[Talib Speaking:]
I Ain't Out 2 Diss Nobody
But We Gon Keep It Real 4 A Second

Can We Keep It Real 4 A Second
Brooklyn Stand Up
If U Doing Ya Grizzly I Respect That

But A Lot Of Rappers Is Saying Things They Don't Mean
People See Through Dat
Talib Kweli


[Chorus:]
^!$$%s Lie A Lot, ^!$$%s Lie A Lot

^!$$%s Lie, ^!$$%s Lie, ^!$$%s Lie A Lot
I Know U Think U Nice,
U Just Nice On Ya Block

Wit These Crabs In Da Bow
Tryin 2 Rise 2 The Top


[Verse 1:]
This Is Why I'm Hot
This Is Why I'm Hot

I Ain't Scared 2 Die
I Ain't Scared Of Gettin Shot
I Got The Fear Of God

And From All That I Been Through
If U $#&@ With The Family
Then I Gotta Put It In U

Pause, Now Continue
I Love The Competition
I Ain't Got No Issue With The Battles Or Dissin

But I Keep It Straight Wit U
We Shootin From The Hip
I Can't Stand These Rappers Dat Just Shootin Off They Lip

Every Rapper Is A Clapper
Your Producer Is A Shooter
Engineer Gotta Nine

Label Boss Gotta Ruger
Yeah Right We Ain't Stupid
We Don't Believe These Losers

Gotta Mac In Da Booth
Tell The Truth, It's A Computer
So Let Me Guess U Make It That Impressin

I Seen U On MySpace, U Just Wanna Be Friends
So Let's Not Pretend, I Respected Ya Block
Until I Put It All Together, Now Let's Connect Da Dots


[Chorus]


[Verse 2:]
Ok, U Say U Rap
U Know How I Can Tell U Whack

It's 2007 N U Still Sellin Crack
Back N 1986 When We Was Shootin Over Sneakers
Crack Was King But Now They Slangin N It's Drastically Cheaper

It Ain't A Real Demand There Ain't No Short Supply
Just The Same Old Crackheads Getting Twice As High
These ^!$$%s Like 2 Lie On How They Kill On Corners

They Still Corny, They Don't Know What The Real New York Is
Faster Than A Rose N Crime Inner City Drop
It Wasn't Cuz The Mayor Added 40,000 Cops

U On The Corner Like ?Wow, My Style Is Pretty Hot?
But My Style Mile Is Equal 2 20 City Blocks
Most Say New York Is Soft

It's Softer With The Beef %#@!
^!$$%s Can't Separate The Music From The Street %#@!
Man That's Some Weak %#@!

Them ^!$$%s Never Classic
Remember !@&!s
Talib Kweli Forever Blacksmithin