Talib Kweli - My Favorite Song lyrics

[Intro] So fresh Ah man this is my joint (same as I ever been) When I put this joint on, every time I wake up (same as I ever been) Whatever I went through the day before or the night before (same as I ever been) Just like wash away, you know? It's a new day man [Verse 1] This the greatest city in the world Ain't nothing easy, people is greasy as Jerry curls Man your favorite rapper not a leader, got coke but it's not a litre We eats the scraps like bottom feeders Like crabs in a barrel The road apparel get you into a battle "Pow" then bullet go through your head like the rockstar fame My life is like a rockstar game The block got flames You jump out of the pot into the fire When we speakin' on a higher plane Deeper than leviathan And it's sweeter than a violin The music sweep you off your feet While the system tries to keep you in the street Even cops walk the beat, crooks face the music Sound like the block is the perfect place to do it Be up all night until the break of dawn It's like I'm born again when I hear my favorite song [Hook] x2 So fresh Same I ever been So fresh When I hear my favorite song [Verse 2] Some folks give 'em less than good Whole life right there they never left the hood This city got nothin' for 'em Out of sight, out of mind so they just ignore 'em They sit back and they twist it backwards Nothing guaranteed except d**h and taxes That's why they get so high Stand in one spot watch life go by The hands on the clock go slower than the van on the block Every plan is a scam or a plot Every man got his hand in the pot but nobody got a pot to piss in The preacher preaching, they don't stop and listen Hard living, cars driven at a high speed pace in a high speed chase You can read between the lines in my face I was up all night long listenin' to my favorite song [Hook]