[Verse One: King Cole]
I slide in, I’m James Brown I’m Rick James, I’m young king, it’s a bad thing
Move left bless up back to the Labs that’s my thing
I keep the ginger root like I’m Mick Jenk
Plenty of water sipping that water tank
Pray for me I’m finna go, we some 1907 greats
Aye, I had my nose down, my head to the grindstone
Chaff blown in the wind, no rhinestones
Like an accountant I’ve been calculating Roots, Doves and
Rheumatism scribbling composing and true wisdom
My hearts been all gone in the last months
Struggling to speak with a drone in my tongue
Off my back I used to lovingly give you my shirt
Now I got my name on it homie thats absurd
Is that arrogant? I used to make time for you
Now the numbers talk but not to you
I didn’t want it, it’s just how it worked out
You had your soul in my house, I had my mind in the clouds
This no breakup song, but maybe an apology
I’ll go and take my fair share of humble piety
This no breakup song, but maybe an apology
My love forgive me for ever losing confidence in you
[Hook: Gillian Mackey and Michael Whitty]
You used to love me - do you still love me anymore?
You used to love me - do you still love me anymore?
[Verse Two: The Cartier]
Check one check two one
Do you love me or love me not
I know a lot has been changed but it can't be stopped
I got my doves on the left, water on the right
And I ain't even gotta tell you cause my roots on lock
(yeah) The way that we move is so smooth
That's a clue that momentum is all on our side
First I make music for you then make
Music for me it just happens they both coincide
Yeah we got artists on artists on artists man look
Where we started and look at us grow
Now we got Gillian, Michael, and Gracie and
Jesse and Brendan and Adam and Liam and Ton’
Stop - without you we're nothing
Hold up for a second let me ask you something
(do you still love me any more)
[Hook: Gillian Mackey and Michael Whitty]
You used to love me - do you still love me anymore?
You used to love me - do you still love me anymore?
[Saxophone Solo: Liam Speirs]
*Roots adlib by Gracie Parrish*
[Verse Three: The Cartier]
You turned my house - into a home
I go - to be alone
But not really alone, my friends up on the phone
They tell me they on the way
They tell me I gotta stay
They say hello cartier we think that you have changed
Well, I don't know what I’ve been told
But if you ever said I wouldn't then bless your soul
‘Cause i do what I want, I do what I please
You loved me straight from the jump
Will you love me aqui
[Verse Four: King Cole]
Will you love when me when I’m old and grey
When my crown of cold has turned old and gray
I put my heart in this, I put my chips all in
My pops told me son never make your wish list thin
I put one foot in front of another and for you know it
My bars in the bedroom made me a poor man’s poet
My 6 string slings put me up on the roof
I brought my family with me so they can witness the truth
[Verse Five: The Cartier]
You tuned my dream - into a hobby
I know that my family got me
I know that the waves are choppy
I know you wanna ride
You gotta go stay persistent perfection will come with time
I was raised by these instrumentals
An apprentice to the rhyme but I've changed
Mixing all these genres
I know real Gs move in silence like lasagna
I know making music it requires you to wander
Just up on the keys and on my mind I’m a goner
[Verse Six: King Cole]
Recently it’s been more than that
Not girls and bottles but more business than rap
I was worried you forgot me and gave up on the l
Labs
I was worried wouldn’t find me ‘tween the numbers and stats
And the worst thing is I’m not sure if you see
That’s though my voice has changed you still the voice of me
You're still the breath of Cole, crisp, rasp and full on bold
And even when I’m gone, you still my legacy
[Outro]
They can never say, they can never say
They can never say - oooh
People get ready, people get ready
People get ready - to carry you home
People get ready, people get ready
People get ready - to carry you home
Into reality that's where we'll go
Shed all this dirt now my roots might just grow
Shared all these blessings I hope they will know
They don't want to see me higher (x5)
And I need more…
And I need my roots…
And I need time…
And I need my roots…
Roots……..
