The Roots - What They Do

[omgamonkeyy]

fuck all the mainstream bullshit. this is hiphop.

[westside159]

Open ya head wide and let the thought inside

[jmarrvin]

Is there anywhere I can find the music video with the subtitles?

[randomUser1200]

Now I'm a diehard rock fan, don't have an ounce of rap in my library, I have artists like Zepplin, The Who, AC/DC, CCR, and all the rest of 'em. I don't have to like this, but I respect it, unlike the eminem and lil wayne bullshit of today.

[JesusCristo2002]

Every modern, contemporary rapper in Hip-Hop should listen to this song. Perhaps if they did, more people would take the genre seriously.

[MrReddah]

beautiful.

[douglasdfresh]

Best roots song ever! stupid Vevo version cuts off the sweet guitar at the end. Can't cut jazz guitar like that, its part of what set the Roots apart.

[joe16759]

the roots is easily one of the best things my home town of philly has produced along with wilt chamberlain. damn i love the roots..ima phrenology n things fall apart man myself but u cant go wwrong... put em on shuffle

[JamesEnoch89]

Open your head wide, and let the thought inside.

[Ginga]

Soft instrumental, poignant lyrics. I love this song.

[sexycash98]

very smooooooth :) i can cruise to dis in my imaginary camero

[younghiphopsoul]

The roots never got the respect they deserved for this album.

[Spincrossup799]

i was playing what they do by the roots when i went shopping at the mall & other stores, the roots are a ill group. i was making a battlezone undaground rap mixtape The Roots vs Hieroglyphics that would be guttttaaaa.

[fondrenms]

HIP HOP

[GeAMALGAMATIC]

seriously one of the best albumz of all time in hiphop

[CGW420]

it's tragic that a classic track like this had only had 6 and a half thousand views.

people just don't appreciate tracks like these nowadays. anyways peace and love from the UK

[fagaret]

@CGW420

totally agree with you

[Kaydee07]

Check out an artist from Toronto by the name of Kaydee. He flipped The Roots "What They Do" and turned it into a crazy concept. The song is called Quick Plug

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[faisal99911]

I memorized this song just like my name i would never forget a word of this song

i love it

[HipHop226]

classic

[xMATHEEWx]

jazz + real hip hop = the best.

[RollUpAFatOne]

wrap reefer. sit down. chill.

[nazrab09]

ba pizda ce asculti 2pac si esti smecher ce pula toti va-ti haladit

[waxxy6032]

This song is Special even amongst The Roots Repetoire.

But amongst music in general,

i think its a jewel to be worn like a bangle Props to M-ill, n Bad Lieutenant.

[biwo4t]

hella chill song and dope album

[omnivirus]

i love this song! strange ..... i wasnt feeling this song back when it first came out

[KASLtja]

Back then you were still in the "Matrix."

[MikeKanen]

Got the whole album its great.

[duncanSE18]

jammin man

[3voLu7ion]

Wonderful song. I wish I had heard it at an earlier time.

[PoetikkJustice]

Add &fmt=18 to the end of the Video URL then press enter to hear the video in stereo. Sounds fucking unreal.

Also, props for upping, one of my favorite Roots songs.

[samigirltoo]

Thanks for the stereo tip...

[Tubztele]

Great modo NEVER DO WHAT THEY DO, true that

[Kiyumori]

Excellent song, especially like the last minute that was left in there of insturmental that every other version cuts out. 5 star

[THAGODUSEF]

764 views and i'm tha 1st to comment... this is PURE HIP-HOP... 215 STAND UP ! !

[TairyHesticles]

Probably my favorite Roots song.  Swept Away is in the picture though.

[TUGASKILLZ]

@TairyHesticles Agree with U, my fav song

[jwfeatherstone]

@TairyHesticles Got to agree with you, absolutely love this. Though it's so hard to pick a favourite song, especially when I keep finding new ones somehow even after five years of finding them.