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The Roots - You Got Me

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Chorus] x 2
(Erykah Badu)
If you are worried `bout where
I been or who I saw or
what club I went to with my homies
baby don`t worry you know that you got me

[Verse 1]
(Black Thought)
Somebody told me that this planet was small
we use to live in the same building on the same floor
and never met before
until I`m overseas on tour
and peep this ethiopian queen from philly
taking classes abroad
she studying film and photo flash focus record
said she workin on a flick and
could my click do the score
she said she loved my show in paris
at Elysée Montmarte
and that I stepped off the stage
and took a piece of her heart
we knew from the start that
things fall apart, and tend to shatter
she like that shit don`t matter
when I get home get at her
through letter, phone, whatever
let`s link, let`s get together
shit you think not, think the Thought went home and forgot
time passed, we back in philly now she up in my spot
tellin me the things I`m tellin her is makin her hot
startin buildin with her constantly round the clock
now she in my world like hip-hop
and keep tellin me

[Chorus] x2


[Verse 2]
(Black Thought)
Yo, I`m the type that`s always catchin a flight
and sometimes I gotta be out at the height of the night
and that`s when she flip and get on some `ol

(Eve)
Another lonely night
it seems like I`m on the side you only loving your mic
I know you gotta get that paper daddy keep that shit tight
but yo I need some sort of love in my life, you dig me
while politicing with my sister from new york city
she said she know this ball player and he think I`m pretty

psych, I`m playin boo, you know it`s just wit you I`m stayin
boo
and when cats be poppin game, I don`t hear what they sayin
boo
when you out there in the world, I`m still your girl
with all my classes I don`t have the time for life`s thrills
so when you sweatin on stage think of me when you rhyme
and don`t be listenin to your homies they be leading you
blind

(Black Thought)
Yeah, so what you sayin I can trust you?

(Eve)
Is you crazy, you my king for real

(Both)
But sometimes relationships get ill

(Eve)
No doubt

[Chorus] x2

[Verse 3]
(Black Thought)
That snake could be that chick
and that rat could be that cool cat
that`s whispering "she tryin to play you for the fool Black"
if something`s on your chest then let it be known
see I`m not your every five minutes all on the phone
and on the topic of trust, it`s just a matter of fact
that people bite back and fracture what`s intact
and never ever be I ain`t on some "oh I`m a celebrity"
I deal with the real so if it`s artificial let it be
I`ve seen people caught in love like whirlwinds
listening to they squads and listening to girlfriends
that`s exactly the point where they whole world ends
lies come in, that`s where that drama begins, she like

[Chorus] until fade

Film and TV Credits

• Block Party (2005)

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