Right About Now
(专辑: Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD - 2005)
[Intro] Yeah, this that new Kweli I'ma give it to you before the
bootleggers get hold of it You know what I'm sayin'? I
figure I
put it out first, make some money wit' it Why not, right? Okay, 1-2 [Verse] Yo I'm Brooklyn like the
'90s Brownsville and Bushel keep it grimey When I'm from flatbush that's where you'll find me In Brooklyn, Tek wit' Justin and Sadat And Free and Sid from ??? Always catch me wit' Juju and Rubiks, we was truant kids Dollar band nooseses Jump bell, run, and never look back Mr. Man kept the
hammer in his bookbag Rubiks introduced me to Black and Forte DJ Enuff on Avenue K I
go back a
long way Wit' Super Nat in Washington Square freestyling everyday Peforming at Lyricists' Lounge who ate off Jean Grae Fucking wit' Mood is how I
met Hi-Tek Black Star came in effect when Elijah gave my tape to Mos Def Reflection Eternal was next on deck My crew the
best and we proved it We knew our music was the
Vanguard of a
movement Every Rawkus release was banging, they on the
come up They was like fuck the
radio 'til Pharoahe said "Get the
fuck up" Flex listened, jabbing at Bryant The
next position was right about now we need the
radio hit written While I
hit the
road On tour to support the
records since the
day it was sold Corey had me following the
example of De La Soul Common and The
Roots to me these the
sickest niggaz Get my figures wit' the
Okayplayers and the
Spitkickers Rawkus got a
deal with MCA, this the
gray area The
letters stand for Music Cemetery of America They tried to fool you by switching the
name to Geffen Now they Interscope's bitch and every artist who had a
chance left 'em Ain't no big surprise, wasn't no love there Jimmy Iovine never signed me, I
just kinda ended up there But fuck that, literally it was my way or the
highway Hit the
road with the
Beastie Boys and toured Europe with Kanye Gotta thank 'em for the
love on the
album I
knew out on "Electric Circus" He'd get it by any means necessary like Malcolm I
dropped a
single, shot a
video, took control of my situation Got a
label popping, it's a
celebration (bitches) Yo boy Free I
had to get out I
put you on, that's where I'm at right about now [Hook] And if you're saying it's my time, you right about now This what's going through my mind right about now Hey yo, hey yo, it's time to write about now And if you looking you can find it right about now I
put you on, that's where I'm at right about now This what's going through my mind right about now Yo, hey yo, it's time to write about now And if you looking you can find it right about now [Outro: Dave Chappelle {DJ cutting}] That's right bitches, Talib Kweli One of the
baddest motherfuckers you've ever seen That's right bitches, Talib Kweli You're now rocking with the
best! I
said it The
best! The
best! That's right bitches You're now rocking with the
best! The
best! Talib Kweli Where's-Where's my snares? Talib Kweli Where's-Where's my snares?