Talib Kweli, Diamond D - The Fold lyrics

DJs and MCs in the place to be
Diamond D and Kweli
You're now rocking with the best
Get that hate off your chest
With no further ado
We bringin’ it straight to you

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder
What you see is, only what they show ya
We're tryin’ to get by
You're only tryin' to get over
That's why your lady cryin' on my shoulder
Like
This nigga trippin' like Jack and Mr?Roper?
Chameleon ass niggas change color
Like Sammy Sosa
Gettin' burned by the sun when
We fly a little closеr
You're drivin’ with a chauffeur while
Wе dyin’ for the culture the media
Picking at the flesh like a vulture
Disrespectful like "fuck your couch"
Feet on the sofa as tourists bring in
Gentrification like interlopers
The pro Blackness provoker
They mad cause I be makin'
White supremacy my focus
?Stomp a mudhole and a nazi
From identity he wrote?
It’s a beautiful thing like Coka Nostra
My look is focused like the?sider?
On a wanted poster
God's soldier, Bars colder than Mars rover
Me and Diamond puffin' a Shrek and
I don't mean a large ogre word to God
I started out as a?tired star forward?
You should have paid attention to the
Stories my scars told ya i been nice
For shoes puttin’ pennies in your loafers
The style watered down
Like mixin' Henny with the soda
And don't nobody do it doper
Me and Diamond keep it realer
Than we supposed ta

Every verse is like a prayer son
The game is full of shooters
They used to shoot you a fair one
Just for starein' like a care bear
We faithful
But the space that we occupyin' is rare air
We been the favorite of you favorites
But they underestimatin' like Goliath
Did to David
The manifesto or the mission statement
Written by the saviors of the
Culture cause I'm vision greater
We pro Justice and we pro Black
We pro knowledge and we pro Facts
No cap, we get it goin' like a slow clap
While most rap cats is terrified
Of the blow back this is not a throwback
This the future though
Stupido, rappers be goofy as Marco Rubio
The Studios is temples
So what they doin' is blasphemous
Nas said it was dead
But we brought it back like it's Lazarus
The catalyst for change
We responded to the climate
Cause the weather's never the same
We blessed whenever it rain
Her name is very germane
Standin' over buried remains
Profanity's disclaimed cause we
Livin' very profane
Don't be normal be exceptional
Cause the average ain't suitin' you
Pursue the unusual, and do what is beautiful
Stay truest to your principles
Stick to em' like it's superglue
That's the blueprint to make it harder for
The devil to try usin' you

Nigga's is abusin' you