Released: July 16, 2001
Featuring: Erykah Badu
Songwriter: Talib Kweli Hi-Tek Erykah Badu
Producer: Hi-Tek
[Intro: Erykah Badu & Talib Kweli]
Yo
Ah ah ahhh
What's the matter with these damn emcees? (I don't know)
Come on baby, if you feeling me (yeah)
Sit down with me, roll yourself a tree (ugh)
Now what the hell is going on in the industry? (I don't know)
Now don't the people want to feel the beat? (hell yeah)
We talk about it every time we meet (yeah we do)
Would anybody like a cup of tea? (rock on, on on on)
Ba ba ba badum, Badu
[Verse 1: Talib Kweli & Erykah Badu]
It's the BK emcee (Kweli)
My rhymes is found in the veins
Of ghetto folks who surrounded with pain
Going to clubs drowned in the liquor
That's surrounding they brains
Wannabe thugs on every record
Got 'em sounding the same (hell yeah)
Ever since I first came to put it down in this game
These people can't quite get their tongues around my name
It's all for the good, I'm still the same with or without the fame
But I'm saying the way you got my shit pronounced, it's a shame
(umm-umm-umm)
The first part is Arabic (Talib)
That means "the student" or "the seeker"
I never try to be no teacher or no preacher
I just reach you through the speaker
Never beat you in the head
'Cause all that preaching to the choir
Yo, it's dead, word (umm uhh uhh)
Then you got (Kweli), let me put you on
It means truth and knowledge from the people of the Akan (yeah)
Reaching you through the song, got you rocking to the beat
Asking for Hi-Tek tracks
Stopping me in the streets (uhh, uhh, come on)
[Chorus: Talib Kweli & Erykah Badu]
Everybody say it with me (Kweli)
Rock the party, my crew hot feel these two shots
Like the blast from a double barrel (shottie) (pow)
It's got to be my man Hi-Tek and Kweli
Who make you rock your (body) (yeah), start the party (uh)
My crew hot, feel these two shots
Like the blast of a double barrel (shottie) (pow)
It's got to be I got Badu rocking with me (Kweli)
[Bridge: Erykah Badu/Talib Kweli]
What's the matter with these damn emcees? (Kweli) (I don't know)
Come on, baby, if you feeling me (Kweli) (yeah)
Sit down with me, brought your self a treat (uh)
Now what the hell is going on in the industry? (Kweli) (I don't know)
Now don't the people want to feel the beat? (Kweli) (hell yeah)
We talk about it every time we meet (Kweli) (yeah we do)
Would anybody like a cup of tea? (rock on, on on on)
Ba ba ba baa, Badu
[Verse 2: Talib Kweli/Erykah Badu]
Yeah, you pronounce her name Badu (Badu), love it you got to
Some try too hard to be, some try too hard not to
Be just who they is, what that means that they not true (uhh uhh)
A sister put it down, let me show you how I do (duu ehh uu ohh)
Chill, oc, 'cause we still drop the ill hip hop
We stay true to what we do whether you feel it or not
When you see me rhyming or painting (uhh uhh)
I'm climbing, I'm praying, I'm rising, I'm surviving
I'm staying alive, y'all know what I'm saying
I come from a place where cats lust papes (Kweli) (umm uhh)
Love-hate, be in the clubs late (yeah)
All our beliefs crush grape (come on)
Steady rhymes takes bust ish straight
Upstate, we puff grate and stay with the sticky like duct tape (oh word)
Always pushing myself and steady knowing the ledge (yeah)
Black man over 21 supposed to be dead (ohh-ooh)
Open instead 'cause I looked up in the face and laughed (uhh)
Give it a name, money, I'm having a blast (umm um ohh oo)
Ain't that right
[Chorus: Talib Kweli/Erykah Badu]
Everybody say it with me (Kweli)
Start the party, my crew hot feel these two shots
Like the blast of a double barrel (shottie) (pow)
It's got to be my man Hi-Tek and Kweli
Who make you rock your body, start the party
My crew hot, feel these two shots (hey)
Like the blast of a double barrel (shottie) (pow)
It's got to be, I got Badu rocking with me (Kweli)
[Bridge: Erykah Badu/Talib Kweli]
What's the matter with these damn emcees (Kweli) (I don't know)
Come on baby if you feeling me (Kweli) (yea)
Sit down with me brought your self a treat (uh)
Now what the hell is going on in the industry (Kweli) (I don't know)
Now don't the people want to feel the beat (Kweli) (hell yeah)
We talk about it every time we meet (Kweli) (yeah we do)
Would anybody like a cup of tea (rock on, on on on)
Ba ba ba baa, Badu
[Outro: Talib Kweli]
Rock wit us, uh (Kweli)
Everybody say it with me (Kweli)
Rock the party, my crew hot feel these two shots
Like the blast of a double barrel shottie
It's got to be my man Hi-Tek and Kweli
Yo
Ah ah ahhh
What's the matter with these damn emcees? (I don't know)
Come on baby, if you feeling me (yeah)
Sit down with me, roll yourself a tree (ugh)
Now what the hell is going on in the industry? (I don't know)
Now don't the people want to feel the beat? (hell yeah)
We talk about it every time we meet (yeah we do)
Would anybody like a cup of tea? (rock on, on on on)
Ba ba ba badum, Badu
[Verse 1: Talib Kweli & Erykah Badu]
It's the BK emcee (Kweli)
My rhymes is found in the veins
Of ghetto folks who surrounded with pain
Going to clubs drowned in the liquor
That's surrounding they brains
Wannabe thugs on every record
Got 'em sounding the same (hell yeah)
Ever since I first came to put it down in this game
These people can't quite get their tongues around my name
It's all for the good, I'm still the same with or without the fame
But I'm saying the way you got my shit pronounced, it's a shame
(umm-umm-umm)
The first part is Arabic (Talib)
That means "the student" or "the seeker"
I never try to be no teacher or no preacher
I just reach you through the speaker
Never beat you in the head
'Cause all that preaching to the choir
Yo, it's dead, word (umm uhh uhh)
Then you got (Kweli), let me put you on
It means truth and knowledge from the people of the Akan (yeah)
Reaching you through the song, got you rocking to the beat
Asking for Hi-Tek tracks
Stopping me in the streets (uhh, uhh, come on)
[Chorus: Talib Kweli & Erykah Badu]
Everybody say it with me (Kweli)
Rock the party, my crew hot feel these two shots
Like the blast from a double barrel (shottie) (pow)
It's got to be my man Hi-Tek and Kweli
Who make you rock your (body) (yeah), start the party (uh)
My crew hot, feel these two shots
Like the blast of a double barrel (shottie) (pow)
It's got to be I got Badu rocking with me (Kweli)
[Bridge: Erykah Badu/Talib Kweli]
What's the matter with these damn emcees? (Kweli) (I don't know)
Come on, baby, if you feeling me (Kweli) (yeah)
Sit down with me, brought your self a treat (uh)
Now what the hell is going on in the industry? (Kweli) (I don't know)
Now don't the people want to feel the beat? (Kweli) (hell yeah)
We talk about it every time we meet (Kweli) (yeah we do)
Would anybody like a cup of tea? (rock on, on on on)
Ba ba ba baa, Badu
[Verse 2: Talib Kweli/Erykah Badu]
Yeah, you pronounce her name Badu (Badu), love it you got to
Some try too hard to be, some try too hard not to
Be just who they is, what that means that they not true (uhh uhh)
A sister put it down, let me show you how I do (duu ehh uu ohh)
Chill, oc, 'cause we still drop the ill hip hop
We stay true to what we do whether you feel it or not
When you see me rhyming or painting (uhh uhh)
I'm climbing, I'm praying, I'm rising, I'm surviving
I'm staying alive, y'all know what I'm saying
I come from a place where cats lust papes (Kweli) (umm uhh)
Love-hate, be in the clubs late (yeah)
All our beliefs crush grape (come on)
Steady rhymes takes bust ish straight
Upstate, we puff grate and stay with the sticky like duct tape (oh word)
Always pushing myself and steady knowing the ledge (yeah)
Black man over 21 supposed to be dead (ohh-ooh)
Open instead 'cause I looked up in the face and laughed (uhh)
Give it a name, money, I'm having a blast (umm um ohh oo)
Ain't that right
[Chorus: Talib Kweli/Erykah Badu]
Everybody say it with me (Kweli)
Start the party, my crew hot feel these two shots
Like the blast of a double barrel (shottie) (pow)
It's got to be my man Hi-Tek and Kweli
Who make you rock your body, start the party
My crew hot, feel these two shots (hey)
Like the blast of a double barrel (shottie) (pow)
It's got to be, I got Badu rocking with me (Kweli)
[Bridge: Erykah Badu/Talib Kweli]
What's the matter with these damn emcees (Kweli) (I don't know)
Come on baby if you feeling me (Kweli) (yea)
Sit down with me brought your self a treat (uh)
Now what the hell is going on in the industry (Kweli) (I don't know)
Now don't the people want to feel the beat (Kweli) (hell yeah)
We talk about it every time we meet (Kweli) (yeah we do)
Would anybody like a cup of tea (rock on, on on on)
Ba ba ba baa, Badu
[Outro: Talib Kweli]
Rock wit us, uh (Kweli)
Everybody say it with me (Kweli)
Rock the party, my crew hot feel these two shots
Like the blast of a double barrel shottie
It's got to be my man Hi-Tek and Kweli
more tracks from the album
SpitKicker Presents: The Best of Talib Kweli
- Re: Definition
- Africa Dream
- Down for the Count
- Soul Rebels
- Some Kind of Wonderful
- Move Somethin’
- Touch You
- Buck ’Em Down
- Joy
- Waitin’ for the DJ
- Peace of Mind
- Bridge to Bama (Hi-Tek Remix)
- The Blast (Remix)
- Respiration
- Memories Live
- Definition
- Good to You
- Brown Skin Lady
- Fortified Live
- The Anti-Love Movement
- Theme From Hi-Tek
- Wages of Sin
- The Manifesto
- The Express
From the albums
- Train of Thought (2000)
- SpitKicker Presents: The Best of Talib Kweli (2004)
Reflection Eternal popular songs
- Just Begun
- K.O.S. (Determination)
- The Blast
- Four Women
- Love Language
- Memories Live
- 2000 Seasons
- Africa Dream
- Good Mourning
- Expansion Outro
- Fortified Live
- Ballad of the Black Gold
- Too Late
- This Means You
- The Manifesto
- Chaos
- The Blast (Remix)
- Bridge to Bama (Hi-Tek Remix)
- On Mission
- Back Again
- Lifting Off
- Midnight Hour
- My Life (Outro)
- Long Hot Summer