Yeah, that new Kweli give it to you before the bootleggers get hold of it You know I'm sayin'? I figure I put it out first, make some money it Why not, Okay, 1, 2
Yo I'm Brooklyn the '90s Brownsville and Bushel keep it When I'm from flatbush, where you'll find me In Brooklyn, Tek wit' Justin and
And Free and Sid from Always me wit' Juju and Rubiks, we was truant kids Dollar nooseses, jump bell, run, and never look back Mr. Man the hammer in his bookbag
introduced me to Black and Forte DJ Enuff on K, I go back a long way Super Nat in Washington Square freestylin' everyday Peformin' at Lounge who ate off Jean Grae
Fuckin' Mood is how I met Hi-Tek Black came in effect when Elijah gave my tape to Mos Def Reflection was next on deck My crew the and we proved it
We our music was the Vanguard of a movement Every Rawkus was bangin', they on the come up They was like fuck the 'til Pharoahe said "Get the fuck up" Flex listened, jabbin' at
The next position was right now we need the hit written while I hit the road On tour to the records since the day it was sold Corey had me followin' the example of De La
Common and The Roots to me, these the sickest Get my wit' the Okayplayers and the Spitkickers Rawkus got a deal with MCA, the gray area But let it stir for Cemetery of America
They tried to fool you by switchin' the to Geffen Now they Interscope's bitch and every artist who had a left 'em no big surprise, wasn't no love there Jimmy Iovine never signed me, I just kinda up there
But that, literally it was my way or the highway Hit the road with the Beastie Boys and toured Europe Kanye Gotta thank 'em for the on the album, I knew out on 'Electric Circus', he'd get it by any necessary like Malcolm
I dropped a single, shot a video, took control of my Got a label poppin', a celebration, bitches Yo boy Free, I had to get out I put you on, that's I'm at right about now
And if you're sayin' it's my time, you right now This what's goin' through my mind, about now Hey yo, hey yo, it's to write about now And if you lookin' you can find it about now
I put you on, that's I'm at right about now This what's goin' through my mind, about now Yo, hey yo, it's time to about now And if you lookin' you can it right about now
That's bitches, Talib Kweli One of the baddest motherfuckers you've ever right bitches, Talib Kweli You're now rockin' the best, I said it
The best, the best, right bitches You're now rockin' the best, the best Talib Kweli, where's, my snares?