Train of Thought

(Kweli)<br><br>We do not (under no circumstances) live for Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop)<br>It lives for us<br>we don`t live for Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop), it lives for us (repeat 3x)<br><br>It`s the eternalist, y`all burn to this, blaze da dro`<br>Soul rebels trap up, we got a long way to go<br>Before this here blow like a volcano<br>we get eternal, this is what you waitin` for, <br>you try to front and play the role<br>When you more like a pimp who pay the ho<br>With my name up in your mouth like fellatio<br>I lace the flow on purpose even up the ratio<br>Of Hip-Hop to that shit they drop on the radio<br>Underground classics is what they used to say before<br>Now we break the surface quiet like an alligator nose<br>They hate it, cuz they know if they don`t get it, then they may be slow<br>We still gonna blow like the horn played by Horatio<br>The stakes is three feet high and risin` like De La Soul<br>So I got Wonder Why, my man Dave and Maseo<br>We all got babies so we embrace the taste of dough<br>But y`all already know so I ain`t gotta say no mo`<br><br>(Chorus, Maseo)<br><br>De La is whatcha need, Reflection is whatcha need<br>We got the masters of the ceremonies, <br>blessin` emcees lip professin` emcees<br>From LI to Brooklyn to Cinncinnati, Hi-Tek and Kweli got this on lock D <br>Let me hear you scream out loud if you`re somebody<br>Party to party, body to body, <br>when we come into the jam we do it wildstyle<br><br>(Posdnous)<br>Yo! I`m homegrown for the bain, once I rock the mic plain<br>It`s the extravaganza we glad you came, <br>made only for them heads, it`s infra-red Aim<br>For such a world figure, we got figures to gain <br>(don`t sleep on a nigga)<br>I ain`t Icabod Crane get that ass cooked hard cuz we raw like Kane<br>Been known to mic spit, infinite per frame<br>While these girls throw me plenty like jenny to jane<br>Ain`t some old school G poppin` memory lane, been on it future robotic<br>Since the day I came<br>If you don`t know Plug Wonder Why is my name<br>Most recognized leo with my size in mane, <br>matter a fact track is simple and Plain,<br>Cuz the complexities I freeze is too deep to detain,<br>Reflect, Kwa-Tone Tek eternally in the game (and De La) oh fo` sho`<br>We be shinin` the same<br><br>(Chorus)<br><br>(Dave)<br>Y`all think these challengers is here to make a man fold<br>Shoot I`ve been holdin` these joints since I was yea old<br>Came to confirm the fact that I`ve been on the payroll<br>Stay cold til one day make it hot and fade old<br>Continue til I`m dyin, rottin` out gray and old<br>I told them fool before they pass they have to pay toll<br>While I`ve been sittin` at the table eatin` steak whole, side of greens<br>Baby yams you know it stay soul, pre-natal,<br>But they want to come spit your way so, <br>so was I supposed to go and say no,<br>Right emcees some walking straight, some take the gay stroll<br>I get my man to clamp they asses like they staples<br>I`m from LI we take it far as out as naples<br>And scrape hoes who`ll be willing to take clothes off (off)<br>See once you bet it all against reflects eternal, <br>you lose every rapper on a dept<br>Y`all need to pay ya dues<br><br>(Chorus)