Minority Report (feat. Talib Kweli & Raina Simone) - Ransom/Nicholas Craven.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Randy Nicholls/Talib Kweli/Raina Simone
[00:00.707] 作曲 : Nicholas Craven/Randy Jay Nicholls
[00:01.415][Verse 1:Ransom]
[00:23.539]I could have been a great man but look it was me who stood in the way of that
[00:26.469]I was taken aback by the things that God wasn't taking back
[00:29.406]I prayed for that, don't gamble with life and shoot to an ace in crap
[00:32.332]I'm surrounded by niggas who dream when it's only safe to nap Stay relaxed,
[00:35.260]breathe through your nose Reap it with flows
[00:38.185]Call 'em Duffle 'cause you know it means death when D is composed
[00:41.105]What you hustle? Them people's agenda free of agenda
[00:44.315]**** your muscles Masculinity's toxic cause we surrendered
[00:46.718]See this blender? The death of the black man We remember
[00:49.910]Teach the members of your church who you worship in each December
[00:52.875]See my temper?
[00:53.662]I got this from Daddy Dearest He had the clearest Visions of
[00:56.331]What's going on now thought we was glad to hear it Had to bear with 'em
[00:59.803]And his fellas he often had to bear with Ironic you driving that Ghost although you lack the spirit
[01:04.848]False prophets talking that nigga life pay the biggest price
[01:07.788]Claim to walk on water but now you skate on the thinnest ice
[01:10.443]It's a vice addicted to algorithms and twitter gripes that better life you bragging
[01:13.661]But never lived you a bitter life shiver knife
[01:17.102]I'm sorry that's only reserved for prison types
[01:19.515]I fought for crumbs on that cake cause they wouldn't give a slice Yeah, why would you play the homie?
[01:25.627]I ain't wanna give you a hard five for changing the faces on Me
[01:28.316]Take a moment, I don't think they ready for 'em
[01:30.698]Blessings never come whenever the **** you want
[01:32.855]They come when you ready for 'em
[01:34.190][Hook:]
[01:34.459]Here's a toast to the truly gifted
[01:35.790]We smiling when you say that you got it We knew you missed it Hypnotic, the music mystic
[01:39.508]Deliver scriptures, consider drifters 'cause we too defiant Remember giants can't listen to midgets whisper
[01:45.927]Already heard your story
[01:47.264]When caught between a heaven or hell it's a purgatory
[01:50.189]My people deserve the glory from indigenous tribes to the block Where niggas get high
[01:54.498]We survive, playing Stevie He put that ribbon in Sky
[01:57.172]He ain't lie
[01:58.246][Verse 2:Talib Kweli]
[01:58.769]It be snitches they build the case for
[02:00.392]Everybody pull out phones just to take with shit is flagrant
[02:03.586]Day shift niggas be calling cops on they neighbors
[02:06.236]If it bleed then it lead, they just trying to make the papers
[02:09.165]The faithful, beg for a chance to expose the faithless
[02:12.075]Niggas trying to get extra stripes, like some K-Swiss
[02:15.267]My name is my name, fame is nothing but a favor
[02:17.920]Can you feel it? Nothing can save
[02:20.049]Playing with that snow like you Thumper
[02:22.708]Get you shot like you Bambi's mother
[02:24.560]If you want peace without justice you probably can't be trusted Scheming like some demons or calling Birdman
[02:29.096]How their hands be rubbing
[02:30.960]Yelling free the lands It's Peter Pan with Sandy Duncan
[02:33.355]I've been through many things and never ran for nothing
[02:36.035]You'll fall for anything if you don't stand for something
[02:38.703]Javodee family, the canopy I'm standing under
[02:41.909]Candy covered niggas be scrambling
[02:43.514]when my mans be dumping Steel imported from
[02:47.507]Mumbai On the tracks of their tears The drunks provided by gunfire
[02:50.722]Niggas swear to God that they tough guys But really they tongue-tied
[02:53.623]This is rare air, it's harder to come by
[02:56.552]It's high-tech like Common when he was rocking that sungod Tomato head niggas get sun-dried
[03:01.882]They washed up, squad up My flow is magnetic, follow the gunpowder
[03:05.073]They turn it towards the light like a sunflower
[03:07.454][Verse 3:Raina Simone]
[03:07.722]A black woman in America they took my lips, hips, kids
[03:12.805]And still I ain't scared of ya
[03:14.404]Don't take me out of character no boxing, I ain't fair enough
[03:17.055]They shots to your quad, real lateral call that squaring up
[03:20.261]The daughter of Oshun I learned my life too soon
[03:22.904]They miss me like I'm married I ain't never jumped a broom
[03:25.853]I swept some shit under the rug 'cause I be tryna play it cool
[03:28.769]But if that shit come out from under pull the rug from under you
[03:31.707]I keep a small circle, period they algebraic theories
[03:35.457]We act up,
[03:36.259]We act some life serious man ain't no fear in this Generation of offspring of Ronald Reagan experiments
[03:41.621]Was rounding good bricks like Legos shot my Nigerians
[03:43.759]Felt mad, but know how many acing and QP
[03:46.702]They calculate the profit
[03:48.601]Out in the box when selling loose
[03:51.515]He's a genius abandoned by the property taxes
[03:52.583]More money towards jail than filling our backpacks
[03:54.195]Ain't no bugs up in our classes
[03:55.525]Now I ball like a socket vision clearer these days
[03:58.202]Ate glasses, unhealed the pain now addiction won't go away
[04:00.848]And all these purgatory thoughts We're sinning,
[04:03.502]tryna make a way Ain't no thief but gotta eat I got a lot up on my plate
[04:06.688]And still after all the meals that shit get scary when I think
[04:09.612]The things we do for the money when we go that we can't take
[04:12.549]When pigs fly, I'ma stop A swine flu ain't make me ache
[04:15.745]I had the power for it show you what this nest worth
[04:18.403]Like I'm Blake
[04:19.459][Hook:]
[04:19.716]Here's a toast to the truly gifted
[04:21.062]We smiling when you say that you got it We knew you missed it Hypnotic, the music mystic
[04:24.981]Deliver scriptures, consider drifters 'cause we too defiant Remember giants can't listen to midgets whisper
[04:30.874]Already heard your story
[04:32.186]When caught between a heaven or hell it's a purgatory
[04:35.136]My people deserve the glory from indigenous tribes to the block Where niggas get high
[04:39.402]We survive, playing Stevie He put that ribbon in Sky
[04:42.362]He ain't lie