Intro: Take a piece of America back It's called truth
Verse 1: Talib Kweli We the last of the vintage flowers, we carry it on our shoulders I keep my friends close and the devils a lot closer When the Freedom Riders approach them, their appetite is vulturous Soldiers of fortune ain't never no match for soldiers of culture My flow is so ******* honest, you said you wanted to hear it You're lying, cause all you wanted was for me to lift up your spirits The truth is too ******* ugly and trust me the ***t got layers You touch me, you think you tough, leave you toothless as rugby players From sufis to soothsayers discussing the true saviours We move with the gangstas You *****s sweeter than the fruit flavors, the booth slayer Proving it's futile to hide from us You misguided as missiles so a suicide bombers Taking orders from the mullah and waiting for karma to pull up Their stones are no match for bullets, Israeli rachets are fuller Gotta race to meet ***** like they chasing them with a cop car Like there's honor in being a martyr and a terrorist is a rockstar Dodging the Abu Dhabi or dodging the paparazzi Still probably as popular as Swastikas for ****s The cops protect the property properly when they crack your heads Murderers get as ****y as Perseus when the kraken dead I wonder what be running through these crackers' heads So my *****s is spilling more blood than Cincinnati caps, black and red I'll take an Actifed, go back to bed, allergic to the fumes Having a funeral for the news cause the facts is dead The trust is gone from the neocons to Barrack Obama America eats its young from Casey Anthony to the Octomom Fix it and mix it up, like martial Law for the Octagon I spit the fire til it burn down Babylon
Hook: Take a piece of America back You will learn It's called truth
Verse 2: R.A. the Rugged Man Death by suicide bomb, protestants, Bibles, a Koran, or Islam From Genghis Khan to Vietnam I can smell the napalm Rape victims, ripped stockings Redneck clan members doing church bombings Innocent fetus' being aborted with no options Human governments ruin 'em Worrying what weapons could be used to be nukin' 'em Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem Slaves treated like property, to Pearl Harbor to Hiro***ma to Nagasaki Adolf ******, to every murderous **** To the Gambinos, to the Gottis, to every mafia atrocity Child pornography, babies starving and dying in poverty Serbians fighting Croatians in Yugoslavia Muslim women being raped, up to 40,000 in the war in Bosnia The 50 million killed in the second World War The government's poisoning the minds and the bodies Of the babies that are born poor Airplanes blown up by Islamic extremists In religion there's always drama Whether wor***pping the Prophet Mohammed or Jesus Small pox to Napoleon's troops dying from typhus From the Spanish flu to the black plague, today its AIDS virus Bodies in coffins, political extortions Racist mobs murdering, Willie Turks, Michael Griffith and Yusef Hawkins Check the murder rate, is it human nature to murder and hate? The Catholic church claimed women were witches andburned 'em at the stake Pedophile predators attacking .38 Beretta used by Ghandi's assassin 16 bullets in Malcolm, it happened uptown Manhattan And the homicide, Reagan '80s epidemic of crack And soldiers in action dying in Iraq and never coming back And now let's
Outro: Take a piece of America back You will learn It's called truth It's called truth You will learn It's called truth It's called truth
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[00:03.200] Intro: [00:03.700] Take a piece of America back [00:05.570] It's called truth [00:10.090] [00:10.630] Verse 1: Talib Kweli [00:11.140] We the last of the vintage flowers, we carry it on our shoulders [00:13.420] I keep my friends close and the devils a lot closer [00:16.230] When the Freedom Riders approach them, their appetite is vulturous [00:18.710] Soldiers of fortune ain't never no match for soldiers of culture [00:21.460] My flow is so ******* honest, you said you wanted to hear it [00:23.990] You're lying, cause all you wanted was for me to lift up your spirits [00:26.890] The truth is too ******* ugly and trust me the ***t got layers [00:29.590] You touch me, you think you tough, leave you toothless as rugby players [00:32.320] From sufis to soothsayers discussing the true saviours [00:34.830] We move with the gangstas [00:36.270] You *****s sweeter than the fruit flavors, the booth slayer [00:38.400] Proving it's futile to hide from us [00:40.310] You misguided as missiles so a suicide bombers [00:43.010] Taking orders from the mullah and waiting for karma to pull up [00:45.780] Their stones are no match for bullets, Israeli rachets are fuller [00:48.320] Gotta race to meet ***** like they chasing them with a cop car [00:51.000] Like there's honor in being a martyr and a terrorist is a rockstar [00:53.850] Dodging the Abu Dhabi or dodging the paparazzi [00:56.430] Still probably as popular as Swastikas for ****s [00:59.230] The cops protect the property properly when they crack your heads [01:02.280] Murderers get as ****y as Perseus when the kraken dead [01:04.930] I wonder what be running through these crackers' heads [01:07.420] So my *****s is spilling more blood than [01:08.980] Cincinnati caps, black and red [01:10.420] I'll take an Actifed, go back to bed, allergic to the fumes [01:13.070] Having a funeral for the news cause the facts is dead [01:15.680] The trust is gone from the neocons to Barrack Obama [01:18.430] America eats its young from Casey Anthony to the Octomom [01:20.930] Fix it and mix it up, like martial Law for the Octagon [01:23.640] I spit the fire til it burn down Babylon [01:26.430] [01:26.920] Hook: [01:27.440] Take a piece of America back [01:30.750] You will learn [01:31.790] It's called truth [01:36.880] [01:37.290] Verse 2: R.A. the Rugged Man [01:37.740] Death by suicide bomb, protestants, Bibles, a Koran, or Islam [01:40.450] From Genghis Khan to Vietnam I can smell the napalm [01:42.230] Rape victims, ripped stockings [01:43.470] Redneck clan members doing church bombings [01:45.270] Innocent fetus' being aborted with no options [01:47.130] Human governments ruin 'em [01:48.880] Worrying what weapons could be used to be nukin' 'em [01:50.460] Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem [01:52.430] Slaves treated like property, to Pearl Harbor to Hiro***ma to Nagasaki [01:56.180] Adolf ******, to every murderous **** [01:58.260] To the Gambinos, to the Gottis, to every mafia atrocity [02:01.010] Child pornography, babies starving and dying in poverty [02:04.190] Serbians fighting Croatians in Yugoslavia [02:06.070] Muslim women being raped, up to 40,000 in the war in Bosnia [02:09.250] The 50 million killed in the second World War [02:11.400] The government's poisoning the minds and the bodies [02:13.220] Of the babies that are born poor [02:14.570] Airplanes blown up by Islamic extremists [02:16.560] In religion there's always drama [02:17.840] Whether wor***pping the Prophet Mohammed or Jesus [02:20.030] Small pox to Napoleon's troops dying from typhus [02:22.500] From the Spanish flu to the black plague, today its AIDS virus [02:25.320] Bodies in coffins, political extortions [02:27.250] Racist mobs murdering, Willie Turks, Michael Griffith and Yusef Hawkins [02:30.830] Check the murder rate, is it human nature to murder and hate? [02:33.430] The Catholic church claimed women were witches andburned 'em at the stake [02:36.100] Pedophile predators attacking [02:37.840] .38 Beretta used by Ghandi's assassin [02:39.170] 16 bullets in Malcolm, it happened uptown Manhattan [02:41.780] And the homicide, Reagan '80s epidemic of crack [02:44.150] And soldiers in action dying in Iraq and never coming back [02:46.880] And now let's [02:47.660] [02:48.270] Outro: [02:48.770] Take a piece of America back [02:51.370] You will learn [02:52.750] It's called truth [02:54.070] It's called truth [02:59.930] You will learn [03:00.670] It's called truth [03:03.890] It's called truth [03:08.190] [03:08.750]End
