How I Got Over (Explicit)
The Roots"How I Got Over (Explicit)" is a song by The Roots, released in 2010 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:28 long and contains 94 lines and 562 words.
Lyrics
0:00How I Got Over - The Roots
0:03Uh ha uh ha
0:08Out on the streets
0:10Where I grew up
0:11Ah hah
0:12First thing they teach us
0:13Not to give a f**k
0:16That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
0:19Someone has to care
0:23How I got over where the people come apart
0:27Don't nobody care about cha
0:29Only thing you got is God
0:30Out here in these streets
0:32If you get down on your luck
0:35You can stand up with a hand down
0:37But nobody give a f**k
0:38Out here in these streets
0:40Every man is for himself
0:43They ain't helpin' no one else
0:44It's a hazard to your health
0:46Livin' life in these cold streets
0:49(Hey)
0:50Whose worryin' 'bout cha babe
0:52When you wiln out
0:53Runnin' around in these streets
0:55Out on the streets where I grew up
0:58(How I got over)
0:59First thing they teach us not to give a f**k
1:02(How I got over)
1:03That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
1:05(How I got over)
1:07Someone has to care
1:10When you on the corners too much drama
1:12Livin' with the police right behind ja'
1:14It's always more than a slight reminda
1:16We livin' in a war zone like Rwanda
1:18Before I go back to the heavenly Fatha
1:20Pray for me if it ain't too much botha
1:22Whatever don't break me or make me stronga
1:23I feel like I can't take too much longa
1:26It's too much lyin' and too much fryin'
1:27I'm all cried out 'cause I grew up cryin'
1:29They all got a sales pitch I ain't buyin'
1:31They tryin' to convince me that I ain't tryin'
1:33We uninspired we unadmired
1:35And tired and sick of being sick and tired
1:37A living in the hood where the shots are fired
1:39We dyin' to live so to live we dyin'
1:41You just like I am
1:42Out on the streets
1:44(Uh)
1:44Where I grew up
1:45(How I got over)
1:46First thing they teach us not to give a f**k
1:49(How I got over)
1:50That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
1:52(Ya somebody somewhere)
1:54Someone has to care
1:57(Somebody's gotta care)
2:00And I swear it isn't fair in suspended animation
2:03We ain't tryin' to go nowhere out here in these streets
2:07We're so young and all alone
2:09We ain't even old enough to realize
2:11We're on our own
2:13Livin' life in these hard streets
2:15Where it's like they lost their mind
2:17Is there anyway to find are
2:19We runnin' out of time out here
2:21Listen hey who's worryin' about cha babe
2:26When you wiln out
2:28Runnin' 'round in these streets
2:29Out on the streets
2:31(Uh)
2:31Where I grew up
2:32(How I got over)
2:33First thing they teach us not to give a f**k
2:36(How I got over)
2:37That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
2:39(Ya somebody somewhere)
2:42Someone has to
2:45Out on the streets
2:47Where I grew up
2:49First thing they teach us not to give a f**k
2:53That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
2:56Someone has to
3:01Out on the streets
3:03Where I grew up
3:04First thing they teach us not to give a f**k
3:08That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
3:12Someone has to
3:16Out on the streets where I grew up
3:20First thing they teach us not to give a f**k
3:24That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
3:28Someone has to care
How I Got Over - The Roots Uh ha uh ha Out on the streets Where I grew up Ah hah First thing they teach us Not to give a f**k That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere Someone has to care How I got over where the people come apart Don't nobody care about cha Only thing you got is God Out here in these streets If you get down on your luck You can stand up with a hand down But nobody give a f**k Out here in these streets Every man is for himself They ain't helpin' no one else It's a hazard to your health Livin' life in these cold streets (Hey) Whose worryin' 'bout cha babe When you wiln out Runnin' around in these streets Out on the streets where I grew up (How I got over) First thing they teach us not to give a f**k (How I got over) That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere (How I got over) Someone has to care When you on the corners too much drama Livin' with the police right behind ja' It's always more than a slight reminda We livin' in a war zone like Rwanda Before I go back to the heavenly Fatha Pray for me if it ain't too much botha Whatever don't break me or make me stronga I feel like I can't take too much longa It's too much lyin' and too much fryin' I'm all cried out 'cause I grew up cryin' They all got a sales pitch I ain't buyin' They tryin' to convince me that I ain't tryin' We uninspired we unadmired And tired and sick of being sick and tired A living in the hood where the shots are fired We dyin' to live so to live we dyin' You just like I am Out on the streets (Uh) Where I grew up (How I got over) First thing they teach us not to give a f**k (How I got over) That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere (Ya somebody somewhere) Someone has to care (Somebody's gotta care) And I swear it isn't fair in suspended animation We ain't tryin' to go nowhere out here in these streets We're so young and all alone We ain't even old enough to realize We're on our own Livin' life in these hard streets Where it's like they lost their mind Is there anyway to find are We runnin' out of time out here Listen hey who's worryin' about cha babe When you wiln out Runnin' 'round in these streets Out on the streets (Uh) Where I grew up (How I got over) First thing they teach us not to give a f**k (How I got over) That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere (Ya somebody somewhere) Someone has to Out on the streets Where I grew up First thing they teach us not to give a f**k That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere Someone has to Out on the streets Where I grew up First thing they teach us not to give a f**k That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere Someone has to Out on the streets where I grew up First thing they teach us not to give a f**k That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere Someone has to care
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