go right to left left to right middle passage connection yeah about to build tell you which way to go we go right to left left to right if you fight to the death what s left to fight we go right to left left to right if you fight to the death what s left to fight we go right to left left to right if you fight to the death what s left to fight we go right to left left to right if you fight to the death yo here we go i wanna write away i wanna write here i wanna write brave words to fight fear write dreams and nightmares might scare the folks stuck in the day with nothin to say while i m way ahead by light years so beware and keep the lights on i wanna write the songs that right the wrong right on ridin the light so you see in the dark so deep you gotta be still like your beatin heart my words apply the pressure to make the bleedin stop i see the art of livin right eatin smart i wanna right to life a right to death police read your rights from right to left but i never write to remain silent i fight through police line cops walk the beat that i write to i teach minds write rhymes with the right sound right now journalists write up i write down party people put a hand in the sky grab a cloud and squeeze til no man is dry wet it up go ask the people if they plannin to die can t stay to live consumers is plannin to buy slow death operators is standin by they take you order for the slaughter of the family why do they make it so hard for a man to provide you better get with it or stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side you better get with it or stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side you better get with it or stand to the side  and the storyline goes on right to left who s right who s wrong fuck the politics and pride i just to try to stay alive to witness where the battle lines are drawn speak my mind and i sing my song i m passin on the moral y all this is ain t play true you got to know the way it s hard now open eyes see for hopeful lives sing it now makin my way through life talkin to elders and takin advice ignorin their words and payin the price livin in the world where false preachers got us prayin to christ get with the young girls in the choir and layin the pipe no control of our soul we all wait at the light so comfortable they we hatin to fight to make it right late at night i m controlled by the dj on the mic i love hiphop and every joint he playin is tight a day in the life is a brick in the foundation i m like a mason in egypt amazin when i m creatin a site for the world to behold and the story to last so one day ghetto children can visit their glorious past after pac and notorious passed what do we have niggas worth more when they dead it s so sad started with the slavery we finish the plan but i broke the cycle and became a man party people put a hand in the sky grab a cloud and squeeze till no man is dry wet it up go ask the people if they plannin to die can t stay to live consumers is plannin to buy slow death operators is standin by they take you order for the slaughter of the family why do they make it so hard for a man to provide you better get with it or stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side you better get with it or stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side you better get with it or stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side you better get with it or stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side you better get with it or stand to the side come on yeah come on yeah come on oh yeah come on yo i got my man savion in the house we about to put it down here we go come on yeah where you at yeah i m right here yeah yeah come on yeah uh uh yeah yeah come on yeah stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side stand to the side come on come on in order to expand i m just thinking i don t wanna ever drop i don t wanna lose the moniker the talib kweli moniker but i m thinking over headlights it doesn t fly i wanna just put it in your head no dance for me now we don t have to come with anything now i wanna maybe talk about you know like p diddy he changed it talib kweli aka t kwilly t biggity i don t know you figure it out you re the artist see that s why you get paid the big bucks 2