Roots, The - 75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction) Lyrics
I'm from the land of them straight razor face beard niggas
With hammers on their waist, yeah, waste rare niggas
And I race scared niggas, them snake head niggas
That take care of niggas who don't break bread with us
Niggas make dead niggas and hate black niggas
No telling when the bullet coming, be prepared niggas
Cuz when it do, it coming land sea and air niggas
That's everywhere niggas, Am I the muthafucking legendary?
Yeah niggas, make it very clear niggas
Been looking at y'all in my rearview
Mirror niggas want to be a millionaire, I'm already there niggas
I'm a debonaire nigga, a bear taking more than my share
Lookee here, yeah, I know it ain't fair nigga
Neither is a bald eagle with a hair trigger
Haystack, try and find a needle up in there nigga
That don't need a puppeteer nigga, shed another tear nigga
I'm in the field with a shield and a spear nigga
I'm in your girl with her heels in the air nigga
I am such a fair nigga, you in a battle telling
Me you not ready like you figured I'ma bear with you
I don't care nigga, you now listening to the sounds
Of the money making jam trillionaires nigga
Gentlemen of an extraordinary league
You never see me blowing on no ordinary weed
What I'm smoking ain't a product of no ordinary seed
Your boy is heavy treed, I'm feeling merry
As a Tyler Perry scene, that monetary gang green
We tried to launder the cash and never came clean
So now I'm in the story with all the cats before me
And smoke purgatory for doing the same thing
And them niggas ain't change, them niggas can't change
Their moms shake their heads saying it's such a dang shame
The train to the buck, then another dang plane
My stage and my government ain't the same name
I'm a rock star, love it that my wallet chain hang
I'm a modern day saint; I'm a modern day king
My definition I can finally explain
Cold smooth like that dud Sean Connery was playing
I just got to be the man, I'm the father figure and
When I spit it's something like a psychology exam
If you stand where I stood, you could probably understand
How that mic feeling like a million dollars in my hand
It's the silence of the lamb, go and cop another gram
And twist with your xanny, percoset, percodan
What's your net working plan? You better look alive
Cuz them niggas outside looking desperate again nigga
And the blunts and liquor killing our lungs and liver
The asthmatic drug addict I function with it
I put a rapper in a hole where the dust will sit
for spitting played out patterns that once was hitting
I got news for you all, let me show you how to ball
See the legendary fall? I ain't heard of that
Y'all niggas is off the wall like Aresnio Hall
I'ma put you right back where the dirt is at
450 fahrenheit on the thermostat
Somebody talking like a white girl Bernadette
But she not a earner yet, she couldn't put in no work,
not earning that, the black microphone murder vet
I'm in a class of my own,
If I got beef with you, you the last one to know
I arrive on time, I'm never fashionable
You late, I'm already international-able
I done toured to Berlin, banged in Beijing
You never seen nothing can't say the same thing
Tell somebody Black Thought, yeah you know the name ring
So give him the game ring for bringing what them niggas can't bring
My hustle is long, my muscle is strong
My man put the paper in the duffle I'm gone
Y'all still a light year from the level I'm on
Just a pawn stepping right into the head of the storm
You been warned, I will blow y'all niggas and disintegrate
I'm a rebel, renegade must stay paid
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Roots, The - Somebody's Got To Do It
- Roots, The - I Can't Help It
- Roots, The - Singing Man
- Roots, The - Unwritten
- Roots, The - Lost Desire
- Roots, The - The Show
- Roots, The - Rising Up
- Roots, The - Birthday Girl
- Roots, The - The Grand Return
- Roots, The - A Peace Of Light
- Roots, The - Walk Alone
- Roots, The - Dear God 2.0
- Roots, The - Radio Daze
- Roots, The - Now Or Never
- Roots, The - How I Got Over
- Roots, The - The Day
- Roots, The - Right On
- Roots, The - Doin' It Again
Rand Lyrics
- Daryle Singletary - Too Much Fun
- Daryle Singletary - I'm Living Up To Her Low Expectations
- Daryle Singletary - There's A Cold Spell Moving In
- Daryle Singletary - Ordinary Heroes
- Daryle Singletary - I Let Her Lie
- Daryle Singletary - A Love That Never Died
- Daryle Singletary - Workin' It Out
- Daryle Singletary - My Heart's Too Broke (To Pay Attention)
- Daryle Singletary - Would These Arms Be In Your Way
Last Posts
Beyonce Shakes the Internet with Surprise Super Bowl Tease and New Music Release
Beyoncé once again set the digital world abuzz with her latest musical surprise. In an unforgettable move during the Super Bowl, a Verizon commercial served...Watch Usher’s Full Super Bowl 2024 Halftime Performance Usher, Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris,
At the 2024 Super Bowl, Usher redefined the halftime show with a dazzling, career-highlight performance that will be remembered for years to come. Taking the...Usher Unveils ‘Coming Home’: A Journey Through Sound and Soul in His Latest Album
Spanning three decades in the music industry, Usher has consistently mesmerized fans with his soulful tunes and magnetic performances. However, his most recent project, Coming...
Roots, The 75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction) Comments
TOP 5 ALIVE DEAD OR TOCOME
Wtf 9 years ago why am I finding about it rn
2019 yall!!!
What is the stack that Questlove is using? That thing is crazy.
Blown I had to hear that BS autotune advertisement
I'm a modern-day KANE . Black Thought
when you're not black and blasting this in your car because i mean
I counted 74 bars but fuck it, Thought's that dude
Can’t wait to see them at lake of festival 😭😭😭
This is the essence of hip hop. Mic, Emcee, and drum beat. This is elite. Only a handful of rappers can accomplish this.
I dun toured in Berlin, banged in Beijing, you never seen nothin can't say the same thing, TELL SOMEBODY BLACK THOUGHT, YEAH YOU KNOW THE NAME RING, so give him the gangrene, for bringing what them others can't bring!
I'm A hip-hop junkie from Staten Island and I have to say it doesn't get any more hip-hop then quest with a drum beat and Tarik rhyming his ass off this is the epitome of hip-hop
"Black Thought can't spit bars"
said no1 ever.
Of course Tariq murders this...but can we talk about ?uesto’s drums for a sec?
Black is the best thing that has ever happened. He is proof the higher mental will thrive. People need to give him credit for being a leader in this art form.... a prophet still.
Killed it 👌👌
i agree Black Thought is the GOAT. But why is the white guy getting dosed with gasoline again?
get prepsred nuggsh...it aint fsir nugga....gentleman with extraordinary .....🔮vizion
Black Thought, of House Thought, the first of his name, the King of flows and the King of Studio 6B, Protector of the Mic, the unburnt and un-outrapped, sir regnant of the Philly, the Khal of the Roots, the breaker of beats, the father of freestyle.
BLACK THOUGHT IS THAT bol... PHILLY ALL DAY 👊😎.
I don't understand why this masterpiece hasn't hit a million views yet...what's wrong...y'all don't like real Hip Hop?!
Stan I am. That's why. Even though stan can't mess with Blackthought
drum roll and then the massacre
G.O.A.T
No Big L or Pun SMH
Black Thought...Untouchable...muthafuckin' FACTS!!!!!
Fuck it two words " CONSISTENTLY GREAT!
Check out his Funk Flex appearance!
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
💯💯💯💯💯💯
The best philly rapper ever..hands down
Nafis Mumin The Best Rapper peroid
I didnt grow up with this era of hip hop, and Ive been going back and checking older rappers out since Im tired of hearing old heads talk about how much better their shit was than the stuff we have today and Im tryna know where all that's coming from. Obviously Ive listened to all the most popular guys like Nas, Biggie, Pac, Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Blackstar (ik it's TK and MD as a group), Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, Rakim, etc, but I'm embarassed to say I only knew who this nigga Black Thought was bc I seen him on Jimmy Fallon, I never knew he was a rapper
Imma putcha right back where the dirt is at!
Black Thought said he wrote this all in close to 20 minutes! Didn't realize how dope it was till he ran it back the next day...
Which one of you motherfucks said Black Thought not top 5
Black Thought should be in the top 3 mc ever convo for sure
59 people are the stupidest motherfuckers on earth lol.
Tariq is dangerous.
What does the white guy symbolize? a white guy?
black thought would have made an amazing battle rapper
Best MC EVER.. #Philly
Has anyone heard 75 Bars on Spotify? Every curse has an irritating bleep and there's no dirty version. First they don't have the album forever and then they put it but it's unlistenable
Im Here Because Of Lord Jamar ('', )
Top 5 Dead or Alive
No doubt!
Or to come
thing is that was an even number of bars...
sounded like 72
Black Thought was mad at Vevo censorship so he bodied this track!
Dave Mandyam prototype emcee
can someone please count how many times he says the word nigga and then comment it
Thesias GC I got 34
3 dozen times - questlove
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Dope! do y'all mind listening to my music, and commenting your opinions on it!
i challenge everyone to reply to me a track that is scarier then this, black thought wrote this in 20mins.
Immortal technique.
Black Thoughts Funk flex freestyle will eventually be in the Smithsonian in the same hallway with Dillas mpc
Chiraq remix- Montana of 300
@Chris Crabtree nah them punchlines were delivered hard and the flow built up nice but the actual lyrical potency was meh most of the time. Some great bars tho in the whole 5 minutes
You mofos can't be serious. I listened to all those songs. NOT EVEN CLOSE
80% of this rap says "nigga"
Esteban Nunez listen to black thoughts other songs,saying nigga was a concept of the song,plus he wrote this in 20 minutes
nigga please! try again. if that's all you got that's all you wanted. set better goals. #Elhip-hop
Not really bro . Lol wtf u on about 80%
It's so weak that most of their songs are blocked... smh
Roots Forever
...a little bit more....
how did I never hear this before?
listening to the wrong type of music son.
You need to stop listening to those weak as wanna be MC's freestyling off their phones. You been missing out, but now you know.
The Rising Down album is DOPE!!!
thought is the illest
Point Breeze to Southwark, South Philly bred this dude Thought...
i'm in a field with a shield and a spear nigga, i'm in your girl w her heels in the air nigga
panoramablack the real king of philly
+makaveli236215 I concur. For what its worth, I am a lifelong Philadelphian. I'm here now! Lol
This track is fire
best overall artist?
I love how through out the whole video he's just manhandling this dude. Kinda like he manhandled this beat.... Pause
thought and nas 2 huge inspirations
Black Thought going in as usual: I'm in the field with a shield and a spear, nigga. I'm in your girl with her heels in the air, nigga. OMG!!! Dont hurt em BT!!! Talk about underrated...
Please listen:
https://soundcloud.com/jablinsky/sets/the-blinsky-ep
Like I sais not even in the top 20, most OVER_RATED rapper of all time
+David Muhammad You think the best selling hip hop artist of all time doesn't crack the top 20? Pass me some of the shit you're smoking
+Notorious HZ Lil Wayne is too he dont crack top 20 for me after
+Notorious HZ I guess Elvis is the King of Rock and Roll too. this is too easy. Sales do not equate sales, this is hip hop not hip pop...
u might understand how a million dollars feel like a mic in my hand....got news for you all....
looking forward to seeing him tear up the BHOB in Boston, MA January 2016!!
This song reminds me of the time Vegeta got resurrected on Namek and saw Goku as a Super Saiyan for the first time.
+Defx10 link pls
Here is exhibit A that Black Thought is the G.O.A.T.
TEMPORARY ALLIANCE! - Hip Hop, Gaming, & Sports He is really, really good! But G.O.A.T? No. He’s not better than Big L. I won’t even name the others, I’ll just leave it there...
Fine39XMEN you need to do your research bud. Pharoahe Monch is probably the only emcee ever on his level. Guys like Elzhi, Kool G Rap and Canibus are close, but Thought and Monch are just extraterrestrial
Reece Asbury Two years ago? This track released in 2008! That’s 11 years ago. And he is def a top 10 lyricist of all-time!
Chris Paul I don’t need to do research! I’ve been listening to rap for 35 years! I don’t have to go to the internet to research like most of y’all becuz I’ve been there almost every step of the way. He’s really good, and so is Pharoahe Monch. You know-it-alls that come on here acting like experts kill me! 😂😂😂
Fine39XMEN if you actually, truly believe Big L is better, I find it hard to believe you’ve been listening to hip hop that long. But we’re all entitled to our opinions
My fave...Philly all day
This only has 630k views and fucking GANGNAM STYLE has over 2 billion. WTF humanity.
Em is dope but doesn't crack the top 20. Sorry white folks.
David Muhammad I’m white and Black Thought is the best emcee of all time. Em is some where at the bottom of the top 10 IMO but mainly for what he’s accomplished. Em is a serious lyricist, but not nearly as consistent as Thought.
Black Thought doesn’t have a wack verse in his whole catalog. Shit he doesn’t even have a weak verse 😂😂😂
Em is not in my top 5 but def top 10 so you bugging when you say he’s not top 20
yep and why even apologize. shit always felt corny
@Rebel Underground Network That's what stands out to me with the Roots. It's not that every song is the best song, but it's that it's consistently good. I can open up to any song on any album, or just let it shuffle through their whole work, and I know generally the sound and mood I'm gonna get and there's not gonna be songs I feel I need to skip over.
Black Thought is the GOAT. Nas is second. Rakim is third. Scarface is fourth. Big Daddy Kane is fifth. Tupac is sixth. Biggie is seventh. Jay Z is eigth. Ice Cube is ninth. Melle Mel is tenth.
lol sounds like 1 year of hip hop but i mean props on some of the names
wayyyy better list
David Muhammad lmao. And Big L doesn’t make your top 5? Stop talking! You don’t know rap son...
Canibus = G.O.A.T.
I never really rated Jay-Z ....was very repetitive in his raps. Pun and Big L body him and Em destroyed him on his own track. FYI I love Black Thought (he's on my GOAT list) but his cypher verse was used on later on a track so I'm uncertain if it was a genuine freestyle or not.
OMG he still fuckin got it
I just realized that this is the first time I ever saw black thoughts eyes- he's always wearing shades
Go back to do what they do video
The ROOTS. no Toby here.
who can fuck with that?!.....i'll be here when you wanna lemme know...
+Getup1 well put
Getup1 method man, biggie
Getup1 Kendrick Lamar Ignorance is Bliss
just imagine, the beat is so sparse, basically just drumz ! #next_sh*t
wheres the original?
Greatest MC of all time. No debating.
Mc Katana Straight up dufus.
Lynn Shore yes, that is correct. Black Thought, lyrically speaking, is a straight up dufus.
Chris Paul name a good lyric he’s done.
Mc Katana
"I'm in the field with a shied and a spear nigga, I'm in your girl with her heels in the air nigga"
Since Illadelph Halflife he is my fav of all times
The black microphone murder vet.
its soooo technical
i keep replacing that white guy for jimmy fallon in my own head
@Bernard Camacho LOL
yeah, funny, wasn't this right before fallon put roots on as his house band?
Bernard Camacho deep
I always saw Trump
I'm in the field with a shield and a spear nigga. I'm in your girl with her heels in the air nigga.
That line is a top 5er in any Era of Hip Hop.
+Monkifarus lol! Is it a double meaning kind of play on words? Because it's not even his own best line in this song alone. lmao
Forvacia that first line is a triple entendre and the second line is one of the plane meanings. Dope as all get down
holy shit
Are you dense? The actual rhyme (or assonance, if you prefer) is shield, spear/heels, air. "Nigga" isn't part of the rhyme scheme; it's just for emphasis.
Black thought is probably the MC in its purest yet best rounded form
@YOUNG ODB logged into up vote this
100 correct sir. sincerely underatted
The LR Project mos def too
The LR Project ....Exactly!!!!!!! Period.
Steve Barrett yup
so under rated. pfff
Makes me sick he gets no credit!
Naw he does he doesn't care about mainstream. I wouldn't either it's fucking cancer.
Sheesus! - this guy is too fuckin messy.
@007JNR u not on his level sorry to say
@enrique ja-el Fuck you talking about?
007JNR ha ha ha
The best!
black thought might be the GOAT he did body both Em and Mos Def on BET Ciphers
@RighteouslySupafly What? How? Whens the last time Em made a dope album? How many years ago? His slim shady shit was the best, now he's trash and angry.. BT has been consistently dope. 0 bad verses for YEARS. Em tried adopted a new style of rap,failed miserablely, then called his fans mentally retarded because he wasmad they didnt respond the way he wanted them to. Hes the most overrated mfer in the history of hiphop. He sucks.
@Devan Bishop agreed. I put Thought in a category alone, way above EM. I gave Black Thought GOD Level MC
What more do you want from me
Tyrese voice lol
Em killed the renegade song tho with Jay z who's also just master Level MC
@RighteouslySupafly indeed man! you ever listen to daylyt? Hes super dope to me. But his songs lack the good delivery i think being in too many rap battles fucked his music career but the amount of knowledge and wordplay he presents is on another level
EM has dissed everyone but Blackthought. There was a song they dis live. EM knows he can't mess with Thought.
THERE IS A REASON NO ONE DISSES BLACKTHOUGHT AT ALL.
EM has been dissed like every other rapper. Except one... When that day happens you know Black thought will love it. Someone to try to escape the true Death row fate.
this nigga...
This is sad how true hip hop and music in general gets down played on the the radio and media because they are not talking about money, girls and drugs with a loud bass.... this is true art!
mortals can beat deities.
fu lk
Black thought.... who else?
I'm in a fields with a shield and a spear, nigga,
I'm in your girl with her heels in the air, nigga!
Hip hop needs more groups like the roots! I've been a fan since the beginning. Black thought is one of the greats, he's in my top5.
Somebody actually thought because i think 75 bars is dope, that i would think the same about nicki's latest song looking ass nigga, posting that shit on my facebook wall. I listened to it and immediately deleted that joke of a song afterwards.
75 Bars>>>>>Looking Ass Nigga