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