Talib Kweli

Native Sons
Warning! The sergeant general has determined that the sound you are about to hear can be devastating for your ear This one goes out to the legendary Native Tongues crew Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest Queen Latifah, Monie Love Chi-Ali, Black Sheep Busta Rhymes Let's go! We are witnessing a hip-hop apocalypse If you ain't got them bars, I promise it's looking ominous Let's get it going, let's get provocativе [?] stopping us, we are the nеw conquerors Rappers get unruly and moody, [?] Bragging about material objects with people starving, bruh And that's why the phrase "eat the rich" is so popular Please, these elitists can never defeat the populace Now who these novices think they tryna get bruh like Without architecting this and the inception of Megalopolis I leave your city, your room, which is like a [?] and rap like a mummy Let's get buddy a sarcophagus I break a rapper like a promise Standing next to famous artists, these niggas' biggest accomplishments This is culture over politics The language of these lames is Greek to me like Acropolis Letras de cancionesLife is all about balance, I stay on your dean You got to ride to the challenge, I stay on your dean Whether on and off stages, I stay on the dean Even when collecting wages, I stay on my dean Praises to the Most High, this an offering Trust I'm just getting started 'cause I got more to bring I've been to the mountain top like it was all a dream I'm moving loving, that don't cost a thing We've arrived where people ain't living they just survive People scared of the truth get more comfortable with the lies When they come at you and hate this really love and the disguise They hate the only language that angry is going to provide There's nothing you can do to me Lanes in the try How you going to kill me? A nigga already died Ignorance is not a virtue and neither is Betty Pride You cranky go take a nap, you niggas like Barry White Right, they want our people all in chains Was it all in vain is what we ask the Lord as we the call His name It's all a game to these colonisers, yeah, they all the same They causing pain and slaughter all the game like [?] If all things was equal, they would forfeit games Like we saw them pouring rain so the slaves revolt and set it all on flame Employment gain for all the sisters rocking the horses, mane We talking slang, Tribe Called Quest in the Hall of Fame Life is all about balance, I stay on your dean You got to ride to the challenge, I stay on your dean Whether on and off stages, I stay on the dean Even when collecting wages, I stay on my dean Praises to the Most High, this an offering Trust I'm just getting started 'cause I got more to bring I've been to the mountain top like it was all a dream I'm moving loving, that don't cost a thing 5,000 cubic watts Sound system, state of the art 5,000 cubic watts Sound system, state of the art 5,000 cubic watts Sound system, state of the art 5,000 cubic watts Sound system, state of the art That whole Native Tongue organization set so many of us free De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest Jungle Brothers, Black Sheep, Latifa was in there KMD was in there Monie Love Love yo, listen, all of them, bro All of them getting.. Leaders was in there too All of that energy set us free, bro From Letras Mania