Talib Kweli - To the Side lyrics

[Kweli] Go right to left, left to right Middle pa**age connection Yeah, about to build Tell you which way to go [Both] We go right to left, left to right If you fight to the d**h, what's left to fight X4 Yo, here we go [Kweli] 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 But nothing to say Well I'm way ahead by light years So beware we keep the lights on I wanna write the songs from right to wrong Right on Riding the light so you see in the dark So deep you gotta be still like your beating heart My words apply the pressure to make the bleeding stop See the art, living right, eating smart I wanna right to life, a right to d**h 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 [Both] :Chorus Party people put a hand in the sky Grab a cloud and squeeze til no man is dry We wet it up, go ask the people if they plannin to die Can't stay to live, consumers is plannin to buy Smoke d**h operators is standing 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 wit it, or {stand to the side X7} [Vinia Mojica] And the story line goes on Right to left, who's right who's wrong f** the politics and pride I just to try to stay alive To witness where the battle lines are drawn Speak my mind and sing my song I'm pa**in on the moral y'all This is ain't play True, you got to know the way It's hard now Open eyes See hopeful lives Sing it now [Kweli] Making my way through life Talking to elders and taking advice Ignoring their words and paying the price Living in the world where false preachers got us praying to christ Get with the young girls in the choir and laying the pipe No control of our soul we all wait at the light So comfortable they we hating to fight to make it right Late at night I'm controlled by the DJ on the mic I love hip-hop and every joint he playing is tight A day in the life is a brick in the foundation of like A maze in Egypt amazing when I'm creating a sight For the world to behold and the story to last So one day ghetto children can visit their glorious past After Pac and Notorious pa**ed what do we have n***as 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 [Both] : Chorus [Kweli] Come on I got my man Savion in the house We about to put it down Here we go [[Savion Glover tap dances]]