Remember, whatever discipline you're in
Whether you're a musician or a photographer
A fine artist or a cartoonist, a writer, a dancer
A singer, a designer — whatever you do
You have one thing that's unique
You have the ability to make art. Sometimes life is hard
Things go wrong — in life and in love
And in business and in friendship and in health
And when things get tough, this is what you should do
Make good art
This about to be the realest shit you ever heard
I lynch rappers, got them hanging on my every word
These bitch rappers be claiming they slinging heavy word
Really snitch rappers, niggas singing like every bird
Rich rappers, nah, I don't know them niggas
Niggas don't get rich rapping, they selling clothes or liquor
My flow is sicker cause I flow with vigor
I'm no beginner, peep the whole agenda
Control my center cause I gravitate with Gravitas
This my inner monologue
Burning down your party cause our cocktails is molotov
My crime mob make you stop, lock and drop, don't get wollywop'd
Actually battery in my back like a copper top
Got it popping, started on the B-side of Body Rock
Direct to fan, I'm running my shop like my mom and pop
Modern day slavery today to be an artist, watch
They treat them like a product and try to mount like a hot 'n tot
Molly pop, niggas not caring if they body rot
Partying like Mardi Gras, get the cream like Häagen-Dazs
Golly gosh, this is Utopia, cornucopia
I'm known to start revolts against the Romans like Zenobia
Hoping to keep coping copious amounts of opiates
Tried to start a union, but they blocked me like a Soviet
I hope they get it, I'm sick of explaining history
I'm rolling with a circle of winners, we claimin' victories
It ain't a mystery, the hate'll make it bittersweet
They hate when I engage to debate 'em like Wale's Twitter feed
Who I'm kidding? I'm the great debater
My crew stay winning, we stay innovating
Your circle is rotten as great tomatoes
They get high with you then start dry snitching like Jose Canseco
Prosecco, I'm sipping vino with a vivid hue
Haberdasher rocking Borsalinos like Hasidic Jews
Pitiful, rappers never stand up to the ridicule
That's why I had to get at you
Wear it if it fit the shoe, nigga
(Baby, just shine your light
If you've gotta dim yours, so they can shine brighter
Just stay bright, so shine your light)
We're in a transitional world right now because
The nature of distribution is changing
The distribution channels that people have built
Over the last century or so are in flux
The print, the visual artist, the musicians
which on the one hand intimidating and on the other
Immensely liberating. The rules, the assumptions
The now-we're-supposed-tos of how you get your
Work seen and what you do then, they're breaking down
The gatekeepers are leaving their gates
You can be as creative as you need to be to get your work seen
The old rules are crumbling. And nobody knows what the new rules are
So make up your own rules
Inner Monologue
Talib Kweli
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\ 2000 Seasons A Game A Game Abra Cadabra Africa Dream After The Rain Ain\u2019t Waiting Around My Way Around My Way Art Imitates Life Astronomy (8th Light) Back Again Back It Up Back Up Offa Me Back Up Offa Me Ballad Of The Black Gold Beast Beautiful Struggle Before He Walked Big Nel from Da Natti Black Girl Pain Bridge To Bama(HI Tek Remix) Brown Skin Lady Celebration Flow Chaos Children's Story City Playgrounds Cold Rain Colors Of You Come Here Come Here feat. Miguel Country Cousins Definition Delicate Flowers Demonology Distractions Down For The Count Drugs, Basketball & Rap Due Process [Instrumental] Eat to Live Eternalists Everything Man Everywhere I Go Expansion Dedication Favela Love Favela Love feat. Seu Jorge Fly That Knot Friends & Family Fuck The Money Funny Money Game Get Back Pt. II Get By Ghetto Afterlife Ghetto Show Ghetto Show - Anthony Hamilton Go With Us Going Hard Good Mourning Good to You Got Work Great Expectations Guerilla Monsoon Rap Guerrilla Monsoon Rap Gun Music Gutter Rainbows Hamster Wheel Hater Players Hell High Life feat. Rubix Cube & Bajah Hold It Now Holy Moly Hostile Gospel Pt. 1 (Deliver Us) Hostile Gospel, Pt. 1 (Deliver Us) Hostile Gospel, Pt1 (Deliver Us) Hostile Gospel, Pt2 (Deliver Me) Hot Thing How You Love Me I Try I Try I Try I Try - Mary Jblige I Try [Instrumental] I\u2019m On One In the Mood In The Red In This World Intro It Only Gets Better It's Like That Joy Just Begun (Ft. Jay Electronica, J Cole & Mos Def) K.o.s. (determination) Keynote Speaker Kindness for Weakness Let Me See (Remix) Lifting Off Listen Listen!!! Lonely People Long Hot Summer Lord Of The Light Love Language Lover's Peak Make It Classy Memories Live Midnight Hour Mood Swing More or Less Move Somethin' Move Something Ms Hill Ms. Hill My Life Name Of The Game Nature Never Been In Love New Leaders Niggas Lie Alot NY Weather Report Old School On My Way Outstanding Palookas Perfect Beat Purest Hearts Push Thru Put It In The Air Raise the Bar Rare Portraits Ready Set Go Ready Set Go feat. Melanie Fiona Real Women Respiration Right About Now Rocket Ships Rocket Ships feat. Busta Rhymes Rush Say Something Self Savior Sharp Shooters Sharp Shooters Shock Body So Good So Low Some Kind Of Wonderful Soon A New Day Soon the New Day Soul Music Space Fruit Space Fruit (Interlude) Stand to the Side State of Grace Stay Around Strangers Supreme, Supreme Talib Kweli Come Here feat. Miguel. Off of Talib ... Talk To You (lil' Darlin') Tater Tot Testify The Beast The Blast The Nature The Nature (Feat. Justin Timberlake) The Nature [*] The Perfect Beat The Proud The Show The Wormhole Theives In The Night This Means You This Means You (Ft. Mos Def) Too Late Twice Inna Lifetime Two & Two Uh Oh Upper Echelon Violations Wait For You Waitin' For The Dj We Got the Beat We Got the Beat We Know We Know - Faith Evans What I Feel What's Real Where Do We Go Work It Out Work It Out
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Inner Flight - Primal Scream
Inner Demon - Winter Storm
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Inner Spirit - Zero Hour
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