Let it Burn
Talib Kweli, Chris Rivers, Styles P, Rapsody
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Open your eyes yea, tell me what ya see Emcees on deck this the elite squad You shall see start recognizing your privileges Yea before they start weaponizing these lyricists All praises due to Allah But we worship the dollar, so what we gonna do for Jihad? I was hard in the booth of the yard the hallway And I got wise, gave a little juice to the gods Your body's your temple, try to keep the lesson intact Progression is forward, regression is back But if you make it to the essence, that's a blessing in fact F*ck a stripper, I got mother nature makin' it clap I could rain dance a rain rhyme, pass me a track I adapt to the boom-bap, mic and the strap Gimme a dap, real rap, I'm ahead of the pack This is Kweli and Ghost, in every rhyme kicking in the morning With 'em hatin' this, probably a roach I can talk to the walls, been walked on Listen dog I'm different, always use a godly approach Ain't the new Black Star, but shit I'm the mos'... Dope Like Mac Miller, we black silla, these wack niggas Gotta give us dap, but they be gettin' too close I abhor violence but I'm a bar away from whippin' the toast Your assumptions is a slippery slope You scared to pick up the soap Just stay away from the crime life when you offer up critique Of the zeitgeist, they slittin' your throat Yo that's why I'm like show me the limelight, what's twisted They destroyed a young black and gifted, so I'm staying on mission Some of my niggas got that blonde ambition Want a test, ain't no competition, nigga my god is living Stayin' true I play it blue like it's foul language What we livin' through way more offensive, this is our anguish (solidarity) Our pain is no illusion, no matter how you frame it (solidarity) We spit our life, you actin' like it's just entertainment Nah, that's what a fetish is Hip Hop way more than cars, clothes, and necklaces Chemtrails in the air, let it burn, let it burn A nigga wishing he was there, wait your turn, wait your turn Now, you think you're different but you're not boy You think you're livin' but you're not boy Dollar circulate for some jewelry or cars You Bambi runnin' back in the forest I know 'bout bright lights and that they all ain't for us I know we at war and that I'm just like Forrest Black man on my shoulder, recitin' Raphael chorus Gonna miss me like [?] this summer, I'm comin' for ya Halfway there like La Toya, the heart don't lie Everybody rockin' Jordans can't fly 5'3" with a 6'9" stride, got a leg up on whoever My employer is 9, I'm only one away from a dime We don't change up, we just a better version this time I bet we get it right the next time Millions march and they still buildin' Dakota pipelines I'm still writing pipe lines, crap, Prince said this a sign of the times I'm waiting on a day that I cover a Time My mother said the love of the blessed so I am just like her You couldn't picture a writer like I with a Leica Flash it, I descend for the cipher There's more wisdom to come, even my dull shit brighter But pay me no mind if you don't know what the price is What the price is Chemtrails in the air, let it burn, let it burn A nigga wishing he was there, wait your turn, wait your turn Now, you thin you're different but you're not boy You think you're living but you're not boy You think we trippin' these are knots boy You think we flippin' we got plots boy
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Written by: Talib Kweli Greene, David Styles
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