Talib Kweli - Lifting Off lyrics

Lifting off lifting off
Lifting off, never been so high
I get on my plane and see planes go by
High enough to see the angels fly
Now that we back in the game
These lames gon' die lifting off
Like the Mars rover or the
Weight on your shoulder
That held you down with the
Weight of a boulder
Whether a drug dealer baking the
Soda or a revolutionary soldier
We here for you yo, the waiting is over
Cause we lifting off, off the ground
Take you up in the clouds
Floating on the notes and tones
Until the condensation drip from my brow
We'll disappear in the crowd
Till I'm surrounded with sounds
Count it down and we
Lifting off, five on it


Used to the split the cost
Roll it up, take a hit and cough, relax
Keep reefer like a fifth of ros'
We make 'em dance like
Kalashnikov, take 'em higher, we
Lifting off, light it up, take a blade
Divide it up it's not enough
Grab your arms and tie 'em up
Go further, hit the pipe and fire it up
'Cause they like the rush, when they
Lifting off, light it up, take a blade
Divide it up it's not enough
Grab your arms and tie 'em up
Go further, hit the pipe and fire it up
'Cause they like the rush, when they
Lifting off, I've never been so low
When I smoke
I don't wanna be dependent on the dro
For the happiness 'cause happiness should
Come from your soul i sold myself
Like at least you don't fuck with the blow
Lifting off, I tried to buy LSD
But a dred refused to sell it to me
He was like, well yeah, I got it
But that's a white man drug
Not for us, I said aight man, love
Still I be lifting off, in the limelight
Indication dazed shrooms had my mouth dry
Looking for the Gatorade
On a date with the high made me fade away
I left shorty at the table with a razor blade
Lifting off but see I'm getting off track
No tracks in my arms
I never fucked with the smack or the crack
Only vice was the trees and the 'gnac
Until my man Jimmy got me onto Jack
Throw it back and I'm
Lifting off light it up, take a blade
Divide it up it's not enough
Grab your arms and tie 'em up
Go further, hit the pipe and fire it up
'Cause they like the rush, when they
Lifting off light it up, take a blade
Divide it up it's not enough
Grab your arms and tie 'em up
Go further, hit the pipe and fire it up
'Cause they like the rush, when they
Lifting off, it's such a passionate high
No sense in passing it by
I'm like Inspectah Deck
The clouds are so far relaxed in the sky
Coming down, looking back in the Stuy'
Ain't no problem they
Lifting off on the daily
Behind the restoration plaza
Where they got a production of Alvin Ailey
At the theater named after Billy
She struggled with it too
If she was here right now
She'd probably hit it too
Lifting off but still there's no excuse
Spread the myth that if I don't
Get high then I don't produce
These people acting like they want the truth
But the appearance of the
Truth is good enough
They don't want the proof
Huh, they get to too confused
They looking too confused
The pigeon flew the coop
I stay out the bubble but they
Keep me in the loop
Soon as I'm in the house it's
Through the roof and we
Lifting off light it up, take a blade
Divide it up it's not enough
Grab your arms and tie 'em up
Go further, hit the pipe and fire it up
'Cause they like the rush, when they
Lifting off light it up, take a blade
Divide it up it's not enough
Grab your arms and tie 'em up
Go further, hit the pipe and fire it up
'Cause they like the rush, when they
Lifting off, light it up, take a blade
Divide it up it's not enough
Grab your arms and tie 'em up
Go further, hit the pipe and fire it up
'Cause they like the rush, when they
Lifting off light it up, take a blade
Divide it up it's not enough
Grab your arms and tie 'em up
Go further, hit the pipe and fire it up
'Cause they like the rush
When they lifting off lifting off
Lifting off lifting off
Lifting off lifting off
Lifting off