Talib Kweli - Make Things Better lyrics

-Talib Kweli- [Chorus] Turn the lights down low and the speakers up high Feel the energy that we bringing inside Doin it right, ridin all night Payin the price, livin the lives [[To make things better]] women's voice Take it from me, in this business it ain't unusual to lose your soul So I zone and put the microphone on cruise control To let my hands be free I shape and mold the energy in the room like pottery Methodically in tune is probably how I be I walk with God most cats is children of a lesser On the face of earth they like swords that fester When they get a little light these snakes be acting all extra With congratulations that be mad fake like vester If it's a scam they the investor A lot of ??? like professor I make sure my words stay honorable like ??Rob Vinesta?? So true heads is glad I'm hear giving lyrics out the stratosphere Giving birth, my cipher stay pregnant with ideas, so push Ever since way back in Ethopia it's known as cush To the now how we roll through flatbush We civilized most people in my state is k** or die Still I rise real hip-hop is still alive [Chorus] X2 Most of these rap goons, they s** like vacuums I rhyme great they stuck on primate like baboons They steady coming lazier than Sunday afternoon Make me want to turn that sh** off and cool out to jazz tunes But I'm back soon, resurrecting hip-hop is my dream So you can get the whole picture like a wide screen Sometimes the road is dark so I flash my high beams Nobody knows the troubles I've seen You see these weak in the knee emcees speaking to me Like they freakin the beat, seeking to be in my company When in actuality they leaves on the tree compared to me I'm basically the square root of what they reaching to be But you can't now can you, I pay my dues on the annual basis How to lace it I wrote a manual face it You small like granules and on that fake sh** We keep it down to earth well y'all act like you on spaceships [Chorus] X4 A few extra [[to make things better]]