Roots - Intellectual

[Chorus: LeRoyce]

Ayy, ayy, oh (Uh, ayy, ayy, uh, ayy, ayy)

[Verse 1: LeRoyce]

I'm planting my shoes, I'm planning my moves

Walked in a lane 'cause I'm planted in roots

Know who I am and they lettin' it loose

I broke out the chain and then turn it in jewels

All of the value that come from the ones that I think of alone in my head in my room

Watered down history, shit's still a mystery

They wouldn't speak like this shit was taboo

I got my brothers and sisters that grew up and dealt with dilemmas that's similar

Ironic how bein' in foreign situations, so much start feelin' familiar

Dialin' in on my heritage, but still apparent ain't simple as me hittin' Syria

But I'm cut from a fabric that's strong like leather, it feel like I'm dripped in interior

And it's all in my soul that help me manoeuvre

Searchin' my own while blockin' the rumours

They throwin' stones, they hit my medulla

I look in they eyes 'cause they ain't Medusa

They ain't castin' no fear into me

Noticin' why, gettin' clearer to see

Feet on the ground and my ears to the East

Head in the clouds, and they speakin' to me (Ayy)

And I'd rather just roam while gettin' in tune

Yeah, one with the origin, couldn't be in true

I looked to the stars, I looked to the Moon

Yeah, searchin' for answers, couldn't come sooner

Wonderin' exactly just where I will be

Really, how big is a family tree?

Feelin' so lost, gettin' eerie to see

But we thuggin' it out, man, we keepin' it be

[Chorus: LeRoyce]

Ayy, ayy, oh (Uh, ayy, ayy, uh, ayy, ayy)

[Verse 2: ScottyMay]

I feel the tides, those lies (Keep throwin' shit on me)

You slow's to approach all divine to define what is mine

High as the leaves in the trees, but the root is where you'll find

Keep this peace in my eye, but what I see is they divide

To my problems and all I can cast stones

But how we gonna see the truth [?]

Gold on me, no chains, fluke homes

Even when they sold a cap of lies, wasn't far to notice I was nine

Never knew that blue and black was similar

Seein' a bruise through the history line

Other nigga say we systemise to win it all the other killers in the crime

And from our description, had I missed one, I'd be on the sour side

Hated my own reflection, scrutinise

Bone crack a bone every time

Said she kept her history deprived

Things ain't seem genuine

Cast out and deemed mortified

Bone crack a bone every time

[Chorus: LeRoyce & ScottyMay]

Ayy, ayy, oh (Uh, ayy, ayy)

Tryna do my part, see my heart through scars

Ayy, ayy, oh (Uh, ayy, ayy)

[?], I never die, how we get this far?

Ayy, ayy, oh (Uh, ayy, ayy)

Sometimes I be out my head, smokin' za-za-za

Ayy, ayy, oh (Uh, ayy, ayy)