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[ar:Flo Rida]
[00:09.15].S - Flo Rida
[00:19.15]I m talking  bout roots
[00:20.45]I can t hate where I m from
[00:22.85]Cause where I m from made me （Cause where I m from made me）
[00:25.91]I came from the bottom of the slums
[00:28.22]But now I got me...me
[00:30.50]That s because of my roots （Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh）
[00:35.58]I m talking  bout roots （Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh）
[00:40.62]I m talking bout roots
[00:41.54]Hey I can t be mad at what ya ll meet ahead
[00:44.17]I don t regret my ghetto struggle due to my success
[00:46.97]It ain t that beautiful to write on overcoming stress
[00:49.72]Top Ramen noodles thank pappy for the fact I was fed
[00:52.07]Look at me now but all before hey Mr. Skid Row
[00:55.12]The dirty south ain t just a name the way I ve been poor
[00:58.19]The projects burnin  white, I call it gizmo
[01:00.51]Went from a gun to them cars in a Jigga video
[01:03.25]Can t find a meal to a mil, only God know it
[01:05.97]No record deal to a deal, I work hard for it
[01:08.63]Can I live to I m livin  like my Momma told it
[01:11.25]Before you rip it, gotta sew it
[01:13.23]Yeah
[01:13.56]I m talking  bout roots
[01:14.86]I can t hate where I m from
[01:16.57]Cause where I m from made me （Cause where I m from made me）
[01:19.74]I came from the bottom of the slums
[01:21.21]But now I got me...me
[01:23.60]That s because of my roots （Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh）
[01:29.11]I m talking  bout roots （Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh）
[01:34.58]I m talking bout roots
[01:35.94]Hey, still on my coupe but can t take
[01:38.12]Somebody had to be just to get away
[01:40.67]My sister had to leave, I respect her stayin safe
[01:43.28]Oh yea I had to grieve but I m stronger to this day
[01:46.00]Pain, I can t ignore it, you might say I m ignorant
[01:48.71]I m mistakin  for courage, which victory so gorgeous
[01:50.69]Make it through two Bush, I can make it through any forest
[01:54.12]Hunger gave me the wish, but the bottom is so important
[01:57.25]37 ave and 187 street, Miami （Karat city）, now I m part of a legacy
[02:02.29]I m thankful for the hood, what is love without jealousy
[02:04.64]There s only five letters really help me
[02:07.15]I m talking  bout roots
[02:08.38]I can t hate where I m from
[02:10.21]Cause where I m from made me （Cause where I m from made me）
[02:13.71]I came from the bottom of the slums
[02:16.02]But now I got me...me
[02:17.65]That s because of my roots （Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh）
[02:23.11]I m talking  bout roots （Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh）
[02:28.69]I m talking bout roots
[02:30.00]Hey I know the seeds been planted
[02:31.21]It s damaging my soul but my dreams been granted
[02:33.33]That triple life towards, much deeper than nurse planet
[02:37.20]What could I want more than redoing I never planned it
[02:39.93]Gets no lower than a grabbin  on your feet
[02:42.74]A man will stand for nothin if he fall off with the feet
[02:45.53]A baller and a hitter all in the street
[02:47.99]If you look beneath the sand then we all need a crease
[02:50.66]Roots before the branches, roots before mansions
[02:53.28]Roots before your paper crazier than Marilyn Manson
[02:56.07]Roots with your grandparents, roots under your canvas
[02:58.83]Roots whether you black, white, or Spanish
[03:01.32]I m talking  bout roots
[03:02.47]I can t hate where I m from
[03:04.63]Cause where I m from made me （Cause where I m from made me）
[03:07.84]I came from the bottom of the slums
[03:09.31]But now I got me...me
[03:11.96]That s because of my roots （Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh）
[03:16.90]I m talking  bout roots （Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh）
[03:22.37]I m talking bout roots
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