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Talib Kweli
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You are now witnessing the demise of the music business
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I say demise of the music business cause people always gonna need music in they life
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You know what I'm saying
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I can't do music with people I'm uncomfortable with
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You know what I'm saying
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I can't be on stage with you pouring out my soul if I don't like you
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So with said shout out to Strong Arm Steady
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Shout out to Jean Grae
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That's my Blacksmith family you dig
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I just heard a song that reminded me of times when you were finding me
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Rhyming in Greenwich Village circa 1993
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Yeah those were the salad days my careers appetizing
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The main course a casserole a jambalaya
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Different influences that led me where the music is
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A student is only as good as his teachers tutelage
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Paying for college and not learning was straight foolishness
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So I stopped going to school but this
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Hard to tell my parents how to now try to get through to them
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Thought of no one daily and traveled to different places
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Freestyled with Clef and Forte in the Booga Basement
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With Rubiks and JuJu on Flatbush my hood amazing
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Platinum Island recording with Duro and Just Blaze
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And that was right next door to Rawkus what's up Jarret and Brian relax y'all
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I'm mad [?] Kendra Ross you got the soul of a Stax singer
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I love how you always bring it back sister
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You and Reesy making every record
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I got classics with Hi-Tek and Mos Def that are so respected
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Shout out to Corey Smith shout out to Dave Chapelle
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I went on tour with The Roots they played so well
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Writing rhymes with Mike and Nine me and Pharoahe Monch were Soundbombing
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Me and Lonnie Lynn got a lot in Common
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Mystic Journyman introduced me to Top Ramen
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On the bus Kanye West would never stop rhyming
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Ain't no mountain high enough for him he never stopped climbing
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That's why when the homies win I never stop smiling
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See I'm smiling right now
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Nothing else matters more than friends and family
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No doubt that's how it's gotta be
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This is my odyssey it's just the god in me
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Yup they all a part of me
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Cause I would die for them and they would die for me
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That's right and plus I love my fans
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Love when you throw your hands up it's like you all my fam
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Like you considered kin
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Got me through thick and thin thank you for listening
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Nothing else matters more than friends and family
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It started with a blast now I'm a iconoclast
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Promise to be honest in my craft and make the promise last
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I do this for myself but the song for you
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Once I put it out for sale then it belong to you
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This for Amani Fela plus Diani Eshe
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Your daddy love his girl your mother never far away
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This is for Eque this for Kierra Paul
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We wanna ride like Ciara and we will never fall
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Headquarters and Guru is love forever ya'll
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Make it plain cause it's too strong for a metaphor
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Simile your legacy will always be remembered for forever or
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Til the end of time whichever come first
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Big love to my mom and dad you could have done worst
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Jamal and I the way we are cause you put your sons first
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Many black parents lose they son to the gun burst
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Mommas drowning in they own tears til they lungs burst
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Voice cracking like Michael Stipe cause everyone hurts
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Nothing else matters more than friends and family
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No doubt that's how it's gotta be
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This is my odyssey it's just the god in me
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Yup they all a part of me
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Cause I would die for them and they would die for me
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That's right and plus I love my fans
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Love when you throw your hands up it's like you all my fam
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Like you considered kin
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Got me through thick and thin thank you for listening
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Nothing else matters more than friends and family
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My first record was with Mood back in '96
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In fact it was pretty fresh Google that find that shit
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It sound good I was showing you what timeless is
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You couldn't catch what I was saying without rewinding it
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Believe me every fan is special
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You hear me now but I got fans from Lyricist Lounge and "Manifesto"
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So much wack rap I know it's hard to tell
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The difference but when I heat it up I make the garbage smell
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I'm resurrected but I'm no savior
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I know the game I can ball a little bit I'm an OK Player
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Double meaning cause the flow is layered
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We love to say it but it's easier than it sound to ignore the haters
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To snap back like the jaws of gators
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[Fades out]
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