Here We Go (Original)

[Chorus]

Here we go, here we go, here we here we go X4

(dispersed through the first chorus)

Teodross Avery in the house tonight

Put your hands together ladies and gentlemen

You understand, yo we also got my man

A close personal friend of mine, Talib Kweli

Blackstar, Reflection Eternal

Yo, put it down like this

[Verse 1]

I'm sayin

African blood race through my vein

You can hear it in my name

And you can feel it in my game

I'm sayin the streets is drama

Make me wanna rock my body armor

Still I'm probably calmer

Than your average Dalai Lama

I use the meditation, I stay patient

But I never deal with hesitation

I'm way blunted yo, I can give a what

If your favorite stations feelin me

These rap cats are killin me

No type of stability

My ability got more cats in New York

Running than Hilary

We be chillin, where the blood be spillin

We got the red badge of courage for bravery

Me and my man Teodross Avery

Blow away the legacy of slavery

Through any phone, sax or a micro

Hotter than a light show with the pyro-techniques

Through the speakers let the best speak

In less we forget where we come from

Blast you into next week now you got

History to run from

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]

My work ethic, keep me deep in the cut like anti-septic

Respected in the world where people faker than prosthetics

Stay true to a certain aesthetic

Protect it like the hip-hop secret service

Cat off top lookin nervous

Wondering when we gonna set it

Anticipation will kill you if you let it in your aura

Reflect it like god's face upon the water

You can't lead a man to water

Like you can a lamb to slaughter

So I concentrate on me so I can

Keep my plans in order

I clutch like King Cobra

I rock while ya'll boulder

Chop emcees up, put em in the grinder

Like farmer of Dakota

Cuz I'm colder than a polar

Walk, talk and stand on my ancestors shoulders

Told you we at wear like sista soldier

Battle tactics, spray wars

Like gat clips, full metal jackets

That hit, BAW!

Got you lookin acrobatic doing back flips

Even if the track skips,

We improv like Jazz Artists

Freestyle, hop back on the beat

and rock regardless

[Verse 3]

I'm saying, ya'll with me tonight?

I'll travel at the speed of light

When I see the mic, I get this on lock

Cuz my song is in the key of life

I roll with my ????

Cuz we be alike

Consider them family

Make sure they all eating right

See the plan is to feed the fam

Then free the land, before I get old

I can't be young forever like Peter Pan

Cats pale in comparison

So bad they need a tan

Barely see they hand

Craft they face like a seed of sand

See the ??? you got to beat the man

Understand I'm saying

The writing on the wall like a paint can

Spraying graffiti on your soul

Music completely make me whole

I'm saying, trying to keep my

Pockets on swoll

To give back to the community

Make a future for you and me

From my birth certificate to my eulogy

Usually in Brooklyn

But my mind keep it movin

Ain't no mystery

Cuz we showin and provin

[Chorus]