[00:20.349]I’m talking’ bout roots[00:21.648]I can’t hate where I’m from[00:24.49]Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)[00:27.999]I came from the bottom of the slums[00:29.419]But now I got me...me[00:31.699]That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)[00:36.779]I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)[00:41.819]I’m talking bout roots[00:42.739]Hey I can’t be mad at what ya’ll meet ahead[00:45.369]I don’t regret my ghetto struggle due to my success[00:48.790]It ain’t that beautiful to write on overcoming stress[00:50.919]Top Ramen noodles thank pappy for the fact I was fed[00:53.269]Look at me now but all before hey Mr. Skid Row[00:56.319]The dirty south ain’t just a name the way I’ve been poor[00:59.389]The projects burnin’ white, I call it gizmo[01:01.709]Went from a gun to them cars in a Jigga video[01:04.449]Can’t find a meal to a mil, only God know it[01:07.790]No record deal to a deal, I work hard for it[01:09.829]Can I live to I’m livin’ like my Momma told it[01:12.449]Before you rip it, gotta sew it[01:14.429]Yeah[01:14.759]I’m talking’ bout roots[01:16.59]I can’t hate where I’m from[01:17.769]Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)[01:20.939]I came from the bottom of the slums[01:22.408]But now I got me...me[01:24.799]That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)[01:30.309]I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)[01:35.779]I’m talking bout roots[01:37.490]Hey, still on my coupe but can’t take[01:39.319]Somebody had to be just to get away[01:41.869]My sister had to leave, I respect her stayin safe[01:44.479]Oh yea I had to grieve but I’m stronger to this day[01:48.90]Pain, I can’t ignore it, you might say I’m ignorant[01:49.908]I’m mistakin’ for courage, which victory so gorgeous[01:51.889]Make it through two Bush, I can make it through any forest[01:55.319]Hunger gave me the wish, but the bottom is so important[01:58.449]37 ave and 187 street, Miami (Karat city), now I’m part of a legacy[02:03.489]I’m thankful for the hood, what is love without jealousy[02:05.838]There’s only five letters really help me[02:08.348]I’m talking’ bout roots[02:10.299]I can’t hate where I’m from[02:11.408]Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)[02:14.908]I came from the bottom of the slums[02:17.218]But now I got me...me[02:18.848]That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)[02:24.308]I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)[02:29.888]I’m talking bout roots[02:32.408]Hey I know the seeds been planted[02:32.89]It's damaging my soul but my dreams been granted[02:34.799]That triple life towards, much deeper than nurse planet[02:38.398]What could I want more than redoing I never planned it[02:41.389]Gets no lower than a grabbin’ on your feet[02:43.938]A man will stand for nothin’if he fall off with the feet[02:46.728]A baller and a hitter all in the street[02:49.989]If you look beneath the sand then we all need a crease[02:51.859]Roots before the branches, roots before mansions[02:54.478]Roots before your paper crazier than Marilyn Manson[02:57.269]Roots with your grandparents, roots under your canvas[03:00.28]Roots whether you black, white, or Spanish[03:02.698]I’m talking’ bout roots[03:03.668]I can’t hate where I’m from[03:05.829]Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)[03:09.38]I came from the bottom of the slums[03:10.598]But now I got me...me[03:13.689]That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)[03:18.98]I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)[03:25.89]I’m talking bout roots