Talib Kweli

[fox69]

"Inner Monologue"

"Inner Monologue"


[Intro]
Remember, whatever discipline you’re in, whether you’re a musician or a photographer, a fine artist or a cartoonist, a writer, a dancer, a singer, a designer — whatever you do, you have one thing that’s unique: You have the ability to make art. Sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong — in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art

[Verse]
This about to be the realest shit you ever heard
I lynch rappers, got them hanging on my every word
These bitch rappers be claiming they slinging heavy word
Really snitch rappers, niggas singing like every bird
Rich rappers, nah, I don't know them niggas
Niggas don't get rich rapping, they selling clothes or liquor
My flow is sicker cause I flow with vigor
I'm no beginner, peep the whole agenda
Control my center cause I gravitate with Gravitas
This my inner monologue
Burning down your party cause our cocktails is molotov
My crime mob make you stop, lock and drop, don't get wollywop'd
Actually battery in my back like a copper top
Got it popping, started on the B-side of Body Rock
Direct to fan, I'm running my shop like my mom and pop
Modern day slavery today to be an artist, watch
They treat them like a product and try to mount like a hot 'n tot
Molly pop, niggas not caring if they body rot
Partying like Mardi Gras, get the cream like Häagen-Dazs
Golly gosh, this is Utopia, cornucopia
I'm known to start revolts against the Romans like Zenobia
Hoping to keep coping copious amounts of opiates
Tried to start a union, but they blocked me like a Soviet
I hope they get it, I'm sick of explaining history
I'm rolling with a circle of winners, we claimin' victories
It ain't a mystery, the hate'll make it bittersweet
They hate when I engage to debate 'em like Wale's Twitter feed
Who I'm kidding? I'm the great debater
My crew stay winning, we stay innovating
Your circle is rotten as great tomatoes
They get high with you then start dry snitching like Jose Canseco
Prosecco, I'm sipping vino with a vivid hue
Haberdasher rocking Borsalinos like Hasidic Jews
Pitiful, rappers never stand up to the ridicule
That's why I had to get at you
Wear it if it fit the shoe, nigga
(Baby, just shine your light
If you've gotta dim yours, so they can shine brighter
Just stay bright, so shine your light)

 

[fox69]

"Intro"

"Intro"


[cheers and applause]

[Talib Kweli (crowd)]
Mic check (mic check!)
I'm at a loss for words (I'm at a loss for words)
But even me being at a loss for words (but even me being at a loss for words)
Is amplified (is amplified)
They wanna know what the end game is (they wanna know what the end game is)
This IS the end game (this IS the end game!)
Everybody here with a camera (everybody here with a camera)
Everybody here with a smartphone (everybody here with a smartphone)
Everyone here with a voice (everyone here with a voice)
Do your job (do your job!)
And spread the word (and spread the word!)
Make it grow (make it grow)
It's about growth now (it's about growth now)
We have to grow (we have to grow)
And that's the point (and that's the point)
I love y'all (I love y'all)

[cheers and applause]

Yeah yeah... yeah, yeah, uh

 

[fox69]

"It Only Gets Better"
(feat. Marsha Ambrosius)

"It Only Gets Better"
(feat. Marsha Ambrosius)



[Hook:]
Lord knows I had it hard today,
Had it hard today
Still I gotta keep my head up high along the way.
Cause it only gets better, better
It only gets better from here.
It only gets better, better,
It only gets better from here.

[Verse 1:]
Every day I gotta wake up early,
Let it break, thank the Lord at the take,
Get the troops, hit the booth, spiritual, it's been great.
Practicing my gratitude, life is so beautiful,
Working on that attitude, just because

[Hook:]
It only gets better, better
It only gets better from here.
It only gets better, better,
It only gets better from here.

[Verse 2:]
Every day I gotta
Trust the God and hustle hard,
My grind is real, my hustle dope.
I'm finding meals, I'm signing deals,
I'm the Gladiator like Russell Crowe.
Yeah, you know it's real, but I'm focused still
Why you focus shake it like gold field
Cause you're not in tune, no, you're not immune
No acclamation, no golden seal.
You sick side, gotta flush it down,
We talk to folks, cover your mouth,
Ain't nobody gonna cover that shifts
So you go to work, you tuff it down.
You bust it out till you're out for work,
I know your boss a jerk, you're gonna cuss a mouth,
Hit it with a bus driver upper-cut,
That cock only think you punch him out.
I relate to you, you gotta pay your dues,
When the time is right you gotta make a move.
Your job is what you get paid to do,
Your call is what you're made to do.
I got faith in you, you're gonna make it through,
Cause you don't chase money, money chasing you.
Keep laboring like you got a thing to do,
Won't taste no foods like they put you.
No more wait for you, you gonna take it now,
You gonna make a vault.
As long as you walk on the earth with that first got to make me proud.
Hey, let me break it down, oh, bless your hearts,
Keep talking bout how stressed you are,
Better talk about how blessed you are.

[Hook:]
Lord knows I had it hard today,
Had it hard today
Still I gotta keep my head up high along the way.
Cause it only gets better, better
It only gets better from here.
It only gets better, better,
It only gets better from here.

[Bridge:]
Every day I got to get up early, wake the kids,
Get on running made again
Go to work watching in,
Every day I'm hustling.
Fight the traffic, lose my cool,
Get the kids right after school,
Think it's hard, yeah, that's true,
This is what I have to do

[Hook:]
Cause it only gets better, better
It only gets better from here.
It only gets better, better,
It only gets better from here.

[Verse 3:]
What we got is true they listen
Try to talk to gal but is real what I'm spitting
Call Christ by name but still ain't rising
Set to my lane but still ain't listening
Got ice in the vans we make so frigid,
Still in the kill brain self when you hit it
Order pills when you pop that, pop that, pop that,
Don't stop, get it, get it,
Started, we the fighters, we survivors but we ain't living
My soul is blacker than the Friday after Thanks Giving.
We love that color 25% more like we like to face prison
But just because the president was black there's no racism?
Postracial? More like most racial,
They hate for you disgraceful,
Don't let them take you off your base, let them motivate you.
Don't let it overtake you, so what another clause,
Survive the storm but riding on the beach in the southern wild.

[Hook:]
Lord knows I had it hard today,
Had it hard today
Still I gotta keep my head up high along the way.
Cause it only gets better, better
It only gets better from here.
It only gets better, better,
It only gets better from here.

Memories live, man, and my memories stay alive.

 

[fox69]

"Joy"

"Joy"


[Talib Kweli]
Wooaahh! yeah
on top of the world
Yeah, that's how my seeds got me feeling' right now
on top of the world
Yeah, you ever felt like you could do anything, (Yeah)
on top of the world
(?) I'ma hold y'all down for real, (Gotcha!)

[Talib Kweli]
It was 1996, 4th of July, looking off in the sky
dealing with thoughts inside, when something caught my eye
It was a silhoutte of a beautiful woman, bright with life
carrying my first seed, looking like she gone bear fruit tonight
We at the African street festival, and she walking around
talking about the midwife said, that bring the baby down
I'm about to be a father, the sights and sounds, seem brighter around me
and for starters, I know I'ma work harder, word
We got home at three in the morning, I was beat
them contractions started coming as soon as I fell asleep
3:05, like every five minutes, then the water broke
we on the go, yelling at the cabbie, cause he's sort of slow
You know them hospitals all trying to get paid, no questions
hear come the doctor's with they drugs, trying to do c-sections
But my baby stay's strong, in labor for yay long
eight-pound baby boy, to carry my name on, joy!

[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]
Huh, yeah
I know how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel
(That's the sound of joy)
See my brother, I know how you feel, Kweli, I know how you feel
(That's the sound of joy)
So when you, have a seed, come in the world, say dog that shit's real
(That's the sound of joy, y'all)
Huh, Kweli, yo I know how you feel, Kweli, yo I know how you feel

My baby girl

[Talib Kweli]
June 10th, 1999, I been on the grind
since the birth of my son, it's been about, way more then rhymes
Baby on the way, my lady glowing today, at least
that's what the midwife said, on the phone
Anyway, the music got me going away
Like everyday, but it's a blessing, so I gotta have patience
and she got pregnant on a Jamaican vacation
So it's all good, this time well have the baby in a house
I went the hospital route, I know what they all about (Never again)
So I'm out on tour, in Baltimore
get the call around four, when the water hit the floor (Damn!)
I gotta rock my show, but I gotta go
got second thoughts about her not going, to the hospital
I left the show early, Mos held me down, good looking (No doubt)
call the car service, like, take me straight to Brooklyn (Uh huh)
Got the news in the car, stayed sorta calm
but I cried tears of joy, when they put my daughter in my arms, how precious!

[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]
Huh, huh
Said I know how you feel, uh, said I know how you feel when you
(My precious joy)
Said I know how you feel, uh, Kwe I know how you feel
(I know you do, huh, my precious joy y'all)
Huh, uh, said I know how you feel (yeah), said I know how you feel
(My precious joy)
Huh, man I know how you feel (yeah), said I know how you feel

[Talib Kweli]
I do it for the seeds y'all, in they formative years when they need y'all
we gotta believe, in what we conceive y'all, it's deep y'all
I give them the truth, so they approach the situation, with ammunition
I keep nothing away, they hear everything, cause they know how to listen
Teach them the game, so they know they position, so they can grow
and make decisions, that change the world, and break old tradition
They put kids in jail, for a life they ain't even get to start
that's murder too, and it's breaking my heart, it's breaking our nation apart
We gave the youth all the anger, it's just
we ain't taught them, how to express it, and so it's dangerous
You can't talk to them
Unless your language is relating to what they going through
so busy ignoring them, you can't see what they showing you
And you wonder, why we called baby-daddy's and baby-momma's
when we grow up, we can't act like adult mothers and fathers, yo
I'm so blessed to have a boy and a girl, everyday they bring joy to my world

[Chorus: Mos Def + (Talib Kweli)]
Huh, yeah
I know how you feel, Kweli I know how you feel
(That's the sound of joy)
Brother Kwe', I know how you feel, Brother Kwe', I know how you feel
(Baby girl, my precious joy)
Kweli, I know how you feel, say bro' I know how you feel
(Fela, be my joy, yo)
Huh, if you know how the people feel, let me really know how you...yo

I do it for the seeds y'all [Repeat 5x]

 

[fox69]

"Leslie Nope"

"Leslie Nope"


[Hook:]
I don't fuck with these niggas, nope

[Verse 1:]
Why all these lames wanna riff?
It's an ass-kickin' party and your name's on the list
She keep my name on her lips
Good year like my name on the blimp
I get insane off the rip
Flip, let the beef cook like the flame on the rib tip
Goin' out in a blaze with the biscuit
Got the streets hooked like the 'caine that you sniffin'
Why? Why would you ever go against it?
If I gave a fuck about you it'd be borderline offensive
It's senseless, stalkin' on my page and my mentions
Walkin' on eggs and you soundin' all defensive
Hear dogs hollerin'
That's your ego talkin' and you're listenin'
When it get to whisperin' them snakes start slitherin'
Rappin' how they're rich and all their jewelry is glistenin'
Your mortgage underwater like I walked in on a christenin'

[Hook:]
That's why, I don't fuck with these niggas, nope
I don't fuck with these niggas, nope

[Verse 2:]
I'm smoother than a criminal
I never trust niggas with no books in the livin' room
When there's no electricity, what the fuck is digital?
Beyoncé married Jigga but they think we all jiggaboos
Don't get confused by the lyric
Protector of my city, stand alone on the citadel
Wake up in the mornin', say a prayer cause I'm livin' well
Proof of a miracle, it's spiritual
These niggas go from robbin' punchlines, to bein punchlines
For lunchtime, you ain't got the heart when it's crunch time
Soldiers gettin' shot on the front line
If every soldier was brave, there'd be no word for valor
The nerve of these cowards, who are you, the herb of the hour?
I treat my girl like horiculture, I'm preservin' the flower

[Hook:]
That's why, I don't fuck with these niggas, nope
I don't fuck with these niggas, nope

 

[fox69]

"Let 'em In"
(feat. Ace Hood)

"Let 'em In"
(feat. Ace Hood)



[Intro]
I work it out
We work it out
[Ace Hood]
Where we at, where we at
It’s Brooklyn [x2]

[Talib Kweli - Verse 1]
Motherfucker turn the speaker up
Pacquiao on the tracks, wanna beat him up
Cold blooded but fuck it, I’m bout to heat it up
And making more [?] than a lesbian with a Bieber cut
Ice grill don’t fight your feelings of hatred
My hate is Kelly Rowland in motivation
I take a pauper and make him into a king
I never broke with my connections if you are my favorite thing
[?] pretty pearl hammers, I ban you niggas
You corny as socks with sandals
Brooklyn the sock with vandals, and gangstas and 4 stripes
Hustlers and dealers you made up of all types
Up all night like drinking Nicki
I know I can’t take her with me
Why you niggas suck like you’re making hickies
That’s why you never win, opportunity knock
You better let them in

[Hook]
Knocking so let them in, knocking so let them in
That’s right, I’m knocking so let them in
Opportunity in the flesh, knocking, so let them in
Knocking so let me in
Knocking nigga so let me in, let him in
Opportunity in the flesh, knocking, so let them in

[Ace Hood - Verse 2]
Now dude I’m the coolest fly nigga, no stewardess
Hottest nigga doing it, then them niggas pursuing it
Used to be a hooligan, money nothing new to him
Now my pockets fat like a motherfucking Buddha man
But they ain’t what I came for, never with the same ho
Nowadays niggas sweet like a mango
Forget a hater, fuck y’all like bang bros
Pistol on me, make a nigga do a tango
Ha, ok, money on my mindframe
Opportunity knocking it’s like a mind game
I cut the rolly oh holy moly the time change
And I’m a dog, but can’t remember my vet name
Damn, I hear the hood call me back again
Treat them like the nigga David and let them in
I said let them in, treat them like the nigga David and let them in

[Hook]
Knocking so let them in, knocking so let them in
That’s right, I’m knocking so let them in
Opportunity in the flesh, knocking, so let them in
Knocking so let me in
Knocking nigga so let me in, let him in
Opportunity in the flesh, knocking, so let them in

[Talib Kweli - Verse 3]
Many were called but few are chosen to keep the movement going
I’m in the booth, to hold the tell the truth, keeping your juices flowing
I move the music like producers, when I [?] the low
And horns and flutes is blowing, we shining because the youth is golden
We get the beat on the grid like this was tron rocking to Daft punk
Hitting like a stoner with his last blunt
Son, you just getting up on, I dropped last month
Will have or will travel like I have a gun
Have fun, when I’m rocking it so consistently
That’s why these crabs run when I dropping it so efficiently
You try to front at first, but you got to love it eventually
The emcee conversation ain't complete until you mention me
Rapper of the century, writer of the millennium
Describer of desire, fire of the rookie
With the wisdom of a veteran
Describer of the medicine
Opportunity in the flesh

[Hook]
Opportunity in the flesh, knocking, so let them in
Knocking so let them in, knocking so let them in
That’s right, I’m knocking so let them in
Opportunity in the flesh, knocking, so let them in
Knocking so let me in
Knocking nigga so let me in, let him in
Opportunity in the flesh, knocking, so let them in

 

[fox69]

"Let Me See (Remix)"
(with Morcheeba)

"Let Me See (Remix)"
(with Morcheeba)



[Talib Kweli]
Ay yo the prophet is without honor
In your own country,
people swear that you ain't shit because they know your mama
So much drama at the crib it ain't fit to live
And that survival of the fittest shit will split your wig
Cats master doin' bits of illegitimate kids is splitin' dutches
Dealin' with the physical and caught up in his clutches
My way of life bum-rushes pullin' no punches
Silence is golden and all I'm hearin' is hushes, when I'm shinin'
MC's pay attention
I rise like a ascension see more than three dimension
to the situation we facin' receivin' energy
So you see who your friend and who your enemy

[Morcheeba]
Crashin' back down to earth I've found
We can love
Oh let me see
All of the places I can be
Oh let me know
All of the places where we can go

[Talib Kweli]
Yo we rock on shed like light the break of dawn
Stand strong like the words in God's song
B-Boys, make some noise and B-Girls, rock the world and

[Morcheeba]
Falling apart right from the start
Crawling round
Oh let me see all of the place that I can be
Oh let me know all of the places where we can go

[Talib Kweli]
A blind man feels the wickedest taste is exquisite
He can hear me loud and clear and smell fear in the air
Without sight he gains in-sight and lets me see his true self
not what he wants me to percive him to be
Perception is deception
Without the facts you keep guessin'
That's the image in the mirror so we Eternal Reflection
Forever manifestin' the cleverness in the lesson
Dropin' with authority with no doubt, no question
Yo my man's blazin' more cheeba
Blowin' out like speakers
Keepin' y'all open wide like receivers
We rock on shed like light the break of dawn..
And we stand strong like the words in God's song c'mon

[Morcheeba]
Show us how to stand up strong
Waitin' for you takes so long
Shadows leave us standing naked
We can't fake it
Oh let me see all of the places that I can be
Oh let me know all of the places where we can go
Oh let me see all of the places that I can be
Oh let me know all of the places where we can go

[Talib Kweli]
B-Boys, make some noise and B-Girls, rock the world and
B-Girls, rock the world and c'mon and
Pick it up yes
and we put it down, yes we put it down
Another Hi-Tek production
Talib Kweli, MCs ain't got nothin'
Blaze up... more cheeba, more cheeba
Cheeba, everybody say cheeba, everybody cheeba

 

[fox69]

"Letter From The Government"

"Letter From The Government"


[x3:]
Loud is done the storm
That's how the crown and some perform
It's the new source system like the sun is born
And we get in a minute like the Gange...

You say you're a groom but you're looking for the law
Grabbing for a course now looking for a pors
Radio poppin off better better off
Fuckin this feelin like fuckin the war
I don't really know what you're fighting it for
Why you really do when is fucking yourself
Take the cup back aside your Bible belt
My Bible felt across this planet
When I let it jet lag on the flag I plan it
Face-let by the moon never been the hot soon
Get high if you knew get hit the truth
Crolly no name... lazor major like the tip low too
Music it's few and we're running off...
I'm a visit your tune if you get to west suit
That consciousness been a nigga
Ain't ruggin it till you get beat with it get...
Self made nigga don't get discovered
Well paid nigga don't fit your...

I got a letter from the government the other day
I open and read it and said they was suck it
The devil wants me for his army or whatever
Picture me given dead I said never
I said never, I said never
I said never

War is overrated I see the sofa hatred
No hesitation we just go there's never no debating
We fighting over faith
We fighting for masters when we know they races
When they looking for their help like we... Davis
Yeah self preservation is the motivation
Every soldier and my squad my brother know there's no relation
They got my back in any education
That's why I fight for them and never throw the nation
Definitely for alliances that the science is the scrabin at
Violent aplaint to... is denial by nature the... become our makers
And made us become religious and vitamin of the hater
The politicians they checkin they vogue and gonna invade you
Crusaders of dark ages and matter of time chasin
Now cater but can't stop... shootin and call em by
Look em in the eye you see dollar sign

I got a letter from the government the other day
I open and read it and said they was suck it
The devil wants me for his army or whatever
Picture me given dead I said never
I said never, I said never
I said never, I said never
I said never hey, never hey never hey

 

[fox69]

"Life Ahead Of Me"
(feat. Rapsody)

"Life Ahead Of Me"
(feat. Rapsody)



[Intro: Talib Kweli]
I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me

[Verse 1: Rapsody]
This path got hurdles
Smoke rappers to make up for the herbal
It's quite fertile after 4 months of murder
I push em to the edge, now they sanity is sorta
Missin', I guess I'm that gifted
Why I never celebrated damn Christmas
I been the rap game wishlist
The morticians boomin' business
These bitches still bitchin'
Sad day for you, there's no love?
Here, you better ask grandma, she can pray for you
You just pray to me
I just react like 8 Uzis, blow holes in your plan like [?]
Love to Ruby Dee in Sicily
I pray I'm just as strong as on when I turn 60
Hope my health good and I ain't sickly
Pray with news, no other icons
Like we lost Whitney, and maybe [?] you'll get my age right
Maybe one of these months, I'll sleep all night
And if I don't, it's alright

[Hook: Rapsody]
I got my whole life ahead of me, I know this world ain't heavenly
I'm just following this little recipe
I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me, I know this world ain't heavenly
I'm just following this lil' recipe

[Verse 2: Talib Kweli]
Stack chips like the treasury
Nigga swear they ballin' like they 7 feet
Like John Lennon, just let it be
(I got my whole life ahead of me)
I judge a man by his enemies
Rapsody my sister, 9th my brother like the Everly's
Indie 5, the best emcees of recent memory
I'm a connector, that's my speciality
I'm a plug with the drugs like the Genovese
They try to kill the poor, I got the remedy
That's why I fought the law damn Kennedy's
They try to pull a rug right from under you
Buggin' you like a centipede
Even tho it tie the room together nicely like a centerpiece
Try to pretend you're passive but actually act aggressively
Try to take away my energy, save it like Dennis Eckersley
These niggas thirsty as a speech was in Tennessee [?]
You girl messaged me, calling me bae like the Chesapeake
But never stop testing me
But their chances of besting of me is futile as looking for some honour in a den of thieves
Black Star my body of work is heavenly
Death tries it's best to keep up cause life's ahead of me

[Hook: Rapsody]
I got my whole life ahead of me, I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me
I know this world ain't heavenly, I'm just following this little recipe
I got my whole life ahead of me, I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me
I know this world ain't heavenly, I'm just following this lil' recipe

[Verse 3: Rapsody]
How slow can you be, I been killin' annually
I'm half beast machine
I guess Hills or Jeans make a difference
If they listen or pay attention, I'm in adventure, fuck you niggas
If I had a penis, your penis would be hard as a brick is
Say I'm king on some rap shit
But my gender got them tender I recognize y'all lies
And understand it ain't even, ain't no 5+5's
Ain't no more cries like Mary Blige and them
Pressure part of the process, like all them diamonds been
So what I’m finding is the more they keep rhyming
They break promises
I never like a female rapper that ain't honest, if it now
If they never saw my profile, they probably picture me with a image
That do resemble dissing like cymbals
Make much noise
And rejoice for Cristal
We found the next boy
But not really, though
I'm still killin' them easy, like eenie miny moe

[Hook: Rapsody]
I got my whole life ahead of me
I know this world ain't heavenly, I'm just following this little recipe
I got my whole life ahead of me, I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me
I know this world ain't heavenly, I'm just following this lil' recipe
I got my whole life ahead of me, I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me
I know this world ain't heavenly, I'm just following this lil' recipe
I got my whole life ahead of me, I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me, I got my whole life ahead of me
I got my whole life ahead of me

 

[fox69]

"Listen!!!"

"Listen!!!"


[Intro: Talib Kweli]
This the year of the Blacksmith
Talib Kweli (Kweli) K-1 (K-1)
Let's go! {"Listen!"}
Yeah, yeah niggaz don't {"Listen!"}
Back in the days we all used to {"Listen!"}
Now shit is so wack, nobody {"Listen!"}
To that real hip-hop, yo {"Listen!"}

Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here it come {"Listen!"}
Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum
{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Now let me get up in it
Wait, wait, wait, wait {"Wait just a minute"}

[Talib Kweli]
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
Start repentin cause the endin is near
But don't, panic you can't function if you livin in fear
Pay attention you gotta listen to hear {"Wait just a minute"}
Who the fuck you think you talkin to?
Put you on hold, get a specialist to walk you through
Kweli, the flow captain to fast or slow rappin
I'm soul crackin, you ain't heard your shit appear like closed captions
King of the bars and I'm goin hardcores
All my confidence comes from knowin God's laws
Bangin on the system, fightin my kind of war
Loud as a whisper, quiet as a lion's roar

[Chorus: Talib Kweli]
Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here it come {"Listen!"}
Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum
{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Now let me get up in it
It's for your spirits so, but y'all don't hear me though {"Listen!"}
Get up, get into it and get involved {"Listen!"}
There's a little somethin that I wanna spit for y'all
{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Now let me get up in it
Wait, wait, wait, wait {"Wait just a minute"}

[Talib Kweli]
Get it now, get it fast, get it right
Get it big, get it live, get it done, get it tight
{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} But you don't really hear me though
I, spit it clearly so it's live at your stereo
To your heart while it's beatin in your chest
I'm speakin to execs in the seat behind the desk
To your spirit nuttin weaker than the flesh
So while you try to keep it fresh you gettin deeper in the depth
Real hip-hop is missin from the shelf
Yep, it's what you felt when you listen to yourself
Only a few is makin cuts that finish
So before you spend your hard-earned spinach {"Wait just a minute"}

[Chorus]

[Talib Kweli]
Yeah, you love the sounds comin out your speaker
I spit rounds like a 9-millimeter
The youth today they, frown at the teachers
They ain't down with no leaders, they don't wanna wait just a {"minute"}
They like "What nigga? Wait right there
I got reservoir dogs, you be missin a right ear"
{"Listen!"} Get it clear, figure is my year
I'm everywhere makin appearances in niggaz nightmares
Hear the word, peep the flow, check the cadence
What you heard is a pro I'm so amazin
Don't front girl you know it's your favorite
New Kweli yo they runnin out of patience

[Chorus]

[Outro: Talib Kweli]
Yo, don't it sound so good to ya?
Uhh, it's the return of the greatest y'all
Talib Kweli, BKMC, Blacksmith is the movement
Blacksmith is the music, what you ridin for?
What you livin for, what you dyin for?
{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Bangin on your eardrum, yeah
{"Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute"}
{"Listen!"}
{"Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute"}