The Lesson, Pt. 3 (It's Over Now)
The Roots

Well it's the raw regees, thoroughbred from Philly

My name Black Thought, my girl's the Black Lilies

Some people try to front like, ‽I ain't feeling it, really

But that's silly 'cuz how the fuck you can't feel me?


When I first felt it, I knew it had to be dealt wit

A lot of ice grilling in the house got melted

Some tried to put up a fight but they was helpless

You ain't try to turn that loose, you too selfish


Gimme that, guess who bringing the 'Get Busy' back?

Women say the sound of my voice, the Afro-disiac

Okayplayer.com, where you can hit me at

E-me and when I'm in your town, come see me


'The Real World' for real, this ain't your MTV

The illest innervisions since Stevie on wax

My vocal like serve-o forty-eight tracks

The fact of the matter is a matter of fact


That it's the Black Thought, controlling like Ike Turner

You wanna get wise, you best to be a fast learner

Or just relax and peep how it's done

And boogie ya ass to what's about to come because


The lesson, now it's now, we close shop

We got it locked, it's over now


Aiyyo, Dice's flows hit idiots like crossbows

Knock 'em out the Atlas, push 'em off the Atlas

I'm laughing, looking down from off top the totem

Hop off my pedestal, grab my scrotum


Aiyyo, y'all niggas ain't fucking wit this shit

(I told 'em)

Aiyyo, y'all ain't fucking wit the Roots crew

(I told 'em)

The rap is a riot, yeah 'cuz my family bouncing

Soon as the name, Dice Raw is announced in


The arena, the grass is greener on the other side

I hit the stores, twenty-five thousand die

Now tell who the best in off the top in the world


I'll give you a hint, the same guy that's fucking your girl


I just didn't have parents, The Roots found me in the trash

But still a nigga got a lot of class

Trick wit my pinky finger up off the glass

Keep talking shit, homeboy, that's your ass


The lesson, now it's now, we close shop

We got it locked, it's over now


It's just the simple part of the game

I guess it's just the art of the scam

Check for your soul 'cuz it departed again

Militant is atomic, you fall from the sky just like a comet


Move out 'til the bottom of my shoes out

How many tracks do you 'bout?

How many of these niggas you doubt?

How many of these ladies making you shout?


You on a mission, so listen to this

Ask yourself what condition is this

Sick in the [unverified], I rap on a satellite disk

You gotta like this, asking me about the way that I stroll


About the way I enfold in scrambling mode

You're like that, don't bark, cat, bite back

What up, Blood? Is things still the same in the hood?


While I sit, I gotta get dub and wish I could plug

They thoughts'll leave 'em stiff in the mud, you wannabe thug

In section eight, houses were hush up under the rug

The shit I spit is humming wit slugs, get soaked in the suds


The lesson, now it's now, we close shop

We got it locked, it's over now

The lesson, now it's now, we close shop

We got it locked, it's over now

The lesson, now it's now, we close shop

We got it locked, it's over now


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