| Song | Making Progress |
| Artist | Blackalicious |
| Album | Nia |
| 作曲 : MOSLEY XAVIER LORENZO | |
| 作词 : MOSLEY XAVIER LORENZO | |
| We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path | |
| Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math | |
| So there's enough for everyone | |
| We gotta make it last, we gotta make it last | |
| As I embark on life's journey from the point where | |
| I'm atPeace to everyone, | |
| I know and who | |
| I go way back | |
| With every pimp, every mack, every gang star, the | |
| JackEvery hustler feeding babies anybody pro-black | |
| Every sister raising kids without the help of a dad | |
| Wanting for they're children all the things that they never had | |
| All the brothers handling businesses, | |
| I know shit's hard | |
| Waking up at 5 a.m. holding down 3 jobs | |
| All my Rasta brethren getting insight from trees | |
| To my brothers up in college getting | |
| PhD'sOr any other degree, even if you just reading for mental health | |
| Feed your conscious so that your mind is free | |
| All my people locked down for your past mistakes | |
| Mentally and spiritually dwelling past the gates | |
| You can change your ways, elevate today | |
| To all recovered alcoholics chillin' up in | |
| A.A.Every black-owned business keep doin' for self | |
| Helpin' out the community and spreadin' the wealth | |
| Understanding help ain't gonna come from nowhere else | |
| Revolutionary's fakin' me and just get dealt | |
| With head on black people got to lead the task | |
| Educate keep learnin', got to question, ask | |
| And let your light keep shinin' and remember the past | |
| By any means necessary you'll be free at last | |
| We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path | |
| Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math | |
| So there's enough for everyone | |
| We gotta make it last, we gotta make it last | |
| As I embark on life's journey from the point where | |
| I'm atPeace to everybody strivin' to live right and exact | |
| Even though anxieties try to pull you down | |
| See your troubles as a blessing and you're homeward bound | |
| Everybody gotta struggle, that's the way of the world | |
| Can't develop biceps if you don't do curls | |
| Can't achieve a garden if you never water your crops | |
| If you never pay your dues then you don't get props | |
| Couldn't eat a proper meal without cooking it first | |
| Can't receive a paycheck if you don't do work | |
| If it wasn't for the rain then the trees won't grow | |
| When the spring came around what a site to bestow | |
| When you face adversities, dark cloud won't last | |
| If you never study how do you expect to pass | |
| The grasshoppers laid around while the ants did chores | |
| When the winter came around he was left outdoors | |
| See the cycle keeps moving like a big machine | |
| Evolution of the mind, soul, body and being | |
| God'll never put up on you more than you can take | |
| Sometimes you even gotta learn from other people's mistakes | |
| With head on black people got to lead the task | |
| Educate keep learnin', got to question, ask | |
| And let your light keep shinin' and remember the past | |
| By any means necessary you'll be free at least | |
| We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path | |
| Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math | |
| So there's enough for everyone, we gotta make it last | |
| We gotta make it last, we gotta make it last |
| zuò qǔ : MOSLEY XAVIER LORENZO | |
| zuò cí : MOSLEY XAVIER LORENZO | |
| We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path | |
| Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math | |
| So there' s enough for everyone | |
| We gotta make it last, we gotta make it last | |
| As I embark on life' s journey from the point where | |
| I' m atPeace to everyone, | |
| I know and who | |
| I go way back | |
| With every pimp, every mack, every gang star, the | |
| JackEvery hustler feeding babies anybody problack | |
| Every sister raising kids without the help of a dad | |
| Wanting for they' re children all the things that they never had | |
| All the brothers handling businesses, | |
| I know shit' s hard | |
| Waking up at 5 a. m. holding down 3 jobs | |
| All my Rasta brethren getting insight from trees | |
| To my brothers up in college getting | |
| PhD' sOr any other degree, even if you just reading for mental health | |
| Feed your conscious so that your mind is free | |
| All my people locked down for your past mistakes | |
| Mentally and spiritually dwelling past the gates | |
| You can change your ways, elevate today | |
| To all recovered alcoholics chillin' up in | |
| A. A. Every blackowned business keep doin' for self | |
| Helpin' out the community and spreadin' the wealth | |
| Understanding help ain' t gonna come from nowhere else | |
| Revolutionary' s fakin' me and just get dealt | |
| With head on black people got to lead the task | |
| Educate keep learnin', got to question, ask | |
| And let your light keep shinin' and remember the past | |
| By any means necessary you' ll be free at last | |
| We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path | |
| Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math | |
| So there' s enough for everyone | |
| We gotta make it last, we gotta make it last | |
| As I embark on life' s journey from the point where | |
| I' m atPeace to everybody strivin' to live right and exact | |
| Even though anxieties try to pull you down | |
| See your troubles as a blessing and you' re homeward bound | |
| Everybody gotta struggle, that' s the way of the world | |
| Can' t develop biceps if you don' t do curls | |
| Can' t achieve a garden if you never water your crops | |
| If you never pay your dues then you don' t get props | |
| Couldn' t eat a proper meal without cooking it first | |
| Can' t receive a paycheck if you don' t do work | |
| If it wasn' t for the rain then the trees won' t grow | |
| When the spring came around what a site to bestow | |
| When you face adversities, dark cloud won' t last | |
| If you never study how do you expect to pass | |
| The grasshoppers laid around while the ants did chores | |
| When the winter came around he was left outdoors | |
| See the cycle keeps moving like a big machine | |
| Evolution of the mind, soul, body and being | |
| God' ll never put up on you more than you can take | |
| Sometimes you even gotta learn from other people' s mistakes | |
| With head on black people got to lead the task | |
| Educate keep learnin', got to question, ask | |
| And let your light keep shinin' and remember the past | |
| By any means necessary you' ll be free at least | |
| We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path | |
| Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math | |
| So there' s enough for everyone, we gotta make it last | |
| We gotta make it last, we gotta make it last |