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Talib Kweli
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[Intro]
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New Chace Infinite, Talib Kweli, yeah
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Music courtesy of, Maurice 'Mo Betta' Brown
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Mo Betta, makes it mo' better, yeah
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[Chorus]
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Preacher's playing foul in the system now listen now
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It's more hate in the religious now ain't it foul
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Gotta be a better way to figure out
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how to be a self savior plus help my niggaz out
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These pigs playin foul in the system now listen now
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Every poor person is a nigga now
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There's gotta be a better way to figure out
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how to get this paper cause they lockin all my niggaz down
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[Chace Infinite]
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How do expect to live? Dealin with savages is damagin
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Somebody gotta lose although you play to win
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You know these niggaz hate, despite the color of your face
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When I say nigga I'm just speakin on your mental state
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Life ain't a game if it is I can't participate
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Maybe I've changed but my mind is in a different state
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Cause now it seems more like a plan
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I'm strivin for perfection, so that's where I'll begin
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Your tallies and peaks and valleys can't describe who I am
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This music is therapeutic, I define who I am
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Through the actions I portray as a man - in combination
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with impressions I leave on people through things that I've said
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I've had it up to here with the bullshit
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So when I rap I sound like I'm in the pulpit
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Yeah; they say that I be preachin too much
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But I know that through the music's how you teach it to us
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It's all real
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[Chorus]
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[Talib Kweli]
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True indeed Chace; they tried to get rid of me (say word)
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But they can't write me off, I'm not a charity
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That's a parody right? You kiddin me
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There really ain't no challenge, my authenticity
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virtually guarantee me a flawless victory, you kiddin me?
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I'm lethal, I'm from a people who was forced into captivity
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Original man, there was often a facsimile
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I give a little more than your metaphors and wack similes
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Thousand yard stare, say a prayer for my enemy
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I'm international, half of these rappers laughable
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It's tragic how the other half so vaginal
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They put the style over substance, they counsel bother me
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My style married my substance and now they livin in harmony
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But any substance can be abused
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Especially when the style is so seductive the substance consider leaving you
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You gotta get back to your essence
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Use your gifts and share your presence
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Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings
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[Chorus]
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