Hi-Tek, Talib Kweli - Time Is Now lyrics

(Uhh) yeah, yo Kweli whattup? (Uhh)
Time to get this dough man, what's happenin?
Tell 'em about New York son man

New York red hot in the summer
And blue in the cold winter
In the 'Natti they roll spinners
Be coolin the most Dennis
You know the flows in this
Tone is a known menace
When we come switch from 'em we
Finish to "None of Yo' Business"
Where I'm from we don't be talkin loud
That's cause we walkin proud
More black rain fallin from the clouds
Soon as I saw the crowd
All the liquor started pourin out
Bodies they chalkin out
Kweli the Great they're callin out
That's what I'm talkin 'bout
Pneumatic like a phone I gotta roam
A dog got a bone
I still gotta get though, I'm gettin grown
I'm plottin on a plot to own
Stock up on supplies 'til the deal
Cross the T, dot the I, signed a contract
Get a contact
Y'all niggas secondhand I come to discover
You runnin for cover kid your rhymes
Is hand-me down like older brothers
They gon' bug us
We save the lives of the young among us
And your boy still got that hunger
You gotta love us

They say the time is now, the place is here
Don't be a scary muh'fucker
Stay and face your fear after they pick up
The body momma trace the tear
This is a stick up
Get them damn hands in the air!
Yeah the time is now, the place is here
Don't be a scary muh'fucker
Nigga face your fear after they pick up
The body momma trace the tear
This is a stick up
Get them damn hands in the air! yeah

This 'Natti shit nervous street
Corner feet hurtin
Hustlin, do it and askin God
What's my soul purpose
I'm stayin in the lab
My life is up for grabs
As soon as I slip niggas
Gon' criticize my ass
Fuck 'em I'ma keep puffin
Hi Tek stackin thousands
Niggas hated when they heard me
On that 50 album
The streets is callin when my nigga
Tell me he need a boost
And bring him a pack, cause he know my roots