THE ROOTS LYRICS
RSSThough popular success has largely eluded the Roots, the Philadelphia group showed the way for live rap, building on Stetsasonic's "hip-hop band" philosophy of the mid-'80s by focusing on live instrumentation at their concerts and in the studio. Though their album works have been inconsistent affairs, more intent on building grooves than pushing songs, the Roots' live shows are among the best in the business.
The Roots' focus on live music began back in 1987 when rapper Black Thought (Tariq Trotter) ...full biography
ALBUM : "Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide To Understanding The Roots Volume One" (2005)
ALBUM : "Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide To Understanding The Roots Volume Two" (2005)
ALBUM : "How I Got Over" (2010)
ALBUM : Wake Up Eveybody
ALBUM : "Wake Up!" (2010)
ALBUM : "Home Grown! The Beginner's Guide To Understanding The Roots Volume Two" (2005)
- Sacrifice (Live On Bbc Radio One's Worldwide Show With Gilles Peterson)
- Pass The Popcorn (Revisited)
- The Lesson Pt. 3
- Y'all Know Who
- Act Too (The Love Of My Life)(Remix)
- Distortion To Static (Freestyle Mix)
- For The Love Of Money
- Glitches
- Proceed II
- Proceed III
- Proceed IV (A. J. Shine's Proceed W/O A Pause)
- Proceed V
- Rhymes And Ammo
- Roots And Aphillyation Unreleased
- Silent Treatment (Beatminerz Remix)
- Tao of the Machine
- The Good, The Bad And The Desolate
- The 'Notic
- The Show
- Ya All Know Who!
- Rhymes And Ammo (Remix)
- The OtherSide
- I Got Over
- Dear God 2.0
- Walk Alone
- A Peace Of Light
- Make My
- Essaywhuman?!!!??!
- TIP THE SCALE
- Sleep
- The Other Side
- False Media
- Game Theory
- Don't Feel Right
- In The Music
- Take It There
- Baby
- Here I Come
- Long Time
- Livin' In A New World
- Clock With No Hands
- Atonement
- Rising Down
- Get Busy
- @15
- 75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)
- Criminal
- I Will Not Apologize
- Rising Up
- Singing Man
- Unwritten
- Becoming Unwritten
- Lost Desire
ALBUM : "How I Got Over" (2010)
ALBUM : Wake Up Eveybody
ALBUM : "Wake Up!" (2010)
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
- Shine
- Little Ghetto Boy
- Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude)
- Our Generation (The Hope Of The World)
- Wake Up Everybody
- Hard Times
ALBUM : "Organix" (1993) 






ALBUM : "From The Ground Up" (1994)
ALBUM : "The Legendary EP" (1999)
ALBUM : "The Roots Come Alive" (1999)
- The Roots Is Comin'
- Pass The Popcorn
- The Anti-Circle
- Writters Block
- Good Music (Prelude)
- Good Music
- Grits
- Leonard I-V
- I'm Out Deah
- Popcorn Revisited
- Peace
- Common Dust
- The Session (Longest Posse Cut In History)
- Proceed
- Distortion To Static
- Mellow My Man
- I Remain Calm
- Datskat
- Lazy Afternoon
- Do You Want More?!!!??!
- What Goes On Pt. 7
- Swept Away
- You Ain't Fly
- Silent Treatment
- The Lesson Pt. 1
- The Unlocking
- Respond / React
- Section
- Panic!!!!!!!
- It Just Don't Stop
- Episodes
- Push Up Ya Lighter
- What They Do
- Concerto Of The Desperado
- Clones
- Universe At War
- No Alibi
- No Great Pretender
- The Hypnotic
- Ital (The Universal Side)
- The Adventures In Wonderland
- Dave Vs. US
- Table Of Contents (Part 1 & 2)
- The Next Movement
- Step Into The Relm
- The Spark
- Dynamite!
- Without A Doubt
- Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New
- Double Trouble
- Act Too (The Love Of My Life)
- 100% Dundee
- Diedre Vs. Dice
- Adrenaline!
- You Got Me
- Don't See Us
- The Return To Innocence Lost
- Act Fore (The End?)
- Rock You
- Sacrifice
- Rolling With Heat
- Thought @ Work
- The Seed (2.0)
- Break You Off
- Water
- Quills
- Complexity
- Something In The Way Of Things (In Town)
- The Seed 2.0
- Pussy Galore
- Star / Pointro
- I Don't Care
- Don't Say Nuthin'
- Guns Are Drawn
- Stay Cool
- Web
- Boom!
- Somebody's Got To Do It
- Duck Down!
- Why (What's Going On?)
ALBUM : "From The Ground Up" (1994)
ALBUM : "The Legendary EP" (1999)
ALBUM : "The Roots Come Alive" (1999)