Talib Kweli - Self Savior lyrics

rate me

[Intro]

New Chace Infinite, Talib Kweli, yeah

Music courtesy of, Maurice 'Mo Betta' Brown

Mo Betta, makes it mo' better, yeah

[Chorus]

Preacher's playing foul in the system now listen now

It's more hate in the religious now ain't it foul

Gotta be a better way to figure out

how to be a self savior plus help my niggaz out

These pigs playin foul in the system now listen now

Every poor person is a nigga now

There's gotta be a better way to figure out

how to get this paper cause they lockin all my niggaz down

[Chace Infinite]

How do expect to live? Dealin with savages is damagin

Somebody gotta lose although you play to win

You know these niggaz hate, despite the color of your face

When I say nigga I'm just speakin on your mental state

Life ain't a game if it is I can't participate

Maybe I've changed but my mind is in a different state

Cause now it seems more like a plan

I'm strivin for perfection, so that's where I'll begin

Your tallies and peaks and valleys can't describe who I am

This music is therapeutic, I define who I am

Through the actions I portray as a man - in combination

with impressions I leave on people through things that I've said

I've had it up to here with the bullshit

So when I rap I sound like I'm in the pulpit

Yeah; they say that I be preachin too much

But I know that through the music's how you teach it to us

It's all real

[Chorus]

[Talib Kweli]

True indeed Chace; they tried to get rid of me (say word)

But they can't write me off, I'm not a charity

That's a parody right? You kiddin me

There really ain't no challenge, my authenticity

virtually guarantee me a flawless victory, you kiddin me?

I'm lethal, I'm from a people who was forced into captivity

Original man, there was often a facsimile

I give a little more than your metaphors and wack similes

Thousand yard stare, say a prayer for my enemy

I'm international, half of these rappers laughable

It's tragic how the other half so vaginal

They put the style over substance, they counsel bother me

My style married my substance and now they livin in harmony

But any substance can be abused

Especially when the style is so seductive the substance consider leaving you

You gotta get back to your essence

Use your gifts and share your presence

Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings

[Chorus]