Hip Hop For Respect

[Talib Kweli] Yo you sent out the signal right? And this is what happened The voice of Hip Hop got heard Never comprimised this is how we put it down c'mon [Kool G Rap] Throughout my thug life I've seen the most trife Like ??? fighting over the roll of dice Flashing whole lights when killas on a hiest So contight, get poltergiested over the bowl of Christ Who pulled the slice from cats aiming gats at shoulder height Told you right, G be the one that come and hold the mic And aim it at the whole vice squad that's out patrolling nights Rollin like every prototype was Dolomite One man be cold as ice inside his gun hand he holds for life [Rah Digga] This for those who pose in they grave Waitin for they piece when the law misbehave I say we fall deep, watch 'em walk the beat Like you can't cross streets make em all retreat (now) Judges and the jury be a little too appointed Ending up defendants when we supposed to be the plaintiffs Laugh now cause soon the thrill stops when Heads get it on and start to kill cops [Sporty Theivz] I'm sober they pulled me over What I do yo? (what we do yo?) Po-po go I'm drivin too slow (cool yo) I torin' them explorin them (damn) Four of em that's why I'm ignoring them (uh-oh) Think quick, brain like, King skip Before they bring this to some Rodney King shit Forget them fools Nah make no sudden moves They reachin for they tools (let's move) You buggin Dubez Kirk you ran the stop, word them pigs frontin Yo tell that kid something cousin we ain't did nothin All they see is three blacks in a jeep with seats back Lookin for G packs how the blood dog can eat that They thirst to find a reason to blast you can't peep that? Gats and a badge to match you can beat that so bounce 'em [Mos Def] My people unite and let's all get down We gotta have what? love peace and understandin One god, One love, One light One aim, One voice, One fight My people unite, hop up and do it right We gotta have what? love peace and understandin One god, One love, One light One aim, One voice, One fight My people unite, hop up and do it right Do it right ya'll, keep it tight ya'll, do it right ya'll, just do it [Shabaam Sahdeeq] Blood on they hands, blood on my mans Destroying the fam More soldiers die, another mother cries Anthony Baez, Eleanor Bumpurs, Diallo Let it keep happenin and there's more to follow It's even deeper then that penal shot in the back Forever we fight and cuss but the world still injust So many bullets just to stop one man Is that the plan To leave us all dead in the street [Common] I'm an opponent of violence Too many of my guys have become moments of silence Law takes lives and condone it through sirens And night sticks I write quick Hopin that [Talib Kweli and Common] I might hit somebody in the heart [Talib Kweli] Like an arrow with her eyes on a sparrow Yo I feel my people pain all in my bone marrow [Common] I'm tellin Pharaoh to let my folks go Monsters singin to law like they background vocals [Talib Kweli] Local, state, federal cops have been paid properly To protect the property How can I just stand by and watch a man die for nothin and not react The way we spit on this track is how we bustin back [Common] Yo I pimp slap 5-0 Get behind them and make the marks drive slow [Talib Kweli] Yo, you wanna know how to improve on the quality life? Try respectin it step in my zone with that madness and I'm checking it [Pharoahe Monch] Cops they transport me from Long island to Medina With they fucked up demeanor Dreamin of stickin it to me like Abner Louima Pharoahe slash El-Hajj Malik Shabazz In the flesh, with plans of retaliations for your coward ass God please allow me to preach for 'em A voiceless man through a spirit I speek for him Step to city hall for delf, do it for dolo With visions of cops inside the Public Enemy logo [Posdnous] All that scheming and plotting The young absorb like cotton Especially in my city where the poor is steady rotting And you would thought 5-0 would cut it all short But they play the biggest part in the art of living wrong In our land cops guns clap more then hands As if we don't deserve what they hear to preserve We just tryin to do it right in these boroughs that we reppin in While they trying to fill us with more Led then Zeppelin [Everyone Lead by Mos Def] My people unite and let's all get down We gotta have what? love peace and understandin One god, One love, One light One aim, One voice, One fight My people unite, hop up and do it right We gotta have what? love peace and understandin One god, One love, One light One aim, One voice, One fight My people unite, hop up and do it right My people unite and let's all get down We gotta have what? love peace and understandin One god, One love, One light One aim, One voice, One fight My people unite, hop up and do it right We gotta have what? love peace and understandin One god, One love, One light One aim, One voice, One fight My people unite, hop up and do it right My people unite and let's all get down We gotta have what? love peace and understandin One god, One love, One light One aim, One voice, One fight My people unite, hop up and do it right We gotta have what? love peace and understandin One god, One love, One light One aim, One voice, One fight