[id:$00000000] [ti:R.O.O.T.S] [ar:Flo Rida] [al:R.O.O.T.S.] [by:] [00:00.00]R.O.O.T.S - Flo Rida [00:10.63]Written by：Jean Borges/Tramar Dillard [00:21.27]I'm talking 'bout roots [00:22.40]I can't hate where I'm from [00:24.82]Cause where I'm from made me [00:26.15]Cause where I'm from made me [00:27.81]I came from the bottom of the slums [00:30.06]But now I got meme [00:31.64]That's because of my roots [00:33.00]Yeah [00:33.73]Yeah [00:34.49]Yeah [00:35.68]Yeah [00:37.45]I'm talking 'bout roots [00:39.10]Yeah [00:39.84]Yeah [00:41.12]Yeah [00:41.94]Yeah [00:42.70]I'm talking 'bout roots [00:43.82]Hey I can't be mad at what got me ahead [00:46.27]I don't regret my ghetto struggle due to my success [00:48.96]It ain't that beautiful to write on overcoming stress [00:51.72]Top Ramen noodle soup thank pappy for the fact I was fed [00:54.35]Look at me now but all before [00:55.71]Hey Mr Skid Row [00:57.15]The dirty south ain't just a name the way I've been poor [00:59.78]The projects brown and white I call it gizmo [01:02.52]Went from a gremlin to them cars in Jigga's video [01:05.31]Can't find a meal to a mil only God know it [01:07.92]No record deal to a deal I work hard for it [01:10.71]Can I live to I'm living like my momma told it [01:13.30]Before you rip it gotta sew it [01:14.95]I'm talking 'bout roots [01:16.38]I can't hate where I'm from [01:18.73]Cause where I'm from made me [01:20.20]Cause where I'm from made me [01:21.85]I came from the bottom of the slums [01:24.07]But now I got meme [01:25.63]That's because of my roots [01:27.07]Yeah [01:27.72]Yeah [01:28.31]Yeah [01:29.62]Yeah [01:31.38]I'm talking 'bout roots [01:33.06]Yeah [01:33.79]Yeah [01:35.04]Yeah [01:35.88]Yeah [01:36.70]I'm talking 'bout roots [01:37.79]Hey still on my Kunta Kinte [01:39.83]Somebody had to bleed just for me to get away [01:42.63]My sister had to leave I respect her staying safe [01:45.32]Oh yea I had to grieve but I'm stronger to this day [01:48.03]Pain I can't ignore it you might say I'm ignorant [01:50.73]I'm mistaking for courage victory so gorgeous [01:53.39]Make it through two Bush I can make it through any forest [01:56.18]Hunger gave me the wish but the bottom is so important [01:59.28]37 ave and 187 street Miami Carol City now I'm part of a legacy [02:04.21]I'm thankful for the hood what is love without jealousy [02:06.84]There's only five letters really help me [02:09.11]I'm talking 'bout roots [02:10.27]I can't hate where I'm from [02:12.64]Cause where I'm from made me [02:14.17]Cause where I'm from made me [02:15.61]I came from the bottom of the slums [02:18.00]But now I got meme [02:19.70]That's because of my roots [02:20.98]Yeah [02:21.59]Yeah [02:22.21]Yeah [02:23.60]Yeah [02:25.30]I'm talking 'bout roots [02:27.04]Yeah [02:27.63]Yeah [02:28.98]Yeah [02:29.95]Yeah [02:30.61]I'm talking 'bout roots [02:31.83]Hey I know the seeds been planted [02:33.79]It's damaging my soul but my dreams been granted [02:36.55]That triple life towards much deeper than Earth's planet [02:39.26]What could I want more than redoing I never panic [02:42.03]Gets no lower than the ground beneath your feet [02:44.61]A man will stand for nothing if he falls for defeat [02:47.25]A boulder in the hand better than all in the street [02:49.87]If you look beneath the sand then we all need a crease [02:52.67]Roots before the branches roots before the mansions [02:55.45]Roots before your paper crazier than Marilyn Manson [02:58.12]Roots with your grandparents roots under your canvas [03:00.72]Roots whether you black white or Spanish [03:02.73]I'm talking 'bout roots [03:04.21]I can't hate where I'm from [03:06.64]Cause where I'm from made me [03:08.04]Cause where I'm from made me [03:09.64]I came from the bottom of the slums [03:11.91]But now I got meme [03:13.45]That's because of my roots [03:15.01]Yeah [03:15.57]Yeah [03:16.17]Yeah [03:17.46]Yeah [03:19.27]I'm talking 'bout roots [03:21.01]Yeah [03:21.69]Yeah [03:22.95]Yeah [03:23.89]Yeah [03:24.54]I'm talking 'bout roots