Poetry - Roy Hargrove

[00:01.143]Can you picture how a melody gets thought into existence?
[00:04.007]Rhythm section hits it and upholds it with persistence
[00:06.665]Picturing the outline and you start to see the colors
[00:09.358]Filling in with intricate splashes by all the brothers
[00:11.910]Me'Shell is on the joint — you mean Ms. NdegeOcello?
[00:14.711]No wonder why the hump inside the joint is feeling ghetto
[00:17.247]A medal or award should be given to these heroes
[00:19.734]For their efforts of revealing and bringing forth the feeling
[00:22.654]I'm reeling, poetic I say, of great proportion
[00:25.311]I hope my little nuances correct for this distortion
[00:27.983]But I say why say, and who is to say?
[00:30.532]'Cause Roy makes the tune what it is today
[00:33.196]Rhythmically, we're in this lake of genes know what I mean?
[00:35.964]It's only right that me and Mr. Wright we hail from Queens
[00:38.724]The overtone of funk is being driven by the students
[00:40.971]The benevolence of Roy issued me this jurisprudence
[00:43.939]This beat, a rhyme put it in a hipper term and
[00:46.579]I'm just a humble little germ just a hipper version
[00:49.404]Poetic I mean truly indeed her every seed
[00:51.956]Just sprinkles with the essence of life to form my breed
[00:54.667]Think about sweetie while we give this to the needy
[00:57.347]The musical expression is important for progression
[01:00.027]Never stop learning lessons, and neither should y'all
[01:02.387]Before we all stand must acknowledge the fall
[01:05.356]Before we get the bounce we got to reach for the ball
[01:07.885]Before we ghetto stroll we had to get to a crawl
[01:10.603]Check it out now, and don't you dare
[01:13.078]Bobby Timmons did a joint called “Dat Dere”
[01:15.792]Check it out now, and do your do
[01:18.411]Ronnie Foster did a joint called “Mystic Brew”
[01:21.172]Check it out now, it's how it go
[01:23.748]Check it out with my man Roy Hargrove
[01:30.393]Hey
[01:31.786]Good evening, ladies and gentlemen
[01:33.121]Welcome to the Appletree Cafe
[01:37.246]Got Roy Hargrove on stage
[01:39.918]Along with my man Q-Tip
[01:42.965]I'm coming in from Dallas, Texas
[01:45.776]I don't know how come God doubted you
[01:49.593]She's, she will be, remembered, completely
[02:01.731]Blast the staff furniture
[02:04.528]Rip dip dah zip dip dah
[02:41.315]Who knows the way to go?
[02:44.156]Please show me the way to go
[02:46.643]Who knows the way to go?
[02:49.620]Please show me the way to go
[02:51.924]I know the way to go
[02:55.063]I'll show you the way to go
[02:57.411]I know the way to go
[03:00.310]I'll show you the way to go
[03:02.739]Who knows the way to go?
[03:05.528]Please show me the way to go
[03:07.980]Who knows the way to go?
[03:10.875]Please show me the way to go
[03:13.387]I know the way to go
[03:16.291]I'll show you the way to go
[03:18.614]I know the way to go
[03:21.786]I'll show you the way to go
[03:24.121]Brother's lost, my head has run away
[03:29.065]Where to go, and where is God?
[03:33.062]Sometimes I get real mad, but I understand
[03:39.317]I don't beat myself up too much about it
[03:44.551]I give us tears, does he mourn for it?
[03:49.334]Or joy in return? Those tears bring joy
[03:55.048]That is what perplexes, make the sweetness last
[04:00.847]'Cause we're mourning for the joy, our hearts will find
[04:06.048]Be happy when you can, no sadness necessary
[04:11.769]No, no, it seems sometimes, you never get in bed
[04:18.421]But it's okay, it's fair, yeah
[04:27.594]Know where to look, you got mysteries
[04:32.519]Use the stars as a guide, trying not to hide
[04:38.008]The love inside, you know if you get, you get
[04:48.047]I feel, I'm not ready yet, but I meet myself halfway
[04:55.659]And I'll start a day, creating what I'm living
[05:04.266]Living for today, 'cause I'm okay, it's okay
[05:10.947]Who knows the way to go?
[05:13.639]Please show me the way to go
[05:15.965]Who knows the way to go?
[05:18.867]Please show me the way to go
[05:21.258]I know the way to go
[05:24.202]I'll show you the way to go
[05:26.514]I know the way to go
[05:29.415]I'll show you the way to go