[00:02.791]This the year of the Blacksmith[00:05.41]Talib Kweli (Kweli)K-1(K-1)[00:07.791]Let's go Listen[00:09.731]Yeah yeah niggas don't Listen[00:11.421]Back in the days we all used to Listen[00:13.111]Now shit is so wack nobody Listen[00:15.671]To that real hip-hop yo Listen[00:18.361]Ladies and gentlemen get ready here it come Listen[00:20.731]Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum[00:22.361]Somethin I wanna tell you Now let me get up in it[00:25.361]Wait wait wait wait Wait just a minute[00:28.611]Friends Romans countrymen lend me your ears[00:30.361]Start repentin cause the endin is near[00:32.111]But don't panic you can't function if you livin in fear[00:34.491]Pay attention you gotta listen to hear Wait just a minute[00:36.801]Who the **** you think you talkin to[00:39.301]Put you on hold get a specialist to walk you through[00:41.611]Kweli the flow captain to fast or slow rappin[00:43.991]I'm soul crackin you ain't heard your shit appear like closed captions[00:46.821]King of the bars and I'm goin hardcores[00:48.821]All my confidence comes from knowin God's laws[00:51.591]Bangin on the system fightin my kind of war[00:54.381]Loud as a whisper quiet as a lion's roar[00:56.701]Ladies and gentlemen get ready here it come Listen[00:59.701]Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum[01:01.571]Somethin I wanna tell you Now let me get up in it[01:04.571]It's for your spirits so but y'all don't hear me though Listen[01:07.701]Get up get into it and get involved Listen[01:09.821]There's a little somethin that I wanna spit for y'all[01:11.831]Somethin I wanna tell you Now let me get up in it[01:14.391]Wait wait wait wait Wait just a minute[01:17.21]Get it now get it fast get it right[01:18.831]Get it big get it live get it done get it tight[01:21.211]Somethin I wanna tell you But you don't really hear me though[01:23.831]I spit it clearly so it's live at your stereo[01:25.961]To your heart while it's beatin in your chest[01:28.461]I'm speakin to execs in the seat behind the desk[01:30.961]To your spirit nuttin weaker than the flesh[01:33.271]So while you try to keep it fresh you gettin deeper in the depth[01:36.21]Real hip-hop is missin from the shelf[01:38.511]Yep it's what you felt when you listen to yourself[01:40.841]Only a few is makin cuts that finish[01:43.271]So before you spend your hard-earned spinach Wait just a minute[01:45.841]Yeah you love the sounds comin out your speaker[01:51.841]I spit rounds like a 9-millimeter[02:09.851]The youth today they frown at the teachers[02:13.31]They ain't down with no leaders they don't wanna wait just a minute[02:16.31]They like What nigga Wait right there[02:18.101]I got reservoir dogs you be missin a right ear[02:20.161]Listen Get it clear figure is my year[02:22.471]I'm everywhere makin appearances in niggas nightmares[02:24.661]Hear the word peep the flow check the cadence[02:27.411]What you heard is a pro I'm so amazin[02:29.911]Don't front girl you know it's your favorite[02:32.601]New Kweli yo they runnin out of patience[02:54.701]Yo don't it sound so good to ya[02:57.141]Uhh it's the return of the greatest y'all[02:59.451]Talib Kweli BKMC Blacksmith is the movement[03:03.521]Blacksmith is the music what you ridin for[03:06.81]What you livin for what you dyin for[03:10.21]Somethin I wanna tell you Bangin on your eardrum yeah[03:11.771]Wait just wait just wait just a minute[03:19.31]Listen[03:21.961]Wait just wait just wait just a minute