The Roots - I Remain Calm lyrics

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

It's the 'I Remain Calm'
But for jerks that erk come out my humble
Go berzerk and make you swallow your smirk
I splurge most and bash, capacities mass
I fascinate as I assassinate and show task
Characters and egos get crushed in trust
And my words stampede like herds in the dusk
Cream of all crops
Topics I drop with Trotter when heated up


I gets hotter 'cause I'm proper
You never knew the levitude the clever few
Different tax for revenue, man
If you ever knew
The tac-tic, strategies of word
Ca pa-bil-ities, display, decease
The rhythm, and man
How it swerved and curved
Made a nigga's dream
But his hope deferred and stirred
Dig the mentals, Papermate
Bic's and No 2 pencils
My credentials flow on instrumentals
I write an anthem
Throw a tantrum and remain handsome
Mysterious vibes like I was The Phantom
Erupt abruptly, then conduct, amaze
You're fucked when the lyrics get
Buck because I graze
Never animosity, on my property
Niggas acropoly
Or they feel extreme monstrosity
Wreak and leak out the verbals, Akhi
Don't forget it the chief of edit, the
Malik'll shred it, yeah, i said it!

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

That nigga Thought flows like a river
I deliver styles like Domino's
Eyes closed, I inhale equality
Follow me now, son
Listen, my divisions advance
I surpass one half of the rap mass
The other half want my autograph
Because I got soul
Plus a ghetto stroll similar to Shaft
It's the mic rapers
Splittin' Phillies in the cellar
My a capella verse can stomp, I delete comp
My rated-X larynx wrecks your context
I'm complex, confusin', lyrically amusin'
I drink brews then when I'm groovin'
I'm no longer human
I'd like to take this time to give a shout
To all the money makers in the house galore
They help me turn it out
I whip the cap to the back
I'm laid back like your gramps
I make niggas embarrassed like
They spendin' food stamps
I take my time when I rhyme lovely, me
Nah like ugly
Like, God, we get odd to ill rhythms
Rappers thinkin' of steppin' up
What the fuck you doin?
I amplify the hymn to bring
Your empire to ruin
Who's your girl screwin'
Fellas? Jealous because I'm fly?
Keep my sneakers dry when you cry baby
See, I can have you headin' for the
Border like a Refugee from Haiti
A yo, this brother drivin' my
Cab tried to flip, sayin'
"Pay me in advance"
I asked him if he ever danced in the
Dark with the rap devil Black Thought
See, niggas who get caught
Off guard remain scarred
Ear to ear, with headphones
Remainin' on they domes, they hear
I resound and astound and scare
I reign terror into another nigga rap era
My rhymes sedate, I lubricate like Aloe Vera
I'm extreme, restin' in the land of the
Plot and the scheme
Peace to Bed, Shedroch and the Equal Team

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb
When you put me on, I remain calm