Self Savior (Explicit)-Talib Kweli/Chace Infinite

[ti:Self Savior] [ar:Talib Kweli] [al:Gutter Rainbows] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.73]New Chace Infinite Talib Kweli yeah [00:05.03] [00:06.81]Music courtesy of Maurice 'Mo Betta' Brown [00:11.04] [00:12.45]Mo Betta makes it mo' better yeah [00:14.86]Preacher's playing foul in the system now listen now [00:17.42]It's more hate in the religious now ain't it foul [00:20.37]Gotta be a better way to figure out [00:22.50]How to be a self savior plus help my niggaz out [00:25.20] [00:25.74]These pigs playin foul in the system now listen now [00:28.76]Every poor person is a ni**a now [00:31.49]There's gotta be a better way to figure out [00:33.74]How to get this paper cause they lockin all my niggaz down [00:36.52] [00:37.20]How do expect to live Dealin with savages is damagin [00:40.57]Somebody gotta lose although you play to win [00:43.09]You know these niggaz hate despite the color of your face [00:46.12]When I say ni**a I'm just speakin on your mental state [00:48.61]Life ain't a game if it is I can't participate [00:51.19]Maybe I've changed but my mind is in a different state [00:54.72]Cause now it seems more like a plan [00:56.68]I'm strivin for perfection so that's where I'll begin [00:59.38]Your tallies and peaks and valleys can't describe who I am [01:02.18]This music is therapeutic I define who I am [01:05.09]Through the actions I portray as a man - in combination [01:07.93]With impressions I leave on people through things that I've said [01:10.67]I've had it up to here with the bullshit [01:13.41]So when I rap I sound like I'm in the pulpit [01:15.70] [01:16.43]Yeah; they say that I be preachin too much [01:19.19]But I know that through the music's how you teach it to us [01:22.03]It's all real [01:22.88]Preacher's playing foul in the system now listen now [01:25.40]It's more hate in the religious now ain't it foul [01:28.28]Gotta be a better way to figure out [01:30.28]How to be a self savior plus help my niggaz out [01:33.53]These pigs playin foul in the system now listen now [01:36.52]Every poor person is a ni**a now [01:38.74] [01:39.35]There's gotta be a better way to figure out [01:41.58]How to get this paper cause they lockin all my niggaz down [01:44.42]True indeed Chace; they tried to get rid of me (say word) [01:47.50]But they can't write me off I'm not a charity [01:49.21]That's a parody right You kiddin me [01:50.56] [01:51.50]There really ain't no challenge my authenticity [01:53.59]Virtually guarantee me a flawless victory you kiddin me [01:56.39]I'm lethal I'm from a people who was forced into captivity [01:58.93] [01:59.46]Original man there was often a facsimile [02:01.65]I give a little more than your metaphors and wack similes [02:04.52]Thousand yard stare say a prayer for my enemy [02:07.43] [02:08.06]I'm international half of these rappers laughable [02:10.29]It's tragic how the other half so vaginal [02:13.19]They put the style over substance they counsel bother me [02:16.20]My style married my substance and now they livin in harmony [02:18.72]But any substance can be abused [02:21.03]Especially when the style is so seductive [02:23.15]The substance consider leaving you [02:24.55]You gotta get back to your essence [02:26.47]Use your gifts and share your presence [02:28.43]Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings [02:30.57]Preacher's playing foul in the system now listen now [02:33.18]It's more hate in the religious now ain't it foul [02:35.95]Gotta be a better way to figure out [02:37.96]How to be a self savior plus help my niggaz out [02:40.83] [02:41.46]These pigs playin foul in the system now listen now [02:44.26]Every poor person is a ni**a now [02:46.99]There's gotta be a better way to figure out [02:49.31]How to get this paper cause they lockin all my niggaz down