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[Album Intro]
Good morning niggas
Good morning, good afternoon, goodnight
Whatever time zone you are listening along to this hot mellow shit
Make sure you get your ass up and go do some shit
Let this music get in your ass and make you move fast
And donât be late to class with your late ass
This is a hot compilation called The Cathedral
By my main man, my ace, my mellow fellow, Talib Kweli Greene
Ha ha ha, speak on it God
And if you didnât hear me the first time I said it
Muthafuckinâ speak on it God
[Song Intro]
Peace to the Gods, peace Allah
Itâs like anoth- peace to the Gods, peace Allah
Itâs like anoth- peace to the Gods, peace Allah
Itâs like anoth- peace to the Gods, peace Allah
Itâs like another day
Like yesterday, we take it back to another day
[Verse]
The attribute Kweli, ainât no acronym involved
Itâs a blessing to be alive, God is love
So I proceed to civilize the uncivilized
That we despise because they killas of the vibe
These capitalistic rappers is plastic, obey they masters
Your hustle kill your people then your hustlinâ is backwards
You the maker not the owner of your dream and
Man it hurts the devil couldnât have planned it better
You couldnât have planned it worse
Call my son, son, cause he shine when he smile the sun
Distance from the Earth is like 93 millions miles
Beat up the track like a pugilist
I come correct I never sell out on the foolishness, who is tis?
Put the money in my hand, never the grown ass man in the club doinâ the new dance
I keep it grounded, stay true to my sound
They throwinâ rocks but them niggas never cominâ for the crown
Slain of those who fight for what is right
You not owed and you never promised nothinâ in this life
Married to the block but you gotta renew your vows
I see the devil smile as you walkinâ down the aisle
For the dollas now we facinâ extermination
But I have knowledge of my self-determination
Criminalisation of an entire generation
Mass incarcerationâs a muthafuckinâ bad situation
The knowledge and the wisdom is your power
I see God in myself
I wonât diss the next rapper you just hafta pay your dues
Fuck a rapper, I compete with James Baldwin and a Lagston Hughes
So my babyâs born to think this is the way of us
They take the babies from the fathers so it ainât no trust
They say they want the new self-destruction
But ask âem what they payinâ and they sayin nothinâ
They put they people before us (murderer)
They say this land ainât ours (murderer)
But when you focus on compassion thatâll lead to your understandinâ
(Facts only, facts only)
Know your freedoms (murderer)
Try to live righteous (murderer)
The nigga Kweli been droppinâ knowledge since Washington Square park cyphers
Speak on it God
- Album:
- Train Of Thought Lost Lyrics, Rare Releases & Beautiful...
- Lost Lyrics, Rare Releases and Beautiful B-Sides, Vol.1
- Fuck The Money
- Javotti Media Presents: The Cathedral
- Prisoner of Conscious
- Gravitas
- Ear Drum
- Gutter Rainbows
- Beautiful (Single)
- Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD
- The Beautiful Struggle
- Miscellaneous
- Cold Rain (Single)
- Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek: Train Of Thought
- Quality (Explicit Version)
- Boom Bap Hip Hop: Classic Underground Hip-Hop
- The Best of Brooklyn Underground Hip Hop
- Gutter Rainbows Deluxe
- Cold Rain
- ...Featuring