Talib Kweli, Madlib - Over the Counter lyrics

Hahaaah uh, uh, yeah feel that for a second
I ain't even gon say shit
For a couple of seconds
Gonna let you feel that for a second
It's Madlib like
Yeah, what you know about that?
The era of the bullshit is over
It's the year of the Blacksmith
Kweli, aiyyo, aiyyo

Aiyyo, we need some new leaders
Politicians is lying
Now artists is true divas
They meant to deceive us
They were sent to defeat us
Everybody in here shot his
Peers through the speakers
Guerrilla tactics, I'mma find a weapon
Drop a rhyme or find a session
Give you a final lesson in your final seconds
Liberation ain't the illest vinyl pressing?


Yeah right
And the government ain't lying about 9 11
Find me repping Brooklyn on the daily
What the dealy?
Questioning my teachers like "Oh
Really?" so they feel me
Based on fraudulent facts as
They practice like O'Reilly
Making me a hero for the
Class to come behind me
It's collusive like your newest sneakers
Ain't you glad you waited?
This year I graduated
Y'all niggas is super seniors
Stay getting left behind
This the year of the Blacksmith
Liberation clearly a classic

People want to live it up, what
What's your drug of choice?
What, what, give it up, what
Let me hook it up
Over the counter intelligence got ya hooked
You's a goner when I'm on
The corner selling it
People want to live it up, what
What's your drug of choice?
What, what, give it up, what
Let me hook it up
Over the counter intelligence got ya hooked
You's a goner when I'm on
The corner selling it

Cats after the pot of gold like
The luck of the Irish
I don't fuck with silly broads
I only fuck with the flyest
What they saying, stop playing
They delaying the plane
Usually I'm late and they saying my
Name over the loud speaker (Talib Kweli)
The turbulence will make you find Jesus
I took a train from Brussels to Antwerp
The cops find pieces
Don't get it twisted, London got dime pieces
We stopping in Amsterdam for top
Of the line reefers
Trying to get to Egypt for
The pyramids in Giza
Got me tripping like Cameron Diaz in Tanzania
A family guy - I'm not Brian, Stewie
Or Peter
I'm using poetic licence like onomatopoeia
Headed to Philadelphia
I'm yelling out "Free Mumia"
CDs selling like nuclear weapons
In North Korea
Madlib, Talib Kweli, we off the meter
To start a fight, I'm coursing your life
The talk is cheaper

People want to live it up, what
What's your drug of choice?
What, what, give it up, what
Let me hook it up
Over the counter intelligence got ya hooked
You's a goner when I'm on
The corner selling it
People want to live it up, what
What's your drug of choice?
What, what, give it up, what
Let me hook it up
Over the counter intelligence got ya hooked
You's a goner when I'm on
The corner selling it

Yeah, yeah
This the Liberation, rhyming is my occupation
Occupation of a nation, drop the population
From creating self-esteem
Plus the stream of consciousness
When I got it into being I
Helped to free the populace bred to black
Green to black is wrapped around a magazine
Under pressure said the freshman
At Cheshire academy
Kicked out of Brooklyn Tech
Focusing on looking fresh
Bright kid accepted to the schools
That only took the best
Bounce like a check, yes
Without no hesitation
I went to college, then I left
That's when I got my education
Still live my regrets
Now how ill would I be with a degree?
Use would just a piece of paper to me
A receipt one day I might go back, shit
Who am I kidding?
How can I live a stupid decision?
Get used to the prison that
I built for myself
It's all real, true in lividness so I
Rap to put food in the kitchen, c'mon

People want to live it up, what
What's your drug of choice?
What, what, give it up, what
Let me hook it up
Over the counter intelligence got ya hooked
You's a goner when I'm on
The corner selling it
People want to live it up, what
What's your drug of choice?
What, what, give it up, what
Let me hook it up
Over the counter intelligence got ya hooked
You's a goner when I'm on
The corner selling it
Feel the man, the Liberation