Talib Kweli, Ben L’Oncle Soul - Je Dois Partir lyrics

Oh yeah
That’s the universal language right there
The have nots, vs the have

Growing up, sure was tough
When the money, getting to slowing up
A promise is hard as trying
To do to knowledge
When you don’t know enough
Poor enough to notice
But, you pour it up, and you throw it up
They say that when they comin'
But we ain't runnin', nobody as cold as us
My life is like a play
But, I don’t grace stages
Try to feed my family
But it’s hard on these slave wages
Lucifer behind me, crucify me like a god suh
They never want to pay us
But immigrants get the job done
Job one is self-preservation
I gotta stay healthy
The system always favors the riches
Make sure they stay wealthy
How they gon' stop it
If education for profit
The prophets make revelations
The gangsters go in your pockets
I’m stocking up on these favors
Cause vagrancy never fly
They value people for they paper
Like animals for they hides
And the battle cry
Is that there’s value in our lives
Spirituality over money is where
Our power lies

Mon cœur je dois partir
Je sais c'est difficile
Plus tard tu comprendras
Mais ne t'en fais pas pour moi
J'allumerai chaque soir
Des étoiles dans le ciel
Papa sera bientôt là reste ici, attends-moi

The attitude they employ say it all
It’s just aristocratic
Fascist police’ll murder people who
Give em static
They’ll make a cheap version of smack
And sell that shit to addicts
Systematic or incidental that shit
Is just as tragic i’m just emphatically and
Dramatically overwhelmed fam
No job, no money, no safety net
No health plan
No car, no home, no food on the table
No way to provide for my people
Though I’m willing and able to
To pry off government assistance
Cause a feeling’ll enable you
Where pride ain't practical when
You lacking that capital
Holes in my clothes
This was never a fashion show
Too broke for the sour roll
But that don’t matter though talk is cheap
I had enough of the back and forth
I’m on the verge, snapping out
Trying to laugh it off
I love to work for myself
‘Cause it sucks when you have a boss
But, I least I have a job
No one is promised to have it all
I’m in the rat race pick up
The phone when the cattle call
Spitting these tree songs
Keep calm like Adderall

Mon cœur je dois partir
Je sais c'est difficile
Plus tard tu comprendras
Mais ne t'en fais pas pour moi
J'allumerai chaque soir
Des étoiles dans le ciel
Papa sera bientôt là reste ici, attends-moi

Mon cœur je dois partir
Je sais c'est difficile
Plus tard tu comprendras
Mais ne t'en fais pas pour moi
J'allumerai chaque soir
Des étoiles dans le ciel
Papa sera bientôt là reste ici, attends-moi