The Seed (2.0)

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The Seed (2.0) by The Roots

About The Seed (2.0)

The Seed (2.0): A Genre-Defying Track by The Roots Introduction The Roots, featuring Cody Chesnutt, released "The Seed (2.0)" as a single on March 31, 2003. This song from their fifth album Phrenology (2002) is a reimagined version of Chesnutt's "The Seed" and showcases a fusion of rock, hip-hop, and psychedelic soul. This remix of Cody ChesnuTT’s original is a modern-day update on Muddy Waters' observation that “the blues had a baby, and they named it rock and roll.” .

The Seed (2.0) Lyrics

[00:18.05] Knocked up nine months ago
[00:20.15] And what she's fittin' to have she don't know
[00:22.34] She want neo soul cause hip hop is old
[00:24.54] She don't want no rock 'n roll
[00:26.64] She want platinum, ice and gold
[00:28.98] She want a whole lot of somethin' to fold
[00:30.94] If you're an obstacle she'll just drop you cold
[00:32.92] Cause one monkey don't stop the show
[00:34.78] Little Mary's bad
[00:36.02] In these streets she done ran
[00:37.42] Ever since when the heat began
[00:39.14] I told the girl look here
[00:40.37] Calm down I'm'a hold your hand
[00:41.77] To enable you to keep the plan
[00:43.49] Because you is quick to learn
[00:44.68] And we can make money to burn
[00:46.12] If you allow me the latest game
[00:47.92] I don't ask for much
[00:48.98] But enough room to spread my wings
[00:50.48] And a world fittin' to know my name
[00:52.00] I don't ask, for much these days
[01:00.30] And I don't bitch and whine if I don't get my way
[01:07.36] I only wanna fertilize another behind my lover's back
[01:13.63] I sit and watch it grow roots standin' where I'm at
[01:18.27] Fertilize another behind my lovers back
[01:22.32] And I'm keeping my secrets mine
[01:26.65] I push my seed in her bush for life
[01:30.95] It's gonna work because I'm pushin' it right
[01:34.78] If Mary dropped my baby girl tonight
[01:38.57] I would name her rock 'n roll
[01:42.70]
[01:47.96] Uh-huh, Cadillac needs space to roam
[01:50.97] Where we headin' for she don't know
[01:52.96] We in the city where the pro shake rattle 'n roll
[01:55.22] And I'm a god dang rollin' stone
[01:57.31] I don't beg I can hold my own
[01:59.55] I don't break I can hold a chrome
[02:01.74] And it's weighin' a ton and I'm a son of a gun
[02:03.78] My code name is the only one
[02:05.55] And Black Thought is bad
[02:06.89] These streets he done ran
[02:08.32] Ever since when the game began
[02:09.99] I never played the fool
[02:11.03] Matter of fact I've been keeping it cool
[02:12.48] Since money been changin' hands
[02:14.15] And I'm left to shine
[02:15.43] The legacy I leave behind
[02:16.87] Be the seed that'll keep the flame
[02:18.57] I don't ask for much
[02:19.65] But enough room to spread these wings
[02:21.17] And a world fittin' to know my name, now listen to me
[02:23.86] I don't beg from no rich man
[02:31.05] And I don't scream and kick
[02:33.76] When his shit don't fall in my hands man
[02:37.72] 'Cause I know how to steal
[02:40.29] Fertilize another against my lovers will
[02:44.33] I lick the opposition 'cause she don't take no pill
[02:49.65] Ooh no deal, you'll be keeping my legend alive
[02:57.24] I push my seed in her bush for life
[03:01.88] It's gonna work because I'm pushin' it right
[03:05.53] If Mary drop my baby girl tonight
[03:09.02] I would name her rock 'n roll
[03:13.04] Oh break it down, break it down, down for me
[03:19.37]
[03:31.90] I push my seed somewhere deep in her chest
[03:36.38] I push it naked 'cause I've taken my test
[03:40.17] Deliverin' Mary it don't matter the sex
[03:43.82] I'm gon' name it rock 'n roll
[03:49.43] I push my seed in her bush for life
[03:53.62] It's gonna work because I'm pushin' it right
[03:57.51] If Mary drop my baby girl tonight
[04:01.29] I would name her rock 'n roll
[04:05.61] I would name her rock 'n roll
[04:10.03] I would name her rock 'n roll, yeah
[04:14.17] I would name it rock 'n roll
[04:16.65]

From the album: Hip Hop Party Classics