Talib Kweli - Ready Set Go lyrics

(Verse) I switch lanes; it's still blurry, then switch frames Clowning these lames -- you're Bill Murray in Quick Change Control your mission, keep up with my pole position Brag it about the ride you're whipping, your soul is missing Racing to your d**h or the holiest celebration God bless our lady of holy accelerate Cuz we speeding while we drive on this highway of information The devil try to deny us the highest of elevation They keep us at sea level so I'm staying on my A game They local like the C when I express like the A train My a-alikes take what I write, use it to maintain We be alike and see alike, cause we got the same brain We in the same chains, work in the same fields Now we're independent, you can keep your f**ing lame deal Total package, the flow is mastered, I'm blowing past the procrastinators So fast, it's like they going backwards (Hook) Life's so short, we can't afford to lose When the guns go off and the flag drops I'll never stop I'mma race to the finish line of the road To kick in the door Ready, set, go Ready, set, go Ready, set, go Ready, set, go (Verse) They hate when I give 'em some straight they need chase Half these little boys coming faster than speed racer Pulling capers with my team best believe I'll be seeing paper With extraordinary gentlemen, trust me the league major On the highway of life I'm faster than cop cars Quicker than the tongues of the rappers that got bars Never rattled cause we been through the battles, we got scars This the international half of the Black Star This is the sound that you're missing I'm here when your ears listen Play it loud in your whip when you're dippin your gear shifting Gifted like the island of the misfit toys, ladies apply like the lipstick. Boys take over when the sh** drop Boys wanna holla at birds like Alfred Hitchco*k Men wanna talk to the women, we ain't screaming Just whisper in their ear and we're leavin (Hook) Life's so short, we can't afford to lose When the guns go off and the flag drops I'll never stop I'mma race to the finish line of the road To kick in the door Ready, set, go Ready, set, go Ready, set, go Ready, set, go (Bridge) When it's gone to the wire I gotta win to the fire You can't stop it. No, you can't stop it Because I'm destined to win Like a full champion And we know it's happening At the time, get ready, set, go (Verse) On your mark, get set, when I start the jet Look how far I get, I'm not only an artist they say One is the loneliest number but still regardless The second best don't exist, it's a little oxymoronic What a thought, listen to haters and never buy to hitting high Watermarks, cause the market's flooded with garbage You are now embraced by the light with fiber optic Shine it bright love, get a ten or wind tropic Prisoner of conscious, nonsense I can say the conscious is asleep, I prefer the call of the wake It's so ironic, it's beautiful when you finally get awake at your funeral We don't get it away Rappers nowadays are confusing you I know you're tired of the usual like Trey Songz and Drake That's why I'm leaping the faith, keeping the pace Although it's all about the winning, it's never about the wait (Hook) Life's so short, we can't afford to lose When the guns go off and the flag drops I'll never stop I'mma race to the finish line of the road To kick in the door Ready, set, go Ready, set, go Ready, set, go Ready, set, go