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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Roots
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ahmir Thompson
Composer
Unknown Writer
Composer
Smart Abdul-Basit
Composer
Leonard Hubbard
Composer
Scott Storch
Composer
Tariq Trotter
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Grand Negaz
Producer
AJ Shine
Co-Producer
Richard Nichols
Mixing Engineer
Bob Power
Mixing Engineer
Ahmir Thompson
Mixing Engineer
George Spatta
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Otto Capobianco
Engineer
David Ivory
Engineer
Vince Kershner
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
It's goin' on
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
[Verse 2]
Just think, what if you could just, just blink yourself away?
Just think, what if you could just, just blink yourself away?
Jeff X can rock the mic with tooth decay
I be the five foot seven residing at the mecca
Rest address in south section
Used to cut class in the infinite pursuit of ass
Back in '86
Easy with the chicks, I was a chocolate boy
Raised in the cellar with the rhythm like Ella
Walking mega-trife streets to the subway where I lay
'Til the train stop, then a **** hop
Used to do the pop dance to the Planet Rock
At the block party everybody jocked, who me?
It's the MC sucka **** envy
I got my contract in 1993 and I shall proceed
[Verse 3]
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
It's goin' down baby
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
[Verse 4]
I wake up early in the morning, I mean early afternoon
Break a lyrical hymn off the stem like boom
I'm flyer when I'm higher, put my shit up on a tomb
That **** represented on the twenty eighth of June
I'm representing Philly on the twenty eighth of June
I can make you feel that I'm a surreal cartoon
With my pistol in the face of hip hop stick it for papes
Because I'm on a paper chase I'm on a paper chase
My Timberlands are fully laced, I be the Mr. Boogeyman
With records from a hundred twenty fifth to Japan
I let them play like Donny Hathaway and shake a hand, shake a hand
Your lady tried to kick you, but I couldn't play my man
My **** is my ****, ya she didn't understand
I shake your hand and shit'll hit the fan, just think
Just think, what?
What if you could just, just blink, what?
Just blink yourself away
As I proceed
[Verse 5]
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
[Verse 6]
Malik B get on the mic yo, there's too much on my mind
Say what?
Malik get on the mic, there's too much on my mind
[Verse 7]
Johnny on the spot got the rhythm and the rhyme
Fucking with The Roots, you know them **** is the dime
I can make the hundred yard line start to dash
I can make a whole lake of fish start to splash
I can make Conan and The Titans clash
And I could make Metallica and Guns N' Roses thrash
Used to smash crash parties like I was disturbed
Used to make plots against the herringbone herb
But now all I do is disperse the verb
And like a nerd I can make you say, he's superb
Worded perfect, never ever shall you misinterpret
I move styles like bowels so now you know I'm worth it
Direct from Philly the lands where **** scheme
So you know I got that sheen in my gleam
[Verse 8]
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
I shall proceed and continue to rock the mic
Written by: Ahmir Thompson, Leonard Hubbard, Malik Abdul-Basit, Scott Storch, Smart Abdul-Basit, Tariq Trotter, Unknown Writer