R.O.O.T.S. Lyrics - Flo Rida

1 Chorus

2 I’m talking’ bout roots

3 I can’t hate where I’m from

4 Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)

5 I came from the bottom of the slums

6 But now I got me...me

7 That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)

8 I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)

9 I’m talking bout roots

10 Verse 1

11 Hey I can’t be mad at what ya’ll meet ahead

12 I don’t regret my ghetto struggle due to my success

13 It ain’t that beautiful to write on overcoming stress

14 Top Ramen noodles thank pappy for the fact I was fed

15 Look at me now but all before hey Mr. Skid Row

16 The dirty south ain’t just a name the way I’ve been poor

17 The projects burnin’ white, I call it gizmo

18 Went from a gun to them cars in a Jigga video

19 Can’t find a meal to a mil, only God know it

20 No record deal to a deal, I work hard for it

21 Can I live to I’m livin’ like my Momma told it

22 Before you rip it, gotta sew it

23 Yeah

24 Chorus

25 I’m talking’ bout roots

26 I can’t hate where I’m from

27 Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)

28 I came from the bottom of the slums

29 But now I got me...me

30 That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)

31 I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)

32 I’m talking bout roots

33 Verse 2

34 Hey, still on my Kunta Kinte,

35 Somebody had to be just for me to get away

36 My sister had to leave, I respect her stayin safe

37 Oh yea I had to grieve but I’m stronger to this day

38 Pain, I can’t ignore it, you might say I’m ignorant

39 I’m mistakin’ for courage, which victory so gorgeous

40 Make it through two Bush, I can make it through any forest

41 Hunger gave me the wish, but the bottom is so important

42 37 ave and 187 street, Miami (Karat city), now I’m part of a legacy

43 I’m thankful for the hood, what is love without jealousy

44 There’s only five letters really help me

45 Chorus

46 I’m talking’ bout roots

47 I can’t hate where I’m from

48 Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)

49 I came from the bottom of the slums

50 But now I got me...me

51 That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)

52 I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)

53 I’m talking bout roots

54 Verse 3

55 Hey I know the seeds been planted

56 It’s damaging my soul but my dreams been granted

57 That triple life towards, much deeper than nurse planet

58 What could I want more than redoing I never planned it

59 Gets no lower than a grabbin’ on your feet

60 A man will stand for nothin’if he fall off with the feet

61 A baller and a hitter all in the street

62 If you look beneath the sand then we all need a crease

63 Roots before the branches, roots before mansions

64 Roots before your paper crazier than Marilyn Manson

65 Roots with your grandparents, roots under your canvas

66 Roots whether you black, white, or Spanish

67 Chorus

68 I’m talking’ bout roots

69 I can’t hate where I’m from

70 Cause where I’m from made me (Cause where I’m from made me)

71 I came from the bottom of the slums

72 But now I got me...me

73 That’s because of my roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)

74 I’m talking’ bout roots (Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaahh)

75 I’m talking bout roots