Talib Kweli - Keynote Speaker lyrics

A keynote speaker's about to come on now
I just wanted to say a few words about him
And you all know who he is talib Kweli
Please, hold your applause 'til the end
We are glad to come and hear you speak
We love it
Kweli doesn't like me to talk about this
But one time we were drivin'
Through the Mississippi Delta
And there was a brotha runnin' up
The side of the road
And he didn't have any shoes on
He didn't have a shirt on
And I started to drive right
By this man Kweli said "Stop the car
Because that brotha might be in trouble"
And I stopped the car, Kweli said to the man
He said, "Brotha
Are you okay? Do you need a ride somewhere?"
And the man looked at Kweli and said, "Shhhh
I'm escaping"
And Kweli took him by the hand and said
"My brotha you didn't get the memo
We have been free for some time now"
Well, I'm windin' it up
Please welcome a good friend, scholar
Ghetto philosopher
Three time Nobel Peace Prize winner
First black man to pilot an aircraft
The nigga that made up the Nike Swoosh
The man that made Kool-Aid say, "Oh yeah!"
Brooklyn's own, Talib Kweli