Talib Kweli - Understand lyrics

[Produced by Khrysis] [Verse 1: Talib Kweli] Good Lord I'm full of surprises Here's something for you to ride with [?] lay down, [?] pump up the volumes Put you phone on silent Yea, you need to understand the process Why? So you can have respect for it People be telling you what your job is Like they the ones getting the cheque for it Sometimes I get into my own head It's like you never understood me I'm not just tellin' y'all how it is I tell my people how it could be Know I'm exactly where I should be One of the best that ever did it They'll probly lie to you in public But in private they'll admit it Back in the shadow while snitches getting their tattle on The Don like Magic Juan, and my saber getting its rattle on Forging the fires of Avalon My catalogue empowerment, your cowardice is towering like Babylon Travel on the rivers of my father like Gil Scott I'm colder than the fleece that keep them golden like Jill Scott Frying up the bagel on the block cause it's still hot Sentiment hollow like the bullets that k** cops It's astrological like the flow [?] It's astronomical like the Tribe [?] The white dwarf star invisible to the naked eye We makin' the tide rise like when the moon overtake the sky You thinking if you can't see it or touch it it ain't real If it ain't a physical reality then you can't deal Still on the idea that you can't k** Try to treat the symptoms not the root of the problem The body can't heal [Hook: Talib Kweli] When we touch these mics we get busy Come and have a good time with G-O-D Make you shake the finger and wiggle Scream, shout, laugh and just giggle Shake that body, party that body You ain't rockin' with us? You'll be sorry That's word, I'm not the herb Understand what I'm saying? Saying? Saying? Saying? [Verse 2: Brother Ali] From the earliest moment I remember me existing I been driven, living for the vision What to do when you wake up and realise That the castle you been building is actually a prison I'm right where the most high has me at Trying to abandon the bad habit of glancing back And any future I imagine that All is exactly that, a fantastic track Every breath I breathe I see it as a unit of my destiny That did not exist until the second I conceive Chest start heaving and the blessings I receive, that's what I believe Living in the moment is a love like this An OG told me I should hug my gift If you could be pleased with what you witness Then you will never distress no matter what might shift [Talib Kweli](This, you hear the sound of crickets when they walking through These rappers say they loud but their audibles is horrible Sad and boring, that's the categories that they fall into God is on the line, this the final call for you) Told the divine “I resign, I belong to you” I heard a voice like, “Who you talking to? Don't you realise that I am all you do?” (Go ahead man) Borrow this mic, I'm tryna talk it through [Verse 3: Planet Asia] Keep it on the one like knowledge and go the mileage with me This is policy, monk magic dynasty, model [?] mantras A direct current from the wise When I wind up in the whirlwind Bit the metals from gold to sterling Planet sick, the world need surgery Police popping kids and pirates out purging I drown my pain in the verses, spit sermons On the playback, eyes closed, with a big spliff burning My movement is gra**roots, that's how noble do No sh** Sherlock, the devil never told the truth Respect to the great mind Moving at the speed of light on a straight line 45 degrees I post, that's me shining at the center Salute to the council of the elected host The destiny manifested was in the message wrote Cream of the earth is what the lesson spoke [Hook: Talib Kweli] When we touch these mics we get busy Come and have a good time with G-O-D Make you shake the finger and wiggle Scream, shout, laugh and just giggle Shake that body, party that body You ain't rockin' with us? You'll be sorry That's word, I'm not the herb Understand what I'm saying? Saying? Saying? Saying?