Derek 32zero, Talib Kweli - Lift 'Em Up lyrics

Here's to the world
Thanks for all the motivation
See my rhymes come across
Like dodgin' immigration
We stay at a loss like
The Oakland Raider nation
My people rise and die
Complete opposite of inflation we
We balance the equation
Heard lies within they lullabies
Of our emancipation fools try for gold
Willin' to sell they souls we killin' shows
Keepin' it blacker than Ester Rowe we
We crack with the elevation above C
Sea level a
Aye, B be honest with graduation
But still scrutinize like
The Obama administration
A future of movin' me
To the final destination
A violence in my eyelids but I'm a hybrid of


Of Dr king and P Town fiends
You see they move white to get
Green to see brown dirt
You see I moonlight to get dreams
Puttin' in work

We lift 'em up way high in the sky
It's UNI verse and not another man die
We lift 'em up way up in the air
Girl dance away your cares
Fall in love with your hair we lift 'em up
Where that same air is thin
Where all my people there fall
In love with your skin vA (VA)
NY (NY) nJ (NJ)
PA (PA)

We are the heroes
Feels great to be me
We got a whole community
That's dependin' on we
From Gutter Rainbows to flows
Ice cold as can be
It's Derek 3-2-0, Talib Kweli

We lift 'em up like we orbitin'
Bare witness to the torturin'
The competition forfeitin'
Couldn't have even bought 'em when
Raps my religion
To be wack would be a mortal sin
Rappers think they deep as scuba
Divers when they snorkelin'
You're borderin' on soft ya life
Is all a bore sick 'em, never call 'em off
Ya posin' but my flows exposin' all ya flaws
Ya finishin' the bottle
Throwin' cocktails and Molotov
To top it off I'm always the first to
Set it off or pop it off
We get it started right
To kill it is the party life
Scorsese, they on the floor crazy
I'm at the bar like "Let me get a Jameson"
Meet somebody and shake firm like the gossip
Or the counsel in the Caymen
Keep the grown up man at peace
Willin' to grab his piece to protect
A piece of your own
If you don't agree with me? To each his own
You're always sleepin' on the
One you're watchin'
Sun is hot, bring it back like we in Jamaica
Bumbaclot

We lift 'em up way high in the sky
It's UNI verse and not another man die
We lift 'em up way up in the air
Girl dance away your cares
Fall in love with your hair we lift 'em up
Where that same air is thin
Where all my people there fall
In love with your skin dC (DC)
Miami (Miami) aTL (ATL)
Chi Town (Chi Town)

Now I don't care if it's popular
Feel it through your monitor
The revolution keep movin'
Sleep raisin' the shot of the
Never been a follower
Supplyin' for rockin' the bells
An outline like Malcolm Gladwell
They use gel like it's a rite of passage
For that they should get blasted
Or at least be the next
Contestants in the Gangstalicious pageant
This here is black magic
And for all who believe
We double shiftin', liftin' up our sleeve
True indeed

We lift 'em up way high in the sky
It's UNI verse and not another man die
We lift 'em up way up in the air
Girl dance away your cares
Fall in love with your hair we lift 'em up
Where that same air is thin
Where all my people there fall
In love with your skin
Minneapolis (Minneapolis) dallas (Dallas)
Seattle (Seattle) lA (LA)
Okay

We are the ultimate super microphone shit
We lift 'em up we lift 'em up
We lift 'em we are the ultimate
Super microphone shit we lift 'em up
We lift 'em up we lift 'em