Breath, Eyes, Memory Talib Kweli & J. Rawls

[Intro]
See when we talking about art
There's the European ideal of art
And there's the African ideal of art
The European ideal of art is like art for art's sake
You look at a painting on a wall
The African ideal art is practical, it's intentional, it's necessary

[Verse]
Three cheers for your patience this was years in the making
I stripped the beard naked dodged the fears and the hatred
Let me peel back the layers, you only hear for the greatness
I ain't here to be your savior, you should save them tears for later
Now lets be clear, I wasn't supposed to be here
I'm from the future like DeLorean, but ancient as Gregorian calendars
With the leap years, rappers fishier than seafare
[?] be here, move along nothing to see here
These pop actions going flat like a can of soda
It's a fact I keep it black while they white-washing like Sammy Sosa
The white supremacist's nemesis I'll be standing over
The corpses of all the corporate bosses cuz they can't control us
They yelling Jaguar right I'm like, I prefer the Land Rover
Plus that cougar wrong and a man know it
They bootlicking for master pushing his plan forward
Welp this man is over lets hand him over to cancel culture