Talib Kweli, Chace Infinite - Self Savior lyrics

New Chace Infinite, Talib Kweli, yeah
Music courtesy of, Maurice 'Mo Betta' Brown
Mo Betta, makes it mo' better, yeah

Preacher's playing foul in the
System now listen now
It's more hate in the religious
Now ain't it foul
Gotta be a better way to figure out
How to be a self savior
Plus help my niggas out
These pigs playin foul in the
System now listen now
Every poor person is a nigga now
There's gotta be a better way to figure out
How to get this paper cause they
Lockin all my niggas down

How do expect to live? Dealin
With savages is damagin
Somebody gotta lose although you play to win
You know these niggas hate
Despite the color of your face
When I say nigga I'm just
Speakin on your mental state
Life ain't a game if it
Is I can't participate
Maybe I've changed but my mind
Is in a different state
Cause now it seems more like a plan
I'm strivin for perfection
So that's where I'll begin
Your tallies and peaks and valleys
Can't describe who I am
This music is therapeutic, I define who I am
Through the actions I portray as
A man in combination
With impressions I leave on people
Through things that I've said
I've had it up to here with the bullshit
So when I rap I sound like I'm in the pulpit
Yeah they say that I be preachin too much
But, I know that through the music's
How you teach it to us it's all real

Preacher's playing foul in the
System now listen now
It's more hate in the religious
Now ain't it foul
Gotta be a better way to figure out
How to be a self savior
Plus help my niggas out
These pigs playin foul in the
System now listen now
Every poor person is a nigga now
There's gotta be a better way to figure out
How to get this paper cause they
Lockin all my niggas down

True indeed Chace they tried to get rid of me
(say word) but they can't write me off
I'm not a charity
That's a parody right? You kiddin me
There really ain't no challenge
My authenticity
Virtually guarantee me a flawless victory
You kiddin me? I'm lethal
I'm from a people who
Was forced into captivity
Original man, there was often a facsimile
I give a little more than
Your metaphors and wack similes
Thousand yard stare
Say a prayer for my enemy i'm international
Half of these rappers laughable
It's tragic how the other half so vaginal
They put the style over substance
They counsel bother me
My style married my substance and
Now they livin in harmony
But any substance can be abused
Especially when the style is so seductive
The substance consider leaving you
You gotta get back to your essence
Use your gifts and share your presence
Don't count your dollars 'til
You count your blessings

Preacher's playing foul in the
System now listen now
It's more hate in the religious
Now ain't it foul
Gotta be a better way to figure out
How to be a self savior
Plus help my niggas out
These pigs playin foul in the
System now listen now
Every poor person is a nigga now
There's gotta be a better way to figure out
How to get this paper cause they
Lockin all my niggas down