(Talib Kweli) And what the people say? We wanna it up And what the want? Please deliver us And what the need? Hey... I got that,
Kweli] I call these rappers baby seals, cause they you to death I could call 'em Navy SEALs, cause they government What become of the They drugged up, they fucked up, they in debt There ain't no love and no respect, it's like a gang it's a club or a set the new WWF What do you rap or do you Niggaz love to forget We got til it's gone, you you on, you still hustlin backwards Your topical norm a tropical storm, it's a fuckin Back to the topic we on, it all started at They couldn't the words to describe me so they resort to the shortcuts Is he a backpacker? Is he a mad An entertainer or the of the last chapter We living in these times of and cholera Synonymous with the apocalypse, up the clouds is ominous We got maybe ten years say meteorologists, shit We still for the Congress to acknowledge this~!
[Chorus: Kweli & singers in the background] What the people want? Please us We wanna it up, please deliver us is the, th-th-this is the, this is the hostile gospel I'm reaching the fire - please deliver us I'm preaching to the choir - please us Just it real with us, you scared to spill your blood Your words hollow, we need someone to follow
[Talib You ain't promised tomorrow, so get your up You can't always just and asks for favors bruh Stand on your own two, never covet thy stuff Karma's a bitch so your mouth and what you sayin bruh I start a conversation based on observation Hip-Hop is not a nation, take it to Niggaz got a lot to say when inside the belly of Satan trial debatin how the hell I got placed in this system Am I a victim or a product of indoctrination? They exploit it and use me like a movie with product You hear the congregation; this is the gospel The truth is to swallow it'll leave you scarred tomorrow Keep it honest our motto, niggaz keep it bottled I'm the writer who reach the fighters like speeches by Cus DJs stickin to like "Fuck Serato" who ride around the block, in the custom models Ballin the struck the lotto you know who the cleanest is A keep it reeich with the stitch and greedy geniuses I'm not a hipster, but I flip it like a pimp Expose the game, treat it a bitch Smack out these hoes, cause they snitch and tap wires while I plead the fifth You can't trust a soul in the biz, so be who you eatin with and sleepin and also who you chiefin with You never they might've added in secret ingredients
[Talib Freedom's a road that's seldom traveled, watch hell Right before the eyes of the soldier who in battle The single mother who raised her daughter to the sacred water And not the hand of every man who make a offer To black kids they white kids, when they close they eyelids Like, "I bet they neighborhood ain't this" White wishin they black kids, and wanna talk like rappers It's all backwards it's identity The industry inside us is with fangs trying to bite us Drug suppliers is the health care We cakin, makin outta household products We ain't workin out 'til we exorcise the demons that's us Plus they seem to provide us with enough rope to hang ourselves Enough dope to slang ourselves, toast to bang ourselves It's officially nigga season, these niggaz is That's why I'm spittin we had enough of trigger squeezin
[Outro: In these tryin and times All I is to be free I do it on my own can you deliver me? There are trials still to It's salvation that I So I'm to the sky Lord can you me? us... Deliver us, us, ohhhhhhhhhh Oh, us us Ohhhhh us yes Deliver us, us, deliver us Yeah yeah yeah, ohhhhhhhhhh... [ad to fade]