Respond/ React chords by
The Roots
The Roots

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Key: E major
Verse 1
Am
Am
It's just hip-hop hangin'
in in my head heavy
Malik said "Riq, you know
the planet ain't ready
Gm
Gm
For the half" when we comin'
with the action pack
On some Dundee shit
Am
Am
representin' the 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)
Gm
Gm
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
Abdim
Abdim
respond (All the way live, from 2-1-5)
Am
Am
We settin it from Southside, pushin
Verse 2
Am
Am
this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
to fly points across the map
Gm
Gm
Bring it back to Respond React
Then bring it back to Respond React to this
Abm
Abm
Am
Am
The at tractive as sassin, blastin
Verse 3
Am
Am
the devil trespassin
Master gettin cash in an
orderly fashion
Gm
Gm
Message to the fake nigga flashin
Slow up Ock, before you get dropped
Abm
Abm
and closed like a caption
Am
Am
Fractional kids don't
know the time for action
Styles got the rhythm that
of an Anglo-Saxon
Abm
Abm
Gm
Gm
Round Round of applause,
an avalanche of clappin
{*BLOW*} that's what happen,
Abm
Abm
now what's your reaction
Am
Am
We heavyweight traction,
pro-pornographin
Specialize in science and math and,
Gm
Gm
original black man
Bustin thoughts that pierce
your mental
The fierce rippin your sacks and
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Abdim
Vocal toe to toe impeccable
Am
Am
splittin your back son
Simple as addition
and subtraction
Abm
Abm
Black Thought, the infinite re laxed one
Gm
Gm
Shorties say they love it with a passion
Bring the international charm,
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Abdim
see a squad I har ass
Am
Am
React, you best adapt when
Verse 4
Am
Am
I sling this rap
Another chapter,
Abm
Abm
before when I have to trap ya
Gm
Gm
Map your whole path out
Go get your crowd so we can clap out
I drive down streets and take
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Abm
back route-positionin'
Am
Am
When When I'm in
your system like glycerin
Fans listenin',
from Michigan to Switzerland
Gm
Gm
Malik be blitzed again - on the
station with the discipline
Solicitin', sometimes illicit
Abm
Abm
Am
Am
or explicit with it and
From the deep end where
the hills are steep
Nobody cares to speak,
a land where life is cheap
Gm
Gm
The street mentality,
mixed with the intellect
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Abm
Personality, hell where I dwell as well
Am
Am
Niggas rebellious,
bodies are found down in the cellars
My man caught a shot to the stomach,
now who want it?
Gm
Gm
Confronted by these dusty
blunted - cats who act like
They don't know that the fact
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Abdim
is that they're bein hunted
Am
Am
A process of elimination
Activate your mind with the stimulation
Abm
Abm
Enter your zone with penetration
Gm
Gm
I've seen more horror
than Bram Stroker
Strip your broad or play poker,
Abm
Abm
then drink mocha
Am
Am
The sometimes socializer, the joke
despiser
You woke the wiser,
Gm
Gm
dealin' with the Roots vocalizer
Up in your flesh from South
Philly to West
I stampede your style,
I'll compile then bless
Am
Am
We settin it from Southside, pushin
Verse 5
Am
Am
this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
Abm
Abm
to fly points across the map
Gm
Gm
Bring it back to Respond React
Then bring it back to
Respond React to
this
Abm
Abm
Am
Am
We settin it from Southside, pushin
Verse 6
Am
Am
this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
to fly points across the map
Gm
Gm
Bring it back to Respond React
Then bring it back to
Respond React to this
Abdim
Abdim
Am
Am
Hey yo, I'm just a
Verse 7
Am
Am
lyricist, a chemist of the hemp
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Abm
The beat pimp, the ill Philly resident
Gm
Gm
That's far from hesitant,
corrupt like a President
Never benevolent
Abm
Abm
but poetically prevalent
Am
Am
Cooler than peppermint
The Lieutenant for niggas
talkin' bout represent
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Abm
No doubt, it's obviously
Gm
Gm
evident I get bent
Far from temporary son
I'm very permanent
Abm
Abm
Am
Am
Hittin' MC's like an intoxicant,
sent to prevent
Monopoly is my intent,
the means is what I invent
Gm
Gm
This mental murder pay the rent
Lyrically I'm the dominant ingredient,
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Abm
the swift extravagant
Am
Am
Smooth lubricant,
down with the M-the-Ill-itant
(ch-ch-ch) That's That's the
sound of the Dynasty chant
Gm
Gm
We surround your camp,
assumin' the war stance
And bring it from the chest,
now let's dance
Abdim
Abdim
Am
Am
M-ILL-ITANT, feel feel
Verse 8
Am
Am
the
5th guerilla chant
Y'all talk about bodies but
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Abdim
you would not kill a ant
Gm
Gm
My skill is amp,
would peel a nigga like a stamp
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Abdim
Caliber is of Excalibur now you be damp
Am
Am
When I operate a crowd will copulate
My game'll make a room populate
and 2-1-5th is the stock of hate
Gm
Gm
Peep the logistics,
slump your squad of misfits
They all get they wrists slit,
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Abm
Am
Am
blast your ass if you insist it
Leave no trace so there's
no trace for ballistics
Turn your soul and body to statistics
Gm
Gm
In particular I've got
that extracurricular
Squad in the stash
who could be stickin' ya
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Abdim
Slip and they vickin' ya
Am
Am
Harass your po-lice
commissioner
commissioner
Don't like chicks with weaves talking 'bout,
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Abm
"I need conditioner"
Gm
Gm
That shit's deader than niggas
with a morticianer
Abm
Abm
Am
Am
A jenazah, up in your flesh like plasma
Take away your last breath when
you got asthma
Then meet Bad Lieu down at the plaza
Gm
Gm
Hip-hop extravaganza, extravaganza,
tell your man I slump him with a stanza
Now "Who's the Boss?"
Abm
Abm
not Tony Danza
Am
Am
My force not green but the
force is obscene
P.O. took a piss test it came
out not clean
Gm
Gm
Brody with my man Miz-Moose
and and Hakeem
My squad from deuce-four
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Abm
up up to West Oak Lane
Am
Am
All the way to Takahwana and Frankfurt
they know the name
It's like that M-Ill-itant
Verse 9
Gm
Gm
M-Ill-itant, lyrically lyrically lyrically hostile,
Bad Lieutenant
Check it out, foul style check it out
Abm
Abm
We settin
Verse 10
Am
Am
it from Southside,
pushin this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
to fly points across the map
Gm
Gm
Bring it back to Respond React
Then bring it back to
Respond React to
Verse 11
this
Am
Am
We
Gm
Gm
settin
Am
Am
it from Southside,
pushin this up North
From Illadelphian reps,
to fly points across the map
Gm
Gm
Bring it back to Respond React
Abm
Abm
Am
Am
Gm
Gm
Then bring it back
Gm
Gm
to Respond React to
this

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