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Talib Kweli
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Yo, we keep it type raw, and know exactly what we fight for
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When the nightfall come, we in the right war
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Cats who spill blood for a cause, not just because
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Defy the authority and follow god's law
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Revolutionary entrepeneurs, who make the fans
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Clap they hands and stompin the floor not start the applause
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Thank you very much, without further ado
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Let me introduce the rest of my crew, mos def!
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Yo, I am the world renowned, verb adjective adverb
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Pronoun preposition suffix prefix
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Original or remix, sunburst and eclipse
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Me and kwe' combine like strands on a double-helix
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My speech seasoned, with dialect of my region
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Booga-nam brooklyn bed-stuy eastern
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Where youth and policemen, they nah reach agreement
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Pressure in the mornin, pressure in the evenin
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now
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And, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
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You, you
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Yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah
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Alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah, yeah
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Things changed since we came out, been some shit in new york
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Niggaz stopped gettin jig in new york, bloods and crips in new york
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The y-2-k celebration wasn't big in new york
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Babylon live in new york, should I keep a crib in new york
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Or just v.i., to handle my b.i.
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When with my a-alikes we see with three eyes
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Yo kweli I agree I, was thinkin the same thing myself
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Smog in the city ain't no good for your health
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Things changed in new york, type strange in new york
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Forty-deuce don't look the same in new york
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Just politics, tricks and big games in new york
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Switched trains a writer can't get fame in new york
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Internet and wall street got paid in new york
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Poor folks and workin class got slayed in new york
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Even still, everyday they make weight in new york
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Flashlights lookin for a brighter day in new york
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In new york they say it's red hot
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Will the temperature ease up? black I guess not
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It's multi-lane traffic, no sign for rest stops
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No corner breaks, put on your gloves and just box
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No dance school to teach you to wop and bus stop
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Better get up in the booth, hop up and just rock
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If you think it's like that, it's not so just stop
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All mankind time runnin down on one watch, just watch
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If, you, are, just, coming, in, I, will
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Say it, once, more, so, you, can, hear, cause
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now
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And, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
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You, you
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Yo, mos def and talib kweli bring disaster to the industry
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We best-sellin authors writin great chapters in history
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These cats undercover like gay rappers dealin with mystery
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My platinum grey matter spray batter that's specifically
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Designed to make rappers break faster than eggshells in the mornin
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Inhaled the divine in that's laid dormant
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Water from the well stay pourin
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I answer back when I hear fate callin
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Freedom fighter ready to attack at the crack of a new day dawnin
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Way more than necessary skills for the application
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My flow is great like the lakes and it rocks like applachains
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My facts more than make up for what you lack in imagination
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You more confused than tiger woods when he made up cabalaysian
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I'm sayin!
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Break bounds like the jet concorde
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Win awards before I leave for my world award tour
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When they scream encore, that's when they want more
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Flow steadily, whether I'm on or off shore
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High potent, zone coastin, no jokin
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Safecracker sniff gon' keep the joint open
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Peep the focus, high resolution, high reception
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My "train of thought" connectin with my bredren from reflection like
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now
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And, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you, again!
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now
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And, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you, we goin
Talib Kweli - Get By
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