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Hello everybody, they're calling live from somewhere Lawd, lawd have mercy All nice and peace and true, follow me now, we say Say hi-tek yes you're ruling hip-hop Say J. Rawls yes you're ruling hip-hop Redefinition say you're ruling hip-hop Say Black Star come to rock it non... Yo, from the first to the last of it, delivery is passionate The whole and not the half of it, vocab and not the math of it Projectile that them blasted with, accurate assassin shit Me and Kweli close like, Bethlehem and Nazareth After this you be pressing rewind on top your master disk Shining like an asterisk for all those that be gatherin' Connected like a roundhouse from the townhouse to the tenaments 'Cause all my Brooklyn residents? Heavy regiments Don't believe, here the evidence, where Brooklyn? See that? Bound to take it all kid, believe that From where they sellin' tree at, to where the police be at Talib Kweli e-kweli-ty, yo tell them where we be at Brooklyn, New York City where they paint murals of Biggie In cash we trust cause it's ghetto fabulous, life look pretty What a pity, blunts is still fifty cents, it's intense Tree scents is dominant can't be covered with incense My presence felt my name is Kweli from the eternal reflection People thinkin' mc is short hand for misconception Let me meditate, set it straight, came to the conclusion That most of these cats is featherweight, let me demonstrate Walkin' the streets is like battlin', be careful with your body You must know karate or think your soul is bulletproof like sade Stop actin' like a bitch already, be a visionary And maybe you can see your name in the column of obituaries Third rate teacher readin' and talkin about, "I knew he'd amount to nothin" Neighbors like, "He was the quiet type, who'd have thought they was frontin? " Talkin' loud like you in RCA, get carted away With body parts and treys, what a way to start your day Yo it's like One two three Mos Def and Talib Kweli We came to rock it on to the tip-top Best alliance in hip-hop I said one two three It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee They shot Tupac and Biggie Too much violence in hip-hop I said Manhattan keep on makin' it, Brooklyn keep on takin' it So relax we're takin' it back, Red Hook where we're livin' at Plenty cats be strugglin', not hustlin' and bubblin' It ain't about production and- what else we discussin'? So when the cock crows, my crop grows, enable me to rock flows Strivin' for perfection ever since I was a snot-nosed Colossal, true original b-boy apostle Standin' on the rooftop with the Zulu Gestapo You think you the shit Somebody in the wings'll force you to quit It could be your crew or click Or some random kid you smoked buddha with Consider me the entity within the industry without a history Of spittin' the epitome, of stupidity, livin' my life Expressin' my liberty, it gotta be done properly My name is in the middle of e-kweli-ty People follow me and other cats they hear him flow And assume I'm the real one with the lyrics like I'm Cyrano Still sippin' wishin' well water, imported, from Pluto Three hundred and sixty milliliters for all our believers In miles or kilometers, most cats, cannot proceed us In the jungle with the leaders we the lions you the cheaters A cypher, will complete us if we come through your receivers You can play us and repeat us and then take us home and read us (Line for line) Good Jesus, Mos Def and Kweli just Make a pussy freeze up, thinkin' we will ease up One two three Mos Def and Talib Kweli We came to rock it on to the tip-top Best alliance in hip-hop I said one two three It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee They shot Tupac and Biggie Hold your head when the beat drop

If you died I'd hope you'd haunt me 'Cause you know I'd miss you bad There's something I haven't told before And if I left I'd hope you'd stop me And kick my boxes from the left Keep me 'round to see what I'd endure 'Cause I'm dying to be your everything, everything You know I'll always be around I'd never I'd never I'd never leave you hanging out to dry Because the world's gonna pass me by But if you wanted, I'd never I'd never I'd never leave your leave your side I'd never I'd never I'd never leave you out to dry I'd never I'd never I'd never get you off my mind When you're out I miss you badly And write you songs like this today There's something I haven't told before You stopped me in my tracks, you caught me in a gaze It's one of the things that I just can't help these days 'Cause I'm dying to be your everything, everything You know I'll always be around I'd never I'd never I'd never leave you hanging out to dry Because the world's gonna pass me by But if you wanted, I'd never I'd never I'd never leave your leave your side I'd never I'd never I'd never leave you out to dry I'd never I'd never I'd never get you off my mind If there ever came a dark day That crushed us out and took you away I'd chase you to the end I'd chase you to the end of the world You know I'll always be around I'd never I'd never I'd never get you of my mind You know I'll always be around I'd never I'd never I'd never leave you hanging out to dry Because the world's gonna pass me by But if you wanted, I'd never I'd never I'd never leave your leave your side I'd never I'd never I'd never leave you out to dry I'd never I'd never I'd never get you off my mind I'd never I'd never I'd never leave you out to dry (I'm dying to be) I'd never I'd never I'd never get you of my mind (You're everything, everything)

Your mama likes me and she doesn't like anyone Your dumb, drunk friends don't care for me and always told you so I wish you didn't tell me I was special 'Cause now it's far too hard to see through 'Cause you shine brighter than morning At least I thought you did I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I know I'm lonely but I won't come over I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I really thought that I was lucky I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I know I'm lonely but I won't come over I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I really thought that I was lucky, fuck me I'm apathetic from this year-long deficit You don't like drama so why you wanna live on top of it I'm sorry I don't hack your phone like he did And when you need space to breathe, I leave it But who needs space from across the country I'm accustomed to feel like nothing, fuck me I wish you didn't tell me I was special 'Cause now it's far too hard to see through 'Cause you shine brighter than morning At least I thought you did I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I know I'm lonely but I won't come over I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I really thought that I was lucky I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I know I'm lonely but I won't come over I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I really thought that I was lucky, fuck me This line's here to make you think of Burbank And all of our first firsts that we lived in LA I carried you down the stairs every day This line's here to say fuck The 100 Out of state plates made me think of something This line's here to make you think of your nose twitch The one I always loved but you were so self-conscious I'm haunted Your mama likes me and she doesn't like anyone Your dumb, drunk friends don't care for me and always told you so I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I know I'm lonely but I won't come over I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I really thought that I was lucky I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I know I'm lonely but I won't come over I really thought you were my four-leaf clover I really thought that I was lucky, fuck me 'Cause you shine brighter than morning At least I thought you did I chased you down the stairs every day

I was bitter but I'm fine now I pull my head down from its dark cloud It was easy enough but but It was all too much A hurricane lives in my bedroom It keeps me up and awake for round two And I just wanna sleep but That's all too much It's like a bad day in new shoes A long weekend with curfews Now I feel like that's all old news I can't even count the times I settled for these scribbled lines Tell me won't you Stay awake, stay awake for me I'm over all the stale days Captured I was stuck in place Tell me won't you Stay awake, stay awake for me I'm thinking off the page and I can't sleep I'm thinking off the page and I can't sleep I miss the time when I thought I had it From the hours I lost in traffic I built these walls around me and It's all too much My influx of emotions got me feeling in slow motion Like I'm saturated culminating Like I'm all too much Tell me is it all too much It's like a bad day in new shoes A long weekend with curfews Now I feel like that's all old news I can't even count the times I settled for these scribbled lines Tell me won't you Stay awake, stay awake for me I'm over all the stale days Captured I was stuck in place Tell me won't you Stay awake, stay awake for me I'm thinking off the page and I can't sleep A hurricane lives in my bedroom It keeps me up and awake for round two And I just wanna sleep but That's all too much That's all too much I can't even count the times I settled for these scribbled lines Tell me won't you Stay awake, stay awake for me I'm over all the stale days Captured I was stuck in place Tell me won't you Stay awake, stay awake for me I'm thinking off the page and I can't sleep I'm thinking off the page and I can't sleep I'm thinking off the page and I can't sleep

Fuck these fuckboy bands that can't think for themselves Let's put away our black clothes and start cutting up our voices That's what's cool now, right? If I wasn't thin and white with blue hair would I be here Maybe if I kill myself you'll know I'm sincere I'll shave my blue hair Burn the rest of two dares Drop from 'parks Like "fuck it, who cares?" But I'll tell you: I resent the party scene With part of me that's hard to see It's turned my starry friends To uninspired's lacking symmetry Hey, look what you've done now I'm fucked and hope you're proud While you follow around, follow around Hey, look what you've done now I'm fucked and hope you're proud While you follow around, follow around So, excuse my tantrum Can't you see I've got my hands full? I'm getting texts from idols I've looked up to since 15 But now people use my friends to try to get to me, (Fuck you) But we don't know you, you don't know we We're freaked out and fragile It's become more than a hassle But I'll tell you I resent the party scene With part of me that's hard to see It's turned my starry friends To uninspired's lacking symmetry Hey, look what you've done now I'm fucked and hope you're proud While you follow around, follow around Hey, look what you've done now I'm fucked and hope you're proud While you follow around, follow around Loud gets lonely Loud gets lonely Loud gets lonely But I've just a couple more things to say really quick To a certain married mister That tried to move on my misses (Cam) Try to come around again You'll catch some swings and no misses And to the rest I'll keep them nameless -Nah fuck it, here we go: It's Richard and Clayton And John-shit Will, yeah, y'all made it And if I see you in person I'm taking teeth Trust, you've earned this Thank you for coming by, today was a really good day

Good morning, why'd you wake me? When I haven't slept much lately I was having that same old dream again The one that finally took my head and win 'Cause all I hear is, "I love you so much" But it starts to mean nothing When my heart is shut from you My heart is shut from you I wrote down the soundtrack of giving up And the songs go like this on my Greatest Hits Oh-oh, oh, it's love, yeah 7:00 p.m., let it sink in I've been living dark in the back of the deep end Now it's 3:00 a.m., everybody goes home alone Shake me up and watch me in my 7:00 p.m., let it sink in I've been living dark in the back of the deep end Now it's 3:00 a.m., everybody goes home alone Shake me up and watch me in my snow globe In the daytime, I get to debate myself And quiet all the evil things I say like "Everybody hates you", "People miss the old you" "They hate everything that they all changed you into" Into, into, into Yeah, yeah I've been dead since 2016 So good morning, can you fix me? My tiny little world is in your hands So shake it like a snow globe, fuck my plans 'Cause all I hear is, "I love you so much" But it starts to mean nothing When my heart is shut from you My heart is shut from you My tiny little world is in your hands So shake it like a snow globe, fuck my plans for good For good 7:00 p.m., let it sink in I've been living dark in the back of the deep end Now it's 3:00 a.m., everybody goes home alone Shake me up and watch me in my 7:00 p.m., let it sink in I've been living dark in the back of the deep end Now it's 3:00 a.m., everybody goes home alone Shake me up and watch me in my snow globe In the daytime, I get to debate myself And quiet all the evil things I say like "Everybody hates you", "People miss the old you" "They hate everything that they all changed you into" Into, into, into This is the soundtrack to Us giving up, living down Getting out, getting Us giving up, living down Getting out, getting Us giving up, living down Getting out, getting Us giving up, living down Getting out, getting Us giving up, living down Getting out, getting Us giving up, living down Getting out Getting out

How can I be a black hole and your favorite constellation? While sometimes Be depressed to death and living on vacation? I'll divide my time Between me, myself, and I and all my expectations 'Cause, motherfucker, I look good today Self-care, green hair, looking cute today Hello to the FANDOM Please don't have a TANTRUM 'Cause if this here ain't a stick up Why do I got both my hands up praying? I'm just saying You're either dying or you're playing Either way I'm in the conversation You only like me when I'm numb (You only like me when I'm numb) Now I'm mad about, I don't know what All I know is that this isn't fun The more I wrap myself up The more I'm coming undone Now I'm mad about, I don't know what All I know is that this isn't love You only like me when I'm numb My band and I are like Coldplay That's allowed to say the fuck word You, you're like The biggest scummy bummy dummy ugly motherfucker 'Cause you can't look past caps or the jokes I make Because you hate to laugh, you're too cool for me But motherfucker, I look good today Self-care, green hair, looking cute today Hello to the FANDOM Please don't have a TANTRUM 'Cause if this here ain't a stickup Why do I got both my hands up praying? I'm just saying You're either dying or you're playing Either way I'm in the conversation You only like me when I'm numb (You only like me when I'm numb) Now I'm mad about, I don't know what All I know is that this isn't fun The more I wrap myself up The more I'm coming undone Now I'm mad about, I don't know what All I know is that this isn't love You only like me when I'm numb (You only like me when I'm numb) (You only like me when I'm numb)