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Artist: Talib Kweli f/ Anderson .Paak
Album:  Radio Silence
Song:   Traveling Light
Typed by: Cedmaster3K
 
[Intro: Talib Kweli]
I come from the God body era
I come from standin' on street corners
Smokin' blunts, out of White Owls with 40s
Building and destroying about, the suns and the planets and the moons and the stars
About the nature of man, without knowledge, wisdom and understanding
And you had to show and prove, and you had to be right and exact
Voulez-vous, rendezvous, coucou le poopoo - come on!
Yeah Chris, yeah, I like that right there, yeah!
Hah, come on! Yeah
KAYTRANADA, classic, timeless
 
[Talib Kweli]
Waste these niggas son, I got a doctorate in rockin' it
Pardon, we got it poppin', it's marvelous, nigga watch it
You followin' carbon copies, I'm stoppin' to intervene
You're erroneous, these the phoniest rappers I've ever seen
When I take flight, I'm travelin' light, that's a double entendre
For when I'm tourin', explorin' outside the genre
Illuminate when I grabbin the mic, it's so bright it'll blind you
Yeah I'm back with a friendly reminder
We're two ships that're passin' in the night, but alas
You 'bout to run into the iceberg, I'm crackin' this shit in half
Travelin' light, not talkin' 'bout packin' a bag
First I get back in the lab, then I hit the road, I'll be back in a +Flash+
I'm Barry Allen mixed with Harry Allen (come on)
My blood hot as volcanic rock formin' canary diamonds they find on Canary Islands
My rhymes inspired by environments of the very violent
I'm the voice of a generation that's very silent (shhh)
I stick to my convictions like I've been indicted
All you niggas throwin' me shade, you 'bout to get enlightened
 
[Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
Travel light, travel light
Travelin' light, travel light
You're grindin' 'til the sun up
Whether it's cold murder, the pies have been cut up
Hoppin' over the hurdles, just look at the stride
Your life is heavy enough but you liftin' me high~!
Huh, rather leave it behind
The legacy that you built will be left when you die, die
Brooklyn is changin' and so am I
I'll see you on the other side, travel light
 
[Talib Kweli]
Ayy, I'm faster than the speed of sound
Smashin' through these barriers, I'm blastin' out your speakers now
Travel around the planet 'til I landin' where I'm needed now
We entertainers, they wanna call us leaders now
Whoa, extra baggage not in the plans, I'll shop when I land
Stop for the fans, every airport from Okinawa to Osaka, Japan
Stop assumin' I live in your time zone
Jetlag is my reality, the road is my home, I roam
Your downfall is you should probably get out more
I be plannin' out tours, with a band of outlaws
I'm packin' my bags, just marijuana and magazines
Wrappin' the flag around a pistol, the red, the black and the green
Never crashin', the grill is mean when I'm whippin', dippin' between
all these commuters, they movin' slow like they sippin' the lean
Are they livin' the dream?
Get to they office and that computer's driftin' off until they spit start to drip from the screen
 
[.Paak] YEAHHHHHH!
 
[Chorus]
 
[Talib Kweli]
Travel the city of broken promises, my mission is reconnaissance
It's dangerous for anybody followin'
That's why I take bitin' as a compliment, it's proof of my dominance
It's the haters' way of congratulatin' me for my accomplishments
Well, I'm so atop of this demolishin' all the charlatans
To whisper in the ears of your congressmen
Shovin' dollars in their pockets, the more we locked up, the more they profitin'
They buildin' empires like Ottoman
Now who you wanna face? The sharks in the water or the snakes in the boat? (which one?)
The lesser of two evils be fightin' for fake votes (come on)
We walkin' through the valley of darkness so stay close
We need the light at the end of the tunnel to make a toast
Raise a glass to our glorious past (cheers) we the wave of the future
Never confusin' protesters for looters
Silencin' Radioheads and OK Computers
Travel to Mecca like, Mansa Musa so let's go
 
[.Paak] YEAHHHHHH!