(Talib Kweli) And what the people say? We wanna it up And what the want? Please deliver us And the people need? Hey... I got that,
Kweli] I call rappers baby seals, cause they club you to death I could call 'em Navy SEALs, cause government feds become of the vets? They drugged up, they fucked up, they in debt There ain't no love and no respect, it's like a gang it's like a or a set the new WWF What do you rap or do you wrestle? love to forget We got til it's gone, you you on, you still hustlin backwards Your topical norm a tropical storm, a fuckin disaster to the topic we on, it all started at Rawkus They couldn't find the words to describe me so they resort to the Is he a backpacker? Is he a mad An or the author 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 waitin for the Congress to acknowledge this~!
[Chorus: Talib Kweli & in the background] the people want? 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 - please deliver us I'm preaching to the - please deliver us Just keep it real with us, you scared to spill your Your words rung hollow, we 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 watch your mouth and what you bruh I start a based on general observation Hip-Hop is not a nation, take it to Niggaz got a lot to say locked inside the belly of Satan trial debatin how the hell I got placed in this system Am I a victim or just a of indoctrination? exploit it and use me like a movie with product placement You hear the congregation; this is the gospel The truth is hard to swallow leave you scarred tomorrow Keep it honest our motto, these niggaz 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 custom Ballin like the 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 like a fire 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 careful who you eatin and sleepin with and also who you chiefin You never know they might've added in ingredients
[Talib Freedom's a road that's seldom traveled, hell unravel before the eyes of the soldier who fell in battle The single mother who raised her to bear the sacred water And not take the of every man who make a offer To black kids wishin they white kids, when close they eyelids Like, "I bet they ain't like this" White wishin they black kids, and wanna talk like rappers It's all backwards it's identity The industry inside us is vipers with fangs to bite us Drug suppliers is the health providers We cakin, makin narcotics outta products We ain't workin out 'til we exorcise the demons inside us Plus they seem to just us with enough rope to hang ourselves Enough dope to ourselves, enough toast to bang ourselves It's nigga season, these niggaz is bleedin That's why I'm spittin freedom we had enough of trigger
[Outro: In tryin days and times All I need is to be I do it on my own Lord can you me? There are trials still to It's salvation 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, us, deliver us yeah yeah, ohhhhhhhhhh... [ad libs to fade]