{"id":101,"date":"2009-09-16T14:39:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T21:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2010-02-12T15:39:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T23:39:01","slug":"the-roots-rising-down-f-dice-raw-mos-def-styles-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/the-roots-rising-down-f-dice-raw-mos-def-styles-p","title":{"rendered":"The Roots &#8211; Rising Down f\/ Dice Raw, Mos Def, Styles P"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qUHf1d_Kp2Y&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qUHf1d_Kp2Y&#038;color1=0x2b405b&#038;color2=0x6b8ab6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p><code>Artist: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theroots.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Roots f\/ Dice Raw, Mos Def, Styles P<\/a><br \/>\nAlbum:  Rising Down<br \/>\nSong:   Rising Down<br \/>\nTyped by: jefff.petty (*at*) gmail.com<br \/>\nFrom: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohhla.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.ohhla.com<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Hello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Mos Def]<br \/>\nEvery anywhere heights plains peaks or valleys<br \/>\nEntrances exits vestibules and alleys<br \/>\nWinding roads that test the firm nerve<br \/>\nFortune or fatal behind the blind curve<br \/>\nThe engine oil purr, lights flash to a blur<br \/>\nSpeed work through the earth make your motor go scurrr<br \/>\nTonight at noon watch a bad moon rising<br \/>\nIdentities in crisis and conflict diamonds<br \/>\nBlinding staring at lights &#8217;til they cryin&#8217;<br \/>\nBone gristle popping from continuous grindin<br \/>\nGrapes of wrath in a shapely glass<br \/>\nIngredients influential on your ways and acts<br \/>\nZero tolerance to raise the tax<br \/>\nIt don&#8217;t matter how your gates is latched<br \/>\nYou ain&#8217;t safe from the danger jack<br \/>\nMade it way before they made the map<br \/>\nOr a GPS this is DEF leader<\/p>\n<p>[Dice Raw]<br \/>\nI know where I&#8217;m goin even when it&#8217;s dark and being led down that road<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nyou don&#8217;t see that somethings wrong earth&#8217;s spinnin outta control<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nEverything&#8217;s for sale even souls someone get God on the phone<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nNorthside nigga Southside<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nShits poppin off Worldwide<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Black Thought]<br \/>\nBetween the greenhouse gases and earth spinnin off its axis<br \/>\nGot mother nature doin back flips<br \/>\nThe natural disasters<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s like 80 degrees in Alaska<br \/>\nYou in trouble if you not an Onasis<br \/>\nIt ain&#8217;t hard to tell that the conditions is drastic<br \/>\nJust turn on the telly check for the news flashin<br \/>\nHow you want it bagged, paper or plastic?<br \/>\nLost in translation or just lost in traffic?<br \/>\nYo I don&#8217;t wanna floss I done lost my passion<br \/>\nAnd I aint trying to climb, Yo I lost my traction<br \/>\nThey makin&#8217; me break, my contents under pressure<br \/>\nDo not shake, I&#8217;m workin while the boss relaxin<br \/>\nHere come Mr. tax man, he leavin a fraction, give me back some<br \/>\nMatter fact next pay check it&#8217;s like that son<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll fuck around and have to hurt a few men<br \/>\nThey probably chalk it up as a disturbing new trend, Hello<\/p>\n<p>[Dice Raw]<br \/>\nI know where I&#8217;m goin even when it&#8217;s dark and being led down that road<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nyou don&#8217;t see that somethings wrong earth&#8217;s spinnin outta control<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nEverything&#8217;s for sale even the souls someone get God on the phone<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nNorthside nigga Southside<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nshits poppin off Worldwide<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Styles P]<br \/>\nShould I say hello or should I say that hell is low<br \/>\nAm I nigga or a niggero? I&#8217;m an African American<br \/>\nThey sell drugs in the hood but the man, he move the medicine<br \/>\nHe&#8217;ll prescribe you all-med for everything<br \/>\nA little stuffy nose tell you get some Claritin<br \/>\nYou know I&#8217;m hip to it and its hard to claim the land<br \/>\nWhen my great great great grands were shipped to it<br \/>\nlook at technology they call it downloading<br \/>\nI call it downsizing somebody follow me<br \/>\nDoes a computer chip have an astrology<br \/>\nAnd when it fuck up could it give you an apology (Could it?)<br \/>\nShould it say hello or should it say goodbye<br \/>\nTry to understand how smart and how hood am I<br \/>\nIt don&#8217;t matter though<br \/>\nUntil we learn that the world don&#8217;t turn right<br \/>\nWe all oughta the scatter though<\/p>\n<p>[Dice Raw]<br \/>\nI know where I&#8217;m goin even when it&#8217;s dark and being led down that road<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nyou don&#8217;t see that somethings wrong earth&#8217;s spinnin outta control<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nEverything&#8217;s for sale even souls someone get God on the phone<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<br \/>\nHello hello hello hello&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist: The Roots f\/ Dice Raw, Mos Def, Styles P Album: Rising Down Song: Rising Down Typed by: jefff.petty (*at*) gmail.com From: www.ohhla.com Hello hello hello hello&#8230; Hello hello hello hello&#8230; Hello hello hello hello&#8230; Hello hello hello hello&#8230; [Mos Def] Every anywhere heights plains peaks or valleys Entrances exits vestibules and alleys Winding roads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,49,59],"tags":[92,61],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecology","category-equal-rights","category-hip-hop","tag-hip-hop","tag-okay-player"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proparations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}