Yeah Hi Tech Whom do we aspire to reflect on peoples death Who's entertainment shall we sing our agony of our hopes That the destroyers aspiring to extinguish ...

[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...

(feat John Legend) [Chorus] Around my way Around my way All the corners filled with sorrow All the streets are filled with pain Around my way Around my way A...

[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...

yo , yo niggas always wanna cheak u , make sure u keepin it real niggga im over here doing me , you do u , come on (chanting) + talib kweli {HOOK} (Back up off...

[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...

f/ Mos Def * send corrections to the typist {*man talking* haha yeah, but you brothers gotta be careful I mean that ain't your average, garden variety run of ...

(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 y...

[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 game 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...

[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...

Yeah Now here we go Here we go (come on come on) Now here we go Here we go (come on come on) Yeah [Talib Kweli] Stay strong this ain't for the faint hearted M...

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 goin [Ta...

[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 ...

featuring Mos Def Mr Man Kweli: The highest caliber make it a night to remember like Shalamar Then escape to Havana with a ? do what I gotta Planes get shot...

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...

[Talib Kweli] Yeah, Kweli Ye-ye-ye-ye-ye yeah get back Classic Brooklyn, let's go We sell crack to our own, nigga I'm back in the zone My passionate poems got...

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...

(Chorus) I got a part to play we going hard these days fuck the harder way, we doing it the smarter way To my god I pray that's how i start my day The bullets ...

"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 crocodile ...

[Kweli talking] Yeah Yeah! That's what I'm talkin about! Let's do it Kanye West, c'mon turn me up and Black Thought, c'mon turn me up and Pharoahe Monch, c'mon...

[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...

[Talib Kweli] Yes Every day somebody ask me where all the real MC's is at? They underground There's mad talented cats underground with that raw shit Yaknowwhat...

[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...

featuring Tae [Talib Kweli talking] The other day I was walking passing when you was on the way to meet my pops you know and this white boy stops me talkin...

(featuring Mary J Blige) [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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

yall sell crack ta own i'll be in back of a home ya smell the musk of the dusk in the crack of the dawn we go through episodes2 like attck of the clones wait ti...

[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...

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 sp...

[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...

(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,...

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 ...

[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...

[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...

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

[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...

*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...

*Yeah* *Talib Kweli* *Black Star* *Reflection Eternal* [Chorus: repeat 2X] I am what you want to be but you can't though Prime example You cats can't flow but ...

[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 get down Everyb...

* send corrections to the typist (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 ev...

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...

[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...

[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...

(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...

[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 left, left to right If ...

[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 t...

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] 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 Th...

[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...

[Mos] Sometimes, you gotta be direct with the people, y'know like [TK] Give it to 'em (c'mon) [Mos] Yo! [TK] Give it to 'em [Mos] GET, UP, NOW! [Talib Kweli] Y...

Yo, when the bass thump, the place jump Like it's way crunk, yeah, Fake punks get they face lumped Sent to the most high, by the most fit You gotta do, fuck tha...

(Intro) Oh what's up everybody this is Rick James Talib Kweli, DJ Hi Tek, Reflection Eternal (Chorus) [Supa Dav West] We Make the Music That Change your life ...

[Talib Kweli] Yo, we been through this before right? (Word, word) So we figurin', if we gonna do it, we gotta freak it, y'know what I'm sayin? (True, true, tru...

(featuring Common, Consequence & Kanye West) [Somebody Talking] Yeah Yolet me, let me, let me, let me tell you why - why This niggawhy we dedicated this song ...

[Bilal] Waitin' for the DJ to, let your body rock (It's your boy Kweli, BK MC) So I can show you just what I got (Memph Blow in the house) Waitin' for the DJ t...

[Talib Kweli] Yeah! Come on! What it is It's the P-l-a-n-e-t R-o-c-k Kweli, BK, se-la-vis You could tell I be hell-a-free like college radio WQHT gonna play me...

My name is Kweli, and I like to spit it homie I rap about love and life, ladies get to know me If you feeling lonley, I can be your one and only I put it out in...

[Chorus: Res - repeat 2X] Where do we go? What do we say? What do we do? Nowhere to turn, nowhere to run and there's nothin new Where do we go for inspiration?...

[1st Verse] The temperature got tempers flaring people sweat when the weather hot They argue and they fret a lot then set up the plot To whet up the block Whet...

[Backing] Yo ye Yo ye Yo Yo Ye Ye [Small girl] Black is black is something to laugh about black is something to cry about black is serious black is a feeling...