Holy Moly(Amended Version) - Talib Kweli

[00:00.0]Holy Moly (Amended Version) - Talib Kweli
[00:01.37]Yeah as a kid growin' up in Brooklyn
[00:03.39]My pops was a DJ he had a bunch of records
[00:05.88]Funk jazz rhythm and blues soul you know what I'm sayin'
[00:09.93]There was this one gospel record I liked like like
[00:12.02]Like holy moly I might get some religion and leave you holy holy
[00:16.61]Yeah this rhyme is so fat it's roly poly
[00:19.16]I give you intimate details so you can get to know me
[00:21.74]These corporate rappers like "Why this dude pickin' on me "
[00:24.28]You rap your way to the top but now it's gettin' lonely
[00:26.99]Kids is hungry and you lookin' like a steak from Nick & Tony's
[00:29.53]But don't nobody want your jewels 'cause your sh*t is phony
[00:32.25]Say word Your sh*t is real Damn your sh*t is corny
[00:35.64]Rhymes turn a new page like Mark Foley
[00:37.36]And touch kids like when Larry Clark gave the part to Chloe
[00:40.15]Rest in peace to Harold Hunter the greatest from New York
[00:43.18]Started out skatin' for Zoo York word
[00:45.27]Hangin' out at The Gavin I was very lucky
[00:47.81]To talk to Rash' once I got past Derek Dudley
[00:50.51]Got him on respiration that's pre-Badu
[00:52.94]Bet you Garnett Reid got a Matt Doo tattoo
[00:55.7]Sometimes I feel like I'm drownin' I gotta tread water
[00:58.51]Head above the water I always remember headquarters
[01:00.84]Heads up eyes open I got my mind focused
[01:03.63]I find hope inside a line my rhymes define opus
[01:06.25]Sometimes hopeless people fill my thoughts with evil
[01:08.88]My record so hard it broke the needle
[01:10.99]At the Mixtape Awards niggaz act like they don't give a f**k though
[01:14.87]And disrespect the legacy of Justo
[01:16.84]What the blood claat No let the blood flow
[01:19.22]You ain't come to pay your respect then what you come fo'
[01:22.0]Too many good niggaz die it's like a stop loss
[01:24.5]Hood niggaz ghetto like fried wings and hot sauce
[01:27.31]How you hard The cops lettin' 50 shots off
[01:29.86]Baby Jay-Z's with the knockoff Scott Storch beat
[01:32.44]You are not Short you are not Katt
[01:35.15]You're not a player or a pimp money stop that
[01:37.740005]Learn to master your speech and be eloquent
[01:40.18]Rappers keep peddlin' sweets the beats weaker than gelatin
[01:43.36]We used to kick up dust now we settlin'
[01:45.69]Rest in peace to Dilla Weldon we can't forget you
[01:48.32]Professor X and Proof we miss you word
[01:51.07]Rest in peace to Shaka 21 gun salute
[01:53.69]In the air like blak blak blak
[01:56.06]You're still here 'cause you're livin' through me
[01:58.57]You're like a gift God has given to me what