Talib Kweli - The Actual lyrics

[Hook: Das Racist] x2 Peep the architecture, think about your father Peep the father figures, take a lot of pictures It lasts longer But what lasts longer than that? The actual [Verse 1: Kool A.D.] Game supernatural, Ouija The kid too clean, squeaky Windshield squeegee, see me? Y'all think it's joke, joke, hehe But it's inevitable, like, dagger in a bro pee-pee Spoke freely to see how the folks feel me I don't even know the real me So what makes you think you know the deal, b, feel me? I'm not really concerned with the concerns Of the people who can't even discern my concerns I turn my concerns into words I could earn a couple curds and whey with Told I got a way with words, but it doesn't take much, I just say sh** Half my ancestors was stuck on a slave ship The plan was, rob every label with the same clip I know it sounds basic to some But what's basic to some, to some others is actual Peep the factual, professional sabbatical taker I'm a Laker, a cake-baker, a money-maker A funny-joker, a dummy-smoker A global village idiot, k**in' it Tell me if you feelin' it [Hook] [Verse 2: Heems] Yo, think about your momma Think about the drama Think about the llamas Think about the commas That's the pause, the silence The cause of violence And in Queens, the kids ain't sippin' lean They fiend, forever wean from a bag that's plasticine And pa** the green and stack the cream Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera Cash rule everything around everyone Plenty guns, anyone could become anyone Heem is special, get ahead with the rhyme And put his pants on two legs at a time At the bodega they play la mega Cormega Everyone's spanish like Vega New York is a hell of a town [Hook: Das Racist/Talib Kweli] x2 [Verse 3: Talib Kweli] Yo, abra kadabra magical, respect, unilateral Universal magnetic, automatically attractin' you These rapper dudes, mad are emotional or irrational Use it motivation, they convergin' on the capital International travel, unfurl and unravel my flag I put it down year-round, check the calendar The places I've never been I'm tryin' to get to God the pilot, I'm the pa**enger Whip it through the African diaspora Followin' navigation like nations to a degree Like a doctor or when I'm rockin', the education is key Swallowin' medications like patients to a degree Like a doctor give remedies, except the doctor is me Uppers and downers help us to cope with the stuff around us To drown us and get to livin' from over and under counters I'm overdosin' on life, rollin' in the natural black And only deal with actual facts, yeah