[00:19.92]I'm talking 'bout roots
[00:22.10]I can't hate where I'm from
[00:24.19]'Cause where I'm from made me
[00:25.19]'Cause where I'm from made me
[00:27.28]I came from the bottom of the slums
[00:29.37]But now I got me, me
[00:31.39]That's because of my roots
[00:32.47](Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[00:33.48]I'm talking 'bout roots
[00:38.71](Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[00:41.91]I'm talking 'bout roots
[00:43.90]Hey I can't be mad at what y'all meet ahead
[00:46.09]I don't regret my ghetto struggle due to my success
[00:48.19]It ain't that beautiful to write on overcoming stress
[00:51.29]Top ramen noodles soup happy for the fact I was fed
[00:53.38]Look at me now but all before hey Mr. Skid Row
[00:56.58]The dirty south ain't just a name the way I've been poor
[00:59.68]The projects burning white I call it gizmo
[01:01.84]Went from a gun into them cars in a Jigga video
[01:04.94]Can't find a meal to a mil, only God know it
[01:07.10]No record deal to a deal, I work hard for it
[01:10.28]Can I live to I'm living like my momma told it
[01:12.45]Before you rip it gotta sew it
[01:14.61]Yeah, I'm talking 'bout roots
[01:15.70]I can't hate where I'm from
[01:17.00]'Cause where I'm from made me
[01:19.89]'Cause where I'm from made me
[01:20.90]I came from the bottom of the slums
[01:22.99]But now I got me, me
[01:25.08]That's because of my roots
[01:26.17](Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[01:30.71]I'm talking 'bout roots
[01:31.71](Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[01:36.05]I'm talking 'bout roots
[01:37.14]Hey still on my coupe but can't take
[01:39.23]Somebody had to plead just for me to get away
[01:42.40]My sister had to leave, I respect her for staying safe
[01:44.57]Oh yeah I had to grieve but I'm stronger to this day
[01:47.67]Pain I can't ignore it, you might say I'm ignorant
[01:49.85]I'm mistaking for courage which victory so gorgeous
[01:53.05]Make it through two Bush, I can make it through any forest
[01:56.04]Hunger gave me the wish but the bottom is so important
[01:58.02]37th Avenue and 187 Street, Miami, Karat City
[02:01.50]Now I'm part of a legacy
[02:03.15]I'm thankful for the hood, what is love without jealousy
[02:06.33]There's only five letters really help me
[02:08.51]I'm talking 'bout roots
[02:09.52]I can't hate where I'm from
[02:11.61]'Cause where I'm from made me
[02:13.62]'Cause where I'm from made me
[02:14.62]I came from the bottom of the slums
[02:17.72]But now I got me, me
[02:18.72]That's because of my roots
[02:20.81](Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[02:23.99]I'm talking 'bout roots
[02:26.08](Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[02:29.35]I'm talking 'bout roots
[02:31.45]Hey, After the seeds been planted
[02:33.45]It's damaging my soul but my dreams been granted
[02:35.63]That triple life towards much deeper than nurse planet
[02:38.91]What could I want more than redoing I never planned it
[02:40.98]Gets no lower than a grabbing on your feet
[02:44.07]A man will stand for nothing if he fall off with the feet
[02:47.17]A baller and a hitter all in the street
[02:49.17]If you look beneath the sand then we all need a crease
[02:52.35]Roots before branches, roots before the mansions
[02:54.53]Roots before your paper crazier than Marilyn Manson
[02:57.73]Roots with your grandparents, roots under your canvas
[02:59.92]Roots whether you black, white, or Spanish
[03:03.02]I'm talking 'bout roots
[03:04.10]I can't hate where I'm from
[03:06.20]'Cause where I'm from made me
[03:07.28]'Cause where I'm from made me
[03:09.38]I came from the bottom of the slums
[03:11.47]But now I got me, me
[03:12.47]That's because of my roots
[03:14.56](Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[03:17.83]I'm talking 'bout roots
[03:19.83](Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[03:24.12]I'm talking 'bout roots