Ghetto Afterlife (explicit)-Talib Kweli/Hi-Tek/Kool G Rap

[ti:Ghetto Afterlife] [ar:Talib Kweli] [al:Reflection Eternal (Train Of Thought)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ghetto Afterlife (explicit) - Talib Kweli/Hi-Tek/Kool G Rap [00:05.71]These niggaz ain't thugs [00:06.60]The real thugs is the government [00:07.65] [00:08.18]Don't matter if you independent [00:09.84]Democrat or republican [00:11.06]Niggaz politickin the street get into beef [00:13.39]Start blastin now a new cat is executive chief [00:15.74]With a passion for heat you get blast in yo' seat [00:18.71]Die before you crash in yo' Jeep [00:20.20]Never passin in your sleep [00:21.26]Like an old man you ain't a fool you got a whole plan [00:24.29]To conquer territories like Europeans who stole land [00:25.62] [00:26.57]The future of your whole fam' hang in the balance [00:28.89]You the king and your block is the palace [00:31.44]Y'all niggaz is the parliament [00:32.77]Untouchable spot unrushable [00:33.38]Keep your weight wet call in collect to save a buck or two [00:37.17]Get mad who the f**k are you What you gonna do [00:40.30]Exactly what I thought nothin [00:41.71]In the sport of frontin [00:43.60]You the undisputed champion [00:44.82]I'm in a class you can't be in [00:47.76] [00:52.55]My words is flesh like Jesus the aquarian [00:54.67] [00:57.95]It's just a chapter of the night [00:59.42]In the ghetto afterlife [01:00.04]Where you just seen or heard [01:01.89]About or gonna have to fight [01:03.25]Where they sacrifice the life and niggaz see flashes of light [01:05.28]When you trapped up in the heights [01:07.05]But clappers aimin at the wife [01:08.44]Yeah dudes gettin money is still thuggin [01:10.45]Chicks gettin money is still ghetto [01:12.91]Still livin the whole thuggish stilleto [01:14.23]Your team let the metal burst [01:16.04]Before you take an L [01:17.12]You raised in hell let the dust settle first [01:19.23]Then you ask the question [01:20.11]Snatchin the life of the innocent [01:21.54]Sh*t happens huh a man's [01:22.95]Respected by his actions [01:24.39]It's the karma of the street [01:25.81]You try to meet the karma [01:27.15]While the karma sleep yo it's deep [01:28.55]But the karma can't be beat [01:29.73]You don't know your enemy [01:30.57]So you fightin with yourself [01:31.79]Relate to rap niggaz cause they writin what you felt [01:34.69]You got top shelf connects you gettin seasoned like a veteran [01:37.08]We suck the venom out the snake bite [01:39.30]Without the medicine [01:40.20]We benefit from niggaz in tenements dyin for benjamins [01:42.22]So bad that they know they own coffin measurements [01:44.78]Ghetto eloquence in the moment of truth [01:47.46]Don't be hesistant [01:49.33]Or fall victim to the element word is bond [01:51.43] [02:01.00]It's just a chapter of the night [02:02.67]In the ghetto afterlife [02:03.44]Where you just seen or heard about or gonna have to fight [02:06.45]Where they sacrifice the life [02:07.71]And niggaz see flashes of light [02:09.04]When you trapped up in the heights [02:10.75]But clappers aimin at the wife [02:11.99]Niggaz get caught up in the struggle [02:13.17]End up in court in trouble sportin a bubble [02:14.97]Ford azure bubble [02:15.76]Importer smuggle forcin a rumble [02:17.56]Hit the blocks with a portion to double [02:19.00]Flip and get tossed in the huddle [02:20.56]Police with one piece short of the puzzle [02:22.25]It's a hustle peep the street life [02:24.22]They movin muscle [02:24.84]And the G's'll make your knees buckle [02:26.14]Tussle with heat until your feet stand in a pee puddle [02:28.77]Cheese double but all [02:30.18]The speedy niggaz bleed puddles [02:32.05]Make the headlinessome try to escape the fed time [02:34.81]Phone taps on direct lines tec-9's with the red shine [02:38.09]Jake climbin through the bedroom blinds [02:39.39]Tryin to bring you to your deadline [02:41.51]It's slippery when wet signs [02:42.83]Red time wipe the sweat around your neck time [02:45.40]One shot spill out your red wine [02:47.04]Rock shots to deafen your prime [02:48.22]Pieces of hot lead left in your mind [02:50.04]One slug to the left of your spine [02:52.14]Forever late to rest on the shrine