Concerto Of The Desperado
The Roots Lyrics

The concerto, of the desperado
The song is a concerto performed by a desperate person.

R-double-O-T-S check the flow
The Roots band checks their own music style and technique.

If you know like I know then you know the motto
If you are familiar with the same musical style and technique, then you know the motto.

That's all the fake shit gots to go
All the fake elements of the music genre must be removed.

My poetry is set like a U.F.O.
The lyrics are different, and they seem like something unexplainable.

The maestro, the lyricist concerto
The lead musician and the lyrics they create are like a concerto being performed.

My physical play the role of a vessel
The musician is acting as a vessel to play the music.

The level of my lyrics law manifesto
The lyrics are a statement on how things should be done in the music genre.

My thoughts wrestle and attack with the killer instincts
The musician's thoughts are combative and calculated like a predator.

Of a gorilla stronger than Samson
The thoughts are powerful like a gorilla or the biblical hero Samson.

Without vanilla my soliloquoy profess my ability to just stimulate you like the best sensimilla
The musician's soliloquy is like high-quality cannabis that is stimulating and powerful, without using any 'vanilla' or artificial elements.

The halflife the Illadel-L-P-O-phila proceed, hither is my death flower blow your tower to smithereens to fiends catch another rhyme gripper
The song is potent like a 'death flower' that can destroy everything, and the listener should prepare for more 'rhyme grippers' in the future.

Deeper than the meditations of a Hindu worshiper
The music is profound and introspective, even more so than the meditations of a Hindu worshipper.

Unorthodox, hip-hop, minister
The music and lyrics are unique and unconventional, like that of a hip-hop minister.

Than a Serengeti cheetah my thoughts swifter
The musician's thoughts are quick and nimble like a cheetah in the Serengeti.

you lose your balance when the sound hits ya
The music is so powerful that it can make the listener lose their balance.

So check for the, Fifth Militia
The listener should be looking out for Fifth Militia.

A poet's under pressure stressin' that you get the picture
The musician, as a poet, is under stress to make sure the listener understands the message.

Even if it means you gotta hang over the banister
The musician is willing to do whatever it takes, even hanging over a banister, to make sure the message is communicated.

I pull a microphone on any pistol brandisher
The musician is not afraid to confront someone with a gun, even while holding a microphone.

And take advantage of ya because you amateur
The musician will take advantage of an amateur's weaknesses.

Styles gunning down your sound man and manager
The musician's style is so powerful that it could affect the sound man and manager of a performer.

What? This how we do it in the year for nine-six
This is the style of music in 1996.

With this delivering attack on pointless rap shit
The musician's music is an attack on meaningless rap music.

The implorer, the universe explorer
The musician is exploring the universe in their lyrics and imploring people to follow suit.

Treat MC's like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
The musician treats other rappers like the cities in the Bible that were destroyed by God for their sins.

Leavin these niggas open like a box of Pandora
The musician is exposing the weaknesses of other rappers, like opening a box of problems.

With styles that's newer than the world order
The musician's styles are even newer than the world order.

Approximately three quarters of y'all are water
Most people are made up of water.

I straight deport ya
The musician will get rid of someone quickly.

Then orchestrate your torture with roots of culture
The musician will use their cultural roots to torture someone.

The pill brimmage to the line of scrimmage up against your image
The medication resembles the line of scrimmage in football and is fighting against the image of the person.

Where life is a heist, and the strong get a percentage
Life is a theft, and the strongest get the most out of it.

It's ill as a war and within it I'm the Lieutenant that surrounds you like a peninsula to snatch the pennant
Life is a war, and the musician is a lieutenant who surrounds the listener like a piece of land in order to take the prize.

You fold like Japan's futons and fans
The listener will be defeated easily, like folding a Japanese futon or fan.

While I design a plan to make a rapper step like a pedestrian
The musician is designing a plan to make a fellow rapper step down from the music industry.

I crush a mountain into grands of sand
The musician can easily destroy something powerful like a mountain.

Your pain stains the hand that held the mic inserted to the stand
The pain of losing in the music industry will affect the person holding the microphone.

The desperado, that refuse to follow
The musician is a desperado who refuses to follow others in the music industry.

The Fifth afficianado, break you up into parts like vibrato
The musician is an aficionado of Fifth Militia and can break someone apart with ease, like vibrato in music.

I deep like the dark of the night
The musician's words and music are deep, like the darkness of night.

Niggas is sweet and sound silly when they talk on the mic
Other rappers sound childish and trivial in comparison to the musician.

They use the simple back and forth the same old rhythm that's plain
Other rappers use a simple rhythm that is repetitive and plain.

I'd rather UltraMagnetize your brain
The musician would rather use powerful, mind-bending music to affect the listener.

It's the hip-hop purist, that leave you lost like a tourist
The musician is a purist in the hip-hop genre and will leave the listener feeling lost like a tourist.

inside the chorus, niggaz is bringin' nothin' for us
Other rappers are not contributing anything of value to the music community.

As we breakin' 'em down to fractions, tell your squadron
The musician is breaking down other rappers into fractions and the listener should alert their group about the situation.

It's time to go to war, reaction
It's time to go to battle and defend oneself.