Talib Kweli - Good to You lyrics
[Talib Kweli - Good to You lyrics]
Yeah, come on uh (yeah) , aight
(Kweli, '02) yo, yo
Ayo, my silent moments
Loud as the crack of thunder
My hunger like the crocodile
That attacks the hunter
It ain't commercial or underground
It's true 'cause I (Wanna be good to you)
Call it skill, call it game, call it glow
Call my name like the lord, all in vain
Screamin' like you all in pain
Treat it like a drug
All up in ya vein 'cause
(Wanna be good to you)
We make the squares dance
And get the dough like dosey
Y'all niggas roll with pussycats like Josie
All spoiled rotten like ghetto groceries, yo
I clutch the mic like ya
Grandma clutch her rosary, yo
Swoop in the industry, like a bird to prey
My stanzas got stamina
Ya verses lack vertebrae
I heard them say I was a conscious rapper
But I'm a monster when I have to smack
The shit out of a nonsense actor
Using my hands solo and I don't need Chewy
Over your head like Yarmulkes and Kufis, yo
I write screen gems
Y'all niggas act in B movies
Type of niggas proud to be groupies
Followers in the herd runnin' over the cliff
I'm the "Buffalo Soldier"
Smoke ya like a dreadlock rasta
Blowin' the spliff
Loadin' a clip to spit high
Like you holdin' blow in a stolen whip
Rolling the strip
Looking to hit cops, now that's a four alarm
Black queen fallin' on my arms
You could call it charm
Matter fact, call it what you
Want, it's up to you, bruh
(Wanna be good to you) yeah, yeah, yeah
Call it skill, call it game, call it glow
Call my name like the lord, all in vain
Screamin' like you all in pain
Treat it like a drug
All up in ya vein 'cause
(Wanna be good to you)
How many niggas ever been in love?
How many niggas really think they thugs?
And can't think without the drink and drugs
How many niggas can't get in
With hats and sneakers on?
Say "Fuck security" and get inside
And keep them on
How many niggas think that gats
Make the weaker strong?
Can't do for self and wanna snatch
The plate you eatin' on
That don't take heart, slave nigga
Play ya part
I'd rather jump overboard, nigga
Face the sharks
We stay doin' it, later for the conversation
Hammers is cocked and waitin'
Niggas is not debating
We ain't got the patience
You found poppin' shit
Come in to town just to run
You down like poppa ditch
And dig a proper ditch
You lying like a politician
Your proposition meets opposition
Like contradictions get out my house
You ain't no real Representative
I make it happen, you ain't official
You tentative niggas is sensitive
See how they catchin' feelings it's so hot
The sweat rise and it wet the ceiling
Barracuda, Spitkicker nigga that's the crew
(Wanna be good to you)
Call it skill, call it game, call it glow
Call my name like the lord, all in vain
Screamin' like you all in pain
Treat it like a drug
All up in ya vein 'cause
(Wanna be good to you)
Woo (Come on) yeah
Well alright yo, yo, yo
Niggas be claiming shit, find a gangsta movie
Put they name in it
Biting like there ain't no shame in it
You the hardest on the beat
I'm the fire that you playin' with
You a artist from the street
I'll give you the blood to paint it with
So yeah, I'm positive
I'm positive I'm the best
Spit bullets to split ya vest and
Deposit them in ya chest
Dark is the flesh on my bones
Calling Brooklyn home
Hang up on niggas like '"I want
You to meet my nigga tone", word
Leave me alone like Michael Jackson
Or there will be more than
Butterflies in your stomach
Waiting to see what happens
You see me out, know that my crew is flawless
So-called gangstas need more security
Than the Rawkus office
Yo, I thought you bust ya gun
You just a big joke, thinkin' you a Big Pun
Yo, Kanye, this is the big one
(Wanna be good to you)
Me and my niggas havin' big fun
Ayo, my silent moments
Loud as the crack of thunder
My hunger like the crocodile
That attacks the hunter
It ain't commercial or underground
It's true 'cause I (Wanna be good to you)
Call it skill, call it game, call it glow
Call my name like the lord, all in vain
Screamin' like you all in pain
Treat it like a drug
All up in ya vein 'cause
(Wanna be good to you)
Come on bK and (yeah)
BX and (Come on) q borough and (yeah)
Manhattan and (Come on)
Harlem niggas and (yeah) long Island (yeah)
(Wanna be good to you)
The whole world rockin'
The whole world rockin'
I know them people watchin'
(Wanna be good to you)
(Kweli, '02) yo, yo
Ayo, my silent moments
Loud as the crack of thunder
My hunger like the crocodile
That attacks the hunter
It ain't commercial or underground
It's true 'cause I (Wanna be good to you)
Call it skill, call it game, call it glow
Call my name like the lord, all in vain
Screamin' like you all in pain
Treat it like a drug
All up in ya vein 'cause
(Wanna be good to you)
We make the squares dance
And get the dough like dosey
Y'all niggas roll with pussycats like Josie
All spoiled rotten like ghetto groceries, yo
I clutch the mic like ya
Grandma clutch her rosary, yo
Swoop in the industry, like a bird to prey
My stanzas got stamina
Ya verses lack vertebrae
I heard them say I was a conscious rapper
But I'm a monster when I have to smack
The shit out of a nonsense actor
Using my hands solo and I don't need Chewy
Over your head like Yarmulkes and Kufis, yo
I write screen gems
Y'all niggas act in B movies
Type of niggas proud to be groupies
Followers in the herd runnin' over the cliff
I'm the "Buffalo Soldier"
Smoke ya like a dreadlock rasta
Blowin' the spliff
Loadin' a clip to spit high
Like you holdin' blow in a stolen whip
Rolling the strip
Looking to hit cops, now that's a four alarm
Black queen fallin' on my arms
You could call it charm
Matter fact, call it what you
Want, it's up to you, bruh
(Wanna be good to you) yeah, yeah, yeah
Call it skill, call it game, call it glow
Call my name like the lord, all in vain
Screamin' like you all in pain
Treat it like a drug
All up in ya vein 'cause
(Wanna be good to you)
How many niggas ever been in love?
How many niggas really think they thugs?
And can't think without the drink and drugs
How many niggas can't get in
With hats and sneakers on?
Say "Fuck security" and get inside
And keep them on
How many niggas think that gats
Make the weaker strong?
Can't do for self and wanna snatch
The plate you eatin' on
That don't take heart, slave nigga
Play ya part
I'd rather jump overboard, nigga
Face the sharks
We stay doin' it, later for the conversation
Hammers is cocked and waitin'
Niggas is not debating
We ain't got the patience
You found poppin' shit
Come in to town just to run
You down like poppa ditch
And dig a proper ditch
You lying like a politician
Your proposition meets opposition
Like contradictions get out my house
You ain't no real Representative
I make it happen, you ain't official
You tentative niggas is sensitive
See how they catchin' feelings it's so hot
The sweat rise and it wet the ceiling
Barracuda, Spitkicker nigga that's the crew
(Wanna be good to you)
Call it skill, call it game, call it glow
Call my name like the lord, all in vain
Screamin' like you all in pain
Treat it like a drug
All up in ya vein 'cause
(Wanna be good to you)
Woo (Come on) yeah
Well alright yo, yo, yo
Niggas be claiming shit, find a gangsta movie
Put they name in it
Biting like there ain't no shame in it
You the hardest on the beat
I'm the fire that you playin' with
You a artist from the street
I'll give you the blood to paint it with
So yeah, I'm positive
I'm positive I'm the best
Spit bullets to split ya vest and
Deposit them in ya chest
Dark is the flesh on my bones
Calling Brooklyn home
Hang up on niggas like '"I want
You to meet my nigga tone", word
Leave me alone like Michael Jackson
Or there will be more than
Butterflies in your stomach
Waiting to see what happens
You see me out, know that my crew is flawless
So-called gangstas need more security
Than the Rawkus office
Yo, I thought you bust ya gun
You just a big joke, thinkin' you a Big Pun
Yo, Kanye, this is the big one
(Wanna be good to you)
Me and my niggas havin' big fun
Ayo, my silent moments
Loud as the crack of thunder
My hunger like the crocodile
That attacks the hunter
It ain't commercial or underground
It's true 'cause I (Wanna be good to you)
Call it skill, call it game, call it glow
Call my name like the lord, all in vain
Screamin' like you all in pain
Treat it like a drug
All up in ya vein 'cause
(Wanna be good to you)
Come on bK and (yeah)
BX and (Come on) q borough and (yeah)
Manhattan and (Come on)
Harlem niggas and (yeah) long Island (yeah)
(Wanna be good to you)
The whole world rockin'
The whole world rockin'
I know them people watchin'
(Wanna be good to you)