Respond/ React chords by The Roots

SimplifiedF#m · Em · Fdim · Fm

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F#m
Em
Fdim
Fm

Verse 1
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) 
It's just hip-hop hangin'
in in my head heavy
Malik said "Riq, you know
the planet ain't ready
Em 
For  (E minor) the half" when we comin'
with the action pack
On some Dundee shit
F#m 
representin' the  (F sharp minor) 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,  (E minor) one time for ya (All the way live,
from 2-1-5)
It's time to react to respond to react to
Fdim 
respond (All the way live, from  (Fdim) 2-1-5)
F#m 
We settin  (F sharp minor) it from Southside, pushin

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

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

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

Verse 5
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) 
this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
Fm 
to fly points  (F minor) across the map
Em 
 (E minor) Bring it back to Respond React
Then bring it back to
Respond React to
this
Fm 
F#m 
 (F minor) We settin  (F sharp minor) it from Southside, pushin

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

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

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

Verse 9

M-Ill-itant, lyrically lyrically lyrically hostile,

Bad Lieutenant

Check it out, foul style check it out

We settin

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

Verse 11
this
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) We
Em 
 (E minor) settin
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) it from Southside,
pushin this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
to fly points across the map
Em 
 (E minor) Bring it back to Respond React
Fm 
F#m 
Em 
Then bring it  (F minor)  (F sharp minor)  (E minor) back
Em 
to  (E minor) Respond React to
this