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[by:天琴实验室AI生成v1.0]
[00:00.630][Talib Kweli]
[00:01.230]Yo Dee (What?)
[00:02.610]Come on (Yeah..)
[00:03.990]What?What?Come on
[00:04.920](Yeah)
[00:05.310]＂Give me the fortune, keep the fame,＂said my man Louis
[00:07.800]I agreed, know what he mean because we live the truest lie
[00:10.830]I asked him why we follow the law of the bluest eye
[00:13.230]He looked at me, he thought about it
[00:14.580]Was like, ＂I＇m clueless, why?＂
[00:15.990]The question was rhetorical, the answer is horrible
[00:18.480]Our morals are out of place and got our lives full of sorrow
[00:20.940]And so tomorrow comin later than usual
[00:23.190]Waitin＇on someone to pity us
[00:24.660]While we findin beauty in the hideous
[00:26.430]They say money＇s the root of all evil but I can＇t tell
[00:29.010]YouknowhatImean, pesos, francs, yens, cowrie shells, dollar bills
[00:32.580]Or is it the mindstate that＇s ill?
[00:33.930]Creating crime rates to fill the new prisons they build
[00:36.750]Over money and religion there＇s more blood to spill
[00:39.120]The wounds of slaves in cotton fields that never heal
[00:41.250]What＇s the deal?
[00:42.090]A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke
[00:44.490]But my language universal they be recitin my quotes
[00:47.130]Of thought, that my man louis＇statements just provoked
[00:52.410]Caught up, in conversations of our personal worth
[00:54.840]Brought up, through endangered species status on the planet Earth
[00:57.390]Survival tactics means, bustin gats to prove you hard
[01:00.360]Your firearms are too short to box with God
[01:02.760]Without faith, all of that is illusionary
[01:05.340]Raise my son, no vindication of manhood necessary
[01:07.650][Mos Def]Not strong
[01:08.370][TalibOnly aggressive
[01:08.940][Mos Def]Not free
[01:09.660][TalibWe only licensed
[01:10.890][Mos Def]Not compassioniate, only polite
[01:12.300][TalibNow who the nicest?
[01:12.870][Mos Def]Not good but well behaved
[01:14.550][TalibChasin after death
[01:15.690]So we can call ourselves brave?
[01:16.770][Mos Def]Still livin like mental slaves
[01:18.390][bothHidin like thieves in the night from life
[01:20.910]Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[01:23.460][bothHidin like thieves in the night from life
[01:26.100]Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[01:28.260][Mos Def]
[01:28.560]Yo, I＇m sure that everbody out listenin agree
[01:31.410]That everything you see ain＇t really how it be
[01:33.900]A lot of jokers out runnin in place, chasin the style
[01:36.720]Be a lot goin on beneath the empty smile
[01:39.330]Most cats in my area be lovin the hysteria
[01:42.060]Synthesized surface conceals the interior
[01:44.700]America, land of opportunity, mirages and camoflauges
[01:48.060]More than usually --speakin loudly, sayin nothin
[01:50.310]You confusin me, you losin me
[01:51.720]Your game is twisted, want me enlisted --in your usary
[01:54.510]Foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly
[01:57.240]Buffoonishly accept the deception, believe the perception
[02:00.240]Reflection rarely seen across the surface of the lookin glass
[02:03.030]Walkin the street, wonderin who they be lookin past
[02:05.640]Lookin gassed with them imported designer shades on
[02:08.160]Stars shine bright, but the light --rarely stays on
[02:10.770]Same song, just remixed, different arrangement
[02:13.410]Put you on a yacht but they won＇t call it a slaveship
[02:15.990]Strangeness, you don＇t control this, you barely hold this
[02:18.540]Screamin brand new, when they just sanitized the old sh*t
[02:21.090]Suppose it＇s, just another clever Jedi mind trick
[02:23.760]That they been runnin across stars through all the time with
[02:26.370]I find it＇s distressin, there＇s never no in-between
[02:28.740]We either *z or Kings
[02:30.120]We either b**ches or Queens
[02:31.410]The deadly ritual seems immersed, in the perverse
[02:34.110]Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts
[02:36.750]Long barrel automatics released in short bursts
[02:39.360]The length of black life is treated with short worth
[02:41.910]Get yours first, them other *z secondary
[02:44.430]That type of illin that be fillin up the cemetary
[02:47.010]This life is temporary but the soul is eternal
[02:49.830]Separate the real from the lie, let me learn you
[02:52.260]Not strong, only aggressive, cause the power ain＇t directed
[02:54.900]That＇s why, we are subjected to the will of the oppressive
[02:57.510]Not free, we only licensed
[02:58.860]Not live, we just excitin
[03:00.120]Cause the captors.. own the masters.. to what we writin
[03:02.730]Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained
[03:05.910]Our sincerity＇s rehearsed in stage, it＇s just a game
[03:07.920]Not good, but well behaved cause the ca-me-ra survey
[03:10.800]Most of the things that we think, do, or say
[03:13.320]We chasin after death just to call ourselves brave
[03:15.900]But everyday, next man meet with the grave
[03:18.540]I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy
[03:21.150]I＇m tryin to live life in the sight of God＇s memory
[03:23.730]Like that y＇all
[03:24.510][Mos Def]
[03:24.810]A lot of people don＇t understand the true criteria of things
[03:30.090]Can＇t just accept the appearance
[03:31.110]Have to get the true essence
[03:32.760][Talib Kweli]
[03:33.060]They ain＇t lookin around
[03:33.630][Mos Def]Not strong
[03:34.500][TalibOnly aggressive
[03:35.310][Mos Def]Not free
[03:35.880][TalibWe only licensed
[03:37.020][Mos Def]Not compassioniate, only polite
[03:38.310][TalibNow who the nicest?
[03:39.030][Mos Def]Not good but well behaved
[03:40.680][TalibChasin after death
[03:41.760]So we can call ourselves brave?
[03:42.930][Mos Def]Still livin like mental slaves
[03:44.520][bothHidin like thieves in the night from life
[03:47.040]Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[03:49.620][bothHidin like thieves in the night from life
[03:52.200]Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[03:54.840][bothHidin like thieves in the night from life
[03:57.480]Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[04:00.090][bothHidin like thieves in the night from life
[04:02.670]Illusions of oasis makin you look twice
[04:05.670][Mos Def]
[04:07.800]Stop hidin, stop hidin, stop hidin yo＇face
[04:16.950]Stop hidin, stop hidin, cause ain＇t no hidin place
[04:26.100]Stop hidin, stop hidin, stop hidin yo＇face
[04:42.090]Stop hidin, stop hidin, cause ain＇t no hidin place