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Talib Kweli
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This the year of the Blacksmith
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Talib Kweli (Kweli) K-1 (K-1)
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Let's go!
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"Listen!"
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Yeah, yeah niggaz don't
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"Listen!"
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Back in the days we all used to
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"Listen!"
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Now shit is so wack, nobody
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"Listen!"
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To that real hip-hop, yo
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"Listen!"
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Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here it come
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"Listen!"
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Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum
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"Somethin I wanna tell you"
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Now let me get up in it
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Wait, wait, wait, wait
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"Wait just a minute"
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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
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Start repentin cause the endin is near
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But don't, panic you can't function if you livin in fear
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Pay attention you gotta listen to hear
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"Wait just a minute"
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Who the fuck you think you talkin to?
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Put you on hold, get a specialist to walk you through
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Kweli, the flow captain to fast or slow rappin
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I'm soul crackin, you ain't heard your shit appear like closed captions
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King of the bars and I'm goin hardcores
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All my confidence comes from knowin God's laws
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Bangin on the system, fightin my kind of war
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Loud as a whisper, quiet as a lion's roar
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Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here it come
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"Listen!"
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Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum
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"Somethin I wanna tell you"
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Now let me get up in it
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It's for your spirits so, but y'all don't hear me though
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"Listen!"
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Get up, get into it and get involved
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"Listen!"
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There's a little somethin that I wanna spit for y'all
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"Somethin I wanna tell you"
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Now let me get up in it
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Wait, wait, wait, wait
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"Wait just a minute"
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Get it now, get it fast, get it right
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Get it big, get it live, get it done, get it tight
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"Somethin I wanna tell you"
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But you don't really hear me though
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I, spit it clearly so it's live at your stereo
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To your heart while it's beatin in your chest
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I'm speakin to execs in the seat behind the desk
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To your spirit nuttin weaker than the flesh
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So while you try to keep it fresh you gettin deeper in the depth
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Real hip-hop is missin from the shelf
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Yep, it's what you felt when you listen to yourself
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Only a few is makin cuts that finish
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So before you spend your hard-earned spinach
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"Wait just a minute"
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Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here it come
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"Listen!"
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Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum
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"Somethin I wanna tell you"
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Now let me get up in it
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It's for your spirits so, but y'all don't hear me though
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"Listen!"
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Get up, get into it and get involved
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"Listen!"
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There's a little somethin that I wanna spit for y'all
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"Somethin I wanna tell you"
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Now let me get up in it
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Wait, wait, wait, wait
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"Wait just a minute"
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Yeah, you love the sounds comin out your speaker
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I spit rounds like a 9-millimeter
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The youth today they, frown at the teachers
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They ain't down with no leaders, they don't wanna wait just a
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"minute"
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They like "What nigga? Wait right there
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I got reservoir dogs, you be missin a right ear"
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"Listen!"
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Get it clear, figure is my year
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I'm everywhere makin appearances in niggaz nightmares
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Hear the word, peep the flow, check the cadence
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What you heard is a pro I'm so amazin
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Don't front girl you know it's your favorite
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New Kweli yo they runnin out of patience
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Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here it come
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"Listen!"
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Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum
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"Somethin I wanna tell you"
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Now let me get up in it
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It's for your spirits so, but y'all don't hear me though
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"Listen!"
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Get up, get into it and get involved
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"Listen!"
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There's a little somethin that I wanna spit for y'all
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"Somethin I wanna tell you"
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Now let me get up in it
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Wait, wait, wait, wait
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"Wait just a minute"
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Yo, don't it sound so good to ya?
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Uhh, it's the return of the greatest y'all
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Talib Kweli, BKMC, Blacksmith is the movement
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Blacksmith is the music, what you ridin for?
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What you livin for, what you dyin for?
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"Somethin I wanna tell you" Bangin on your eardrum, yeah
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"Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute"
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"Listen!"
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"Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute"
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