Talib Kweli - Phoenix Lyrics
[Dave Chapelle as RICK JAMES]That's right *****es..It's the beautiful mixtapeLook this shit is beautiful, it's one of the best mixtapesYou'll ever hear in your lifeOne of the baddes mutha*****in'Funkiest mutha*****in' mixtapes, ever..I said it... that's right *****es Talib KweliYou're now rockin' with the best, the best![TALIB KWELI]YeahWhen I was a young man I had stars in my eyesTime is wrinkled like the hands of the elders that love usI find a window to watch the path like ghetto grandmothersThey says eyes is the windows to ya soulSo I open the the blind to feel the breeze blowin' in from the winter chainSurround myself with images of braveryCuz the soul of my people bared witness to slaveryI seen the inside of my heart it get darkLike the flesh of my boneAnd heavy like the breath of this poemPlus, I seen lands so dry the trees cryTears fallin' like it's autumn the leaves diePre-packaged futures freeze dried, cross me byThe body count in the streets is knee highPlus, I seen pubbles so deep the puddles speakRipe with stories that leap from the cluttered streetBlood'll be beet-red runnin' through the gutters cuz heatThe currency that we exchange with folks who tryin' to eatI cried in my sleep, seen trains speedin' down the tracks of my tearsRunnin' down the face of the Earth, c'monI see it in the space that was the place of my birthI play eye tag with death - she's such a flirtThat's some scary shit, I put it all in my musicReal loud makin' a scene if I seen it I use it, yeahBeautiful strugglin' 'n' so I'm used to the bubblin'What I be utterin' so hot it got the homeless people huddlin'Haters mutterin' under breath, who ain't the best?See the scavengers 'n' vultures pickin' at what's leftI rise from the ashes like a phoenix - believe itFlow brand new like a fetus - believe itMean what I say if I say it, I mean itI lived it, I breathed it, believe me, I seen it[JEAN GRAE]Man I pray ya'll passionateI swing out like a little leaguer on a Sunday ignorin' the CatholicsRebel rap with a spine plated metal backI never fold medal gold with a vaultin' poleNigger I'm better known as light let me shine on youMind confident rhyme dominant lines constantCaramello color hella mellowThe fellows run up 'n' "Hello"Hella sorrow when I tell 'em taken "Holla"I got that horrow vision, they say I'm masochisticI don't think it's crazy they call me shady I'm flattered, get it?My image is sick I'm in need of amedicI should get a permanent residence in hospital bed it'sTHe way I freak shit, you meek like that old rapper chickI smack an actor in a wall 'til his back's in the brickI rig 'em all with the mind basement 'n' trapdoorsIt's me I'll clap the survivors until I see some rigormortisI seen the forest through the treesBut only because I cut off all the leavesAnd left 'em blowin' off into the breezeThat I create whenever I speakI'm cheap ***** it, I need to win somethingBefore I kick this rap bucket in***** it again, ***** you if this hasn't struck youAs a genius stickin' out like a bucktoothI'm couth, yes I know it mostly regarded as pottymouthDirty like the city ground you on when the shotties come outI'm witty plust I'm incredibly diligentDream of the president mac-millied I'm militantI go along like a Philly bed I pity youSIlly fool I know ain't nobody really feelin' you(*Gunshots*)
