7:30 (Bonus Track)
(专辑: Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD - 2005)
[Intro Res:] It's 7: 30, 'bout to be that time And if you miss the
word, don't be afraid to press rewind But if you got to open your eyes to see the
truth Then maybe this one ain't for you It's 7: 30, 'bout to be that time And if you miss the
word, don't be afraid to press rewind But if you got to open your eyes to see the
truth Then maybe this one ain't for you [Verse 1
Talib Kweli:] Every night at 7: 30 Men get dirty, yo I
yelled so loud the
Heavens heard me The
information that I
drop's so hot, it's newsworthy Cops is asking me who told me, I
said a
little birdy Dirty listen, the
way the
sunset glistens is so pretty Casting a
shadow on the
grave of those who die early Tryna get it and they got it, how could it not disturb me Make your eyes pop out your head like you were Mr. Furley It gets crazy [Hook Res:] Sometimes life's like a
drug Tripping me out and fucking me up Making me what I
want to be And don't at the
same time Sometimes life's like a
drug Tripping me out and fucking me up Making me what I
want to be And don't at the
same time [Verse 2
Talib Kweli:] Now let me run it down about this kid we call Coolie We called him Coolie cause his hair was curly, unruly Young mothafucka, 14, is Ghanian Parents moved to Flatbush in the
70s, tryna get it On 38th between J
and K
White Jewish neighborhood so they thought that they was safe Until something happened that we call gentrification That's when the
niggas move in and crackers start escaping It's hard as racists slanging adjacent to the
police station When crack came out the
junkies thought they were just freebasing They made the
nigga Coolie rich, running with Roger Macon VanDevere, VIP niggas, from with them Haitians One day in the
train station Seen the
main Haitian nigga waiting for the 2
at Franklin Knew what he had to do to prove himself, no hesitating Had a.38 and caught the 5
express to Atlantic Avenue Waited for the
local and blast through like his attitude was gangsta Dropped the
gun, tried to make a
break for the
park Cops hopped out the
unmarked car, put the
Glock in his face Got locked upstate, it's the
wrong place to be in Thugging for the
crew and them niggas never came to see him Came out when he was 30, perspective different now Hate to see kids getting in the
game while he was getting out Before he got to his mama's crib he saw the
Haitian with the
same.38 And thought he murked the
nigga, guess he was mistaken [Hook Res:] Sometimes life's like a
drug Tripping me out and fucking me up Making me what I
want to be And don't at the
same time Sometimes life's like a
drug Tripping me out and fucking me up Making me what I
want to be And don't at the
same time [Verse 3
Talib Kweli:] The
streets talk to the
beat that I
walk I
write rhymes in chalk outlines And toss out lines with bait to catch wind of the
word on the
block Shit happens so fast, I
felt the
breeze like a
gun blast And a
bullet been shot Past my ear, it's sad to hear the
same shit year after year My mama crying tear after tear, the
hereafter is here and now You waiting for your Heaven to appear in a
cloud So you steady tryna get high while Hell is staring you down Police staring you down, silence is deadly but your spirit is loud Your niggas die, you pouring beer on the
ground Standing around, talking that Apocalypse shit the
Apostles predict Locked up tomorrow, quick to swallow a
dick Hollering "Bitch" to the
chick who raising your seed You don't acknowledge the
kid Think you got knowledge, nigga your knowledge is tricked You're following myths Niggas like to ease the
pain with a
bottle and a
spliff 'Til the
truth explode in their chest like a
hollow tip, word [Hook Res:] Sometimes life's like a
drug Tripping me out and fucking me up Making me what I
want to be And don't at the
same time Sometimes life's like a
drug Tripping me out and fucking me up Making me what I
want to be And don't at the
same time Sometimes life's like a
drug Tripping me out and fucking me up Making me what I
want to be And don't at the
same time Sometimes life's like a
drug Tripping me out and fucking me up Making me what I
want to be And don't at the
same time