Listen!!! Talib Kweli

[Intro: Talib Kweli & Fred Williams]
This the year of the BlackSmith
Talib Kweli (Kweli), K-1 (K-1), let's go
(Listen)
Yeah, yeah, niggas don't listen
Back in the days we all used to listen
Now shit is so wack, nobody listen
To that real hip-hop (Listen), yo (Listen)

[Chorus: Talib Kweli & Fred Williams]
Ladies and gentlemen, get ready, here, come (Listen)
Talib Kweli and I'm bangin' on ya eardrum
(Something I wanna tell you) what?
Now lemme get up in it, wait, wait, wait, wait
(Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute)

[Verse 1: Talib Kweli & Fred Williams]
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me ya ears
Start repentin' 'cause the ending is near
But don't (Listen) panic, you can't function if you livin' in fear
Pay attention, you gotta listen to hear
(Wait just a minute) who the fuck you think you talkin' to?
Put you on hold, get a specialist to walk you through
Kweli, the flow captain of fast and slow rappin'
I'm so crackin', you ain't heard? Ya shit appear like closed captions (Come on)
King of the bars and I'm goin' hard, pause (Yeah)
All my confidence comes from knowin' God's Laws (Yeah, listen)
Bangin' on the system, fightin' my kinda war
Loud as a whisper, quiet as a lion's roar
(Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute)