(Talib Kweli) And what the people say? We wanna it up And what the people want? deliver us And what the need? Hey... I got that,
[Talib I these rappers baby seals, cause they club you to death I could 'em Navy SEALs, cause they government feds What of the vets? They drugged up, they fucked up, they in debt There ain't no love and no respect, it's like a 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 gone, you think you on, you still hustlin backwards Your topical norm a tropical storm, it's a disaster to the topic we on, it all started at Rawkus They couldn't find the words to describe me so they 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 love and Synonymous with the apocalypse, up the clouds is ominous We got ten years left say meteorologists, shit We still waitin for the Congress to this~!
[Chorus: Talib & singers in the background] the people want? Please deliver us We wanna live it up, deliver us Th-th-this is the, th-th-this is the, this is the gospel I'm through the fire - please deliver us I'm preaching to the choir - please us Just keep it real with us, you to spill your blood Your words rung hollow, we need to follow
[Talib You ain't promised tomorrow, so get your up You can't always just and asks for favors bruh Stand on own two, never covet thy neighbor's 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, it to population Niggaz got a lot to say when locked inside the of Satan Awaitin trial debatin how the I got placed in this system Am I a victim or just a product of They exploit it and use me like a with product placement You hear the this is the hostile gospel The truth is hard to it'll leave you scarred tomorrow it honest our motto, these niggaz keep it bottled I'm the writer who reach the fighters speeches by Cus D'Amato DJs to vinyl like "Fuck Serato" Suppliers who ride around the block, in the models Ballin like the the lotto you know who the cleanest is A nigga keep it reeich the stitch and greedy geniuses I'm not a hipster, but I flip it like a pimp the game, treat it like a bitch Smack fire out these hoes, cause they and tap wires while I plead the fifth You can't a soul in the biz, so be careful who you eatin with and sleepin with and who you chiefin with You never know might've added in secret ingredients
[Talib a road that's seldom traveled, watch hell unravel Right before the of the soldier who fell in battle The mother who raised her daughter to bear the sacred water And not take the of every man who make a offer To kids wishin they white kids, when they close they eyelids Like, "I bet they neighborhood ain't this" White kids they black kids, and wanna talk like rappers It's all backwards it's crisis The industry inside us is with fangs trying to bite us suppliers is the health care providers We cakin, makin narcotics outta household We ain't workin out 'til we exorcise the that's inside us Plus they seem to just provide us with rope to hang ourselves Enough dope to slang ourselves, toast to bang ourselves It's officially nigga season, niggaz is bleedin That's why I'm spittin freedom we had of trigger squeezin
[Outro: In these tryin days and All I is to be free I do it on my own can you deliver me? There are trials to come salvation that I need So I'm to the sky Lord can you me? us... Deliver us, us, ohhhhhhhhhh Oh, us us Ohhhhh us yes Deliver us, deliver us, us yeah yeah, ohhhhhhhhhh... [ad libs to fade]