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(feat. Talib Kweli & Dion) |
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[Talib Kweli:] |
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Time is of the essence, and waits for no man |
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Now is the time to get down with the program |
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It's time to get busy, it's time to get involved |
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You got a problem with that, it's time to get it solved |
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Time flys when you havin' fun, I'll be in the throne for a long time |
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All you haters pack a lunch, it's time to stack your funds |
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There comes a time to run and grab your gun |
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And there's a time to admit when you haven't won |
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Used to be nation time, but now we facin' time |
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Ain't no replacin' time homie, why you wastin' time? |
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They say time is money, and so I spend it wisely |
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On quality goods so with the family's where you tend to find me |
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If you're lookin', my people keep on pushin' |
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Across the bridge to another time like we did to get to Brooklyn |
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I climb through the windows of the mind, I unravel mysteries |
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Go back in history, see how I time travel |
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[Chorus: Dion] |
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(Time) I've been racin' up this time |
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Tryin' my best to find my way (Time) |
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Change the world in just one day |
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Goin' crazy (Time) |
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I've been racin' up this time |
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Tryin' my best to find my way (Time) |
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Change the world in just one day |
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[Talib Kweli:] |
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Take the time, rewind and make your mind up |
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Get on your grind, put in the work until your time's up |
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Like O.C. let the poetry remind ya |
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Of why we at the top of our game, this here is timeless |
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They lack the minerals and vitamins with time release |
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And so they try to blind you with the diamonds in they time pieces |
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Okay you got money and we all can see it, great |
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Now rhyme about somethin' time don't appreciate |
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You don't appreciate the time, that it take |
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To make a rhyme, I don't just educate or fascinate |
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My facts is straight, I don't exaggerate when I say |
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I was gettin' some head, phony rappers I decapitate |
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I'm gettin' my bread, kids is fed, it's time to build |
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It's time to find a skill, it's time to find a strength |
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It's time to find a will and we ain't got the time to kill, one another |
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They got us swallowin' all kind of pills, they tryin' to drug us |
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Not again, not this time |
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[Chorus: Dion] |
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(Time) I've been racin' up this time |
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Tryin' my best to find my way (Time) |
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Change the world in just one day |
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Goin' crazy (Time) |
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I've been racin' up this time |
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Tryin' my best to find my way (Time) |
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Change the world in just one day |
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[Talib Kweli:] |
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Yeah, it's Blacksmith, we got them classics in the pipeline |
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The people ready right now, this the right time |
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The right kind of flavor that age like a fine wine |
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Past, present or future, it's all in the same timeline |
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So currently I'm standin' on the shoulders of my ancestors |
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And throwin' up the sign of the times like hand gestures |
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The man next to the man you tryin' to stand next to |
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Ain't impressed by your routine, you too damn extra |
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It's time to start a movement, it's time to start improvin' |
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If everybody a pimp, then who the prostitutes |
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And where the hell is our solution, it's time to handle problems |
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It's time to stand for somethin', it's time to channel Marvin... |
