Talib Kweli - Art Imitates Life lyrics

(feat. Black Thought, Rah Digga & Albe. Back) [Verse 1: Black Thought] Let's toast to paid mortgages, lastin marriages Tina Farris's pay King to Paris is livin long, makin my kids heirs and heiresses The family crest, the legacy, the heritage I'm out of Philly where the extasy and syrup is And we don't need Theraflu, we need therapists Them never-endin pursuit of them dead presidents is the reason I got the band back together b**h! Yeah, it's me and spawn, and his G in Tron[?] North side, Bomb Squad, Eric Vietnam If you don't see it like I see it then you see it wrong We October 3rd n***az like me and Kwe' Life got me in a state on the interstate And all I'm thinkin 'bout is what's up on my dinner plate Meanwhile I make your girls hyperventilate Probably cause I live the kind of life art imitate [Hook: Talib Kweli] That's my art in your eyes, my life in your hands We living next door to the Aquilius again Pardon me fam But I'mma show you how it is I'mma show you how we get in [Verse 2: Talib Kweli] Welcome to God fourth ma** like anonymous Pa**port pimping like I'm going outta town to flip The a** for a symbol with the cops hopping out of whips Bath salt n***as with the zombies apocalypse I'm blessed cause my afterlife is the studio This rappers life is gangster's paradise like I'm Coolio That's what a few believe like a doobie roll We off of that Patrón, we sipping the Don Julio You talking sh**? we don't need the chatter Opinions are like a**holes, not everybody fecal matter So they straining to push it out, put they foot in their mouth That's when I'm letting the Brooklyn out when they pull it out Better let it off cause you set it off The music that's creating a movement like it's December 4th Threw away the dark meat but they ate the white Animated like it's kind of darklit it's my wicked life It imitate my life [Hook] [Verse 3: Rah Digga] Yeah, y'all keeping it 3hunnid, we keeping it 360 Coming full circle echelon don emcees with me Tired of saying I'm the best, I won't waste another breath Heard lyrics coming back, I say it never left Y'all just catching up, so slow to come around Ice-T gave ya cliff notes, I ain't gotta dumb it down Cause I read the book, made the movie and I edit this All while I be living it, and set the precedence And get the presidents, f** all the chit chat Might hear the click clack, and I'mma diss back Married to the game get the rice out Riff Raff Nice being self employed, ain't gotta kiss a** I ain't gotta slim fast, smack a ho with a love handle Dare you to say you ain't a fan boo, roll a bamboo Life imitating art imitating life, show you how the fam do [Hook]