[00:00.00]Atonement - The Roots
[00:06.20]As I wait for atonement
[00:10.02]Trapped in the heat of the moment
[00:16.77]Feeling like I can't control it
[00:19.59]As I wait for atonement
[00:23.69]Trapped in the heat of the moment
[00:30.31]Uh-huh feeling the steam from the cauldron
[00:34.08]With tension runnin deep as the ocean
[00:36.27]Many are called but so few are chosen
[00:38.75]As I go through the motions of medication
[00:41.29]Upping my dosage
[00:42.77]Banging Earth Wind & Fire"Devotion"
[00:45.36]As I admire the focus
[00:46.83]Taking the city with a grain of salt
[00:49.53]Where they tastin foul chase it down
[00:51.57]With the latest malt - liquor
[00:53.05]Roll and hit it knife did it hope you
[00:55.24]Got some smarts wit'chu
[00:56.44]Hope you got some heart it ain't no
[00:58.09]Stopping when it start - nigga
[01:00.17]Feel something bigger got a hold on me
[01:02.52]And I ain't tripping not a Bobby Brown
[01:04.80]Lipping with my nose running
[01:06.24]Basically I had two options I just chose one
[01:09.75]And then got ghost like my picture
[01:11.80]Was on a most wanted
[01:13.28]Coast to coast from L A to Chicago
[01:15.62]Now I'm faced with the weight of survival plus the taste
[01:19.34]From the way I been lied to while the
[01:21.51]Preacherman spitting his gospel
[01:23.12]I can win if I try to
[01:25.37]As I wait for atonement
[01:30.02]Trapped in the heat of the moment
[01:36.40]Feeling like I can't control it
[01:39.16]As I wait for atonement
[01:43.33]Trapped in the heat of the moment