on

[Chorus: Black Thought]
Essaywhuman, Essaywhuman, Essaywh-uman, Essaywhuman, come on
Essaywhuman, y'all, Essaywhuman, say what say what, get it, yo
Essaywhuman, uh. Essaywhuman, right, Essaywhuman, uh, Essaywhuman, right
Essaywhuman, uh, say what, yo, y'all on the one, on the foot step pattern, check it out, yo...

[Outro: Black Thought]
That shit was fun, ya namean? Word
So, some of y'all people that just jumped on The Roots bandwagon ain't too familiar with that joint right there
Y'all was like, "What are they doing? Is this planned?" Ya namean? Word up
But you know, that shit right there was fun, taking y'all back
It got me real relaxed now, ya namsayin'?
It got me on some cool out shit, we coolin' out
My Mars Co-op and Giant Scientist in the place...