talking yeah as we continue on yeah ladies and gentlemen this the soundtrack do not be alarmed don t panic be calm yeah we gon hit you with with the words we gon hit you with the music course we gonna hit you with that kweli shit one of these days a change gon come for you and i and our children where you can live and just have fun don t nobody trip on where you come from everything is good yeah it s all love it s freedom in the hood for all to get some it s every woman to a man to a child to a fam with all us on a higher level of understanding but if it s gonna take a while i ll chill i can bask in the glory on that day and if i gotta chill then boy i will it s no problem for me because yo i be b boy position standing here anticipatin patiently just waitin to grind out for my dreams and you can t stop me boy listen ladies and gentlemen don t be alarmed this is the soundtrack to what s goin on and if you want you can get it i promise you if you let it the rhythm ll be good to you yeah let the rhythm be good to you i promise baby it ll be so good to you and now you bout to witness the sounds of these words musiq and kweli  community blocks waitin til my opportunity knocks but the door is usually locked because it s usually cops most of us wish we had a car and jewelry shop but spend my days trying to fuck or find a movie to watch talkin big plans to live large and move from the block your only options from your moms is to move to ya pops cigarettes trying to hold on to the few that you got prices crazy high for you to give up a loosies a lot areas we from you scared you don t run don t care what you done be leery of tongue snitchin hope the jury is hung tryin to go from zero to one like a hero becomes while here air in my lungs ideas i share with my sons people down here so shady they could stare at the sun can t wait til that unemployment check clear once it comes daily routine but my only theory when young was get money get a job and hope her period comes just live life walkin the block at night i stopped at a rhyme cipher circle of rhyme writers broken up by crime fighters they said we loiterin started orderin us around we ain t jump at the sound of they voice they said get on the ground this cause we black or what i m sick of cops harassin us probably because we ain t degrade ourselves fast enough the people passin us stopped and the cops start actin right somebody had my back tonight off they go in a flash of light you try to see the future take a mental picture of it city life is hard when your apartment don t fit in your budget you need to get a room like people who kiss in public plus you tempted just to say fuck it until you kick the bucket there s more to life than appears it ain t no crystal stair as nails ll stick out and snare you and this is crystal clear ain t no officials in chairs or fans that scream your name it ain t a game but it s still a challenge just the same but if it s gonna take a while i ll chill i can bask in the glory on that day and if i gotta chill then boy i will it s no problem for me because yo i be b boy position standing here anticipatin patiently just waitin to grind out for my dream and you can t stop me boy 