Talib Kweli - Listen!!! Lyrics






[Intro: Talib Kweli]
This the year of the Blacksmith
Talib Kweli (Kweli) K-1 (K-1)
Let's go! {"Listen!"}
Yeah, yeah niggaz don't {"Listen!"}
Back in the days we all used to {"Listen!"}
Now shit is so wack, nobody {"Listen!"}
To that real hip-hop, yo {"Listen!"}

Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here it come {"Listen!"}
Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum
{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Now let me get up in it
Wait, wait, wait, wait {"Wait just a minute"}

[Talib Kweli]
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
Start repentin cause the endin is near
But don't, panic you can't function if you livin in fear
Pay attention you gotta listen to hear {"Wait just a minute"}
Who the fuck you think you talkin to?
Put you on hold, get a specialist to walk you through
Kweli, the flow captain to fast or slow rappin
I'm soul crackin, you ain't heard your shit appear like closed captions
King of the bars and I'm goin hardcores
All my confidence comes from knowin God's laws
Bangin on the system, fightin my kind of war
Loud as a whisper, quiet as a lion's roar

[Chorus: Talib Kweli]
Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here it come {"Listen!"}
Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your eardrum
{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Now let me get up in it
It's for your spirits so, but y'all don't hear me though {"Listen!"}
Get up, get into it and get involved {"Listen!"}
There's a little somethin that I wanna spit for y'all
{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Now let me get up in it
Wait, wait, wait, wait {"Wait just a minute"}

[Talib Kweli]
Get it now, get it fast, get it right
Get it big, get it live, get it done, get it tight
{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} But you don't really hear me though
I, spit it clearly so it's live at your stereo
To your heart while it's beatin in your chest
I'm speakin to execs in the seat behind the desk
To your spirit nuttin weaker than the flesh
So while you try to keep it fresh you gettin deeper in the depth
Real hip-hop is missin from the shelf
Yep, it's what you felt when you listen to yourself
Only a few is makin cuts that finish
So before you spend your hard-earned spinach {"Wait just a minute"}

[Chorus]

[Talib Kweli]
Yeah, you love the sounds comin out your speaker
I spit rounds like a 9-millimeter
The youth today they, frown at the teachers
They ain't down with no leaders, they don't wanna wait just a {"minute"}
They like "What nigga? Wait right there
I got reservoir dogs, you be missin a right ear"
{"Listen!"} Get it clear, figure is my year
I'm everywhere makin appearances in niggaz nightmares
Hear the word, peep the flow, check the cadence
What you heard is a pro I'm so amazin
Don't front girl you know it's your favorite
New Kweli yo they runnin out of patience

[Chorus]

[Outro: Talib Kweli]
Yo, don't it sound so good to ya?
Uhh, it's the return of the greatest y'all
Talib Kweli, BKMC, Blacksmith is the movement
Blacksmith is the music, what you ridin for?
What you livin for, what you dyin for?
{"Somethin I wanna tell you"} Bangin on your eardrum, yeah
{"Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute"}
{"Listen!"}
{"Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute"}





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  1. E.... B....

    Real hip is missin from the shelf, yo, that's what you felt when you listened to ya self!

    Dopest verse ever!

  2. E.... B....

    29 people listen to mumble rap and have no idea about subject-verb agreement.

  3. C.... W....

    Listen to this jam it's help wanted listen

  4. D.... P....

    Traveled!rsrsrsrsr

  5. D.... E....

    Great song it was a favorite from my crates for a while www.djemir.com

  6. A.... R....

    His best joint

  7. w.... T....

    Been listening to this shit since nba live 2007 lets get it

  8. H.... I....

    Listen 🔊

  9. H.... S....

    NBA LIVE 07

  10. N.... O....

    2019 still!

  11. H.... A....

    2:19 Kwame

  12. R.... M....

    This is Hip Hop at its finest and Talib is a underrated MC who deserves more credit as a artist. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell mills may 22,2017and watch and leave a like or a comment or subscribe.

  13. A.... C....

    2018 🔥🔥🔥

  14. R.... M....

    Is 2018 me listen to kweli. 🙌💯

  15. M.... F....

    https://youtu.be/xL1xiL3O0Zw
    fuck talib kweli

    M.... F....

    You're one of the 29 people that thumbed this down huh?

  16. H.... F....

    Still Bangin' This In 2018!

  17. F.... ....

    Tracy McGrady

  18. A.... ....

    𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐊𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐤 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐨

  19. M.... M....

    Still here in 2018

  20. C.... W....

    My jamm more people need to listen

  21. D.... W....

    Something I wanna Tell you!!!

  22. h.... ....

    22 people don't "Listen" to real Hip Hop.

  23. L.... ....

    NBA LIVE 2006

  24. R.... K....

    Classic, im vibing to this hear in 2017. Bars baby

  25. M.... F....

    looks like kofie art

  26. J.... G....

    Still bangin' on my eardrums in 2017! 😉

  27. O.... ....

    #Respect

  28. L.... B....

    Classic

  29. G.... D....

    2017 still here

  30. M.... T....

    Who is listen to that song 2016?

    M.... T....

    Hello from 2018

  31. J.... V....

    "Loud as a whisper, quiet as a lion's roar."

    such a filthy line. 🔥 👌

  32. M.... B....

    Song of the day 29-07-2016: how's that brick laying coming, are your engines running, are your hands getting filled?

    M.... B....

    03/11/2018: the foundations are laid; the pistons are firing; and the hands—well, i woke up to a text this morning, and she said everything i’ve always wanted.

    M.... B....

    14/10/2019: "i turn my back towards the sun, and I will sleep when I'm done…" i best be leaving here

  33. P.... W....

    K-1=Kwame...yes, the man behind "The Rhythm" and the polka-dots. HE hook this up. The man is more talented than people give him credit for.

  34. T.... D....

    escritores da liberdade

  35. R.... A....

    I got a whole new respect for Kwame (K-1) when I heard him produce this beat.

  36. o.... ....

    This song is very resonant. It was in NBA Live 07 and Freedom Writers.

    o.... ....

    Man I loved NBA live 07 because of this track

  37. M.... H....

    Favorite song by Talib Kweli.

  38. h.... ....

    jhon rachid

  39. B.... O....

    how does this not have 50 million views? ????!!!!

    B.... O....

    I know huh? Unbelievable. We MUST share this

    B.... O....

    Because he's actually saying something noteworthy.

    B.... O....

    Brandon Ohara too real

    B.... O....

    Because today's music fans don't "Listen" to real Hip Hop.

    B.... O....

    They listen to mumble rap

  40. B.... O....

    this dude is ridiculous man ,he's on his own level talib kweli is an animal this is real rap

  41. T.... D....

    that drop!!!!

  42. D.... I....

    Back then he was right and even now it shows itself, people dont LISTEN enough nowdays...

    D.... I....

    DWolfLycanis facts

  43. F.... W....

    Thanks Talib Kweli was keeping my pops Fred Williams music alive!!

  44. F.... W....

    Thanks Talib Kweli was keeping my pops Fred Williams music alive!!

  45. B.... K....

    This course is too nice

  46. M.... M....

    Real music right here #listen

    M.... M....

    I feel the {Official} video is weak for such a banging track..
    *****Personal opinion of course

  47. P.... U....

    Qui est l'artiste qui peint derrière lui svp ?

  48. C.... M....

    NBA 2007

  49. s.... ....

    Freedom writers!

  50. J.... S....

    lets worry 'bout these kidz..n stay out of my way, unless we work.. time is gold..

  51. s.... p....

    For whosoever shall call upon the name of JESUS shall be saved.

  52. l.... ....

    Summer 2005 when i was working going to work while listening to kweli awesome sill got some memories

    l.... ....

    lovedmebefore same in my Hyundai tiburon lol

  53. M.... G....

    NBA LIVE 06!!!!!!

    M.... G....

    NBA LIVE 07!!!!!!!!!

  54. J.... G....

    Fred Williams - Tell Her;)))

  55. W.... N....

    WHAT WE NEED IS SISTERS TO COME TOGETHER AND HELP USE BUILD OUR CHILDREN WITHOUT THE EURO SUPEREMACY! WE MUST LET GO OF THER WAY OF LIFE ALL TOGETHER AND GO BACK TO OUR WAYS THAT COME FROM THE MOTHER LAND...My take on Feminist Superemacy starts with arguments substance abuse, spousal rape, infidelity, physical fights and outright meanness jaw dropping stereotypes associate with being so call blacks making one change their mentality The rhetoric that is the direct resuit of the european world view has modled our entire existence in to being sworn enemys to our mates and to our own children againist a Nubian way of life...I have a Question how many sistas are here seeking a real husband and willing to learn afrikan ways of life to make this work? How many brothas has the skills and the know how on keeping there family together once you start down this path? do you really overstand what it is you would have to do? do you overstand what is needed? are you ready to learn more to make it work for your family to be?Miseducated through euro education systems are false enlightenment twisted since of untruth in the minds of our people will be much more concentrated into indoctrination that will eventually succumb to false facts.

  56. L.... M....

    This takes me back in life.... <3 

  57. D.... B....

    a kurva anyááád mekkora zene

  58. n.... ....

    Nba live 07 memories

  59. C.... M....

    NBA LIVE 07 YEEEA

  60. R.... W....

    Talib kweli got me here

  61. E.... R....

    it's a little higher than usual, isn't it?

  62. a.... b....

    lend me your ears
    start repenting
    because the ending is near
    but dont panic cause you cant function if you living in fear
    pay attention you got listen to hear

  63. M.... J....

    yoh hot shit nigga!!

  64. I.... R....

    Soo good!!

  65. O.... ....

    mad tune!