[Intro: Talib Kweli]
Like that right there
It feels so African
Got a little somethin' on my chest
Gotta get it off, gotta get it off
[Hook: Miguel and Patrick Stump]
You say the meanest fuckin' things to me
And I pretend that I don't care
But when it's said and done and the war is won
Your words are all I hear
And they echo
And they echo
And they echo
And they echo
[Verse 1: Talib Kweli]
Say what you mean, mean what you say
You the meanest girl, you my Tina Fey
Like you out for pain, like you out for shame
But you pout when I call you out your name
Your words burnin' me, you're my bird of prey
When you feed your young, you regurgitate
What I heard you say and reverberate
But I'm a man, gotta show my vertebrae
I'm the kind to wait, you can come through with
You can run to it and get numb to it
Treat you like the Autobahn, just sung to it
Treat you like my favorite song and just jump to it
Girl you waste my bluff when we makin' love
Can't take it, love, you my favorite drug
You my fleur-de-lys, you disturb the peace
Cause you hurtin' me, you turned to me and said
Love is a potion that's fluent, let's keep it movin'
The only thing that's magic is moments, I'm only human
The only thing that's tragic is futures that we can ruin
I pound for couple of hours, double influence
Need a break from the words you're usin'
My love broke my Kevin Hart
Let me explain cause I see what you're doin'
Mama said, "You don't need to stay"
Papa said, "Boy you need to pray", goddamn
[Hook: Miguel and Patrick Stump]
You say the meanest fuckin' things to me
And I pretend that I don't care
But when it's said and done and the war is won
Your words are all I hear
And they echo
And they echo
And they echo
And they echo
[Verse 2: Talib Kweli]
We can't internalize the things people say to us
But it make you sus, I need a break from us
I used to think your attitude was a major plus
Now the way you talk to me is like we breakin' up
Tryna get into my zone without you makin' a fuss
Like sticks and stones, your words breakin' stuff
They hittin' home, but I can take a punch
I'm your David Lynch, you're my naked lunch
I found space for us, found a place for us
Used to pray for love, used to pray for us
Would've gave you my blood but you gave it up
My heart a house for this love but you sprayed it up
You can't take a brush, comments is tangled up
In a web of emotion that's dangerous
I can't make this up, that shit is lame as fuck
I ain't a slave but I'm out here tryna make a buck
Stayin' on my hustle, I ride around and I spend it
Set it into motion like butterflies to defect it
Tryin' to pretend that the words are never effective
Seem to work for a second but never be worth the effort
I'm a man and they say I ain't s'posed to run on emotions
So I let you get away with more than you were supposed to
I kept it bottled up like a note to float in the ocean
Just stop myself, I'm explodin'
[Hook: Miguel and Patrick Stump]
You say the meanest fuckin' things to me
And I pretend that I don't care
But when it's said and done and the war is won
Your words are all I hear
And they echo
And they echo
And they echo
And they echo
The lyrics ECHOES of TALIB KWELI is also present in the album Fuck the money (2015)
Talib Kweli Greene, noto semplicemente come Talib Kweli, è un rapper e produttore discografico statunitense nato a Brooklyn, New York, nel 1976. Considerato uno dei più influenti artisti della scena hip hop underground, Kweli si distingue per le sue rime intricate, il flow preciso e la profonda attenzione alle tematiche sociali. Iniziò la sua carriera negli anni '90 collaborando con diversi artisti del movimento conscious rap, tra cui Mos Def, formando il duo Black Star. Nel 1998 pubblicarono l'album di debutto omonimo, considerato un classico del genere. Dopo lo scioglimento del duo, Kweli ha proseguito la sua carriera da solista, pubblicando numerosi album di successo come *Quality* (2000), *The Beautiful Struggle* (2004) e *Eardrum* (2009). Le sue canzoni spesso affrontano temi come razzismo, disuguaglianza sociale, politica e spiritualità. Tra i suoi brani più noti figurano "Get By", "Never Been in Love" e "The Proud Ones". Kweli è anche un attivista politico e sociale, impegnato nella lotta per i diritti civili e la giustizia sociale.
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