Due Process

[Verse 1: J. Sands]

Yo, from Pittsburgh to Pilón, this type shit we be on

When we on inside a cassette deck of your Neon

Or in your Navigator whippin' with the CD on

Lone Catalysts, rockin' to the break d-awn

Make a sucker new jack be gone

He kick his shit, I be like: "Yo, you puttin' me on?"

"You wanna battle?!" Out to Rawls, "Pick me a beat to freak on

Somethin' with a lotta bass and some highs that tweet on

The drums," I give it a run, you know, turn the heat on

Up in the kitchen, then your deletion

Will put me in a top position, J. Sands dishin'

No look, like Ron Strickland

Make the average MC contemplate just sittin'

Down, the wax spin like merry-go-round

While I format the verbs and nouns through underground

Now what you're lookin' for, you have found

So now, bump to the sound, properly laid and mixed down

By no other than my brother, although from different mother

J. Rawls with Sands on the mic, so take cover

The sound makes you bounce like Flubber

Ludacris, Danny Glover

Lethal with Weapons, so while you're checkin'–

[Hook: Rubix & Talib Kweli]

Due process, payin' these dues, battlin' crews

At the same time, livin' in life, givin' enlightenment

Seeing-eye for the blind

Through the darkness of the industry, we ministry

Due process, payin' these dues, battlin' crews

At the same time, livin' in life, givin' enlightenment

Seeing-eye for the blind

Through the darkness of the industry, we ministry

[Verse 2: Talib Kweli, (J Sands)]

I go on like et cetera (Go on...)

And blast my way out the plethora of replicas

Cats steady actin' extra

And they parts is non-speakin

My skills go without and beyond speakin' 

Address your congregation like a deacon

Seekin' converts, my convo is a honour and a pleasure

You seeing me is like Geraldo seein' Al Capone's treasure

You the don of mediocraty, I'm the indispensable hero of Hip-Hoprisy

Stoppin' your flow like bureaucracy (C'mon!)

Due process, you got blessed by the best of the population

Word to Black Shawn, I'll Chuck D your whole operation

And "Shut It Down," cut it down like rain forests

You see Talib Kweli when you look up "the illest" in the thesaurus

I'm the definition of special edition with rack-and-pinion steering

To make my handlin' more smooth than aloe and lanolin (Smooth)

"Manifesto"-spittin, my stiletto's hittin

On a ghetto mission to keep it fabulous, like a Lone Catalysts composition

[Hook: Rubix & Talib Kweli]

Due process, payin' these dues, battlin' crews

At the same time, livin' in life, givin' enlightenment

Seeing-eye for the blind

Through the darkness of the industry, we ministry

Due process, payin' these dues, battlin' crews

At the same time, livin' in life, givin' enlightenment

Seeing-eye for the blind

Through the darkness of the industry, we ministry (Yeah!)

[Verse 3: Rubix]

On a level of metaphors with lives, life seems to depreciate

Like automobiles from its original state

I'm Interboroughs, with registrated plates, pushin' the weight of my spirit

Passin' the limit of speed, rhymes per minute

Cerebral engine is infinite

Class, the third eye high beams illuminates the distance

The pressure on pedals accelerates, racin' the currents of winds

Makin' the intangible bend

With aerodynamics and panoramic visionin'

I see the world we livin' in

Five gallons of knowledge, a tank full, filled with lessons

My temperature guage measures all of the blessings

For the miles I'm stretchin'

Passin' what is hot and what you got, for all you cats on the list

Cause us to be the Catalysts

Of a new era, correctin' errors

Learn to love it or leave it alone

Recitin' these Nubian poems

From NYC to ATL, we got continuous flows

[Hook: Rubix & Talib Kweli]

Due process, payin' these dues, battlin' crews

At the same time, livin' in life, givin' enlightenment

Seeing-eye for the blind

Through the darkness of the industry, we ministry

Due process, payin' these dues, battlin' crews

At the same time, livin' in life, givin' enlightenment

Seeing-eye for the blind

Through the darkness of the industry, we ministry

Due process, payin' these dues, battlin' crews

At the same time, livin' in life, givin' enlightenment

Seeing-eye for the blind

Through the darkness of the industry, we ministry

Due process, payin' these dues, battlin' crews

At the same time, livin' in life, givin' enlightenment

Seeing-eye for the blind

Through the darkness of the industry, we ministry

Due process, payin' these dues, battlin' crews

At the same time, livin' in life, givin' enlightenment

Seeing-eye for the blind...