Proceed - The Roots

Just think, what if you could just, just blink yourself away?

Just think (What?)

What if you could just, just blink yourself away?

Jeff X can rock the mic with tooth decay

I be the 5 foot 7, residing at the Mecca

Rest address in south section

Used to cut class in the infinite pursuit of ass back in '86

Easy with the chicks, I was a chocolate boy

Raised in the cellar with the rhythm like Ella

Walking mega-trife streets to the subway where I lay

Til the train stop, then a nigga hop (Hop)

Used to do the pop dance to the Planet Rock

At the block party everybody jocked, «Who, me?!»

It’s the MC sucker niggas envy

I got my contract in 1993 and I shall proceed

I shall (I shall) proceed (Proceed)

And continue (And continue) to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

I shall (I shall) proceed (Proceed)

And continue (And continue) to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

I shall (I shall) proceed (Proceed)

And continue (And continue) to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

I shall (I shall) proceed (Proceed)

And continue (And continue) to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

I wake up early in the morning, I mean early afternoon

Break a lyrical hymn of the stem like boom

I’m fly and when I die you’ll put my shit upon my tomb

That nigga represented on the 28th of June

I’m representing Philly on the 28th of June

I can make you feel that I’m a surreal cartoon

With my pistol in the face of hip-hop, stick it for papes

Because I’m on a paper chase (Say what?)

I’m on a paper chase

My Timberlands are fully laced I be the Mr. Boogeyman

With records from 125th to Japan

I let them play like Donny Hathaway and shake a hand

Shake a hand

Your lady tried to kick it, but I couldn’t play my man

My niggas is my niggas and she didn’t understand

I shake your hand and shit’ll hit the fan, just think

Just think, what?

What if you could, just blink, what?

Blink yourself away?

As I proceed

I shall (I shall) proceed (Proceed)

And continue (And continue) to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

I shall (I shall) proceed (Proceed)

And continue (And continue) to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

I shall (I shall) proceed (Proceed)

And continue (And continue) to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

I shall (I shall) proceed (Proceed)

And continue (And continue) to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

Malik B, get on the mic, ayo, it’s too much on my mind

Say what?

Malik get on the mic, there’s too much on my mind

Johnny on the spot, got the rhythm and the rhyme

Fucking with The Roots, you know them niggas is the dime

I can make a hundred-yard line start to dash

I can make a whole lake of fish start to splash

I can make Conan and the Titans clash

And I could make Metallica and Guns 'N' Roses thrash

Used to smash, crash parties like I was disturbed

Used to make plots against the herringbone herb

But now, all I do—disperse the verb

And like a nerd, I can make you say, «He's superb!»

Worded perfect, never ever shall you misinterpret

I move styles like bowels, so now you know I’m worth it

Direct from Philly, the lands where niggas scheme

So you know I got that sheen in my gleam

I shall proceed (Proceed)

And continue to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

I shall proceed (Proceed)

And continue to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

I shall proceed (Proceed)

And continue to rock the mic (To rock the mic)

I shall proceed (Proceed)

And continue to rock the mic (To rock the mic)