Blueprint - The Talented Tenth lyrics
[Blueprint - The Talented Tenth lyrics]
And now it's time for New
Horizons in Music Appreciation
Different approaches to the problem of
Popularizing the 19th century classics
Yeah huh
Right
Cause, I evolved while other
Artists stayed the same
Much respect to all the pioneers
Who paved the way
But, if I want what they got
I got to make something great
I don't believe that any man
Has all the truths
Cause consciousness changes as man
Discovers more proof
You're not a student 'til you put
That little fact to use nothing scientific
The spiritual is absolute
A student approaches a master with humility
Sit's in silence and at his feet willingly
A master gets mad and tells
Him to hit the streets
You won't learn a thing if you're
Busy sitting here with me
Arm chair quarterbacks and backseat drivers
Struggle to describe things that haven't
Come across their eyelids
But, I can tell you 'bout the
Road because I did the drive
You'll never know the latest issues
If you don't subscribe
I'm well armed in an information firefight
Who needs conspiracies
It's all hidden in plain sight
I hit the library and barely go out at night
Cause man without right knowledge shouldn't
Be allowed to write my name is Blueprint
Thanks for your consideration
I know I'm privileged to have
A voice inside this nation
I'm trying to be the voice
Of my entire generation
Not just the smartest slave on the plantation
I live my life inside the
Grey between black and white
The darkest days have never stopped
Me from shining bright we're all human
But when I have a shitty day I think of how
My pops told me to dunk it on that breakaway
You got one shot it shouldn't be a fade-away
Fight for your art or drown in the day to day
If you ain't got it then admit
Walk away today
The truth set you free but it
Cuts like a razor blade
But they rather bathe in their own delusions
Reject the rejections and come up
With they own conclusions
Put record after record out
With no improvement
You can't be a has been
If you ain't never tried
Self sabotage ain't the same as
When you get denied
The idea of being honest got you terrified
Your so called hustle's never been verified
Lover's of the status quo get terrorized
Point blank I'm here to throw
Salt in your think tank
Dumb rapper's thought patterns seem archaic
The how and the what but
Why never gets debated
What do you do when you can't
Stop your brain from thinking
Drown a thirst for knowledge with
A heavy dose of drinking
Spend a 100 grand on
Furthering your education
Or find a higher consciousness
By seeking information
The way you answer that shows
What you're made of
I'm here to push it to the fullest extent
My destination is to sit
Among the talented tenth let's go!
Horizons in Music Appreciation
Different approaches to the problem of
Popularizing the 19th century classics
Yeah huh
Right
Cause, I evolved while other
Artists stayed the same
Much respect to all the pioneers
Who paved the way
But, if I want what they got
I got to make something great
I don't believe that any man
Has all the truths
Cause consciousness changes as man
Discovers more proof
You're not a student 'til you put
That little fact to use nothing scientific
The spiritual is absolute
A student approaches a master with humility
Sit's in silence and at his feet willingly
A master gets mad and tells
Him to hit the streets
You won't learn a thing if you're
Busy sitting here with me
Arm chair quarterbacks and backseat drivers
Struggle to describe things that haven't
Come across their eyelids
But, I can tell you 'bout the
Road because I did the drive
You'll never know the latest issues
If you don't subscribe
I'm well armed in an information firefight
Who needs conspiracies
It's all hidden in plain sight
I hit the library and barely go out at night
Cause man without right knowledge shouldn't
Be allowed to write my name is Blueprint
Thanks for your consideration
I know I'm privileged to have
A voice inside this nation
I'm trying to be the voice
Of my entire generation
Not just the smartest slave on the plantation
I live my life inside the
Grey between black and white
The darkest days have never stopped
Me from shining bright we're all human
But when I have a shitty day I think of how
My pops told me to dunk it on that breakaway
You got one shot it shouldn't be a fade-away
Fight for your art or drown in the day to day
If you ain't got it then admit
Walk away today
The truth set you free but it
Cuts like a razor blade
But they rather bathe in their own delusions
Reject the rejections and come up
With they own conclusions
Put record after record out
With no improvement
You can't be a has been
If you ain't never tried
Self sabotage ain't the same as
When you get denied
The idea of being honest got you terrified
Your so called hustle's never been verified
Lover's of the status quo get terrorized
Point blank I'm here to throw
Salt in your think tank
Dumb rapper's thought patterns seem archaic
The how and the what but
Why never gets debated
What do you do when you can't
Stop your brain from thinking
Drown a thirst for knowledge with
A heavy dose of drinking
Spend a 100 grand on
Furthering your education
Or find a higher consciousness
By seeking information
The way you answer that shows
What you're made of
I'm here to push it to the fullest extent
My destination is to sit
Among the talented tenth let's go!