Yeah, this that new give it to you before the bootleggers get hold of it You what I'm sayin'? I I put it out first, make some money wit' it Why not, Okay, 1, 2
Yo I'm Brooklyn like the Brownsville and Bushel it grimey I'm from flatbush, that's where you'll find me In Brooklyn, Tek Justin and Sadat
And Free and Sid [Incomprehensible] Always catch me wit' Juju and Rubiks, we was truant Dollar nooseses, jump bell, run, and never look back Mr. Man kept the in his bookbag
Rubiks introduced me to Black and DJ Enuff on Avenue K, I go a long way Wit' Super Nat in Square freestylin' everyday at Lyricists' Lounge who ate off Jean Grae
Fuckin' Mood is how I met Hi-Tek Black Star came in effect Elijah gave my tape to Mos Def Eternal was next on deck My the best and we proved it
We knew our was the Vanguard of a movement Every release was bangin', they on the come up They was like the radio 'til Pharoahe said "Get the fuck up" Flex listened, at Bryant
The next position was right now we need the Radio hit while I hit the road On to support the records since the day it was sold Corey had me followin' the of De La Soul
Common and The Roots to me, these the sickest Get my figures wit' the Okayplayers and the Rawkus got a deal MCA, this the gray area But let it stir for Music Cemetery of
tried to fool you by switchin' the name to Geffen Now they bitch and every artist who had a chance left 'em Ain't no big surprise, wasn't no there Jimmy Iovine never signed me, I just ended up there
But fuck that, literally it was my way or the Hit the road with the Beastie Boys and Europe with Kanye thank 'em for the love 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, control of my situation Got a label poppin', it's a celebration, 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' my time, you right about now This goin' through my mind, right about now Hey yo, hey yo, it's time to write now And if you lookin' you can find it about now
I put you on, that's where I'm at about now This what's through my mind, right about now Yo, hey yo, it's to write about now And if you lookin' you can find it about now
right bitches, Talib Kweli One of the motherfuckers you've ever seen That's right bitches, Kweli now rockin' with the best, I said it
The best, the best, that's bitches You're now rockin' the best, the best Kweli, where's, where's my snares?