Talib Kweli: Hostile gospel pt. I

(Deliver Us)[Intro: singers (Talib)]Deliver us, deliver us (Yeah)Deliver us, deliver us (What? Yeah)[Talib Kweli]And what the people say? We wanna live it upAnd what the people want? Please deliver usAnd what the people need? Hey...I got that, yeah[Talib Kweli]I call these rappers baby seals, cause they club you to deathI could call 'em Navy SEALs, cause they government fedsWhat become of the vets? They drugged up, they fucked up, they in debtThere ain't no love and no respect, it's like a gang it's like a club or a setHip-Hop's the new WWFWhat do you rap or do you wrestle? Niggaz love to forgetWe got til it's gone, you think you on, you still hustlin backwardsYour topical norm a tropical storm, it's a fuckin disasterBack to the topic we on, it all started at RawkusThey couldn't find the words to describe me so they resort to the shortcutsIs he a backpacker? Is he a mad rapper?An entertainer or the author of the last chapterWe living in these times of love and choleraSynonymous with the apocalypse, look up the clouds is ominousWe got maybe ten years left say meteorologists, shitWe still waitin for the Congress to acknowledge this~![Chorus: Talib Kweli & singers in the background]What the people want? Please deliver usWe wanna live it up, please deliver usTh-th-this is the, th-th-this is the, this is the hostile gospelI'm reaching through the fire - please deliver usI'm preaching to the choir - please deliver usJust keep it real with us, you scared to spill your bloodYour words rung hollow, we need someone to follow[Talib Kweli]You ain't promised tomorrow, so get your paper upYou can't always just borrow and asks for favors bruhStand on your own two, never covet thy neighbor's stuffKarma's a bitch so watch your mouth and what you sayin bruhI start a conversation based on general observationHip-Hop is not a nation, take it to populationNiggaz got a lot to say when locked inside the belly of SatanAwaitin trial debatin how the hell I got placed in this systemAm I a victim or just a product of indoctrination?They exploit it and use me like a movie with product placementYou hear the congregation; this is the hostile gospelThe truth is hard to swallow it'll leave you scarred tomorrowKeep it honest our motto, these niggaz keep it bottledI'm the writer who reach the fighters like speeches by Cus D'AmatoDJs stickin to vinyl like "Fuck Serato"Suppliers who ride around the block, in the custom modelsBallin like the struck the lotto you know who the cleanest isA nigga keep it reeich with the stitch and greedy geniusesI'm not a hipster, but I flip it like a sneaker pimpExpose the game, treat it like a bitchSmack fire out these hoes, cause they snitch and tap wires while I plead the fifthYou can't trust a soul in the biz, so be careful who you eatin withand sleepin with and also who you chiefin withYou never know they might've added in secret ingredients[Chorus][Talib Kweli]Freedom's a road that's seldom traveled, watch hell unravelRight before the eyes of the soldier who fell in battleThe single mother who raised her daughter to bear the sacred waterAnd not take the hand of every man who make a offerTo black kids wishin they white kids, when they close they eyelidsLike, "I bet they neighborhood ain't like this"White kids wishin they black kids, and wanna talk like rappersIt's all backwards it's identity crisisThe industry inside us is vipers with fangs trying to bite usDrug suppliers is the health care providersWe cakin, makin narcotics outta household productsWe ain't workin out 'til we exorcise the demons that's inside usPlus they seem to just provide us with enough rope to hang ourselvesEnough dope to slang ourselves, enough toast to bang ourselvesIt's officially nigga season, these niggaz is bleedinThat's why I'm spittin freedom we had enough of trigger squeezin[Chorus][Outro: singer]In these tryin days and timesAll I need is to be freeI can't do it on my ownLord can you deliver me?There are trials still to comeIt's salvation that I needSo I'm reachin to the skyLord can you deliver me?Deliver us...Deliver us, yeahDeliver us, ohhhhhhhhhhOh, deliver usDeliver usOhhhhh Deliver us yesDeliver us, deliver us, deliver usYeah yeah yeah, ohhhhhhhhhh... [ad libs to fade]