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Talib Kweli - Get By
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Talib Kweli - Talk To You(Lil Darlin)
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Talib Kweli - Favela Love (feat. Seu Jorge)
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Talib Kweli - Funny Money
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Talib Kweli - Ms Hill
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Talib Kweli - Push Thru (feat. Curren$y & Kendrick Lamar)
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Talib Kweli - Soul Music
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Talib Kweli - The Nature
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Talib Kweli - The Proud
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Talib Kweli - Theme From Hi Tek
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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 - Attack The Block
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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 - Black Girl Pain
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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 - Congregation
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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 - 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. 2 (Deliver Me)
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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 Try
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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 - Listen!!!
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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 Perfect Beat
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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 - 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 - What's Beef?
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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
Respiration
Talib Kweli
"we did umm, two whole cars
It was me, dez, and main three right?
And on the first car in small letters it said
'all you see is..' and then you know
Big, big, you know some block silver letters
That said '..crime in the city' right?"
"it just took up the whole car?"
"yeah yeah, it was a whole car and shit..."
[spanish speaking woman] escuchela.. la ciudad respirando
(translation of spanish: listen to it.. the city breathing)
* woman repeats 3x *
[spanish speaking woman] escuchela..
[mos def]
The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis
Shinin, like who on top of this?
People was tusslin, arguin and bustlin
Gangstaz of gotham hardcore hustlin
I'm wrestlin with words and ideas
My ears is picky, seekin what will transmit
The scribes can apply to transcript, yo
This ain't no time where the usual is suitable
Tonight alive, let's describe the inscrutable
The indisputable, we new york the narcotic
Strength in metal and fiber optics
Where mercenaries is paid to trade hot stock tips
For profits, thirsty criminals take pockets
Hard knuckles on the second hands of workin class watches
Skyscrapers is collosus, the cost of living
Is preposterous, stay alive, you play or die, no options
No batman and robin, can't tell between
The cops and the robbers, they both partners, they all heartless
With no conscience, back streets stay darkened
Where unbeliever hearts stay hardened
My eagle talons stay sharpened, like city lights stay throbbin
You either make a way or stay sobbin, the shiny apple
Is bruised but sweet and if you choose to eat
You could lose your teeth, many crews retreat
Nightly news repeat, who got shot down and locked down
Spotlight to savages, nasdaq averages
My narrative, rose to explain this existance
Amidst the harbor lights which remain in the distance
So much on my mind that i can't recline
Blastin holes in the night til she bled sunshine
Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine
Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the skyline
Heard the bass ride out like an ancient mating call
I can't take it y'all, i can feel the city breathin
Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening
Sigh before we die like the last train leaving
[talib kweli]
Breathin in deep city breaths, sittin on shitty steps
We stoop to new lows, hell froze the night the city slept
The beast crept through concrete jungles
Communicatin with one another
And ghetto birds where waters fall
From the hydrants to the gutters
The beast walk the beats, but the beats we be makin
You on the wrong side of the track, lookin visibly shaken
Taken them plungers, plungin to death that's painted by the
Numbers
With crime unapplied pressure, cats is playin god
But havin children by a lesser baby mother but fuck it
We played against each other like puppets, swearin you got pull
When the only pull you got is the wool over your eyes
Gettin knowledge in jail like a blessing in disguise
Look in the skies for god, what you see besides the smog
Is broken dreams flying away on the wings of the obscene
Thoughts that people put in the air
Places where you could get murdered over a glare
But everything is fair
It's a paradox we call reality
So keepin it real will make you casualty of abnormal normality
Killers born naturally like, mickey and mallory
Not knowing the ways'll get you capped like an nba salary
Some cats be emceeing to illustrate what we be seeing
Hard to be a spiritual being when shit is shakin what you
Believe in
For trees to grow in brooklyn, seeds need to be planted
I'm asking if y'all feel me and the crowd left me stranded
My blood pressure boiled and rose, cause new york niggaz
Actin spoiled at shows, to the winners the spoils go
I take the l, transfer to the 2, head to the gates
New york life type trife the roman empire state
[mos def and crew]
So much on my mind i just can't recline
Blastin holes in the night til she bled sunshine
Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine
Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the skyline
Yo don't the bass ride out like an ancient mating call
I can't take it y'all, i can feel the city breathin
Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening
Sigh before we die like the last train leaving
[spanish speaking woman] escuchela.. respirando ??
[common]
Yo...on the amen, corner i stood lookin at my former hood
Felt the spirit in the wind, knew my friend was gone for good
Threw dirt on the casket, the hurt, i couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions, struggle i hadn't mastered
I coreograph seven steps to heaven
And hell, waiting to exhale and make the bread leavened
Veteran of a cold war it's chica-i-go for
What i know or, what's known
So some days i take the bus home, just to touch home
From the crib i spend months gone
Sat by the window with a clutched dome listenin to shorties cuss
Long
Young girls with weak minds, but they butt strong
Tried to call, or at least beep the lord, but didn't have a
Touch-tone
It's a dog-eat-dog world, you gotta mush on
Some of this land i must own
Outta the city, they want us gone
Tearin down the 'jects creatin plush homes
My circumstance is between cabrini and love jones
Surrounded by hate, yet i love home
Ask my god how he thought travellin the world sound
Found it hard to imagine he hadn't been past downtown
It's deep, i heard the city breathe in its sleep
Of reality i touch, but for me it's hard to keep
Deep, i heard my man breathe in his sleep
Of reality i touch, but for me it's hard to keep
[mos def and crew]
So much on my mind i just can't recline
Blastin holes in the night til she bled sunshine
Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine
Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the skyline
Yo how the bass ride out like an ancient mating call
I can't take it y'all, i can feel the city breathing
Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening