Earning Potential

[Intro: Talib Kweli]

Attack the Block

Attack the Block (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Uh

Uh

Come on, live from To Kill a Mockingbird [?]

Yeah

[Verse 1: Talib Kweli]

They said I need to change my name

Who the fuck you think you are, Brand Nubian?

Now they only claim to fame is sayin' how they knew me then

I walk through the flood, see the direction that I'm movin' in

Steppin' through the blood, my soul is red like Louis Vuittons

Know I can choose to be the deepest rapper

Or write punchlines that go after the cheapest laughter that'll reach the masses

But now they wishin' that they peeped it faster, ain't wanna admit it

But they had to concede it, so I'm a conceited bastard

The flow is coveted, lovin' your rose-colored glasses

Many degrees to this rappin', but I complete the masters

Try to describe it and you run out of superlatives

This the real, what you hear on the radio alternative

They guessin' what I'm makin', but they estimate conservative

'Cause, boy, you see how pure it is

I earned what they said I wouldn't, and got it the way they said I couldn't

[Refrain: Talib Kweli]

Fuck that, we kickin' down the door to get a foot in

Fuck that, we kickin' down the door to get a foot in

Fuck that, we kickin' down the door to get a foot in

To get a foot in, yeah, to get a foot in

[Verse 2: Mac Miller]

They told me I don't got a chance to be a rapper

Might as well just hit the books

And every time I went to shows, I had these people give me looks

Now they watchin' while I'm doin' this, they pussy, smell the uterus

You haters keep on hatin', it ain't nothin' 'cause I'm used to it

See, me as a youngin, just eager to get a chance

Writin' in the lab when no one believed I could make a jam (Jam)

But now I got my fans in the stands with they hands high

They worry 'bout the morals I follow and what I stand by

They say I'm nothin' new, I ain't got shit to say

Sit back and I'll change the world, you're in a different age

I burst your bubble, your struggle, double the trouble

When dissin' with no rebuttal from me, laughin' from another country

It ain't 'bout tons of money, I'm here to open minds

They close the door on me, so I guess I'll open mine up

[Outro: Mekhi Phifer]

Y'all niggas don't seem to understand me out here, B

Nobody playin' games on these streets, man

Y'all niggas better hold it down out here, a'ight?

You done lost your privilege of gettin' any money, man

You dead up here, man

You dead, man, a'ight?

You hear what the fuck I'm sayin', man?