The Corner Talib Kweli & Z-Trip (Ft. Jay Rock)

[Intro]
The corner, the corner
Where you learn to earn
Where you get determined
There's a place in your mind where your darkest thoughts reside
It's what I shout anytime I get on an elevator
(The corner, the corner)
Only some of y'all know about that

[Verse 1: Talib Kweli]
Man they work us like dogs
Our tongues wag at the corpses
Corner the market like corporate all from a corner office
Smog out our lungs, black as the smoke
Just try to pass up the soap
Get hit in the back of the dome with the four fifth
Put Olympics where niggas is passing the torches
To every hand in the ghetto
We Hansel and Gretel we trapped in the forest
We went from captives on boat trips
To the corners with the rats and the roaches
Now we grind with spectacular foes and jokers
In the corner of the club making the models nervous
Any nigga try to front send them some bottle service
We follow verdicts like Buddhists to follow Sherpas
Respect what they say
Yesterday's fights, tomorrow's murders
I hope and I pray that you never forget where you came from
Close to the slaves except this light post that we hang from
Nightmares of getting [shot at?] and woke with the same gun