Talib Kweli - Listen

[Intro: Talib Kweli]This the year of the Blacksmith Talib Kweli (Kweli) K-1 (K-1)Let's go! {"Listen!"}Yeah, yeah niggaz don't {"Listen!"}Back in the days we all used to {"Listen!"}Now shit is so wack, nobody {"Listen!"}To that real hip-hop, yo {"Listen!"}Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here it come {"Listen!"}Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Now let me get up in it Wait, wait, wait, wait {"Wait just a minute"}[Talib Kweli]Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears Start repentin cause the endin 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 talkin to?Put you on hold, get a specialist to walk you through Kweli, the flow captain to fast or slow rappin I'm soul crackin, you ain't heard your shit appear like closed captions King of the bars and I'm goin hardcores All my confidence comes from knowin God's laws Bangin on the system, fightin my kind of war Loud as a whisper, quiet as a lion's roar[Chorus: Talib Kweli]Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here it come {"Listen!"}Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Now let me get up in it It's for your spirits so, but y'all don't hear me though {"Listen!"}Get up, get into it and get involved {"Listen!"}There's a little somethin that I wanna spit for y'all{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Now let me get up in it Wait, wait, wait, wait {"Wait just a minute"}[Talib Kweli]Get it now, get it fast, get it right Get it big, get it live, get it done, get it tight{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} But you don't really hear me though I, spit it clearly so it's live at your stereo To your heart while it's beatin in your chest I'm speakin to execs in the seat behind the desk To your spirit nuttin weaker than the flesh So while you try to keep it fresh you gettin deeper in the depth Real hip-hop is missin from the shelf Yep, it's what you felt when you listen to yourself Only a few is makin cuts that finish So before you spend your hard-earned spinach {"Wait just a minute"}[Chorus][Talib Kweli]Yeah, you love the sounds comin out your speaker I spit rounds like a 9-millimeter 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 be missin a right ear"{"Listen!"} Get it clear, figure is my year I'm everywhere makin appearances in niggaz nightmares Hear the word, peep the flow, check the cadence What you heard is a pro I'm so amazin Don't front girl you know it's your favorite New Kweli yo they runnin out of patience[Chorus][Outro: Talib Kweli]Yo, don't it sound so good to ya?Uhh, it's the return of the greatest y'all Talib Kweli, BKMC, Blacksmith is the movement Blacksmith is the music, what you ridin for?What you livin for, what you dyin for?{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Bangin on your eardrum, yeah{"Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute"}{"Listen!"}{"Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute"}