The Space Program

[Intro] I’mma deal with a bigger insult, man The heat, the heat, the heat, the heat It's comin' down hard We’ve got to get our shit together [Chorus: Q-Tip & Phife Dawg] It’s time to go left and not right Gotta get it together forever Gotta get it together for brothers Gotta get it together for sisters For mothers and fathers and dead niggas For non-conformists, one hitter quitters For Tyson types and Che figures Let’s get it together, come on let’s make it Gotta make it to make it, to make it, to make it, to make it To make something happen, to make something happen To make something happen, let’s make something happen [Verse 1: Q-Tip & Jarobi] Word to Phifer Gonna bring it to the overlord, drinkin' Cisco Chilling with the gold microphone cords And we grip our balls every time we stuntin' on tour 'Cause we never bore, responding to the ready crowd's roar And promoters try to hit us with the art of war We about our business, we not quitters Not bullshitters, we deliver—we go-get it Don’t be bitter 'cause we not just niggas Jarobi, my fiber wove into different cloth Ain’t nothing forbidden, this nigga get his written off Hardest spit in the city y’all niggas spitting kitten soft Confused and amazed, shook up with your brain missing lost They planning for our future, people None of our people involved Pouring Henny and Smirnoff to get it cracking off Cracking off a Smirnoff to quickly turn to Molotov Molotov the spaceship doors before that bitch is taking off It always seems the poorest persons Are people forsaken, dawg No Washingtons, Jeffersons, Jacksons On the captain's log They’d rather lead us to the grayest water poison deadly smog Mass un-blackening, it’s happening, you feel it y’all? Rather see we in a three-by-three structure with many bars Leave us where we are so they can play among the stars They taking off to Mars, got the space vessels overflowing What, you think they want us there? All us niggas not going Reputation ain’t glowing, reparations ain’t flowing If you find yourself stuck in a creek, you better start rowing Used to see the TV screen as the place to land my dream in And the car stereo where they would promote the show Optimistic little brother with a hope you know [Hook] (Move on to the stars) There ain’t a space program for niggas Yeah, you stuck here, nigga (Move on to the stars) There ain’t a space program for niggas Yeah, you stuck here nigga (Move on to the stars) There ain’t a space program for niggas Yeah, you stuck here, nigga (Move on to the stars) There ain’t a space program for niggas Yeah, you stuck, stuck, stuck (Move on to the stars) [Verse 2: Q-Tip] Sit and wonder sometimes, I read the paper every day All these happenings is cycular, just happen different ways And the president's refined, in her wing she's confined With about thirty Percocets and five bottles of wine Carolina nothing finer than a Black woman who climbs To the top of the State building claiming that that flag is mine Now, people on top of people, feels like we can’t breathe Put so much in this muthafucka, feel like we shouldn't leave Put it on TV, put it in movies, put it in our face These notions and ideas and citizens live in space I chuckle just like all of y'all, absurdity, after all Takes money to get it running and money for trees to fall Imagine for one second all the people are colored, please Imagine for one second all the people in poverty No matter the skin tone, culture or time zone Think the ones who got it Would even think to throw you a bone? Moved you out your neighbourhood, did they find you a home? Nah cypher, probably no place to Imagine if this shit was really talkin’ about space, dude Imagine if this shit was really talkin’ about space, dude Imagine if this shit was really talkin’ about space, dude [Chorus: Phife Dawg] Time to go left and not right Gotta get it together forever Gotta get it together for brothers Gotta get it together for sisters For mothers and fathers and dead niggas For non-conformers, won’t hear the quitters For Tyson types and Che figures Let’s make somethin' happen, let’s make somethin' happen Let’s make somethin' happen, let’s make somethin' happen Gotta get it together for brothers Gotta get it together for sisters For mothers and fathers and dead niggas For non-conformists, one-hitter quitters For Tyson types and Che figures Make make make Let’s make somethin' happen, let’s make somethin' happen Let’s make somethin' happen, let’s make somethin' happen Gotta get it together forever Gotta get it together for brothers Gotta get it together for sisters For mothers and fathers and dead niggas For non-conformists, one-hitter quitters For Tyson types and Che figures Let’s make somethin' happen, let’s make somethin' happen Gotta get it together for brothers Gotta get it together for sisters For mothers and fathers and dead niggas For non-conformists, one-hitter quitters For Tyson types and Che figures Make make make Let’s make somethin' happen, let’s make somethin' happen Let’s make somethin' happen, let’s make somethin' happen Gotta get it together forever Gotta get it together for brothers Gotta get it together for sisters For mothers and fathers and dead niggas For non-conformists, one-hitter quitters For Tyson types and Che figures Let’s make somethin' happen, let’s make somethin' happen Gotta get it together for brothers Gotta get it together for sisters For mothers and fathers and dead niggas For non-conformists, one-hitter quitters For Tyson types and Che figures Make, make, make Let’s make somethin' happen, let’s make somethin' happen Let’s make somethin' happen, let’s make somethin' happen [Outro] The danger must be growing For the rowers keep on rowing And they’re certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing! "We’re there!" "Where?" "Here!" A small step for mankind But a giant step for us Oompa, loompa, doopa dee doo I’ve got another puzzle for you