Talib Kweli - Hostile Gospel, Pt. 1 - Deliver Us lyrics
[Talib Kweli - Hostile Gospel, Pt. 1 - Deliver Us lyrics]
Deliver us (yeah) , deliver us (Us, yeah)
Deli-Deliver us (Shh) , deliver us
And what the people say? We wanna live it up
And what the people want? Please deliver us
And what the people need? Hey
I got that, yeah
I call these rappers baby seals
Cause they club you to death
I could call 'em Navy SEALs
Cause they government feds
What become of the vets? They
Drugged up, they fucked up, they in debt
There ain't no love and no respect
It's like a gang it's like a club or a set
Hip-hop's the new WWF
What do you rap or do you
Wrestle? Niggas love to forget
We got 'til it's gone, you think you on
You still hustlin' backwards
Your topical norm a tropical storm
It's a fuckin' disaster
Back to the topic we on
It all started at Rawkus (Come on)
They couldn't find the words to describe me
So they resort to the shortcuts
Is he a backpacker? Is he a mad rapper?
An entertainer or the author
Of the last chapter?
We living in these times of love and cholera
Synonymous with the apocalypse
Look up the clouds is ominous
We got maybe ten years
Left say meteorologists, shit
We still waitin' for the
Congress to acknowledge this!
What the people want? Please deliver us
We wanna live it up, please, deliver us
Th-th-this is the, th-th-this is the
This is the hostile gospel
I'm reaching through the fire, please
Deliver us
I'm preaching to the choir, please
Deliver us just keep it real wit' us
You scared to spill your blood
Your words rung hollow
We need someone to follow
You ain't promised tomorrow
So get your paper up (Word)
You can't always just borrow
And asks for favors, bruh
(Uh) stand on your own two
Never covet thy neighbor's stuff
Karma's a bitch so watch your
Mouth and what you sayin', bruh
I start a conversation based
On general observation (True)
Hip-hop is not a nation
Take it to population
Niggas got a lot to say when
Locked inside the belly of Satan
Awaitin trial debatin how the hell I
Got placed in this system
Am I a victim or just
A product of indoctrination? (yeah)
They exploit it and use me like
A movie with product placement
You hear the congregation this
Is the hostile gospel
The truth is hard to swallow
It'll leave you scarred tomorrow
Keep it honest our motto
These niggas keep it bottled
I'm the writer who reach the fighters
Like speeches by Cus D'Amato
DJs stickin to vinyl like "Fuck Serato"
Suppliers who ride around the block
In the custom autos
Ballin like the struck the lotto you
Know who the cleanest is
A nigga keep it reeich with
The stitch and greedy geniuses
I'm not a hipster
But I flip it like a sneaker pimp (Uh)
Expose the game, treat it like a bitch
Smack fire out these hoes
'cause they snitch and tap wires
While I plead the fifth
You can't trust a soul in the biz
So be careful who you eatin' with
And sleepin with and also
Who you chiefin' with
You never know they might've
Added in secret ingredients
What the people want? Please deliver us
We wanna live it up, please, deliver us
Th-th-this is the, th-th-this is the
This is the hostile gospel
I'm reaching through the fire, please
Deliver us
I'm preaching to the choir, please
Deliver us just keep it real with us
You scared to spill your blood
Your words rung hollow
We need someone to follow
Freedom's a road that's seldom traveled
Watch Hell unravel
Right before the eyes of the
Soldier who fell in battle
The single mother who raised her daughter
To bear the sacred water
And not take the hand of every
Man who make a offer
To black kids wishin' they white kids
When they close they eyelids
Like, "I bet they neighborhood
Ain't like this"
White kids wishin' they black kids
And wanna talk like rappers
It's all backwards it's identity crisis
(Come on)
The industry inside us is vipers with
Fangs trying to bite us
Drug suppliers is the health care providers
We cakin'
Makin' narcotics outta household products
(yeah) we ain't workin out 'til we exorcise
The demons that's inside us
Plus they seem to just provide us
With enough rope to hang ourselves
Enough dope to slang ourselves
Enough toast to bang ourselves (Bang)
It's officially nigga season
These niggas is bleedin'
That's why I'm spittin freedom we
Had enough of trigger squeezin'
What the people want? Please deliver us
We wanna live it up, please, deliver us
Th-th-this is the, th-th-this is the
This is the hostile gospel
I'm reaching through the fire, please
Deliver us
I'm preaching to the choir, please
Deliver us just keep it real with us
You scared to spill your blood
Your words rung hollow
We need someone to follow
In these tryin' days and times
All I need is to be free
I can't do it on my own
Lord can you deliver me?
There are trials still to come
It's salvation that I need
So I'm reachin' to the sky
Lord can you deliver me? Deliver us
Deliver us, yeah deliver us, oh
Oh, deliver us deliver us
Oh, deliver us yes
Deliver us, deliver us, deliver us
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh
Deli-Deliver us (Shh) , deliver us
And what the people say? We wanna live it up
And what the people want? Please deliver us
And what the people need? Hey
I got that, yeah
I call these rappers baby seals
Cause they club you to death
I could call 'em Navy SEALs
Cause they government feds
What become of the vets? They
Drugged up, they fucked up, they in debt
There ain't no love and no respect
It's like a gang it's like a club or a set
Hip-hop's the new WWF
What do you rap or do you
Wrestle? Niggas love to forget
We got 'til it's gone, you think you on
You still hustlin' backwards
Your topical norm a tropical storm
It's a fuckin' disaster
Back to the topic we on
It all started at Rawkus (Come on)
They couldn't find the words to describe me
So they resort to the shortcuts
Is he a backpacker? Is he a mad rapper?
An entertainer or the author
Of the last chapter?
We living in these times of love and cholera
Synonymous with the apocalypse
Look up the clouds is ominous
We got maybe ten years
Left say meteorologists, shit
We still waitin' for the
Congress to acknowledge this!
What the people want? Please deliver us
We wanna live it up, please, deliver us
Th-th-this is the, th-th-this is the
This is the hostile gospel
I'm reaching through the fire, please
Deliver us
I'm preaching to the choir, please
Deliver us just keep it real wit' us
You scared to spill your blood
Your words rung hollow
We need someone to follow
You ain't promised tomorrow
So get your paper up (Word)
You can't always just borrow
And asks for favors, bruh
(Uh) stand on your own two
Never covet thy neighbor's stuff
Karma's a bitch so watch your
Mouth and what you sayin', bruh
I start a conversation based
On general observation (True)
Hip-hop is not a nation
Take it to population
Niggas got a lot to say when
Locked inside the belly of Satan
Awaitin trial debatin how the hell I
Got placed in this system
Am I a victim or just
A product of indoctrination? (yeah)
They exploit it and use me like
A movie with product placement
You hear the congregation this
Is the hostile gospel
The truth is hard to swallow
It'll leave you scarred tomorrow
Keep it honest our motto
These niggas keep it bottled
I'm the writer who reach the fighters
Like speeches by Cus D'Amato
DJs stickin to vinyl like "Fuck Serato"
Suppliers who ride around the block
In the custom autos
Ballin like the struck the lotto you
Know who the cleanest is
A nigga keep it reeich with
The stitch and greedy geniuses
I'm not a hipster
But I flip it like a sneaker pimp (Uh)
Expose the game, treat it like a bitch
Smack fire out these hoes
'cause they snitch and tap wires
While I plead the fifth
You can't trust a soul in the biz
So be careful who you eatin' with
And sleepin with and also
Who you chiefin' with
You never know they might've
Added in secret ingredients
What the people want? Please deliver us
We wanna live it up, please, deliver us
Th-th-this is the, th-th-this is the
This is the hostile gospel
I'm reaching through the fire, please
Deliver us
I'm preaching to the choir, please
Deliver us just keep it real with us
You scared to spill your blood
Your words rung hollow
We need someone to follow
Freedom's a road that's seldom traveled
Watch Hell unravel
Right before the eyes of the
Soldier who fell in battle
The single mother who raised her daughter
To bear the sacred water
And not take the hand of every
Man who make a offer
To black kids wishin' they white kids
When they close they eyelids
Like, "I bet they neighborhood
Ain't like this"
White kids wishin' they black kids
And wanna talk like rappers
It's all backwards it's identity crisis
(Come on)
The industry inside us is vipers with
Fangs trying to bite us
Drug suppliers is the health care providers
We cakin'
Makin' narcotics outta household products
(yeah) we ain't workin out 'til we exorcise
The demons that's inside us
Plus they seem to just provide us
With enough rope to hang ourselves
Enough dope to slang ourselves
Enough toast to bang ourselves (Bang)
It's officially nigga season
These niggas is bleedin'
That's why I'm spittin freedom we
Had enough of trigger squeezin'
What the people want? Please deliver us
We wanna live it up, please, deliver us
Th-th-this is the, th-th-this is the
This is the hostile gospel
I'm reaching through the fire, please
Deliver us
I'm preaching to the choir, please
Deliver us just keep it real with us
You scared to spill your blood
Your words rung hollow
We need someone to follow
In these tryin' days and times
All I need is to be free
I can't do it on my own
Lord can you deliver me?
There are trials still to come
It's salvation that I need
So I'm reachin' to the sky
Lord can you deliver me? Deliver us
Deliver us, yeah deliver us, oh
Oh, deliver us deliver us
Oh, deliver us yes
Deliver us, deliver us, deliver us
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh