You're Gone

[Produced by: Statik Selektah] [Intro: Colin Munroe] I'm right, you're gone I'm right, you're gone I'm right. you're gone I'm right, you're gone [Verse 1: Talib Kweli] Start up a party like arsonists start a fire Sharper than barb wire, lyrical jambalaya I'm nice like Stoudemire with the rock Peep it I'm the sheppard, they admiring the flock Niggas is sheepish, secretive, so mysterious Claimin' that you're Blood, but you're really on your period Claimin' that you're Crip but nothing is wrong with ya We'll except you're real dumb, you fucked with the wrong niggas Man fuck it my songs is thicker than catalogs Walk towards the light, shine so bright you need a parasol They try to laugh, rappers dying faster than ants under the magnifying glass This is iconoclast, find a lab everywhere I go Leave faces on the flo' everywhere I flow, ? The beat is knockin' but the information make the speakers blow They keep it on the low But I know my people need it though [Hook: Colin Munroe] Just don't call me evil And don't call it ego And I'm right (I'm right) And you're gone (you're gone) It don't mean I'm evil And don't mean it's ego Cause I'm right (I'm right) And you're gone (you're gone) [Verse 2: Talib Kweli] Yo, the flow is maple syrup Take a tour of Europe So I can make a buck, make it plural Cakin' cause I'm taking Euros Instead of dollars I invest in better products Man, experience a better college I still connect with scholars Even though I'm still in these streets, I'm like a local expert You'll blog about me on your social network There ain't no fairytale, ain't no glass slipper, no Cinderella The education real like ? in the favela Developed to where my pen is my favorite weapon It's all Brooklyn, I'm a Warrior like M.O.P. and game rebellion My name is (Talib!) My name is mentioned with the greats You already know the name Pay attention to the face This the face of the music to feed your mind and your body simultaneously The evolution of the brainy MC They pay a fee so you respect the hustle The way I write got extra muscle Work it out [Hook:] [Verse 3: Lil' Fame] Yo, I'm stuck in analog trying to go digital Fizzy Womack, 'nificient, work miracles Up in Statik crib, ShowOff Back in the days you get your motherfuckin' head blown off Take this German coat off Nugget watch bitch, piece and your herringbone off Hop in the Cadillac Seville and roll off I get down like a niggy in an up north flick Green and white shell toes you know the up north kicks I'm alive with aggression I ride with obsession We made it through the 80's Shit I'mma survive the recession Government, you find me in a pinch Suge Knight record deals, fuck it, sign me in the pen One of my sons favorite rappers is aaaah Next up is Talib But guess what, my son's first name is Kwe Mo mo mo P, keep the blazin' the chrome With Statik Selektah, Population Control C'mon [Hook:]