[Talib We your rhyme sayers we you like a beacon of light out of the chaos cuttin overzealous players who we're the winners of the game Walk in prepared climbin the stairways to heaven while you scared of the livin under heard the sound of the clap made you wonder If it was a gun the or some thunder All of that was out my window I was younger Now I'm much older, lyrical clap If you don't know by now, let me aquaint you my steez (C'mon) I get on stage and waste your time Niggaz got a lot to say but they just can't They just babies, I snatch em out incubators Attach them to respirators, they breathin hard Darth Vader Hard as and suck like Now or Laters After a while style's tasteless and it GOT NO FLAVOR
Projects my eyesights to the heavens dead or wise sages Release what I hold save it through my of rhyme pages be ageless, like scrolls from dead sea The off and on like the motion of Tai Chi Ba-ha-ma-D, wor-dy, to Reflect, Science to a remedy to and get my people free, but little support, got my on freeze My only option's doin bootlegs for the Get about eight G's, a buzz overseas Sacrifice a pill to and do what I believe, cause down to the chromosomes I'm a purist to this Enlighten who I and let the world catch on
[Talib Kweli + Yeah, we your rhyme sayers, who lead you a beacon of light, out of the chaos, cuttin down players who stare, we're the of the game Walk in well prepared, the stairways to heaven you scared of the people livin under- -ground the sound of the clap, made you wonder If it was a gun, the crowd, or some All of that was out my window I was younger
Oppose for the nine, how no content sections of the vexed, out of my sticks, laced on every verse My cells begin to peak at least a hundred thousand Meanin my joint's prevalent in Fat Beats and I cater to markets first, cause they gravitate to me And appreciate the vision of I do musically
Kweli] Mmm, mmmm, mmmm, mmm!! I in and they stared, see how they screwin me you down, til you ain't the man you used to be Domination of my jurisdiction, people's to lies It blurs the lines between the fact and Now we back omission, I fix your face for you, keep You start to hate the man in the mirror like Jackson
Majors they try to hold me captive but are figure factions But the foundation of hip-hop hold my braincells for I chance none, fuck them spots on charts and one If meant, then I'll accept it gracious when the time comes grassrooted curriculum, got me sprung like twisted ankles Experience is missable, so I approach it from all and inject some substance deep inside of rap's Take an MC and back to where it was
[Talib Call us like the Bell of Philadelphia scenery Me and Bahama-D, free like Mumia need to be Seein me, me, we right here on the level Turnin to pebbles, exposin the devil olympian like John Carlos winnin gold medal Take bass out yyour voice you talk to me in treble I'm _Serious_ as Steady B so you I ain't playin I'm stimulatin, makin crowds MOVE like organizations in it positive, my prerogative is exercise See through the with my third eye Word I exhibit the exquitiness, a child I was vivid Throw your in the air if you with it, dig it
[Talib + Bahamadia] Yeah, we your rhyme sayers, who lead you like a of light, out of the chaos, cuttin overzealous who stare, we're the winners of the game Walk in prepared, climbin the stairways to heaven while you of the people livin under- -ground heard the of the clap, made you wonder If it was a gun, the crowd, or some All of that was out my window I was younger
Kweli] Seven-eighteen, to We meet at Eternal, Bahamadia, yes yes
Yo listen the fuck up Mr. X to the Z Xzibit Broadcastin with the grown That's right, they out of my backyard The Beat Junkies, on Rawkus understand me? Soundbombing 2!