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