Long Time The Roots (Ft. Bunny Sigler, Dice Raw & Peedi Crakk)

[Hook]
Oooh
It's been a long time
Since I been back around the way
It's been a long time
Let it spin, let it spin, let it spin
Since I been back around your way
It's been a long time
Long time, long time

[Verse 1: Black Thought]
Struck by the luck of the draw
Real life preservation, what I'm hustling for
My name Black Thought, the definition of raw
I was born in South Philly on a cement floor
We had nothing at all, I had to knuckle and brawl
They swore I'd fall or be another brick in the wall
Another life full of love that lost
That's silly, this Philly, y'all really ain't stoppin' the bull
With the pen like Willie on top of the hall
Pure soul is what the city most popular for
Hear the tones that will ease you
Smooth as Bunny Sigler's soundtrack
Keepin' your head boppin' and all
And it's something in the water though, where I come from
They used to sing it on the corner, yo, where I come from
Making somethin' outta nothing because everybody fifty cents away
From a quarter though, where I come from
Yeah, the streets ain't timid but I feel at home in it
Gotta see a couple people, I ain't got at in a minute
Yeah, you can take a brother outta South Philly
Can't take it outta him really
I forever represent it