The Beautiful Struggle
Talib Kweli lyrics
Talib Kweli lyrics
"Around My Way Lyrics"
Somebody Else Lyrics
What if I was alright? What if I wasn't wound so tight? What if I had the balls to be bad? Would you still look at me like that? Would you be mad that I had held the old me back? Why can't I be somebody else? Somebody who isn't too cool to believe it's okay to be just me Maybe I was too much Maybe I'll take it down a notch Maybe I'll have the guts to go mad Maybe I'll mess me up real bad May
What if I was alright? What if I wasn't wound so tight? What if I had the balls to be bad? Would you still look at me like that? Would you be mad that I had held the old me back? Why can't I be somebody else? Somebody who isn't too cool to believe it's okay to be just me Maybe I was too much Maybe I'll take it down a notch Maybe I'll have the guts to go mad Maybe I'll mess me up real bad May
(feat. John Legend)
[Chorus]
Around my way...
Around my way...
All the corners filled with sorrow
All the streets are filled with pain
Around my way...
Around my way...
Around my way...
All the corners filled with sorrow
All the streets are filled with pain
Around my way...
[1st Verse]
People let me paint a picture
You know I ain't a christian
I ain't a muslim, ain't a jew
I'm losing my religion
I speak to god directly
I know my god respect me
Cause he let me breathe his air and he really blessed me
I ain't knocking you, but I don't fuck with hospitals
Spit the gospel, truly knowing jesus like apostles do
Return like the prodigal son to honor Mohammed
I Knew You Were Waiting For Me Lyrics
Like a warrior that fights And wins the battle I know the taste of victory Though i went through some nights Consumed by the shadows And was crippled emotionally Somehow I made it through the heartace I escaped I found my way out of the darkness, kept my faith Kept my faith (Chorus) And the river was deep I didn't falter When the mountain was high I still believed
tooLike a warrior that fights And wins the battle I know the taste of victory Though i went through some nights Consumed by the shadows And was crippled emotionally Somehow I made it through the heartace I escaped I found my way out of the darkness, kept my faith Kept my faith (Chorus) And the river was deep I didn't falter When the mountain was high I still believed
Stay away from ham like Abraham, Lord'll follow you
Even when you took my man Chaka God and what I'm a do
You gave the hood a modern day martyr in Brother Amadou
I'm on the block, I'm tracing your footsteps, I keep the faith in you
Your love, plus hard work and ambition
We gonna make it through, my songs is psalms I'm spiritual when I'm lyrical
This is for my soldier niggaz looking in the mirror who
Sitting home scratching off serials eating cereal
The way we find a way to survive, shit is a miracle
We got mice in the crib and roaches in the toasters, rice in the fridge
Bread in the oven by the roaster
We be takin' gypsy cabs and chasin' 50 bags
They be laced with shitty swag and it really get me mad
The way we saluting flags, wrapping them around our heads
when niggaz ain't become American till 9/11
Stand Tight (4:10) Lyrics
My bones are trembling Veins are filled with ice I see you swagger through Your boots are shiny, too I still feel your torture Messing up my life I cannot forget How you showed me your despise Deep down in the gravel I lie and wait for relieve And I hear the orders you scream Sounds like a choir to me Stand tight - all right And assume the position - we all stand together Stand tight
My bones are trembling Veins are filled with ice I see you swagger through Your boots are shiny, too I still feel your torture Messing up my life I cannot forget How you showed me your despise Deep down in the gravel I lie and wait for relieve And I hear the orders you scream Sounds like a choir to me Stand tight - all right And assume the position - we all stand together Stand tight
Feeling like you gotta sneak into heaven
When the reverend looking like a pimp and the pimp look like the reverend
[Chorus]
Around my way...
Around my way...
All the corners filled with sorrow
All the streets are filled with pain
Around my way...
These conditions make us strong
And we create our own businesses so later on
Our children have things in their name that they can say they own
A mix tape freestyle become your favorite song
No place like home when the cops ask you about your neighbors
Beat on you, threaten to incarcerate you
Till you spill your guys like you a Garcia Vega
We roll blunts not the papers
Cop the greatest take it coast to coast
L.A. to Chicago like Smooth Operators
Cop the Dro and cop the blacks
Eu nunca tive algu?m para amar Nunca tive com quem sonhar Nunca tive alguem s? para mim Nunca ningu?m me beijou assim Nunca acreditei no amor Mas agora estou aqui ao teu dispor Nunca quis tanto algu?m Nunca ninguem me fez sentir tao bem Tu caiste do c?u (yeah yeah) para me fazer feliz eu olhei para ti e fui feliz Nunca te vou deixar ir At? ao fim do mundo vou-te seguir Em todos os meus planos
Drop the flow, rock a hat on top a stocking cap
Be a doctor or a lawyer or make your momma a promise that
You'll finish school, but when you got a dream you gotta follow that
And make sure when you make it out the hood, you always holler back
Think about what you got from that
And always put your dollars back
On top of that, this is a legacy and we a part of that
The hood is where my heart is at
Catch me around my way
[Chorus]
Around my way...
Around my way...
All the corners filled with sorrow
All the streets are filled with hate
Around my way...
Around my way...
Around my way...
All the corners filled with sorrow
All the streets are filled with pain
Around my way...