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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Here We Go
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - 2000 Seasons
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Africa Dream
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Around My Way
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Astronomy (8th Light)
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Back Up Offa Me
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Beautiful Struggle
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Big Del From Da Natti
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Big Nel from Da Natti
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Bridge To Bama(HI Tek Remix)
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Bright as the Stars
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Broken Glass
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Brown Skin Lady
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Chaos
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Down for the Count
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Eternalists
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Expansion Dedication
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - For Women
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Get Back Pt II
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Get By
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Good Mourning
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Good To You
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Great Expectations
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Guerrilla Monsoon Rap
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Gun Music
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Hater Players
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Here We Go (Original)
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Human Element
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - I Try
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Intro
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Jackin 4 Beats
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Joy
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - K.O.S. (Determination)
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Keynote Speaker
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Keynote Speaker (Skit)
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Let Me See (Remix)
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Lonely People
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Lunchroom Classics
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Manifesto
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Memories Live
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Millionaires
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Move Somethin
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - On Mission
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - On My Way
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Outside the Lounge
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Oz Theme
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Phoenix
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Prime Example
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Put it in the Air
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Raise the Bar
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - RE:DEFinition
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Respiration
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Rush
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Shock Body
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Some Kind Of Wonderful
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Soul Rebels
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Stand to the Side
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Talk to You
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Talk To You (Lil Darlin)
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - The Blast
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - The Express
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - The Truth
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Theives in the Night
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - This Means You
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Too Late
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Touch You
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Twice Inna Lifetime
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Wack Niggas
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Waitin For The DJ
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - We Got The Beat
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - We Know
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Where Do We Go
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Won't You Stay
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Work It Out
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Yo Yeah
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Yo Yeah (Skit)
I Try
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek
Yeah, yeah
New Talib Kweli
Yeah, you know what it is
Come on, come on, yeah
Hey yo *repeats*
[Hook: Mary J. Blige]
I try, I try (that's all we can do)
I try, you know I try
I try, I try (yeah)
I try, you know I try
[Verse 1: Talib Kweli]
K. West!
Kweli is ??? on the plane, Arabic first name
Disturbed by the fame just like Kurt Cobain
Breath of life, kiss of death, my lips pursed the same
You flirt 'til she came
Nothin' hurt like the pain and torture
Daughters of the dust lookin' for a vein
Something to take in vain like the Lord's name
Put your hands together, got 'em all sayin'
[Hook: Mary J. Blige]
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
[Verse 2: Talib Kweli]
Yo, it's all ghetto in gear higher, the floor settle
More metal for beef that we don't let the law settle
I try to navigate the treacherous waters of
America's ghettos that set up the slaughteres
But there's more of us
Although we speak in different languages
We all pretty familiar with what anger is
Young and dangerous, ???
Get up on some gangsta shit
Guns to bang ya wit'
And we put it on records to entertain ya wit'
I'm grown with pains way deeper than my receivers
Our uniforms is white sneakers and white T-shirts
On top of wife beaters
We like to light reefers
The 'hood need us for rappers, just ain't the right leaders
I put a lot into it
This is my product and I gotta move it
Stop the industry but you can't stop the music
[Interlude: Mary J. Blige]
An upside down kingdom where life is just not fair (upside down kingdom)
Some many sufferin' cuz deep inside they're scared (so scared)
Fear pumped into their veins to keep them from their destiny
where would they be if you and I don't care?
[Hook: Mary J. Blige]
I try, I try, you know I try
I try, I try, I try, you know I try
[Verse 3: Talib Kweli]
Yo, the things I'm seein' on the news is insane
A stock broker shoot his kid and throw himself in front of a train
A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself
Three years old, eatin' ketchup and mustard, cryin for help
Tryin' to bring your struggle to life
The label want a song about a bubbly life
I have trouble tryin' to write some shit
To BANG in the club through the night
When people suffer tonight
hord knows I try
[Hook: Mary J. Blige]
I try, I try, I try, you know I try
I try, I try, I try, you know I try
[Interlude: Talib Kweli]
Life is a beautiful struggle
People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle
Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle
Some people put it all together, make it fit like a puzzle
Come on, say it now
Life is a beautiful struggle
People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle
Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle
Some people put it all together, yeah
[Outro: Mary J. Blige]
I try, I try, you know I try
I try, oh Lord I try
Everyday I
{*Mary J. Bliges harmonizes with the beat*
pside down kingdom
Oh, they're so scared
Everyday on the news we can't look around with
something somewhere
I try, I try, you know I try
I try, I try, I try, you know I try
Lord knows, Lord knows we try
Yeah