The Roots - Love Of My Life (Featuring Common) lyrics

Make some noise if you're with me Come on y'all, make some noise if you're with me Make some noise if you're with me Make some noise if you're with me It's like that y'all, and it sounds so nice Hip-hop, you the love of my life We 'bout to go to the top, y'all Hip-hop hu, to the top hu Hip-hop check it out It's like that y'all, and it sounds so nice Hip-hop, you the love of my life We 'bout to go to the to the to the To the to the to the to the To the to the to the to the To the to the to the to the check it out The anticipation arose as time froze I stared off the stage with my eyes closed and dove Into the deep cosmos The impact pushed back, twenty five rows But before the raw live shows, come on I'se a little snot-nosed Rockin' Gazelle, goggles and Izod clothes Learnin' the ropes of ghetto survival Peepin' out the situation I had to slide through Had to watch my back my front plus my sides too But when it came to gettin' mine I ain't tryin', to argue Sometimes I wouldn'ta made it if it wasn't for you Hip-hop, you the love of my life and that's true When I was handlin' the sh** I had to do It was all for you, from the door for you Speak through you, gettin' paper on tour for you From the start, thought was down by law for you I used to hit up every corner store wall for you We ripped sh**, and kept it hardcore for you I remember late nights, steady rockin' the mic Hip-hop, you the love of my life Tell the people like that y'all, that y'all And it sounds so nice Hip-hop, you the love of my life We 'bout to take it to the top To the top, to the top, to the top, to the top To the top, to the top, to the top, check it out It's like that y'all, and it sounds so nice Hip-hop, you the love of my life We 'bout to go to the to the to the To the to the to the to the To the to the to the to the To the to the to the to the check it out Yo, yo I was speakin', to my guy 'Riq and How she was desperately seekin' to organize in a confusion Usin', no protection, told her on resurrection Caught in the Hype Williams, and lost her direction Gettin' ate in sections where I wouldn't eat her An under the counter love, so silently I treat her Her daddy'll beat her, eyes all Puffed In the mix on tape, n***as had her in the buff When we touch, it was more than just a f** The Police, in her I found peace, like who? Like Malcolm in the East, seen her on the streets of New York, trickin' off Tried to make a hit with her but my dick went soft Movin' weight, losin' weight, not picky with who she choose to date To confuse the hate, with her struggle I relate Close to thirty, most of the n***as she know is dirty Havin' more babies than Lauryn, she started showin' early As of late I realized, that this is her fate Or destiny that brings the best of me it's like God is testin' me In retrospect I see she brought life and d**h to me Peace to us collectively, live and direct when we perform It's just coffee shop chicks and white dudes Over her I got into it with that n***a Ice Cube Now the fight moved to in life, makin' the right moves Besides God and family, you my life's j**el Like that y'all, and it sounds so nice Hip-hop, you the love of my life We 'bout to go to the top, y'all Hip-hop hu, to the top hu Hip-hop hu It's like that y'all, and it sounds so nice Hip-hop, you the love of my life We 'bout to go to the to the to the To the to the to the to the To the to the to the to the To the to the to the to the