[Hook: ~Talib Kweli sample~ (4x)]
"Livin' my life, expressin' my liberty*
It gotta be done properly" "done properly"

[Verse 1:]
My patterns is unmatched
I leave MC's hunchbacked with one rap
Guaranteed [bad word]  [bad word] laps around 'em, roll like Dunlap tires
Made a lot of niggas retire, I be ya highness
Sucka MC's might as well call me a sire
Just shootin' the breeze
 [bad word] a plane, I take you higher
This is rap for my niggas that pack, push packs
To the citizens, fakin' no jax and we militant
Straight up out the trenches
Young black and gifted
Slung sacks ridiculous, done that, you kiddin'?
160, but with a pen, I feel brolic
I can still knowledge, bang out hits like Phil Collins
Duck tail with the Starter cap, way before the rap
I was pullin' ho's, kickin' verses off the dome
Now I'm movin' up, I can't even front
Should be in the pen for all the [bad word] I done did
But I'm livin' my life
[ Fashawn Lyrics are found on [bad word] ] 

[Repeat Hook:]

[Verse 2:]
Yeah, you are now about the witness the strength of street knowledge
Give it to 'em
Knowledge increase it, college enroll
Captivity, leave it, keep dreamin', goals
Power, money, spend it with control
God, life, mind, body and soul
Reach one, teach one, young to the old
History's a mystery and lies were sold
Positive reality, luxury homes
Bentley, Ferrari, Jaguar, Rolls
Royce's, racism, royalty, gold
Conflict diamonds, the world is cold
Niggas, [bad word]  freedom, senses
CPS infants, the future, the children
Addiction, supplements, hustlin', pimpin'
Fame, jealousy, pain, redemption
Politics, [bad word]  ignorant content
Conscious nonsense, the mind [bad word] 
Progress, the president, the people, the projects
Progress, the president, the people, the projects

[Repeat Hook:]