The Fire (feat. John Legend) - The Roots

I don't know why I keep moving my body I don't know if this is wrong or if it's right I don't know if there's a beat Or something's taking over me And I just know I'll feel so good tonight I don't know what your name is but I like it I've been thinking 'bout some things I wanna try I don't know what you came to do But I wanna do it with you And I just know I'll feel so good tonight Oh, if we keep on dancing Take our rhythm to new heights Feel the heat of passion, baby Light up the night We could start a fire Come on, let it burn baby We could start a fire Let the tables turn baby We could start a fire I just know I feel so good Don't you know I feel so good I just know I feel so good Tonight I don't care if this tuns into a riot Let's get reckless, tear this place down to the floor Turn the music way up loud Can't nobody stop us now I just know I feel so good tonight I just know I feel so good tonight We could start a fire Come on, let it burn baby We could start a fire Let the tables turn baby We could start a fire I just know I feel so good Don't you know I feel so good Don't you know, don't you know? Tonight

All through the year we've waited Waited through spring and fall To hear silver bells ringing And winter time bringing the happiest season of all Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos, oh Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe Help to make the season bright Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow Will find it hard to sleep tonight They know that Santa's on his way He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh And every mother's child is going to spy To see if reindeer really know how to fly And so I'm offering this simple phrase To kids from one to ninety-two Although it's been said many times Many ways, merry Christmas to you And so I'm offering this simple phrase To kids from one to ninety-two Although it's been said many times Many ways Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas to you To you- you-you-you-you A merry little Christmas to you

Only just a friend The love story begins Now here's a happy ending to believe in. You're always there for me Now you're with me in my dreams It's got me wondering if you ever Dream of me I don't wanna risk losing everything But I'll take the chance and tell you what I'm thinking Girl, you'll be my best friend Can we put this to bed then? Tonight's the night To cross the line Baby won't you be mine? Not just my homegirl Time that I take you home girl Tonight's the night To cross the line Let me love you tonight I... I... I... Kiss. Kiss. Kiss me on my lips We've been dancing 'round the moment Now we're doin' it Breathe. Breathe. And sigh your sweet relief We've been holding it so long The wait was killing me Oh and we are what we have been waiting for So baby, open your mind, while I close the door Oh girl, you'll be my best friend Can we put this to bed then? Tonight's the night To cross the line Baby won't you be mine? Not just my homegirl Time that I take you home girl Tonight's the night To cross the line Let me love you tonight I... I... I... Don't let this moment just slip away 'Cause we'll never know, unless we try someday If you're ready, I'm so ready Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Oh girl, you'll be my best friend Can we put this to bed then? Tonight's the night To cross the line Baby won't you be mine? Not just my homegirl Time that I take you home girl Tonight's the night To cross the line Let me love you tonight I... I... I...

Yeah, we used to flirt with freedom 'Fore everybody knew our name We became their favourite secret Love for love and not for fame Oh, when I was your user, your FaceTime abuser Dose after dose 'til we crashed Now they bet on our game Say we'll go down in flames It's too good, but we never could last But oh, we was undercover 'Til it overflowed, overexposed, yeah Oh, chained our love together Never took it slow And now we know life on overload (Love, love) Don't we always make a show (love) of love (Love, love, yeah) Let that cellphone ring, let that bluebird sing Let that message say I'm red, yeah Let them talk about us Let them talk too much While we rule the whole world from our bed 'Cause oh, we was undercover 'Til it overflowed, overexposed Oh, chained our life together Never took it slow And now we know, life on overload Don't we always make a show of love Life on overload, must we make a spectacle of love? Oh, yeah And oh, we was undercover 'Til it overflowed, overexposed Oh, chained our love together Never took it slow And now we know life on overload Don't we always make a show of love? Life on overload, must we make a spectacle of love?

For the world, world, world My name is Common, No I.D Ferrari testers, Armani dressers Exquisite thick bitches that body bless us Rest assured, we getting festive in Miami now Told my nigga 'Ye I'm about to win the Grammys now Getting Johnny Cash old white folks know me now Standing close to the mic like I'm Kobe now We celebrate disaster, they hate because we got love It's the pop life, a lot of faces pop up Known to tear the club and the block up Going through the airport with more lie than an opera New crooks who move books like Harry Potter Get cleaners to get it cleaner A legend like John, Lennon, I'm a dreamer Tried to fuck the world she only let me finger Mind trips to Medina to visit the redeemer A hero, I'll drop out like Hiroshima Off Sangria with two broads Still opening roads for I'm a dreamer It's for the world, world, world, world, world Dream on We take, uh, we make, uh, paper And build skyscrapers Walking on water, building my faith up Niggas with no heart, I'm the pace maker Get the beat from No I, feel the pulse of the Chi Survival of the fit with hope in they eye Taking notes from the sky to fly above understanding They notes from the most high, so I gotta land them Career ain't random, make anthems, streets chant them Rock rolls like a phantom Mad hoes like they throwing tantrums I tell them I need space like Richard Branson Dancing, with wolves and stars getting full at bars And then pass out like a pamphlet Never taking Grants for granted It's Common, I'm high above standard Fly nigga, keep my feet planted To rock the planet, I don't stop for panic Maybe I'm a hopeless hip-hop romantic I'm a dreamer It's for the world, world, world, world, world Dream on He introduced me, I stepped to the podium Said peace, gave thanks to the holy one Put my water up, thought about my daughter for a second The youth, the living resurrection Reflections of the sun glaring through the window Now the audience staring at my mental Feeling like the world, the world is at my fingers 'Bout to speak to an auditorium full of dreamers Kinda took me back to when I first had a dream To be like the king that sang Billie Jean Now it's gold records, and I'm on silver screens At the mountaintop, you still gotta dream To the dreamers If I dream you're here Angel dreaming there You should just come here If I wake you up Only difference is You can live the dream Just believe in it Once you find your shoulders dropping And your speech gets slow and hazy You better change your way of being Before you found your brain got lazy You can build a better future when you join the winning team If you desire a bright tomorrow, you must build a brighter dream Dare to let your dreams reach beyond you Know that history holds more than it seems We are here alive today because our ancestors dared to dream From Africa they lay in the bilge of slave ships And stood half naked on auction blocks From eastern-Europe they crowded in vessels overloaded with immigrants And were mis-named on Ellis island From South America and Mexico, from Asia, they labored in sweat shops From all over the world, they came to America Many shivering in rags, and still they dared to dream Let us dream for today and for tomorrow Let us dare to dream

Roots, bloody roots Roots, bloody roots Roots, bloody roots Roots, bloody roots I believe in our fate, we don't need to fake It's all we wanna be, watch me freak I say we're growing every day, getting stronger in every way I'll take you to a place where we shall find our Roots, bloody roots Roots, bloody roots Roots, bloody roots Roots, bloody roots Rain, bring me the strength to get to another day And all I want to see, set us free Why can't you see? Can't you feel? This is real I pray, we don't need to change our ways to be saved That's all we wanna be, watch us freak

Roots, bloody roots Roots, bloody roots Roots, bloody roots Roots, bloody roots I believe in our fate We don't need to fake It's all we wanna be Watch me freak I say we're growing every day Getting stronger in every way I'll take you to a place Like honesty Roots, bloody Roots Roots, bloody Roots Roots, bloody Roots Roots, bloody Roots Rain bring me the strength To get to another day And all I want to see Set us free WhyCan't you see Can't you feel This is real Ahh I pray we don't need to change Our ways to be saved That all I want to be Watch me freak

Now I can say that, ah, they was not expecting this I know a God-fearing woman that ain't scared to get dirty And keep it real witcha even if the truth might hurt ya Go to church e'ry Sunday just to hear the preacher man And then she gone, but then she be right, uh, hold up I know a God-fearing woman that ain't scared to get dirty And keep it real witcha even if the truth might hurt ya Hold ya down when them hard times come And she never let nothing come between you, God and her purpose (Rae) God bless them girls with some roots Raised in a small town Make them boys shake in their boots, yeah (yes, ma'am) Workin' hard for the money, but still bringing home honey A little bit of mama's attitude with a lot of hot mess God bless them girls with some roots God bless them girls with some roots (God bless) Yeah, love this one They don't never give you credit when the credit is due And you don't have to have the compliments to know that it's true You walk around like you're confident in what you got goin' Like a boss 'cause you already know that it's you Work hard for the money when your pocket's a drought (yep) Being careful with the words coming outta ya mouth Country girl with a lil' slang whenever she talk and kinda sassy 'Cause she know what she talkin' about, yeah God bless them girls with some roots Raised in a small town (raise it up) Make them boys shake in their boots, yeah (yes, ma'am) Workin' hard for the money (workin' hard for the money) But still bringing home honey A little bit of mama's attitude with a lot of hot mess God bless them girls with some roots (yeah) God bless them girls with some roots (girl in boots) C'mon on, Lathan, let's bring it to 'em It don't matter who she around (nope) She'll still be the same person in front of any crowd Too classy to run with the fakes And she walk like she got it going on with her own lil' style, c'mon Rae (oh stop it) God bless them girls with some roots (bless it up, yeah) Raised in a small town (small town) Make them boys shake in their boots, yeah (got them boys really shakin') (yes, ma'am) And workin' hard for the money (workin' hard, I see you workin' hard for it) But still bringing home honey (still bring home the honey) A little bit of mama's attitude with a lot of hot mess (yeah, I see ya right there, ooh) God bless them girls with some roots God bless them girls with some roots (some roots, yeah) God bless them girls with some roots

I'm still running 33's up underneath this truck Even though rush hour concrete is the only place I'm getting stuck Ain't on the farm no more but on a stretch of sunny days I still catch myself looking up at the sky Praying for a little rain No I can't outrun these roots Even if I wanted to Cause they run too strong, run too deep Cutting right through the heart of me No it don't matter where I plant these boots Can't outrun these roots I can't outrun these roots There's still that back-home part of me, that can't help but see things a little different Like how there ain't no need to put a 'G' on the end of huntin' or fishin' And I still got granddaddy's bible, his old rifle and his name But I also got his pour a little more Coarsin' through my veins No I can't outrun these roots Even if I wanted to Cause they run too strong, run too deep Cutting right through the heart of me No it don't matter where I plant these boots I can't outrun these roots Thank God I can't They're tangled up in every part of who I am Without 'em I know I don't stand a chance I can't outrun these roots I can't outrun these roots Cause they run too strong, run too deep Cutting right through the heart of me No it don't matter where I plant these boots Can't outrun these roots I can't outrun these roots