The Proud (Album Version|Explicit)-Talib Kweli

[ti:The Proud] [ar:Talib Kweli] [al:Quality (Explicit Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Proud (Album Version|Explicit) - Talib Kweli [00:08.45]Stand tall or don't stand at all c'mon [00:10.76]Uhh yeah [00:14.45]Break it down [00:18.94]What we do [00:20.75]We survive it's more than pride [00:24.81]We stay alive ready to ride [00:30.51]One two one two yo [00:33.26]Aight put it down yo [00:40.26] [00:41.38]June 21 2001 [00:42.44]Timothy McVeigh is executed [00:45.38]And the country breathe a sigh of relief [00:48.45]Goodness prevails over evil it seems [00:52.13]Somehow when he's gone we feel safer [00:55.88] [00:58.23]Little do we know [01:00.23]Today the paper say Timothy McVeigh's in hell [01:02.54]So everything's okay and all must be well [01:05.04]I remember Oklahoma when they [01:06.67]Put out the blaze [01:07.67]And put Islamic terrorist bombing [01:09.11]On the front page [01:10.11]It's like saying only gays get AIDS [01:11.79]Propaganda [01:12.48]Like saying the problem's over [01:13.85]When they locked that man up [01:15.29]Wrong It's just the beginning the first inning [01:17.92]Battle for America's soul [01:19.42]The devil's winning [01:20.23]The President is Bush [01:21.17]The Vice President's a Dick [01:22.48]So a whole lot of f**kin is what we gon' get [01:24.86]They don't wanna raise the babies [01:26.29]So the election is fixed [01:27.29]That's why we don't be f**kin with politics [01:28.79]They bet on that parents fought [01:30.10]And got wet for that [01:31.23]Hosed down bit by dogs [01:32.42]And got blacks into house arrest for that [01:34.10]It's all good except for that - we still poor [01:37.05]Money power and respect [01:38.23] [01:39.01]Is what we kill for for real [01:41.14]It's more than pride [01:43.20]We stay alive ready to ride [01:48.07]We survive it's more than pride [01:53.24]We stay alive ready to ride [01:59.87]August 4 2001 [02:01.05]A drunken police officer mows down [02:03.55]An entire family in Brooklyn [02:06.68]The judge lets him go with no bail [02:09.18]It reminds us of just how worthless [02:10.87]Our lives are to the justice system [02:12.62]I struggle to explain the situation [02:15.05]To my son it's hard [02:18.93]Niggaz with knowledge is more dangerous [02:20.43]Than than niggaz with guns [02:21.37]They make the guns easy to get [02:22.68]And try to keep niggaz dumb [02:23.68]Target the gangs and graffiti with the Prop 21 [02:25.62]I already know the deal [02:26.87]But what the f**k do I tell my son [02:28.93]I want him livin right livin good [02:30.56]Respect the rules [02:31.37]He's five years old and he still [02:32.28]Thinkin cops is cool [02:33.46]How do I break the news that [02:34.79]When he gets some size [02:35.86]He'll be percieved as a threat [02:37.49]Or see the fear in they eyes [02:39.66]It's in they job description to terminate the threat [02:41.23]So 41 shots to the body is what he can expect [02:43.10]The precedent is set [02:43.85]Don't matter if he follow the law [02:45.04]I know I'll give my son pride [02:46.35]And make him swallow it all (damn ) [02:48.10]F**k the pigs I think the pigs killed Big and 'Pac too [02:50.73]If they didn't they know who did they got to [02:53.44]Who they serve and protect ni**a not you [02:55.37]Cops shot off of ten G's but they got glocks too [02:57.76]Let you protect yourself or better yet respect yourself [02:59.96]Straight into the hospital is [03:01.34]Where you gotta check yourself [03:02.59]They be gettin tips from snitches and rival crews [03:04.85]Doin them favors so they workin for the drug dealers too [03:07.48]Just business enforcers with hate in they holsters [03:09.54]Shoot you in the back won't face you like a soldier [03:12.79]Kurt Loder asked me what I say to a dead cop's wife [03:15.11]Cops kill my people everyday that's life [03:16.38] [03:17.35]It's more than pride [03:21.10]We stay alive ready to ride [03:26.73]We survive it's more than pride [03:29.10]We stay alive ready to ride [03:33.91]September 11 2001 [03:35.04]Terrorists attack the Pentagon [03:38.16] [03:38.81]And the World Trade Center [03:40.68]Kills thousand and permanently scars [03:42.31]America's false sense of security [03:43.94]We see the best examples [03:46.50]Of humanity in the face of the worst [03:48.38]As fire fighters police officers [03:49.81]Rescue workers [03:50.50]And volunteers of all sorts fight to save lives [03:54.19]The world will never be the same again [03:55.88]My heart go out to everybody at Ground Zero [03:58.63]Red black yellow white and brown heroes [04:01.53]It's more complicated than black and white [04:04.28]To give your own life is the greatest sacrifice [04:06.12]But it's hard for me to walk down the block [04:09.18]Seeing rats and roaches [04:10.62] [04:11.62]Crack viles and 40 ounce posters [04:13.09]People broken down from years of oppression [04:14.90]Become patriots when they way of life is threatened [04:16.71]It's a hard conversation to have [04:17.90]We lost kids moms and dads [04:19.77]People ready to fight for the flag [04:21.21]Damn when did sh*t get this bad [04:23.40]America kill the innocent too [04:25.59]The cycle of violence is sad [04:26.65]Damn Welcome to the world we here [04:26.91]We've been at war for years [04:29.12]But it's much more clear (yeah) [04:30.44]We got to face what lies ahead [04:32.12]Fight for our truth and freedom and [04:34.37]Ride for the dead