Nothing Less Than

[INTRO]

Ok

Ya thats gorgeous right there

Feel like

A young dianne carrel when i walk out or something

Like a young iman before david bowie

Yo yo

[Talib Kweli]

Ayo you know the scene

I bring to the spot myself, no need for go betweens

The flow is mean ,its legendary like the over fiend

Glad that you could make it ,welcome to my hopes and dreams ,yo

Love is an ocean and ya partners the boat

Some get married ,some elope,some hope for a baby cause hope floats yo

I remember dreams from the womb

I had a vision that, when i was born a turntable would be in the room

Pretty nurse on the wanted tunes

A microphone attached to, the umbilical cord , fools runnin threw since i was younger dude

I used write plays ,and cast my cousins in the parts, play the dozens in the park the dream of takin up the art, of mcin

What i lacked in skill i made up in heart, u had to see it man

If i could sit the younger me down in frunna me, i would tell him im da proof but you could be whatever you wanna be

But ask what he want it for ask him if he sure cause everybody wanna rap but some people want it more

Ain't nobody want it more than me ,you can count on that fell behind in school cause i was busy writin battle raps

Used to be the smartest in the class fast, forward six months i was sneakin out the back hangin on flatbush ave

Hate to see my momma cry but still i made her do it

She almost lost faith in me but we through it

Now i make the music

And thats the way to do it

All my hopes and dreams, in flesh the best

Thank you for noticing its nothing less than

Its nothing less than

Its nothing less than

[Mans voice (alto)]

Laaa laa la la laa

[Talib kweli]

Nowadays parents never understand they children

We used to play man hunt in abandoned buildins ,still we hardly crack a smile

The sellin crack in vials, amazing how dey removed the filter from the black and mild, young dumb and actin wild

I went to boardin school ,thats where people send they kids when they ignore the rules

My father got a second job and tried to be promising, back then , alot of young black men respecting guys

Living cheque to cheque was hard but he made it happen, thought i was buggin when i told him i would make it rappin

We didn't have it so we had to learn to live without it

We didn't bitch we didn't moan we didn't blog about it

Life tried to be him down but he wanna fight ,tought me how to jab wit the left punch with the right

When i was wrong he didn't stop until i got it right i should call my pops tonight

Word , word , word

Yo

Im his hopes and dreams in the flesh the best thank you for noticing

[Outro]

Its nothing less than

Its nothing less than

Its nothing less than

Its the best yes