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Stay Cool (feat. Q-Tip) Lyrics by The Roots, J. Period

The Best of The Roots

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[Verse 1: Q-Tip]
I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat
Ain’t nothin' sweet, on the street, for good deeds I compete
Come on complete, and unique, so get back in your stance
We enhance and we're playing the whole world circumstance
So do good in your hood even though you puff lah
Positive to comply
Don’t screw face and act rah
Progress, don't fall back. We can't have that
I'll hold your hand, Black
We can't wind up with scratch
I put my best foot forward as I play in life
'Cause this world is bound to get ya like a double-edged knife
In the jam we regulate, 'cause we organize
Logic-a-lly thinking when along's enterprise
A lot of brothers from the ghetto got the gift of gab
Peace to the West Coast and the East, we fab
Need I make mention that the crew we've got
Make things get hot, like the FoFo shot (Blaow!)
No, we don't promote no guns, but don't turn that cheek
In the world that we live, kindness is viewed as weak
So, we got to stay on point for all these lizards and snakes
Some of them come as friends; some of them come as Jakes
We decipher all the frauds and build grounds with our friends
(Why's that?)
So we can live right until time ends (Yo, why's that?)
Amalgamate, so we can get these ends (Yo, true that)
You know we make, you know we make minds bend
[Chorus]
Stay cool, stay cool, stay...
Stay cool, motherfuckers, y'all know the rules
Stay cool, stay cool, yeah!
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The Roots

The Roots

J. Period

J. Period

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