(Talib Kweli) And what the people We wanna live it up And what the want? Please deliver us And what the people Hey... I got that,
Kweli] I call these rappers baby seals, cause they you to death I call 'em Navy SEALs, cause they government feds What become of the vets? They drugged up, they fucked up, in debt There no love 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? Niggaz to forget We got til it's gone, you think you on, you hustlin backwards Your topical norm a tropical storm, a fuckin disaster Back to the 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 entertainer or the of the last chapter We living in these of love and cholera Synonymous with the apocalypse, up the clouds is ominous We got maybe ten left say meteorologists, shit We still waitin for the to acknowledge this~!
[Chorus: Kweli & singers in the background] What the people want? Please us We wanna live it up, deliver us is the, th-th-this is the, this is the hostile gospel I'm reaching through the fire - deliver us I'm preaching to the - please deliver us Just keep it real with us, you scared to your blood Your rung hollow, we need someone to follow
Kweli] 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 neighbor's Karma's a bitch so watch your mouth and what you sayin I start a conversation on general observation is not a nation, take it to population Niggaz got a lot to say when locked the belly of Satan Awaitin trial debatin how the hell I got in this system Am I a victim or just a product of They exploit it and use me like a movie product placement You hear the this is the hostile gospel The truth is hard to swallow it'll you scarred tomorrow Keep it honest our motto, these keep it bottled I'm the writer who reach the fighters like speeches by Cus DJs stickin to vinyl "Fuck Serato" who ride around the block, in the custom models Ballin like the struck the lotto you know who the is A nigga keep it reeich with the stitch and greedy I'm not a hipster, but I flip it like a pimp Expose the game, treat it a bitch Smack fire out these hoes, cause they snitch and tap wires while I plead the You can't trust a soul in the biz, so be careful who you with and sleepin and also who you chiefin with You never they might've added in secret ingredients
[Talib Freedom's a road seldom traveled, watch hell unravel Right before the of the soldier who fell in battle The single mother who raised her to bear 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 like this" White kids wishin they black kids, and wanna talk rappers It's all backwards it's crisis The industry inside us is vipers with fangs trying to us suppliers is the health care providers We cakin, makin narcotics outta household We ain't workin out 'til we the demons that's inside us Plus they seem to provide us with enough rope to hang ourselves Enough to slang ourselves, enough toast to bang ourselves It's officially nigga season, these is bleedin That's why I'm spittin freedom we had enough of squeezin
[Outro: In these days and times All I need is to be I do it on my own Lord can you me? There are trials to come It's that I need So I'm to the sky Lord can you me? us... Deliver us, Deliver us, Oh, us us Ohhhhh us yes Deliver us, us, deliver us yeah yeah, ohhhhhhhhhh... [ad libs to fade]