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Respond/ React Chords

Music by: The Roots
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[Verse 1]
[F#m]
It's just hip-hop hangin'
in in my head heavy
Malik said "Riq, you know
the planet ain't ready
For [Em]the half" when we comin'
with the action pack
On some Dundee shit
representin' the [F#m]outback
Yo, we do it like this (All the way live, from
2-1-5)
You witnessin' the 5th Dynasty family click
(All the way live, from 2-1-5)
[Em]Across the map, one time for ya (All the way live,
from 2-1-5)
It's time to react to respond to react to
respond (All the way live, from [Fdim]2-1-5)
We settin [F#m]it from Southside, pushin

[Verse 2]
[F#m]
this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
to fly points across the map
[Em]Bring it back to Respond React
Then bring it back to Respond React to this
The [Fm]at tractive as[F#m] sassin, blastin

[Verse 3]
[F#m]
the devil trespassin
Master gettin cash in an
orderly fashion
[Em]Message to the fake nigga flashin
Slow up Ock, before you get dropped
and closed like a [Fm]caption
[F#m]Fractional kids don't
know the time for action
Styles got the rhythm that
of an Anglo-Saxon
[Fm]Round [Em]Round of applause,
an avalanche of clappin
{*BLOW*} that's what happen,
now what's your re[Fm]action
[F#m]We heavyweight traction,
pro-pornographin
Specialize in science and math and,
original [Em]black man
Bustin thoughts that pierce
your mental
The fierce rippin your sacks and
Vocal toe to [Fdim]toe impeccable
[F#m]splittin your back son
Simple as addition
and subtraction
Black Thought, the infinite [Fm]re laxed one
[Em]Shorties say they love it with a passion
Bring the international charm,
see a squad I [Fdim]har ass
Re[F#m]act, you best adapt when

[Verse 4]
[F#m]
I sling this rap
Another chapter,
before when I have to [Fm]trap ya
[Em]Map your whole path out
Go get your crowd so we can clap out
I drive down streets and take
[Fm]back route-positionin'
[F#m]When When I'm in
your system like glycerin
Fans listenin',
from Michigan to Switzerland
Ma[Em]lik be blitzed again - on the
station with the discipline
Solicitin', sometimes illicit
or ex[Fm]plicit with [F#m]it and
From the deep end where
the hills are steep
Nobody cares to speak,
a land where life is cheap
The street [Em]mentality,
mixed with the intellect
Personality, hell where I dwell as [Fm]well
Niggas re[F#m]bellious,
bodies are found down in the cellars
My man caught a shot to the stomach,
now who want it?
Con[Em]fronted by these dusty
blunted - cats who act like
They don't know that the fact
is that they're bein [Fdim]hunted
A [F#m]process of elimination
Activate your mind with the stimulation
Enter your zone with [Fm]penetration
[Em]I've seen more horror
than Bram Stroker
Strip your broad or play poker,
then drink [Fm]mocha
The [F#m]sometimes socializer, the joke
despiser
You woke the wiser,
dealin' with [Em]the Roots vocalizer
Up in your flesh from South
Philly to West
I stampede your style,
I'll compile then bless
We settin [F#m]it from Southside, pushin

[Verse 5]
[F#m]
this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
to fly points [Fm]across the map
[Em]Bring it back to Respond React
Then bring it back to
Respond React to
this
[Fm]We settin it f[F#m]rom Southside, pushin

[Verse 6]
[F#m]
this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
to fly points across the map
[Em]Bring it back to Respond React
Then bring it back to
Respond React to this
[Fdim]Hey yo, [F#m]I'm just a

[Verse 7]
[F#m]
lyricist, a chemist of the hemp
The beat pimp, the ill Philly resid[Fm]ent
That's [Em]far from hesitant,
corrupt like a President
Never benevolent
but poetically [Fm]prevalent
[F#m]Cool er than peppermint
The Lieutenant for niggas
talkin' bout represent
No doubt, it's obvi[Fm]ously
evid[Em]ent I get bent
Far from temporary son
I'm very permanent
Hittin' [Fm]MC's like an in[F#m]toxicant,
sent to prevent
Monopoly is my intent,
the means is what I invent
[Em]This mental murder pay the rent
Lyrically I'm the dominant ingredient,
the swift extravag[Fm]ant
Smooth [F#m]lubricant,
down with the M-the-Ill-itant
(ch-ch-ch) That's That's the
sound of the Dynasty chant
We sur[Em]round your camp,
assumin' the war stance
And bring it from the chest,
now let's dance
[Fdim]M-ILL-ITANT, [F#m]feel feel

[Verse 8]
[F#m]the
5th guerilla chant
Y'all talk about bodies but
you would not kill a [Fdim]ant
My [Em]skill is amp,
would peel a nigga like a stamp
Caliber is of Excalibur now you be [Fdim]damp
[F#m]When I operate a crowd will copulate
My game'll make a room populate
and 2-1-5th is the stock of hate
[Em]Peep the logistics,
slump your squad of misfits
They all get they wrists slit,
blast your ass [Fm]if you insist [F#m]it
Leave no trace so there's
no trace for ballistics
Turn your soul and body to statistics
In particu[Em]lar I've got
that extracurricular
Squad in the stash
who could be stickin' ya
Slip and [Fdim]they vickin' ya
[F#m]Harass your po-lice
commissioner
commissioner
Don't like chicks with weaves talking 'bout,
"I need con[Fm]ditioner"
[Em]That shit's deader than niggas
with a morticianer
A jenazah, up in your [Fm]flesh like [F#m]plasma
Take away your last breath when
you got asthma
Then meet Bad Lieu down at the plaza
[Em]Hip-hop extravaganza, extravaganza,
tell your man I slump him with a stanza
Now "Who's the Boss?"
not Tony [Fm]Danza
My [F#m]force not green but the
force is obscene
P.O. took a piss test it came
out not clean
[Em]Brody with my man Miz-Moose
and and Hakeem
My squad from deuce-four
up up to West Oak [Fm]Lane
All the [F#m]way to Takahwana and Frankfurt
they know the name
It's like that M-Ill-itant

[Verse 9]
M-Ill-itant, lyrically lyrically lyrically [Em]hostile,
Bad Lieutenant
Check it out, foul style check it out
[Fm]We settin

[Verse 10]
[F#m]it from Southside,
pushin this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
to fly points across the map
[Em]Bring it back to Respond React
Then bring it back to
Respond React to

[Verse 11]
this
[F#m]We
[Em]settin
[F#m]it from Southside,
pushin this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
to fly points across the map
[Em]Bring it back to Respond React
Then bring [Fm]it ba[F#m]ck[Em]
[Em]to Respond React to
this
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