Talib Kweli: Yeah Hi Tek Whom do we aspire to reflect on peoples death Who's entertainment shall we sing our agony Of our hopes That the destroyers aspiring t...

[Intro - Talib Kweli] 7-18 stand up (c'mon) Talib Kweli, BK MC Turn it up (yeah) We 'bout to drop it low Baby I got the flow (yeah) to work your abdominal (I'm...

(talking) If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance That's an old proverb from Zimbabwe You know what I mean If you can talk you can sing If y...

[Mos Def] Against the canvas of the night Appears a curious celestial phenomena Called Black Star, but what is it? [Talib Kweli] Black people unite and let's...

[Mos Def] Yo yo, yo, whassup, yo yo Yo yo, we gonna, we gonna slow it down So we can speed it up y'all Right now I want everybody come to the front That's righ...

(Talib Kweli) Whoa, yeah, yeah When you doing you, and you real fly with it It's like niggaz always wanna check you, know what I'm saying? Always wanna make sur...

The Beast-Talib Kweli feat Papoose Dave this a monster… (Hook)- Talib Kweli When the boys with the tech's throwin up they sets And the spot so hot the ceilin...

[Sample] This is a tear jerker [Intro - echoes] The revolution is here, the revolution is here people I said it once, I'll say it twice You gots to be ready ...

(Big Nel) Let 'em know how we do it down in the CO we 'bout to get the thang started Know what I'm sayin'? The year 2000 I'm 'bout to let these muthafuckas kn...

(feat Jean Grae) [Talib Kweli] I do it for the people, I do it for the love I do it for the poet, I do it for the thug This is for victory, and this is for th...

Talib Kweli-Verse 1 Here I am Step out on the block to face the sun Greet the people in the village that raised my son As far as days go this look like an amaz...

{*man talking*} haha yeah, but you brothers gotta be careful I mean that ain't your average, garden variety run of the mill gangster bullshit Y'all hardcore, bu...

(feat Pharrell) [Pharrell] Kweli!!! [T Kweli] Yeah! They wasn't expecting this! that's why ya [Pharrell] Hahaha [T Kweli] Gotta hope for the best and play 'em ...

[Mos Def] Be like yo, let me ask you somethin I wanna know, I wanna know who you are *Mos Def singing* [Mos] Brown skin lady, hey hey [Talib]Yes [Mos]Where you ...

[Verse One: Styles] You should take the cross off your neck and pray to Jesus I'm breakin' every rapper up like eighty pieces I done sat in the cell and stared...

[Talib Kweli] We your rhyme sayers we lead you like a beacon Of light out of the chaos cuttin down overzealous Players who stare we're the winners of the ga...

[Child #1] and then Jackie Chan just started kickin em Like POW! POW! POW! [Child #2] Whaaaaa??! [Mos Def] Alright y'all, alright y'all enough of that It'...

(feat Raheem DeVaughn, UGK) Down cousins across the border I got cousins country cousins I got cousins country cousins WHOO! [Talib Kweli over Intro] Yo son, w...

[Mos Def] Lawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwd, lawd have mercy All nice and peace and true, follow me now, we say Say Hi-Tek yes you're ruling hip-hop Say J Rawls yes you'r...

You wish it was you, don't you — why you asking? Try to break the law of attraction Get a piece of my attention like a fraction of a ration Or a measly little m...

[Rah Digga] Yeh, check it out now (uhh uhh uhh) Rah Digga y'all, Dirty Harriet (uhh!) Kweli, Xzibit, new millenium! (C'mon, check it) [all] One, two, three, f...

[Talib Kweli] Yea S'what im talkin about S-A-S, size aint shit, neva dat Strong Arm Steady, talib kweli Yea [Chorus: Talib Kweli]X2 Niggaz gettin caught in t...

[Talib Kweli] 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 yeah Yeah the people starvin for som...

Yeah Now here we go Here we go (come on come on) Now here we go Here we go (come on come on) Yeah Stay strong this ain't for the plain hearted My name's honore...

[Intro] I don't, remember the first time I heard Kwe-li I don't remember what I was doing There were no remembered witnesses to my doings But it seems like I'v...

Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' 'bout Yeah, we on fire We gotta call the fire department Let's go, yo, yo, yo I don't know why people try to be live when they no...

[Talib Kweli] (Spoken) Yea, so we got this tune called "For Women" right Originally, it was by Nina Simone She said it was inspired by, you know Down south In ...

Talib Kweli: Clear the area, stand back, nothin to see here Keep it movin (I need the area clear) Get back, stand back, back Get back (we gon' have to clear al...

[Talib] Yeah my Lord yeah [Verse 1: Talib] We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes We smell the musk at the dusk in the crack of the dawn We go t...

We be blazin, so amazin Everybody get up everybody get up We be blazin, so amazin Everybody get up everybody get up Talib Kweli: New year new record time to do...

[Talib Kweli] These niggaz ain't thugs, the real thugs is the government Don't matter if you independent, democrat or republican Niggaz politickin the street, ...

(Intro: Talib Kweli) Ghetto to ghetto, backyard to yard We tear it up y'all, bless the mic with the gods (come on) Precious metals round our necks and arms (ye...

[Intro] Okay This what it is now a days right Little noises and whatnot I got one though Ready or not [Bridge] We know that what we reap we sew But we foget how...

[Hook] I got a part to play, we going hard these days Fuck the harder way, we doing it the harder way To my god I pray, that's how I start my day The bullets s...

"Good morning, Brook-nam" Another stop on the train (wake up wake up wake up) We come to a stop that everybody got to make Whether you local or express [Talib ...

[Kweli + (woman's Voice)] Yea (yeaaah) Come on Uhh Yeah Kweli [Bridge] Yo Yo Ayo my silent moments, loud as the crack of thunder My hunger is like the crocodi...

Kweli: My nigga Punchline want his money Yo, this is a capitalist society Yo! Hello world, how y'all doin? Don't be shy, y'all can wave back, man I know y'all c...

(feat Black Thought, Pharoahe Monch, Kanye West) [Kweli talking] Yeah Yeah! That's what I'm talkin about! Let's do it Kanye West, c'mon turn me up and Black T...

[Talib Kweli] Now, If I'm out of town my crew take of your bodies the more the merrier Point and spray the area Niggas is quick to bury you Punk niggas feel in...

[Mos Def] People keep askin me, where's the underground? There's mad talented cats underground with that raw shit Ya know what'm sayin? Bringin the raw skills ...

We know that what we reap we sow But we forget how low we can go You think it's bad here on Earth But if we don't get to Heaven, it's Hell It's all goin' to he...

[Chorus] Here we go, here we go, here we here we go X4 (dispersed through the first chorus) Teodross Avery in the house tonight Put your hands together ladies a...

[Talib Kweli] Yeah, as a kid growin up in Brooklyn, my pops was a DJ He had a bunch of records - funk, jazz, rhythm and blues, soul There was this one gospel r...

Deliver us, deliver us (Yeah) Deliver us, deliver us (What? Yeah) [Talib Kweli] And what the people say? We wanna live it up And what the people want? Please ...

(feat WillIAm) Yeah Special dedication I'm sending this one out to you and you and you and you I said to you and you and you [Verse 1] She cold blooded I lov...

[Talib Kweli talking] The other day I was walking, passing NYU on the way to meet my pops, you know, and this white boy stops me, talking 'bout, he be in the N...

[Talib Kweli] Yeah, yeah New Talib Kweli Yeah, you know what it is Come on, come on, yeah Hey yo *repeats* [Hook: Mary J Blige] I try, I try (that's all we c...

(feat Kanye West, Roy Ayers) [Talib Kweli] Yes, welcome to the wonderful sounds of Talib Kweli Ladies I got you in the mood, for an interlude, Raw like in t...

[Chapelle] Our keynote speaker is about to come on and I just wanted to say a few words About him and you all know who he is Talib Kweli! Please, hold your appl...

(Text break where the beat changes) -Talib Kweli- We got the Eternalists Talib Kweli on the microphone DJ Cipha Sounds on the turntables This is some real hip-...

[Talib Kweli] Wooaahh! yeah On top of the world Yeah, that's how my seeds got me feeling' right now On top of the world Yeah, you ever felt like you could do an...

A keynote speaker's about to come on now I just wanted to say a few words about him, And you all know who he is Talib Kweli Please, hold your applause 'til the ...

[Talib Kweli] So many emcees focusin on black people extermination We keep it balanced with that knowledge of self, determination It's hot, we be blowin the spo...

[Talib Kweli] Ay yo the prophet is without honor In your own country, People swear that you ain't shit because they know your mama So much drama at the crib it...

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...

(featuring Michelle Williams) [Hook: The Beatles sample (Michelle Williams)] All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do...

[Talib Kweli] Yo, we're going to have the word love In many different languages translated all through the track So, whenever you hear the word love Know that,...

[Talib Kweli] Yo, fourth period, everybody meet me in the lunchroom I'm saying, the Drum Society comin in there You know I'm saying, Hi-Tek gonna be there I th...

[talking] Yo, you know what we got to do, man, we need to get a whole CD Get a collection of all the music and everything we've ever done [woman singing] Bri...

[Rubix] Everyone is claiming riches The finest bitches Lexus' and Land's driving 'round without a plan Everyone wants to go buck But can you plant some food fo...

(feat Dion) Y'all hear that Whats that sound Ya know ya want it I'ma tell um what we need [First Verse] More franchisin Less sanitizin More uprisin Less down...

[Talib Kweli] C'mon c'mon ya ya ya ya ya Get 'em up, get 'em up what Get 'em up, get 'em up what Get 'em up, get 'em up what Yo, yo, yo What's with the melodra...

Another night, slips away In other words, I should say There are no words, you should say There are no words, Ms Hill, you got skills That's a gift, it's real ...

"The name of the game is" [Talib Kweli] Persistance, dedication Consistant, motivation, resistance to stagnation Of information, distribute it free to the enti...

Yeah, expect the unexpected It's kinda hard to keep faith in the things that you do When everybody turns their back on you It's kinda hard to keep faith in the...

[Verse One] I know there's a first time for everything First time I let her in my bed she got wetter then the perfect storm That we weathering together and Thi...

C'mon, Yeah I like to take this opportunity, to thank everybody who been riding with me so far Its a been a long journey But they say your life's path is not ab...

(feat Musiq Soulchild) [Kids Rapping] I'm freestyling, for me, myself and I I write them on the paper til it gets sky high I say goodbye, to all the bad thing...

*chanting in background* [Talib Kweli] Blaze one for the Brooklyn crew what Blaze one for the Cincinnati crew, yes And for the whole world, and for the whole ...

[Vinia Mojica] I'm on my way Whether sunny or rain - I'm on my way Destiny is pre-ordained - I'm on my way Whether ecstasy or pain - I'm on my way I'm black a...

[Lilscienz] Yo, freestyles, reside to the e-ventually You might see me, kick the spree Get the tape in the Benzi box Up in club spots On a regular base Anytime...

[Dave Chapelle as RICK JAMES] That's right bitches It's the beautiful mixtape Look this shit is beautiful, it's one of the best mixtapes You'll ever hear in you...

Think i give a fuck about your clown posse, you insame You acting like a journalist and racking my brain Since i was tagging my name on the back of the train Li...

(feat DJ Quik) [Kweli] We be blazin' (uh) So amazin' (yeh) Everybody get down Everybody get down (uh, yeh) We be blazin' (uh) So amazin' (c'mon, uh) Everybody...

(woman: just give me a try!) [Verse 1] (what we gon' do? yeah) We gon' work, we gon' play We gon' lead the way We gon' say everything that we need to say Then g...

What what what, what what, what what, what what Woaaaahhhhhhh! One two three, Mos Def and Talib Kweli We came to rock it on to the tip-top Best alliance in hip-...

"What'd you do last night?" "We did umm, two whole cars It was me, Dez, and Main Three right? And on the first car in small letters it said 'All you see is' and...

Yeah It's that new Kweli, I'm gonna give it to you before the bootleggers get hold of it I figured I'd put it out first make some money on it, now why not ay O...

[Talib Kweli: repeat 16X] Feel the rush [Talib over the repeated line] Yeah, I do this shit for real (you get Chuck D'd, "Shut the Fuck down") Ain't no games...

(feat Jean Grae) [opening the same as the break from Lords of the Underground's "Funky Child"] [Talib Kweli] The year is 1975 (yeah, hahaha!) Brooklyn, New Y...

(sticman) Everything is politics, Kweli, people army, you know it (M-1) The white man came to Africa with rifles and Bibles Heard the name, started changin t...

[Kweli] Yeah, yeah [Girl] La, la, la [continuous] [Kweli] It's like what you gonna do when we come through when you Yeah, shock body like What you gonna do when...

What's next? These chicken neck MCs get me vexed My rhymes be blowin' up chat rooms all over the internet And causin' collisions on the highway of information A...

[Incomprehensible] Here we go like, yes yes, y'all, to the beat, y'all Ain't no sleep, y'all, to the break of dawn 5 o'clock in the morn, we keep rockin' on Th...

(Kweli) We do not (under no circumstances) live for Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop) It lives for us We don't live for Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop), it lives for us (repeat 3x) It's th...

(feat Sa-Ra Creative Partners) [instrumental for the first 20 seconds] [Sa-Ra Creative Partners] I just wanna say Let me, taste, the, fruit, of, your, space ...

(feat Vinia Mojica) [Kweli] Go right to left, left to right Middle passage connection Yeah, about to build Tell you which way to go [Both] We go right to lef...

Ladies and gentlemen Kweli! [Hook] Won't you stay around with me? And please say the rhyme Cause these rappers think that I'm In love with your state of mind ...

[Intro] {Talib Kweli} Whoo We on fire tonight Whoo Yeah, we on fire tonight Whoo Black Star in the house fo' sho' (Yeah) Yo, now everybody go (C'mon) [Intro C...

[Talib] Let me holler at you [Talib and Bilal] Can I talk to you?(x5) [Talib] I want you, cuz you make my heart skip the beat that I drum to I want to be the on...

[Intro:] I'm just wondering what the heck is in our water supply What the heck is in our oxygen supply That creates a rainbow effect in the sprinklers? What is...

Let me, let me practice hehehe, ehehe Talib T'Kwi, Kweli - I can't say it! That's wack [Talib Kweli] (Vinia Mojica) Yeah, you pronounce my name (Kweli), any q...

[Talib Kweli] "There comes a time-" Hi-Tek, who we rockin wit? "In every young mans life when-" That's right we rockin with the best "He must go out into the w...

Manifesto this is what we want to see happen For my peoples still breakin graf writin and rappin I rock the mic right and exact my life's my sacrifice Take my ...

(feat Justin Timberlake) [Talib Kweli] Expect the unexpected Yo [Intro & Interlude: Talib Kweli & Timberlake] It's kind of hard to keep faith in the things ...

(feat KRS-One) "Check this out" [KRS-One] Hooooooooooooo~! (HEY DJ!) WHAT? ("I know you're gonna dig this") Yeah, yeah, yeh yeh! KRS, ohhhh~! Talib Kweli Tal...

[Talib Kweli] The proud Stand tall or don't stand at all, c'mon Uhh, yeah Break it down What we do? [Chorus] We survive, it's more than pride We stay alive, rea...

Pharoahe Monch-Verse 1: Yo Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills Fear of it makes hair on my neck grow like minoxodil Wa...

Talib Kweli-Verse 1 Like, oh my God, what do we have here? My man is on fire like the Ohio Players Throw yo' hands in the air, keep 'em there if you with me The...

[Talib Kweli] Yo Dee (What?) Come on (Yeah) What? What? Come on (Yeah) "Give me the fortune, keep the fame," said my man Louis I agreed, know what he mean beca...