Talib Kweli - Beautiful Struggle lyrics
[Talib Kweli - Beautiful Struggle lyrics]
This is a tear jerker
The revolution's here
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
No one can change your ways
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
Yo, I heard it's said the
Revolution won't be televised
But in the land of milk and honey there's
A date you gotta sell it by
Otherwise it just expires and spoils
And these folks jump out the pot
When the water too hot
Cause the fire boils inside
You go to church to find you some religion
And all you hear is connivin'
And gossip and contradiction and
You try to vote and
Participate in the government
And the muh'fuckin' Democrats is
Actin' like Republicans
You join a organization that
Know black history
But ask them how they plan to
Make money and it's a mystery
Lookin' for the remedy but you
Can't see what's hurtin' you
The revolution's here
The revolution is personal
They call me the political rapper
Even after I tell 'em I
Don't fuck with politics
I don't even follow it
I'm on some KRS, Ice Cube, Chris Wallace shit
Main Source, De La Soul
Bumpin' "2Pacalypse Now"
The revolution's here
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
No one can change your ways
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
Yo, I speak at schools a lot
Cause they say I'm intelligent
No, it's cause I'm dope
If I was whack I'd be irrelevant
I'm like the dope in your tracks
Until your high is settled in
You leanin' to the left
The laughter's the best medicine
But the troubles you have today
You just can't laugh away stay optimistic
Thinking change is gonna come
Like Donny Hathaway
You have to pray, on top of that, act today
Cause opportunity shrivel away like Tom
Hanks in "Cast Away"
Everybody pass away, the pastor prays
The family mournin'
Everybody act accordin' to the season
That they born in
(You'll try to change the world)
You fight in the streets
Start bleedin' 'til the blood is pourin'
In the gutter, mothers cry 'til the Lord be
Livin' by the sword and
All that folks want is safety
They goin' gun crazy
The same reason Reagan was playin'
War games in the '80s
The same reason I always rock
Dog chains on my babies
The struggle is beautiful
I'm too strong for your slavery
The revolution's here
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
No one can change your ways
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
The revolution's here
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
No one can change your ways
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
It's a beautiful thing that's
Happenin' right now right now G
Yo, I'm rockin' with my man Hi
Tek on the track right now
We fightin' the good fight
The Beautiful Struggle yeah, let's go
(So please, excuse me while I laugh)
The revolution's here
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
No one can change your ways
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
Yo, I heard it's said the
Revolution won't be televised
But in the land of milk and honey there's
A date you gotta sell it by
Otherwise it just expires and spoils
And these folks jump out the pot
When the water too hot
Cause the fire boils inside
You go to church to find you some religion
And all you hear is connivin'
And gossip and contradiction and
You try to vote and
Participate in the government
And the muh'fuckin' Democrats is
Actin' like Republicans
You join a organization that
Know black history
But ask them how they plan to
Make money and it's a mystery
Lookin' for the remedy but you
Can't see what's hurtin' you
The revolution's here
The revolution is personal
They call me the political rapper
Even after I tell 'em I
Don't fuck with politics
I don't even follow it
I'm on some KRS, Ice Cube, Chris Wallace shit
Main Source, De La Soul
Bumpin' "2Pacalypse Now"
The revolution's here
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
No one can change your ways
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
Yo, I speak at schools a lot
Cause they say I'm intelligent
No, it's cause I'm dope
If I was whack I'd be irrelevant
I'm like the dope in your tracks
Until your high is settled in
You leanin' to the left
The laughter's the best medicine
But the troubles you have today
You just can't laugh away stay optimistic
Thinking change is gonna come
Like Donny Hathaway
You have to pray, on top of that, act today
Cause opportunity shrivel away like Tom
Hanks in "Cast Away"
Everybody pass away, the pastor prays
The family mournin'
Everybody act accordin' to the season
That they born in
(You'll try to change the world)
You fight in the streets
Start bleedin' 'til the blood is pourin'
In the gutter, mothers cry 'til the Lord be
Livin' by the sword and
All that folks want is safety
They goin' gun crazy
The same reason Reagan was playin'
War games in the '80s
The same reason I always rock
Dog chains on my babies
The struggle is beautiful
I'm too strong for your slavery
The revolution's here
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
No one can change your ways
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
The revolution's here
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
No one can change your ways
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
So please, excuse me while I laugh
It's a beautiful thing that's
Happenin' right now right now G
Yo, I'm rockin' with my man Hi
Tek on the track right now
We fightin' the good fight
The Beautiful Struggle yeah, let's go
(So please, excuse me while I laugh)