Essaywhuman?!! - Live At The Bowery Ballroom, New York / 1999

Bass check, one, two

Keys check, one, two

Drums check, one, two

It's The Roots

Now, what we want y'all to do is sit back y'all (back)

And just relax y'all (just relax)

Sit back y'all (sit back)

And just relax y'all (just rela)

Sit back y'all (sit back)

And just relax (just relax)

And if you dig it (sit back)

Let me hear your finger snap y'all (sit back)

Scott Storch, y'all (Storch)

He on the keys right? (on the keys)

Lenoard Hubbard y'all(Leonard Hubbard)

He's on the bass right? (he's on the bass)

Question, y'all

He's on the drums right

Now who I am? Who I am? Yo, who I am is the

Black thought

I got to bum-duh-duh-duh, take a short

I make the biggity-box, box, box, Trocadero

I'm not a bum-bum-bum, zero

This boom-dum-boo-dum, is kinda bland

Yo, this is, boom-boom, cock, Ocean

Right here, that's my man (from New York state)

And I can, boom-bop, surely slam

Beat-di-di-di-box, Beat-di-di-di-bop-bop

And rock the-

Everybody say the name of this jam y'all

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

I'm bi-bling-ling-ding-ding, the rhyme displayer

The vocal bi-bling-ling-ding-pwang player

The Scotty, boom-boom, bang I won't chill

So, show us some bi-bling-ling-ding mother fuckin' skill

Now, hold up, bi-bling-ling-ding wait a sec

You got a bi-bling-ling-ding rep

So, we bi-bling-ling-ding jam

The name of the bi-bling-ling-ding jam

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

We got to ba-doo-doo bring it on

Steve Coleman is bi-bling-ling-ding on the horn

In case you bi-bling-ling-dong thought my guard was caught

My name is di-di-di Black thought

I'm from the bidi-bi-bi-bi Roots clan

Steve Coleman is my bah-da-da man

We got to ba-di-da-di-da rock the jam

ba-duh-duh The name of the jam is

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Bang, be-doop get a taste

Of Leonard Hubb boom-boom, bang up on the bass

I hope he boom-boom, dan-dang plays it sweet

And doesn't, boom-boom, bidi-boom don't lose the beat

Your words boom-diggity-bong-dong he heard just what I said

So Leonard's boom-boom, ding ding fuckin' with my head

But yo, boom-boom-bang he's still my man

Rockin' the boo-doo-duh-duh

The name of this jam

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)

Essaywhuman? essaywhuman? essaywh-uman? essaywhuman? (say what man?)