Eat to Live
Talib Kweli
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Yeah, this is a ghetto prayer Prayin' for all of those who ain't got it We gotta get it there, we gotta get it, here Yeah, the people starvin' for somethin' new, we starvin' for it My little man go to bed so hungry Get up, go to school with his nose runny Come home with his nose bloody His sister laughin', he like, "What's so funny?" 'Til she drowned out by the sounds of hunger pains in his tummy Nuttin' in the freezer, nuttin' in the fridge Couple of 40 ounces but nuttin' for the kids Little man know they to eat to live But he don't wanna leave the crib The kid who punched him in his face House right down the street from his He went anyway, more scared to face his moms She'll beat him soon as she flip out seein' his face scarred Walkin' past the dope fiends with they smoke to the place of God Hopes and dreams pourin' out the holes in they face and arms Little man in the face of harm if he don't eat He need energy so when he go to school he can compete And keep up, all he got is bodegas But hey, he only got enough a for quarter water and a now or later Anyway, grandma say Jesus'll be here any day Good, 'cause with nuttin' to eat it's gettin' hard to pray Pray, pray, pray In order to receive then we need to give We gotta feed the kids, they gotta eat to live In order to receive then we need to give We gotta feed the kids, they gotta eat to live In order to receive then we need to give We gotta feed the kids, they gotta eat to live In order to receive then we need to give We gotta feed the kids, they gotta eat to live, listen My rhymes got nutritional value I get it how I live, it's critical when the conditions allow you Do you entrust the critics who doubt you? Try to write shit about you But they can't make a living without you Go hungry, you gotta watch what the media feed you And don't be a poisoned animal, eaten either It's harder than it sound, 'cause nowadays Put that swine in everything The white sugar so addictive, it's pure 'caine They got pork in the toothpaste, soda in the Sunny D Jello brand gelatin is laced with the lecatin In Africa, they starvin', over here the food hurt you Cows goin' mad and the chickens crunk with bird flu It's too ill how the food kills, it's like blue steel Lies never set you free, but the truth will The truth still matter, the proof is in the batter or the pudding You can tell we eatin' good, we gettin' fatter In order to receive then we need to give We gotta feed the kids, they gotta eat to live In order to receive then we need to give We gotta feed the kids, they gotta eat to live In order to receive then we need to give We gotta feed the kids, they gotta eat to live In order to receive then we need to give We gotta feed the kids, they gotta eat to live, listen
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Written by: Otis Jackson, Sylvia St. James, Talib Kweli, Tommy Smith, Weldon Irvine
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