Yeah, this new Kweli I'ma give it to you before the get hold of it You know I'm sayin'? I figure I put it out first, some money wit' it Why not, Okay, 1, 2
Yo I'm like the '90s 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 from Always me wit' Juju and Rubiks, we was truant kids Dollar band nooseses, jump bell, run, and look back Mr. Man kept the in his bookbag
Rubiks introduced me to Black and DJ Enuff on Avenue K, I go back a way Super Nat in Washington Square freestylin' everyday Peformin' at Lyricists' Lounge who ate off Jean
wit' Mood is how I met Hi-Tek Black Star came in effect when Elijah gave my to Mos Def Reflection Eternal was next on My crew the and we proved it
We our music was the Vanguard of a movement Every Rawkus release was bangin', on the come up They was like fuck the radio 'til said "Get the fuck up" Flex listened, at Bryant
The next position was right now we need the Radio hit written I hit the road On tour to support the records since the day it was Corey had me followin' the of De La Soul
Common and The Roots to me, these the niggaz Get my figures the Okayplayers and the Spitkickers got a deal with 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 love Jimmy Iovine never me, I just kinda ended up there
But fuck that, it was my way or the highway Hit the road the Beastie Boys and toured Europe with Kanye Gotta 'em for the love on the album, I knew out on 'Electric Circus', he'd get it by any means like Malcolm
I dropped a single, shot a video, control of my situation Got a label poppin', a celebration, bitches Yo boy Free, I had to get out I put you on, where I'm at right about now
And if you're sayin' it's my time, you about now what's goin' through my mind, right about now Hey yo, hey yo, it's time to write now And if you you can find it right about now
I put you on, where I'm at right about now This what's goin' my mind, right about now Yo, hey yo, it's to write about now And if you lookin' you can it right about now
That's right bitches, Kweli One of the motherfuckers you've ever seen That's right bitches, Kweli You're now with the best, I said it
The best, the best, that's right now rockin' with the best, the best Talib Kweli, where's, where's my