The Truth (Feat. Talib Kweli & Common)

Yo, truth had me up against the ropes Semi-conscious without no boxing skills Fear of it makes hair on my neck grow like minoxodil Watching the clock is ill when faced with the truth, parallels Observing amateur video tapes of twenty-one top-notch NYPD cops get ill Fill their minds not to kill, still some never revealed true feelings We're speaking on the truth right now in itself is a healing See the creator created existence and balance At right angles, unless it was conceived and stated So whoever shall stray away from right lives wrong The deliverance of the word "false", opposite of truth off course Sure as my slave name sending Troy Donald Jamerson paves the path, enabling truth To stay stable and cling to earth Sort of similar to the way static electricity sting see Truth brings light, light refracts off the mirror Visions of yourself and error could never be clearer The truth is that you ugly, not on the outside But in the inside, on the outside you fronting, you lovely The discovery of these things and all are well hidden But when you in denial of self, it is forbidden That's the truth [Chorus: Female vocal] In due time we will find [Verse 2: Common] Let the truth be told from young souls that become old From days spent in the jungle, where must one go to find it? Time is real, we can't rewind it Out of everybody I met, who told the truth? Time did We find kids speaking 'cause it's naturally in us But the false prophets by telling us we born sinners Venders of hate got me battling my own mind state At a divine rate, I ain't in this just to rhyme great See the truth in the thighs of a stripper, the eyes of my nigga If it's only one, then why should it differ? So constantly I seek it Wondering why I gotta drink a six-pack to speak it Took a picture of the truth and tried to develop it Had proof, it was only recognized by the intelligent Took the negative and positive, 'cause niggas got to live Said I got to give more than I'm given 'Cause truth'll never be heard in religion After searching the world, on the inside, what was hidden? It was the truth [Chorus: Female vocal] Truth, truth, truth, truth, truth, truth In due time, we will find [Verse 3: Talib Kweli] Check it, on my neck I still got marks from the nooses The truth it produces, fear that got niggas on the run like Carl Lewis The truth is my crew is the smoothest spitters of saliva juices Like The Roots is, more organic than acoustics Heavenly, what will set you free and kill you in the same breath That shit you gotta get off your chest before your death Unless the way you speak is lighter than a pamphlet 'Cause the truth give the words the weight of a planet, god damn it I ran with what God planted in my heart and I understand it To be to bring some light to the dark, breathe some life in this art This must be the truth (Why?) 'Cause we keep marching on (True) The truth lay the foundation of what we rocking on (True) You can't see it if you blind, but we will always prevail (True) Life is like the open sea, the truth is the wind in our sail And in the end, our names is on the lips of dying men If ever crushed to the earth, we always rise again When the words of lying men sound lush like the sound of a violin The truth is there, it's just the heart you gotta find it in [Chorus: Female vocal] You will find, you will find, you will find You will find, you will find, you will find You will find