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Talib Kweli - Get By
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Talib Kweli - Black Girl Pain
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Talib Kweli - Favela Love (feat. Seu Jorge)
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Talib Kweli - Attack The Block
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Talib Kweli - Congregation
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Talib Kweli - Hostile Gospel Pt. 2 (Deliver Me)
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Talib Kweli - I Try
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Talib Kweli - Listen!!!
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Talib Kweli - Soul Music
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Talib Kweli - What's Beef?
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Talib Kweli - 2000 Seasons
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Talib Kweli - 5 AM In Brooklyn
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Talib Kweli - A Game
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Talib Kweli - Accountable
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Talib Kweli - Africa Dream
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Talib Kweli - After The Rain
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Talib Kweli - Around My Way
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Talib Kweli - Art Imitates Life
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Talib Kweli - Astronomy (8th Light)
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Talib Kweli - B Boys Will B Boys
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Talib Kweli - Back It Up
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Talib Kweli - Back Up Offa Me
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Talib Kweli - Beast
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Talib Kweli - Beautiful
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Talib Kweli - Beautiful Struggle
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Talib Kweli - Before He Walked (feat. Nelly & Abby Dobson)
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Talib Kweli - Big Nel From da Natti
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Talib Kweli - Bridge To Bama (HI Tek Remix)
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Talib Kweli - Bright as the Stars
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Talib Kweli - Broken Glass
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Talib Kweli - Brown Skin Lady
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Talib Kweli - Brown Sugar (Raw)
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Talib Kweli - Buck 'Em Down
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Talib Kweli - Calling All Hearts (Remix)
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Talib Kweli - Celebrate
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Talib Kweli - Certified Samurai
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Talib Kweli - Chaos Feat Bahamadia
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Talib Kweli - Children's Story
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Talib Kweli - Cold Rain
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Talib Kweli - Colors Of You
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Talib Kweli - Come Here (feat. Miguel)
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Talib Kweli - Comin From The Lower Level
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Talib Kweli - Country Cousins
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Talib Kweli - Definition
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Talib Kweli - Delicate Flowers
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Talib Kweli - Demonology
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Talib Kweli - Distractions
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Talib Kweli - Down For The Count
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Talib Kweli - Drugs, Basketball & Rap
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Talib Kweli - Earning Potential
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Talib Kweli - Eat To Live
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Talib Kweli - Engine Running
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Talib Kweli - Eternalists
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Talib Kweli - Everything Man
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Talib Kweli - Expansion Dedication
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Talib Kweli - Fallen Star
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Talib Kweli - Flash Gordon
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Talib Kweli - Fly Away
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Talib Kweli - Fly That Knot
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Talib Kweli - Follow The Leader
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Talib Kweli - For Women
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Talib Kweli - Fortified Live
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Talib Kweli - Funny Money
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Talib Kweli - Game
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Talib Kweli - Get Back Pt. II
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Talib Kweli - Get By (Remix)
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Talib Kweli - Get Up
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Talib Kweli - Getting To The Money
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Talib Kweli - Ghetto Afterlife
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Talib Kweli - Ghetto Show
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Talib Kweli - Ghetto Snow
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Talib Kweli - Give 'Em Hell
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Talib Kweli - Go With Us
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Talib Kweli - Going Hard
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Talib Kweli - Good Morning
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Talib Kweli - Good To You
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Talib Kweli - Great Expectations
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Talib Kweli - Guerrilla Monsoon Rap
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Talib Kweli - Gun Music
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Talib Kweli - Hamster Wheel
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Talib Kweli - Happy Home
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Talib Kweli - Hater Players
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Talib Kweli - Hell
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Talib Kweli - Here We Go (Original)
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Talib Kweli - High Life (feat. Rubix & Bajah)
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Talib Kweli - Hold It Now
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Talib Kweli - Holy Moly
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Talib Kweli - Hostile Gospel, Pt. 1 (Deliver Us)
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Talib Kweli - Hot Thing
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Talib Kweli - How You Love Me
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Talib Kweli - Human Element
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Talib Kweli - Human Mic
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Talib Kweli - I'm On One
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Talib Kweli - If
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Talib Kweli - In The Mood
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Talib Kweli - Inner Monologue
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Talib Kweli - Intro
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Talib Kweli - It Only Gets Better (feat. Marsha Ambrosius)
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Talib Kweli - Jackin 4 Beats
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Talib Kweli - Joy
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Talib Kweli - Just To Get
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Talib Kweli - K.O.S. (Determination)
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Talib Kweli - Keynote Speaker
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Talib Kweli - Let Em In
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Talib Kweli - Let Me See (Remix)
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Talib Kweli - Letter From The Government
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Talib Kweli - Like That
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Talib Kweli - Little Brother
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Talib Kweli - Lonely People
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Talib Kweli - Love Language
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Talib Kweli - Lover’s Peak
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Talib Kweli - Lunchroom Classics
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Talib Kweli - Make It Classy
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Talib Kweli - Makes No Sense
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Talib Kweli - Manifesto
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Talib Kweli - Memories Live
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Talib Kweli - Millionaires
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Talib Kweli - More Or Less
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Talib Kweli - Move Somethin'
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Talib Kweli - Mr. International
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Talib Kweli - Ms Hill
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Talib Kweli - Name Of The Game
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Talib Kweli - Nature
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Talib Kweli - Never Been In Love
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Talib Kweli - New Leaders
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Talib Kweli - Niggas Lie Alot
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Talib Kweli - No Competition
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Talib Kweli - Numerology
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Talib Kweli - NY Shining
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Talib Kweli - NY Weather Report
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Talib Kweli - Oh My Stars
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Talib Kweli - On Mission
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Talib Kweli - On My Way
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Talib Kweli - One Four Love, Part 1
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Talib Kweli - One Two
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Talib Kweli - Outside the Lounge
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Talib Kweli - Outstanding
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Talib Kweli - Over The Counter
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Talib Kweli - Oz Theme
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Talib Kweli - Palookas
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Talib Kweli - Perfect Beat
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Talib Kweli - Phoenix
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Talib Kweli - Prime Example
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Talib Kweli - Protective Custody
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Talib Kweli - Push Thru (feat. Curren$y & Kendrick Lamar)
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Talib Kweli - Put It In The Air
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Talib Kweli - Raise the Bar
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Talib Kweli - Rare Portraits
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Talib Kweli - RE:DEFinition
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Talib Kweli - Ready Set Go (feat. Melanie Fiona)
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Talib Kweli - Respiration
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Talib Kweli - Right About Now
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Talib Kweli - Rock On
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Talib Kweli - Rocket Ships (feat. Busta Rhymes)
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Talib Kweli - Roll Off Me
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Talib Kweli - Rush
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Talib Kweli - Say Something
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Talib Kweli - Self Savior
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Talib Kweli - Sharp Shooters
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Talib Kweli - Shock Body
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Talib Kweli - So Disgusting
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Talib Kweli - So Fresh
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Talib Kweli - So Good
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Talib Kweli - Some Kind Of Wonderful
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Talib Kweli - Soon The New Day (feat. Norah Jones)
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Talib Kweli - Soul Rebels
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Talib Kweli - Soundbombing Freestyle
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Talib Kweli - Space Fruit (Interlude)
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Talib Kweli - Stand to the Side
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Talib Kweli - State Of Grace
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Talib Kweli - Stay Around
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Talib Kweli - Supreme, Supreme
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Talib Kweli - Talk to You
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Talib Kweli - Talk To You(Lil Darlin)
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Talib Kweli - Tater Tot
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Talib Kweli - That's Enough
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Talib Kweli - The Beast
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Talib Kweli - The Blast
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Talib Kweli - The Corner
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Talib Kweli - The Express
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Talib Kweli - The Function
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Talib Kweli - The Nature
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Talib Kweli - The Perfect Beat
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Talib Kweli - The Proud
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Talib Kweli - The Show
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Talib Kweli - The Truth
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Talib Kweli - The Wormhole
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Talib Kweli - Theives in the Night
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Talib Kweli - Theme From Hi Tek
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Talib Kweli - This Means You
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Talib Kweli - Time Is Right
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Talib Kweli - To The Music
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Talib Kweli - Toca Tuesdays Freestyle
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Talib Kweli - Too Late
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Talib Kweli - Touch You
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Talib Kweli - Turnt Up
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Talib Kweli - Twice Inna Lifetime
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Talib Kweli - Two & Two
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Talib Kweli - Uh Oh
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Talib Kweli - Upper Echelon
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Talib Kweli - Violations (feat. Raekwon)
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Talib Kweli - Wack Niggas
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Talib Kweli - Wait For You
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Talib Kweli - Waitin' for the DJ
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Talib Kweli - We Got The Beat
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Talib Kweli - We Know
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Talib Kweli - We Pullin' Out Tonite
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Talib Kweli - What Can I Do
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Talib Kweli - What They May Seem
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Talib Kweli - Where Do We Go
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Talib Kweli - Where Ya Gonna Run
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Talib Kweli - Who Got It
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Talib Kweli - Won't You Stay
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Talib Kweli - Work It Out
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Talib Kweli - Wormhole
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Talib Kweli - Yelling Away
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Talib Kweli - Yo Yeah
For Women
Talib Kweli
Yea, so we got this tune called "For Women" right
Originally, it was by Nina Simone
She said it was inspired by, you know
Down south. In the south, they used to call her Mother Antie
She said No Mrs.
Just Antie
She said if anybody ever called her Antie
she'd burn the whole goddamn place down
I'm over past that
Coming into the new millenium, we can't forget our elders
[Talib Kweli]
I got off the 2 train in Brooklyn on my way to a session
Said let me help this woman up the stairs before I get to
steppin'
We got in a conversation she said she a 107
Just her presence was a blessing and her essence was a lesson
She had her head wrapped
And long dreads that peeked out the back
Like antenna to help her get a sense of where she was at,
imagine that
Livin' a century, the strenght of her memories
Felt like an angel had been sent to me
She lived from nigger to colored to negro to black
To afro then african-american and right back to nigger
You figure she'd be bitter in the twilight
But she alright, cuz she done sseen the circle of life yo
Her skin was black like it was packed with melanin
Back in the days of slaves she packin' like Harriet Tubman
Her arms are long and she moves like song
Feet with corns, hand with callouses
But her heart is warm and her hair is wooly
And it attract a lot of energy even negative
She gotta dead that the head wrap is her remedy
Her back is strong and she far from a vagabond
This is the back of the masters' whip used to crack upon
Strong enough to take all the pain, that's been
Inflicted again and again and again and again and flipped
It to the love for her children nothing else matters
What do they call her? They call her aunt Sara.
Woman singing in the background
[Talib Kweli] (+ Background Vocals)
I know a girl with a name as beautiful as the rain
Her face is the same but she suffers an unusual pain
Seems she only deals with losers who be usin' them games
Chasin' the real brothers away like she confused in the brain
She tried to get it where she fit in
on that American Dream mission paid tuition
For the receipt to find out her history was missing and started
flippin
Seeing the world through very different eyes
People askin' her what she'll do when it comes time to chose
sides
Yo, her skin is yellow, it's like her face is blond word is bond
And her hair is long and straight just like sleeping beauty
See, she truly feels like she belong in 2 worlds
And that she can't relate to other girls
Her father was rich and white still livin' with his wife
But he forced himself on her mother late one night
They call it rape that's right and now she take flight
Through life with hate and spite inside her mind
That keep her up to the break of light a lot of times
(I gotta find myself) (3X)
She had to remind herself
They called her Safronia the unwanted seed
Blood still blue in her vein and still red when she bleeds
(Don't, don't, don't hurt me again) (8X)
[Talib Kweli] (+ Background Vocals)
Teenage lovers sit on the stoops up in Harlem
Holdin' hands under the Apollo marquis dreamin of stardom
Since they was born the streets is watchin' and schemin'
And now it got them generations facin' deseases
That don't kill you they just got problems
and complications that get you first
Yo, it's getting worse, when children hide the fact that they
pregnant
Cuz they scared of giving birth
How will I feed this baby?
How will I survive, how will this baby shine?
Daddy dead from crack in '85, mommy dead from AIDS in '89
At 14 the baby hit the same streets they became her master
The children of the enslaved, they grow a little faster
They bodies become adult
While they keepin' the thoughts of a child her arrival
Into womanhood was heemed up by her survival
Now she 25, barely grown out her own
Doin' whatever it takes strippin', workin' out on the block
Up on the phone, talkin' about
(my skin is tan like the front of your hand)
(And my hair...)
(Well my hair's alright whatever way I want to fix it,
it's alright it's fine)
(But my hips, these sweet hips of mine invite you daddy)
(And when I fix my lips my mouth is like wine)
(Take a sip don't be shy, tonight I wanna be your lady)
(I ain't too good for your Mercedes, but first you got to pay
me)
(You better quit with all the question, sugar who's little girl
am I)
(Why I'm yours if you got enough money to buy)
(You better stop with the compliments we running out of time,)
(You wanna talk whatever we could do that it's your dime)
(From Harlem's from where I came, don't worry about my name,)
(Up on one-two-five they call me sweet thang)
Scratches + Woman singing in the background
[Talib Kweli] (+ Background Vocals)
A daughter come up in Georgia, ripe and ready to plant seeds,
Left the plantation when she saw a sign even thought she can't
read
It came from God and when life get hard she always speak to him,
She'd rather kill her babies than let the master get to 'em,
She on the run up north to get across that Mason-Dixon
In church she learned how to be patient and keep wishin',
The promise of eternal life after death for those that God bless
She swears the next baby she'll have will breathe a free breath
and get milk from a free breast,
And love beeing alive,
otherwise they'll have to give up being themselves to survive,
Being maids, cleaning ladies, maybe teachers or college
graduates, nurses, housewives, prostitutes, and drug addicts
Some will grow to be old women, some will die before they born,
They'll be mothers, and lovers who inspire and make songs,
(But me, my skin is brown and my manner is tough,)
(Like the love I give my babies when the rainbow's enuff,)
(I'll kill the first muthafucka that mess with me, I never
bluff)
(I ain't got time to lie, my life has been much too rough,)
(Still running with barefeet, I ain't got nothin' but my soul,)
(Freedom is the ultimate goal,
life and death is small on the whole, in many ways)
(I'm awfully bitter these days
'cuz the only parents God gave me, they were slaves,)
(And it crippled me, I got the destiny of a casualty,)
(But I live through my babies and I change my reality)
(Maybe one day I'll ride back to Georgia on a train,)