Talib Kweli

Note: lyrics from sample in italics

Intro:
This the year of the Blacksmith
Talib Kweli (Kweli), K-1 (K-1), let’s go!

(listen)
Yeah, niggas don’t (listen)
Back in the days we always used to (listen)
Now shit is so wack, nobody (listen) to that real hip hop, yo

Chorus:
Ladies and gentlemen, get ready hear come
Talib Kweli and I’m bangin’ on your eardrum
(Something I wanna tell you) Now let me get up in it
Wait, wait, wait, wait (wait just, wait just, wait just a minute)

Verse 1:
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
Start repenting, ‘cause the ending is near
But don’t panic, you can’t function if you livin’ in fear
Pay attention, you gotta listen to hear (wait just a minute)
Who the fuck you think you talking to?
Put you on hold, get a specialist to walk you through
Kweli – the flow captain, the fast or slow rappin’
I’m so crackin’, you ain’t heard? Your shit appear like closed-caption
King of the bars, and I’m going hard, pause
All my confidence comes from knowin’ God’s laws
Bangin’ on the system, fightin’ my kinda war
Loud as a whisper, quiet as a lion’s roar (wait just, wait just, wait just a minute)

Chorus:
Ladies and gentlemen, get ready hear come (listen)
Talib Kweli and I’m bangin’ on your eardrum (something I wanna tell you)
Now let me get up in it (listen)
It’s for your spirit so (listen)
But y’all don’t hear me though (listen)
Get up, get into it and get involved (listen)
There’s a little something that I wanna spit for y’all (something I wanna tell you)
Now let me get up in it,
Wait, wait, (wait just, wait just, wait just a minute)

Verse 2:
Get it now, get it fast, get it right,
get it big, get it live, get it done, get it tight (something I wanna tell you)
But you don’t really hear me though, (listen)
I spit it clearly so its live out your stereo (listen)
To your heart while its beatin’ on ya chest (listen)
As you speakin to exects in the seat behind the desk (listen)
To your spirit, nothing weaker then the flesh
So why you try to keep it fresh you getting deeper into debt (wait just a minute)
Real hip hop is missin from the shelf, yup
That’s what you felt when you listen to yourself (listen)
Only a few can make a cuts that finish,
So before you spend you hard earned spinach (wait just, wait just, wait just a minute)

Chorus:
Ladies and gentlemen, get ready hear come (listen)
Talib Kweli and I’m bangin’ on your eardrum (something I wanna tell you)
Now let me get up in it (listen)
It’s for your spirit so (listen)
But y’all don’t hear me though (listen)
Get up, get into it and get involved (listen)
There’s a little something that I wanna spit for y’all (something I wanna tell you)
Now let me get up in it,
Wait, wait, (wait just, wait just, wait just a minute)

Verse 3:
You love the sounds comin’ out your speaker
I spit rounds like a nine millimeter (listen)
The youth today, they frown at the teachers
They ain’t down with no leaders, they don’t wanna (wait just a minute)
They like “What nigga? Wait right there,
I got reservoir dogs, you’ll be missin’ a right ear” (listen)
Get it clear, I figure it’s my year
I’m everywhere, making appearances in niggas nightmares (wait just a minute)
Hear the word, peep the flow, check the cadence (listen)
What you heard is a pro, I’m so amazin’ (listen)
Don’t front girl, you know it’s your favorite
New Kweli yo, they runnin’ out of patience (wait just a minute)

Chorus:
Ladies and gentlemen, get ready hear come (listen)
Talib Kweli and I’m bangin’ on your eardrum (something I wanna tell you)
Now let me get up in it (listen)
It’s for your spirit so (listen)
But y’all don’t hear me though (listen)
Get up, get into it and get involved (listen)
There’s a little something that I wanna spit for y’all (something I wanna tell you)
Now let me get up in it,
Wait, wait, (wait just, wait just, wait just a minute)