Talib Kweli - Going Hard Lyrics
(Hook)I got a part to play, we going hard these days***** the harder way, we doing it the smarter wayTo my god I pray, that's how I start my dayThe bullets starts to spray the revolution starts todayI say the shit these people ain't got the heart to say***** the harder way, we doing it the smarter wayTo my god I pray, that's how I start my dayThe bullets starts to spray the revolution starts today(1st Verse)You say you never scared there's kids in other countriesMaking jerseys, jeans, and sneakers they could never wearParents never there, they're busy building homes they can't afford to buyCars they can't afford to driveWorking jobs that don't support their lifeYou busy screaming gangsta, gangsta all that talk is trifeYou already know lost the fight if you don't know the cost of lifeThese kids is forced to fight a war they can't outrunAin't got no shoes but got a gunNow where the ***** he pulled that out from?People ask me how we wearing diamondsWhen there's little kids in Sierra LeoneLosing arms for crying while they miningProbably an orphan who's momma died of AIDSHe built a coffin working often but he never paidForever slaving in the world that's forever coldBecoming the man of the house at 11 years oldThis reality rap, I get inside the mentality that...Terrorize you like a cowardly act(Hook)I got a part to play, we going hard these days***** the harder way, we doing it the smarter wayTo my god I pray, that's how I start my dayThe bullets starts to spray the revolution starts todayI say the shit these people ain't got the heart to say***** the harder way, we doing it the smarter wayTo my god I pray, that's how I start my dayThe bullets starts to spray the revolution starts today(2nd Verse)I was sold to a sick European by a rich African battlin'Middle Passages, I can't go back againBattlin' years of denied history, lies and mysteriesWives with misty eyes watchin' their husbands be beaten viciouslyBattle in the wilderness of North AmericaRun by the river, only stoppin' to pray chased by predatorsTerrorists with etiquette who vote and kill their presidentTheir capacity for evil so evident and prevalentAin't no hesitation involved, a nation dissolvedWhile we sit back waitin' to evolveThose who would trade in their freedomFor their protection deserve neitherNot a name, not traditionReligion, you learn JesusTurn the other cheekInherit the Earth, just stay meek***** the way you speakTry to run, we chop off your feetFast forward to 2004 we sellingYo this ain't what I'm settling forI want more, yo(Hook)I got a part to play, we going hard these days***** the harder way, we doing it the smarter wayTo my god I pray, that's how I start my dayThe bullets starts to spray the revolution starts todayI say the shit these people ain't got the heart to say***** the harder way, we doing it the smarter wayTo my god I pray, that's how I start my dayThe bullets starts to spray the revolution starts today
