Been a fan since Brand New, Second Hand. Roots is leftfield rapper, and along with Rodney P, a true pioneer of UK rap. Anyone on the rap or grime scene, should hail this man for his efforts. No one like him. Only Eminem can compare when it comes to leftfield lyrics. Baptism and Big Tings Agwarn should be played on repeat allday everyday.
This happens to be the article of fusion Huh! The roots-fi discotheque As we move It's that jet-black flow from the southwest of illo n d-o-n The second nature of the vent dem rebel routine I scheme and plot, ain't no use in stepping if we don't step hot Let the movements be made, there's goals to be getting No second for no love or no fettin Why there's all these ugly mans on my TV screen? I wrap my head with foil so I don't catch so I don't catch them beams The sound of half a downer don't pray fi step solo We far flung frontier, captain kirk, the sun trekker Full time I climb, my chip deeper taught as I sow seeds of thought The fruits of the roots, a vision of splendid splendidness Now be proud to be spittin in the face of the beast With each and every move I make, every shite I break You might watch me but I watch you too Ain't a thing you can do to stop me! Whom wants this or that Watch these enzymes react How we juggle tings proper Man, don't When I swing I'm far fetched like hicks from hicksville High steps got me trippin from Peckham to Bucks Hill Still I stand firm through the strife conflict Motion slick, hip to every ring poli-trick So I spread love like Lennon and Yoko Ono Keep vibes slow-mo for a ho-tential Don't go callin me coon, you'll catch a boot to your jaw We pro-black, freak that, can't sweep no floor I heard those my people, them burst their backs Work hard for eons and paid tax and have not seen jack In return, how does shit burn It could well make a guy lose sense and rationale Onto kamikazes on shifting streets It's eyeball for eyeball and teeth for teeth While we spin on this ball of confusion I sight no solution, cesspits just get more frowsy Chemical rain got me drunken and drowsy Rowdy, I got no choice but to be The living example of a root-fi youth type soldier Bowling through like there ain't no tomorrow Brave them terrains of pain and deep sorrow But still keep sliding on, I try to make sense of the madness But it seems like I'm wasting my time, it's best I just Go get me mine, find some inner peace Climb to higher heights, embrace the light This living dead noose, the bane of life in the west But who's down for civil unrest? In times like these comrades is hard to find The beast keeps the masses toeing the line With them sneaky tactics they'll keep them boys running So they can have a market for their guns and ammunition Keep the third world in a stagnant position Begging for monetary aid from IMF Who don't seem too keen to write of the third world debt Cause they profit from holding it down Soon there'll be no dollars, no yens, no pounds Just madness, microchips and hi-tech war And all because the beast wants to gain control Of each and every mind, body, spirit and soul We keep it jugglin, keep it jugglin
'Why are all these ugly bands on my tv screen, i wrap my head with foil so i don't catch thm beams' Great line, first manuva recor di ever bought and still loving it.
Maaaaan! I love Roots, Black Twang and so on and so on used to be in to both Uk and Us hip hop back in the day. Silver bullet, Hi jack etc. Love from black SWE.....
I just realised how long it’s been since this dropped. 99, world of the 3210, CD auto changers, sports cars that are slower than today’s Mini and 420 that was ish compared to modern strains. E’s were shit by 99 though.....
Compressed much? 287,673 views and from the looks of the comments most of 'em don't even realise the sound's distorted to fuck, the song still holds weight but sounds like it's coming out of a soggy potato...
Nice of you guys to post this with the same audio quality that we got streaming music over Real Player circa 1999. :-/ Seriously... it's 2012... can you not re-upload this in at least 360p quality?
2023...This song still goes hard.Nuff respect from France.
2021, third verse prophecy...... i was banging this in 99.... never stopped listening, one of the greatest LP's of all time....
Been a fan since Brand New, Second Hand. Roots is leftfield rapper, and along with Rodney P, a true pioneer of UK rap. Anyone on the rap or grime scene, should hail this man for his efforts. No one like him. Only Eminem can compare when it comes to leftfield lyrics. Baptism and Big Tings Agwarn should be played on repeat allday everyday.
This was the first time I heard Roots Manuva I think it was 1999. I was immediately a huge fan. Bonafide genius 😊
Entendu ça sur M6 quand j'étais jeune et je ne m'en lasse pas! ♥
I remember when this came out during my college years. So solid lyrically and beat-wise
I was born in 99'. Just found this album about a week or two ago. Mindblown.
Brand new second hand was fire. Roots Manuva was the real godfather of Grime
This happens to be the article of fusion
Huh! The roots-fi discotheque
As we move
It's that jet-black flow from the southwest of illo n d-o-n
The second nature of the vent dem rebel routine
I scheme and plot, ain't no use in stepping if we don't step hot
Let the movements be made, there's goals to be getting
No second for no love or no fettin
Why there's all these ugly mans on my TV screen?
I wrap my head with foil so I don't catch so I don't catch them beams
The sound of half a downer don't pray fi step solo
We far flung frontier, captain kirk, the sun trekker
Full time I climb, my chip deeper taught as I sow seeds of thought
The fruits of the roots, a vision of splendid splendidness
Now be proud to be spittin in the face of the beast
With each and every move I make, every shite I break
You might watch me but I watch you too
Ain't a thing you can do to stop me!
Whom wants this or that
Watch these enzymes react
How we juggle tings proper
Man, don't
When I swing I'm far fetched like hicks from hicksville
High steps got me trippin from Peckham to Bucks Hill
Still I stand firm through the strife conflict
Motion slick, hip to every ring poli-trick
So I spread love like Lennon and Yoko Ono
Keep vibes slow-mo for a ho-tential
Don't go callin me coon, you'll catch a boot to your jaw
We pro-black, freak that, can't sweep no floor
I heard those my people, them burst their backs
Work hard for eons and paid tax and have not seen jack
In return, how does shit burn
It could well make a guy lose sense and rationale
Onto kamikazes on shifting streets
It's eyeball for eyeball and teeth for teeth
While we spin on this ball of confusion
I sight no solution, cesspits just get more frowsy
Chemical rain got me drunken and drowsy
Rowdy, I got no choice but to be
The living example of a root-fi youth type soldier
Bowling through like there ain't no tomorrow
Brave them terrains of pain and deep sorrow
But still keep sliding on, I try to make sense of the madness
But it seems like I'm wasting my time, it's best I just
Go get me mine, find some inner peace
Climb to higher heights, embrace the light
This living dead noose, the bane of life in the west
But who's down for civil unrest?
In times like these comrades is hard to find
The beast keeps the masses toeing the line
With them sneaky tactics they'll keep them boys running
So they can have a market for their guns and ammunition
Keep the third world in a stagnant position
Begging for monetary aid from IMF
Who don't seem too keen to write of the third world debt
Cause they profit from holding it down
Soon there'll be no dollars, no yens, no pounds
Just madness, microchips and hi-tech war
And all because the beast wants to gain control
Of each and every mind, body, spirit and soul
We keep it jugglin, keep it jugglin
yeaah brother thank you. Duff fo yo staaash! Staaaack?
to the top sir
One of the best hip hop songs ever!That beat is so raw
Got a strong Wu tang vibe to it
Best hip hop most don't know bout.
Ten years later and this still goes hard!
've been listening to this shit 4ever, doesn't get old. Hip Hop 2.0, especially lyrically. Peace from Amsterdam.
Up there with the very best of British artists.
I DONT WANNA BE I AM .......#ROOTSMANUVA baddest albulm classic UK
roots is to UK what nas is to US , lesser known and underappreciated
yeah man, Nas is real
Way better than nas
I think everyone in America knows nas tho, even in England a lot of people remember
@@elcypropaganda3733 you smoking crack lol
@@firstnamelastname5612lol no
2024 still fire 😊
Still listening to this in 2020! Even got the vinyl ting blud! In the attic lol
Get it out of the attic! 😉
Wow this ish came in my senior year in highschool 99. This is still mad dope
This album still bangs
2022 and the bass still kicking
revelation hip hop...one of the best rap tunes ever...
This can NEVER be played out!
'Why are all these ugly bands on my tv screen, i wrap my head with foil so i don't catch thm beams'
Great line, first manuva recor di ever bought and still loving it.
If this is your first time hearing this then check out ALL of Roots Manuva's albums!
Especially his first album "Brand New Second Hand".
Its that jet black flow from the south west of L O N D O N. This song is ILL. A vission of splendid slplendidness!
UK always kept Hip Hop deep and tight.
steta sto nema vise ovakve mjuze
respect croatia dbk
Classique... monstrueux 💣
That beat though 🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏽
Happy Earth Strong Manlike Roots 2023
wordwide, spain here man! Bigup
Anyone listening to it in 2017? WTF they've done with rap nowadays?
Roots Manuva 🔥🔥🔥 that is all🙏🏿
Roots Manuva kept it 💯
UK hip hop
What fool disliked this? Classic tune!
As i heard thath back in da 90's it flashed me down to da bone
First time Im seeing the Clip .
Stay blessed as we move
probably one of the coolest men alive
Roots is no jokes....
Peace.
Isso sim era som de verdade eitaaaa poraaaaa
novidade, rap raiz.
Com certeza mano
Quality tune with some of the best lyrics.
This that fire !!!! Big up Roots Vibe Discotech!!!!
Still slaps hard in 2017
big up 2pac!
Maaaaan! I love Roots, Black Twang and so on and so on used to be in to both Uk and Us hip hop back in the day. Silver bullet, Hi jack etc. Love from black SWE.....
spitting in the face of the beast... all-time-favourite...
This was my fave track on a free CD I got with the NME. Still sounds great today. Hip hop with a message. What went wrong?
SOOOooo so Sweet... Killa... who them 1 person dislike this track be crazy for sure ?
Best song to clean the tricknology from the Head.
Best Rodney tune
He killed it!
from Bounty killa's Look into my eyes to Roots
so awesome
fantastic.
22 years early, why are the oldest new, always 13 years young up in hur?!
Mind>Matter
It really makes me feel like Tony is back in the house
When this track came out there was no HD and no youtube. Do your research.
Roots was sick
normally I listen to US and German Rap. But this is the shit! 'Witness the Fittnes' is a killa inna Rap Track too.
great stuff all round. personally think it's better for not being super high quality like everything else you see nowadays
underground lo fi hip hop
kinda wishing it was better quality so i could download it but its unreal either way
muito bom
Tata!
The best thing to happen to brits since the toothbrush.
Edward Backhaus LOL
Classic.
I just realised how long it’s been since this dropped. 99, world of the 3210, CD auto changers, sports cars that are slower than today’s Mini and 420 that was ish compared to modern strains. E’s were shit by 99 though.....
Like A Boss
X
Master Rodney
4:29 - 4:35..best part of the vid!
smiths the man!
Wicked tune with wicked bassline, rodger smith is the bomb but keeping the dub/regga roots. pure genious, big up ya spliff!
y a pas à chier, y déchire le morceau!
Seen this shit via #TheBox woooooo!
dis da bangin shit 4 real touch me
Boomwadis 2019..
Tuuuuneee 3:45>>> he's a smart man
south!
@deepsleep1234 fuck.. that was EXACTLY what i was thinking when the song started.. then i scrolled down and saw your comment.. haha!
Twin Towers and a plane crash at 3:10; the clip year : 1999; curious ?
@Yalkable What do you mean
Who 2022? Still fire!!!
@ickeman Well it seems that the Enlightenment hasn't touched everyone..
Sounds better on a vinyl. Go buy yours brand new second hand
Compressed much? 287,673 views and from the looks of the comments most of 'em don't even realise the sound's distorted to fuck, the song still holds weight but sounds like it's coming out of a soggy potato...
Nice of you guys to post this with the same audio quality that we got streaming music over Real Player circa 1999. :-/
Seriously... it's 2012... can you not re-upload this in at least 360p quality?
240 @ 4 20
Otac britanskog repa
240p you beast
@ickeman Roots ain't talking about Jews though 'cos he's not a mentalist. Not in that way, anyway
Can you not go to your records shop and buy his 1st LP (a Masterpiece!)...seriously..."dj"mertz...
destractive
The quality of this recording is terrible, it sounds like it was mic'd through a paper towel tube
@eduartito001 So you're not pleased that we invented just about everything? Like you're country? Actually what a bad example.
Great song, terrible sound quality :-/