Talib Kweli - Hostile Gospel, Pt. 1 (Deliver Us) Lyrics






[Intro: singers (Talib)]
Deliver us, deliver us (Yeah)
Deliver us, deliver us (What? Yeah)

[Talib Kweli]
And what the people say? We wanna live it up
And what the people want? Please deliver us
And what the people need? Hey...
I got that, yeah

[Talib Kweli]
I call these rappers baby seals, cause they club you to death
I could call 'em Navy SEALs, cause they government feds
What become of the vets? They drugged up, they fucked up, they in debt
There ain't no love and no respect, it's like a gang it's like a club or a set
Hip-Hop's the new WWF
What do you rap or do you wrestle? Niggaz love to forget
We got til it's gone, you think you on, you still hustlin backwards
Your topical norm a tropical storm, it's a fuckin disaster
Back to the topic we on, it all started at Rawkus
They couldn't find the words to describe me so they resort to the shortcuts
Is he a backpacker? Is he a mad rapper?
An entertainer or the author of the last chapter
We living in these times of love and cholera
Synonymous with the apocalypse, look up the clouds is ominous
We got maybe ten years left say meteorologists, shit
We still waitin for the Congress to acknowledge this~!

[Chorus: Talib Kweli & singers in the background]
What the people want? Please deliver us
We wanna live it up, please deliver us
Th-th-this is the, th-th-this is the, this is the hostile gospel
I'm reaching through the fire - please deliver us
I'm preaching to the choir - please deliver us
Just keep it real with us, you scared to spill your blood
Your words rung hollow, we need someone to follow

[Talib Kweli]
You ain't promised tomorrow, so get your paper up
You can't always just borrow and asks for favors bruh
Stand on your own two, never covet thy neighbor's stuff
Karma's a bitch so watch your mouth and what you sayin bruh
I start a conversation based on general observation
Hip-Hop is not a nation, take it to population
Niggaz got a lot to say when locked inside the belly of Satan
Awaitin trial debatin how the hell I got placed in this system
Am I a victim or just a product of indoctrination?
They exploit it and use me like a movie with product placement
You hear the congregation; this is the hostile gospel
The truth is hard to swallow it'll leave you scarred tomorrow
Keep it honest our motto, these niggaz keep it bottled
I'm the writer who reach the fighters like speeches by Cus D'Amato
DJs stickin to vinyl like "Fuck Serato"
Suppliers who ride around the block, in the custom models
Ballin like the struck the lotto you know who the cleanest is
A nigga keep it reeich with the stitch and greedy geniuses
I'm not a hipster, but I flip it like a sneaker pimp
Expose the game, treat it like a bitch
Smack fire out these hoes, cause they snitch and tap wires while I plead the fifth
You can't trust a soul in the biz, so be careful who you eatin with
and sleepin with and also who you chiefin with
You never know they might've added in secret ingredients

[Chorus]

[Talib Kweli]
Freedom's a road that's seldom traveled, watch hell unravel
Right before the eyes of the soldier who fell in battle
The single mother who raised her daughter to bear the sacred water
And not take the hand of every man who make a offer
To black kids wishin they white kids, when they close they eyelids
Like, "I bet they neighborhood ain't like this"
White kids wishin they black kids, and wanna talk like rappers
It's all backwards it's identity crisis
The industry inside us is vipers with fangs trying to bite us
Drug suppliers is the health care providers
We cakin, makin narcotics outta household products
We ain't workin out 'til we exorcise the demons that's inside us
Plus they seem to just provide us with enough rope to hang ourselves
Enough dope to slang ourselves, enough toast to bang ourselves
It's officially nigga season, these niggaz is bleedin
That's why I'm spittin freedom we had enough of trigger squeezin

[Chorus]

[Outro: singer]
In these tryin days and times
All I need is to be free
I can't do it on my own
Lord can you deliver me?
There are trials still to come
It's salvation that I need
So I'm reachin to the sky
Lord can you deliver me?
Deliver us...
Deliver us, yeah
Deliver us, ohhhhhhhhhh
Oh, deliver us
Deliver us
Ohhhhh Deliver us yes
Deliver us, deliver us, deliver us
Yeah yeah yeah, ohhhhhhhhhh... [ad libs to fade]





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Talib Kweli Hostile Gospel, Pt. 1 (Deliver Us) Comments
  1. j.... ....

    8 people don’t understand English....

  2. L.... L....

    But how can uuu dislike

  3. T.... N....

    I *really* enjoyed that Eardrum album.
    Love Kweli

  4. N.... D....

    Hip hop is still alive,✊🇳🇬

  5. W.... 2....

    High power !!! this shit make me want to repent.
    Where my ass was at when this song came out ?

  6. g.... ....

    12os pithikos-megalonoume has the same beat and 3 milions views

  7. C.... L....

    Eardrum

  8. P.... P....

    People be mad at every word I say. I rather have your own logic on replay. These people I evade makes no sense as I restate. People be acting hard these days. I rather throw a grenade as people sacrifice my vision like christ. I guess some people pay the price for your actions tonight. People don't unite. You argue left and right. I need my graphite. The only thing that dosen't snap my spine. I rather be back in a lifeline. People be so intrested in killers like they be one. People put music on rerun. I need my freedom. I need to build my own kingdom. My death will bring back peace as my vision erupts. Your not human if this dosen' t sink us. The vision splits when music dosen't link up. People put thier drink up. I was to busy trying to avoid geting inked up. You never dedicated yourself to writing. You never walk under rain and lightning. I have the answers because I pay attention to detail. People want retail. Why you mad because I prevail. People don't read mail. They are mad because I'm a male. Anger sails. I rather wind up in jail. I rather stay for something I am. This is where I stand. You forgot my facts. I walk by tracks. You hate my status and don't have my back. My knowledge has been hijacked. Hackers may bypass. Why do you think smart people are strapped? People are greedy and start gats. The gun don't make the man. The gat don't make you strapped. Why do you think I advance? I have flashbacks where people stole my time and fam fast. History repeats misery. My inner me wants to be greedy like you delivery. Why deliver me? We supposed to make a difference like martin luther king. We supposed to be a pacifist like christ. We supposed to bring back the lost in your eyes. Theirs a thousands humans whos going to rise. This is round is going to end my fight. You should let go of anger inside. Christ stands for cry and storyline. Two word in one. When are couples going to unite? Am I rude or are you too nice?  Even if your atheist tell me I am not right. When people go to funerals don't they remember your storyline and cry. Rememberance itself is pain. We need change. The lost needs fame. Even death has picture frames. When the liquor fades how will you be remembered or am I insane?

  9. A.... B....

    #YEBUSNIQA

  10. R.... ....

    This is perfect

  11. C.... ....

    First heard this song when 'The Eardrum' came out...didn't know he shot the video in my hometown till today!

  12. P.... L....

    v. VERACITY- habitual observance of truth.

  13. R.... D....

    I call this powerful, fuks me up err time.

  14. T.... R....

    Preaching!!!!

  15. A.... W....

    second verse is the coldest...

    A.... W....

    That last verse fye

  16. D.... W....

    lyrical griot !!!!

  17. K.... T....

    Better than Eminem

    K.... T....

    WHAT??????!!! who the F is eminem? why even bring his name up? This is LEGEND, this is TALIB KWELI, there is no other like TALIB.

    K.... T....

    EnfantdAlgerie you shouldn't make him a god

    K.... T....

    EnfantdAlgerie What? Why do faggots like you always have to bring down someone to uplift someone else? Don’t fucking disrespect Eminem pussy, he’s also a legend.

  18. d.... ....

    Talid is that dude!!!

  19. I.... a....

    See u in cape town!!!