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
The land was created, in the name of the chosen, and the waves thrown, for men to see the one who made men to be. Prevailed from the source of Icon E.
"Come to the well", she said "Come, eat my bread, come drink the water of life Enter my valley deep, let the angels weep Rejoice and touch the good Earth
Ooh, yeah I didn't wanna listen to what you were sayin' I thought that I knew all I need to know I didn't realize that somewhere inside me I knew you
Thou lovely source of true delight whom I unseen adore Unveil Thy beauties to my sight that I might love Thee more Oh that I might love Thee more Thy
Back to the well When my home is so far away And I miss you, so bad it hurts When I feel like, I?ve lost my way I know where to go to quench my thirst
burn those bridges to the ground, ground, ground, without a sound we just blew up hard to be a ?desert? to this is our heart, this is their truth someone
Through the mirror of the soul I'm staring deep within To see what dwell behind the wall The beauty of pale skin The aura that surrounds me Is not of
Picking the scabs off regret because it doesn't seem to be your birthday yet. Spotting and removing the fly from the ointment. A beautician looking for
Before god you must tell the truth As you know this is a trial What have I done? I am innocent. I do not understand Oh, I see you deny the crimes Let
The empire never ended nothing's really changed I know the way it must've felt when visions burn,they sometimes melt and fade away like tracks in snow
Back to the source Of humanity I burn the icons Of your morality Cause I am the male The primal one I raise my strength And spit my wrath I
Cross fading thoughts. I am in will to change. My reflections are just a subtle idea. I feel I am changing into the infinity. You are weak. Not in control
Aftermath, nobody turn their pages. Just wandering on, without renewal. Who dares to step further into the future? Nobody takes the step into the new
[Thus they speak:] Bright twilight twinkled like silver, The world seemed to be filled with warmth. It was no place for us As we were dissolved in sorrow
Independence! The mature statement. Do not enslave me into your principle. I'm my own free will and I am ready to Fight your prosperous future. Bow down
I am not as appearance; I am not. Hence I am not forsaken; I don't claim Deity. Still crying out in pain, I cry in vain. .and not present. Despite my
"Once this little cloud wandered our skies. Not anybody noticed its existence. It was not meant for the human eye to see, There it floated so quiet. It