Friends & Family (Explicit)-Talib Kweli

[ti:Friends And Family] [ar:Talib Kweli] [al:Gutter Rainbows] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.76]You are now witnessing the demise [00:04.86]Of the music business [00:05.88] [00:06.70]I say demise of the music business [00:08.31]Cause people always gonna need music in they life [00:10.30]You know what I'm saying [00:11.13] [00:12.02]I can't do music with people I'm uncomfortable with [00:14.73]You know what I'm saying [00:15.67]I can't be on stage with you pouring [00:17.29]Out my soul if i don't like you [00:19.84]So with said shout out to Strong Arm Steady [00:23.24]Shout out to Jean Grae [00:24.67]Thats my Blacksmith family you dig [00:26.60]I just heard a song that reminded me [00:28.44]Of times when you were finding me [00:30.04]Rhyming in Greenwich Village circa 1993 [00:31.96] [00:32.77]Yeah those were the salad days my careers appetizing [00:35.13]The main course a casserole a jambalaya [00:37.74]Different influences that led [00:39.64]Me where the music is [00:40.76]A student is only as good as [00:42.36]His teachers tutelage [00:43.15]Paying for college and not learning [00:45.21]Was straight foolishness [00:46.24] [00:46.82]So I stopped going to school but this [00:48.82]Hard to tell my parents how to now try [00:50.57]To get through to them [00:51.68]Thought of no one daily and traveled [00:52.93]To different places [00:53.93]Freestyled with Clef and Forte [00:55.94]In the Booga Basement [00:56.95]With Rubiks and JuJu on Flatbush [00:58.31]My hood amazing [00:59.41]Platinum Island recording with Duro [01:01.28]And Just Blaze [01:02.03]And that was right next door to Rawkus [01:03.87]What's up Jarret and Brian relax y'all [01:05.87]I'm mad Kendra Ross you got the soul [01:07.67]Of a Stax singer [01:08.47]I love how you always bring it back sister [01:10.41]You and Reesy making every record [01:12.31]I got classics with Hi-Tek and Mos Def [01:14.80]That are so respected [01:15.88]Shout out to Corey Smith shout out [01:17.69]To Dave Chapelle [01:18.56]I went on tour with The Roots they [01:20.35]Played so well [01:21.19]Writing rhymes with Mike and Nine me [01:22.82]And Pharoahe Monch were Soundbombing [01:24.44]Me and Lonnie Lynn got a lot in Common [01:26.66]Mystic Journyman introduced me to Top Ramen [01:28.93]On the bus Kanye West would never stop rhyming [01:31.53]Ain't no mountain high enough for him [01:33.64]He never stopped climbing [01:34.51]That's why when the homies win I never stop smiling [01:37.18]See I'm smiling right now [01:39.06] [01:39.66]Nothing else matters more than [01:42.02]Friends and family [01:43.41]No doubt thats how its gotta be [01:45.43]This is my odyssey its just the god in me [01:48.43] [01:49.39]Yup they all a part of me [01:51.06]Cause I would die for them [01:52.23]And they would die for me [01:53.60] [01:54.50]Thats right and plus I love my fans [01:56.37]Love when you throw your hands up its [01:58.19]Like you all my fam [01:59.29] [02:00.46]Like you considered kin [02:01.54]Got me through thick and thin [02:03.22]Thank you for listening [02:04.27]Nothing else matters more [02:05.62]Than friends and family [02:07.54]It started with a blast now [02:08.75]I'm a iconoclast [02:09.72]Promise to be honest in my craft [02:11.37]And make the promise last [02:12.42]I do this for myself but the song for you [02:15.06]Once I put it out for sale then it belong to you [02:17.81]This for Amani Fela plus Diani Eshe [02:19.83] [02:20.57]Your daddy love his girl your mother never far away [02:22.86]This is for Eque this for Kierra Paul [02:25.81]We wanna ride like Ciara and we will never fall [02:28.67]Headquarters and Guru is love forever ya'll [02:31.37]Make it plain cause its too strong for a metaphor [02:33.93]Simile your legacy will always [02:35.95]Be remembered for forever or [02:37.30]Til the end of time whichever come first [02:39.34]Big love to my mom and dad you [02:41.24]Could have done worst [02:42.19]Jamal and I the way we are cause [02:43.86]You put your sons first [02:44.75]Many black parents lose they son [02:46.48]To the gun burst [02:47.49]Mommas drowning in they own tears [02:49.16]Til they lungs burst [02:50.24]Voice cracking like Michael Stipe [02:51.92]Cause everyone hurts [02:52.94]Nothing else matters more than [02:54.44]Friends and family [02:56.07]No doubt thats how its gotta be [02:58.04]This is my odyssey its just the god in me [03:01.03] [03:02.24]Yup they all a part of me [03:03.77]Cause I would die for them and [03:05.13]They would die for me [03:06.52] [03:07.15]Thats right and plus I love my fans [03:09.16]Love when you throw your hands up its [03:10.80]Like you all my fam [03:11.86] [03:13.05]Like you considered kin [03:14.10]Got me through thick and thin [03:15.78]Thank you for listening [03:17.09]Nothing else matters more than [03:18.82]Friends and family [03:20.27]My first record was with Mood back in '96 [03:22.14]In fact it was pretty fresh Google [03:24.12]That find that shit [03:25.08]It sound good I was showing you [03:27.04]What timeless is [03:27.79]You couldn't catch what I was saying [03:29.41]Without rewinding it [03:30.26] [03:31.22]Believe me every fan is special [03:32.82]You hear me now but I got fans from [03:34.58]Lyricist Lounge and "Manifesto" [03:35.46] [03:36.03]So much wack rap I know its hard to tell [03:38.62]The difference but when I heat it up [03:40.22]I make the garbage smell [03:41.43]I'm resurrected but I'm no savior [03:43.01]I know the game I can ball a little [03:45.59]Bit I'm an OK Player [03:47.01]Double meaning cause the flow is layered [03:48.75]We love to say it but its easier than it [03:51.01]Sound to ignore the haters [03:52.31]To snap back like the jaws of gators