Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli, Common - The Truth lyrics

Yo, truth had me up against the ropes
Semi-conscious without no boxing skills
Fear of it makes hair on
My neck grow like minoxidil
Watching the clock is ill when
Faced with the truth, parallels
Observing amateur video tapes of
Twenty-one top notch NYPD cops get ill
Fill their minds not to kill, still
Some never revealed true feelings
Me speaking on the truth right now
In it'self is a healing
See the Creator created existence and balance
At right angles
Unless it was conceived and stated
So whoever shall stray away
From right lives wrong
The deliverance of the word "false
" opposite of truths, off-course
Sure as my slave name sending
Troy Donald Jamerson paves the path
Enablin' truth
To stay stable and cling to Earth
Sort of similar to the
Way static electricity sting, see
Truth brings light
Light refracts off the mirror
Visions of yourself and error
Could never be clearer
The truth is that you ugly
Not on the outside, but in the inside
On the outside, you frontin', you lovely
The discovery of these things and
All are well hidden
But when you in denial of self
It is forbidden that's the truth

That's the truth, boy
In due time, we will find
See it everywhere, gotta recognize

Let the truth be told from
Young souls that become old
From days spent in the jungle
Where must one go to find it?
Time is real, we can't rewind it
Out of everybody I met
Who told the truth? Time did
We find kids speakin' 'cause
It's naturally in us but the false prophets
By tellin' us we born sinners
Venders of hate
Got me battlin' my own mind state
At a divine rate
I ain't in this just to rhyme great
See the truth in the thighs of a stripper
The eyes of my nigga
If it's only one, then why should it differ?
So constantly, I seek it
Wonder why I gotta drink a
Six pack to speak it
Took a picture of the truth
And tried to develop it had proof
It was only recognized by the intelligent
Took the negative and positive 'cause
Niggas got to live
Said I gotta give more than I'm given
'Cause truth'll never be heard in religion
After searchin' the world, on the inside
What was hidden? It was the truth

Truth, truth, truth truth, truth, truth
In due time, we will find check it

On my neck, I still got marks from the nooses
The truth it produces
Fear that got niggas on the
Run like Carl Lewis the truth is
My crew is the smoothest
Spitters of saliva juices like The Roots is
More organic than acoustics
Heavenly, what will set you free and
Kill you in the same breath
That shit you gotta get off
Your chest before your death
Unless the way you speak is
Lighter than a pamphlet
'Cause the truth give the words
The weight of a planet, goddamnit
I ran with what God planted in my heart
And I understand it
To be to bring some light to the dark
Breathe some life in this art
This must be the truth
'Cause we keep marching on
The truth lay the foundation of
What we rockin' on
You can't see it if you blind
But we will always prevail
Life is like the open sea
The truth is the wind in our sails
In the end
Our names is on the lips of dying men
If ever crushed to the earth
We always rise again
When the words of lying men sound lush
Like the sound of a violin
The truth is there
It's just the heart you gotta find it in

You will find, you will find, you will find
You will find, you will find, you will find
You, oh