Talib Kweli - Place To Rest lyrics

[Verse 1: Kaz Money] Looking at the map then i spin the globe, watching it spin as colors combine I can see myself land anywhere and it's home Neither here nor there, still singing my song I sing to any ear that relates and it won't be long till I'm asked to relocate like, your pa**ports out of date right Pack another bag put another nap sack on my back catch a cab cuz I gotta catch another flight tonight Be this way till the day I die too white for black too black for the white Scrape the bottom of the melting pot when you got this many f**ing sides combined I believe it's, harder when you got No allegiance borders mean nothing when you're leaving constantly got to stamp another page another visa f** I been there done that, modern day nomad No land no helping hand now which God do I pray to I was never programmed Which culture should I identify with, when they ask where I'm from I go silent Pick a side pick a tyrant pick a place to rest when I arrive in Another form to fill Another box to tick It seems the same when change is constant f** this sh** [Hook: Spark Master Tape] With my last breath i ask this Where the graves in the city i land in Where the f** ya'll gonna burn these ba*tards We gonna ride till we all find us a home Die till we all find us a home They gon have to burn us if they don't want our return Weapon by the window we just waiting for our turn They must k** us all and throw locks up on our urns See the souless never die multiply we flood the earth Swoup [Verse 2: Talib Kweli] Yeah, the prison industrial complex got a n***a stuck in the projects n***as sound hard in the ear be clear its just for the context Running from the monsters to make a n***a less than honest taking up space in your conscious (ugh) Compa**ion is seen as a weakness, you try to take advantage of my kindness let me remind ya I come country called earth on planet called brookly New York f** whatever you thought You can catch me in the hood like New Ports Yup I be pimping this game like Too Short f** whatever you thought Colors of the culture and the name of the crew (Ugh) and we breaking through gotta make it through Try to catch up but it's too late for you Wherever I lay my hat is my home so a hat on my dome when I'm known to roam Picture me in every city a like a travelling gnome From the sty to dubai with the travelling song Pa**port of an American movement from my shoulders to my ear like the demons and the sherif bibs Been everywhere you never been Going everywhere you never went [Verse 3: P Storm] They know, They know Ima rep this city till I rest In the clouds with a halo They say no, they know that they will never accept one that look like Kato But I never I been a afraid tho No matter what they call me no matter they label Everything just cease to exist when I read of the list, what I bring to the table A little more than a fork and a spoon what I bought for these goons and they just abuse it Who woulda thought and they thought and a**umed and consume on the fumes on what they thought was music But this is life...but this is life Stuck in a place that I call my home but it don't claim me can it get more right Home where the heart is can I say regardless all I'm looking for is a place for my carca** Somewhere to park it Somewhere underground and I'm bound homie don't get me started Cause all I'm looking for is a place to rest Somewhere just to bury me right after d**h [Bridge: Spark Master Tape] x2 They gon have to burn us if they don't want our return Weapon by the window we just waiting for our turn They must k** us all and throw locks up on our urns See the souless never die multiply we flood the earth [Verse 4: Swerte] Im ready, give me this life Tho I Dont i know which point is right Comin in late, where do i fit Sinking all my relationships Nothing lasts im tied to a rock In a hard place cus a dream dont stop For a call on the phone in a room Reading books all alone Cus i learn how to fly when i walk on my own And we all travelling Looking for home Lost connections, stop and listen But we move on Where are you from? Where are you from? See it doesn't even matter When i hear its chatter No mother for a tongue So i run to these new places Missing these new faces Building in the dark To the pounding of my heart Tryna fill in the spaces Living in motion im open to changes Hoping these strangers make new neighbors Got me a dog so i got a best friend For any moment of failure So i close my eyes and i breathe deeply to the sounds of my flight calling No surprise im a keep moving till im placed in a coffin And it happens often No trace forgotten Im at home in an alien space Where a difference makes us common