Kweli, Talib - Holy Moly Lyrics
[Talib Kweli]
Yeah, as a kid growin up in Brooklyn, my pops was a DJ
He had a bunch of records - funk, jazz, rhythm and blues, soul
There was this one gospel record I liked like, like
Yeah, this rhyme is so fat it's roly poly
I give you intimate details so you can get to know me
These corporate rappers like "Why this dude pickin on me?"
You rap your way to the top, but now it's gettin lonely
Kids is hungry and you lookin like a steak from Nick & Tony's
But don't nobody want your jewels, cause your shit is phony
Say word? Your shit is real~?! Damn, your shit is corny
My rhymes turn a new page like Mark Foley
And touch kids like when Larry Clark gave the part to Chloe
Rest in peace to Harold Hunter, the greatest from NEWWW YAWK
Word hangin out at The Gavin, I was very lucky
To talk to Rash' once I got past Derek Dudley
Got him on "Respiration", that's pre-Badu
Bet you Garnett Reid got a Matt Doo tattoo
Sometimes I feel like I'm drownin I gotta tread water
Head above the water I always remember Headquarters
Heads up, eyes open, I got my mind focused
I find hope inside a line, my rhymes define opus
Sometimes hopeless people, fill my thoughts with evil
My record so hard it broke the needle
At the Mixtape Awards niggaz act like they don't give a fuck though
And disrespect the legacy of Justo
What the blood claat? No, let the blood flow
You ain't come to pay your respect, then what you come fo'?
Too many good niggaz die, it's like a stop loss
Hood niggaz ghetto like fried wings and hot sauce
How you hard? The cops lettin 50 shots off
Baby Jay-Z's with the knockoff Scott Storch beat
You are not Short, you are not Katt
You're not a player or a pimp, money stop that
Learn to master your speech and be eloquent
Rappers keep peddlin sweets, the beats weaker than gelatin
We used to kick up dust, now we settlin
Rest in peace to Dilla, Weldon, we can't forget you
Professor X and, Proof we miss you, word
Rest in peace to Shaka, twenty one gun salute
In the air like "BLAKA BLAKA BLAKA"
You're still here cause you're livin through me
You're like a gift God has given to me
Uh, uh, uh, what?
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Kweli, Talib Holy Moly Comments
3 people were born way past this era
One of the best albums ever!!
Great kweliiii
whooooookiddddd
this beat is so fire
one of the last dope Pete Rock beats
bester song evaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar
1 person is a fucking idiot
right rap :D like it
haters gonna hate what ever u do
Rolly polly ollie pully bully stully in my swolly yolly.
pete rock u did it again ma
one of the nicest tracks ever
"heads up eyes open, i got my mind focused
i find hope inside a line, my rhymes define opus
Sometimes hopeless people, fill my thoughts with evil
My record so hard it broke the needle"
paying my respects... i feel blessed.
thanx for da upload! talib came to modesto last year, dope!!
'Touch kids like when Larry Clark gave the part to Chloe' - Talib is the king of wordplay.
yo THANK YOU.
I couldnt EVER find this.
DOPE.
SO DOPE! KWELI AND PETE! CANT GO WRONG!
fuckin nice
kweli`s one of d best
Thanks for the upload
"Learn to master your speech and be eloquent, rappers keep peddlin' sweets the beats weaker than gelatin"