Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli - Soon The New Day feat. Norah Jones (lyrics)
Verse 1:
Here we go, like yes yes y’all, to the beat y’all
Ain’t no sleep y’all, til the break of dawn
Five o’clock in the morn’, we keep rockin’ on
The workin’ people runnin’ like the stop clock is on
We got it poppin’ in the meat market, chicks take a seat, park it
By the bar so they can meet the vic’ with deep pockets
And them dudes buy them cars and turn ‘em into sweet objects
Of desire, big rims and them tires, we finna drop it
Like it’s heavy as hell, the clan of the cave bear
Used to use a club to hit her, drag her by the hair
Still use a club to get her a martini or a beer
Try to get her home and put the smell of sex in the air
Come through like the Cable Guy and git-r-done
That old hit’n’run, turn ‘em into bitter ones
Tonight it’s catch me if you can, you can taste the gingerbread
Ain’t nothing like wakin’ up with a stranger in your bed, nope

Chorus:
Norah: Soon the new day breaks the dawn
Talib: Tomorrow I’ll be like “Where am I? What’s your name? Gotta go, I’m glad you came”
Norah: But tonight you would be so fun
Talib: Maybe you’re the one
Norah: Soon the new day breaks the dawn

Verse 2:
Putting on some airs, king for the day
Hard to face your fears, we wear the math like Claude McKay
You have a ball today, it’s all a masquerade
Shorty paint a face like a clown
But can’t take away the frown found under the makeup
I asked her what’s her passion, she said the paper
She sleep and they don’t want her to wake up
Maybe then she’ll realize her own beauty
Baby you a star, not just a star of some dude’s home movies

Chorus:
Norah: Soon the new day breaks the dawn
Talib: Tomorrow I’ll be like “Where am I? What’s your name? Gotta go, I’m glad you came”
Norah: But tonight you would be so fun
Talib: Baby, you the one
Norah: Soon the new day breaks the dawn

Verse 3:
Yeah, stepping out, I got my best outfit on, we gotta get it in
I’m slippin’ in the darkness like most of the day is gone
We up all night, I wonder if you can hang
We used to hang from a tree, now we hang behind the rope, we VIP
We do it B-I-G, ain’t no need to see ID
The entire scenery shrouded in mystery
Clouded with greenery, six girls to every three dudes
So you have half a chance if you ask to have a dance
The ones ready to freak off don’t need no romance
They belong to the sisterhood of the traveling pants
They got them hungry eyes, you know the sensual trance
At a glance, the alcohol got you sexually advanced
The truth is so boring, you gotta pretend a little
The antidote’s colorful than the rainbow the end of Skittles
In the quest to get the cat, your game is your tender vittles
To get the boots they’ll say the sky is fallin’ they like Chicken Little, c’mon

Chorus:
Norah: Soon the new day breaks the dawn
Talib: Tomorrow I’ll be like “Where am I? What’s your name? Gotta go, I’m glad you came”
Norah: But tonight you would be so fun
Talib: Maybe you the one, c’mon
Norah: Soon the new day breaks the dawn

Outro (Norah Jones):
But tonight you would be so fun, oh oh
Soon the new day breaks the dawn
But tonight you would be so fun
Soon the new day breaks the dawn
Soon the new day breaks the dawn
Soon the new day breaks the dawn
Soon the new day breaks the dawn