[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 [bad word] is so wack, nobody {"Listen!"} 
To that real hip-hop, yo {"Listen!"} 

Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here [bad word] {"Listen!"} 
Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your [bad word] 
{"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 [bad word] 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 [bad word] appear like closed captions 
King of the bars and I'm goin hardcores 
All my [bad word] from knowin God's laws 
Bangin on the system, fightin my kind of war 
Loud as a whisper, quiet as a lion's roar 
 [bad word]  Talib Kweli] 
Ladies and gentlemen, get ready here [bad word] {"Listen!"} 
Talib Kweli and I'm bangin on your [bad word] 
{"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"} 
 [bad word]  

[Talib Kweli] 
Yeah, you love the [bad word] 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 [bad word]  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 [bad word] out of patience 
 [bad word]  

[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 [bad word]  yeah 
{"Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute"} 
{"Listen!"} 
{"Wait just, wait just, wait just a minute"}