Lateef, Cut Chemist, Blackalicious - Making Progress(1999)

[00:08.18] Chorus:
[00:10.84] We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path
[00:12.68] Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math
[00:15.34] So there's enough for everyone we gotta make it last
[00:18.04] We gotta make it last
[00:19.89] As I embark on life's journey from the point where im at
[00:22.59] Piece to everyone I know and who I go way back with
[00:25.25] Every pimp, every mack
[00:26.14] Every gangstar, the Jack
[00:28.01] Every hustler feeding babies
[00:29.83] Anybody pro-black
[00:30.76] Every sister raising kids without the help of a dad
[00:33.45] Wanting for they're children all the things that they never had
[00:36.15] All the brothers handling businesses, I know shit's hard
[00:38.80] Wakin up at 5 a.m. holding down 3 jobs
[00:41.56] All my Rasta bretheren getting insight from trees
[00:43.30] To my brothers up in college getting PHD's
[00:46.09] Or any other degree
[00:47.86] Even if you just reading for mental health
[00:49.68] Feed your conscious so that your mind is free
[00:51.47] All my people locked down for your past mistakes
[00:54.22] Mentally and spiritually dwelling past the gates
[00:56.92] You can change your ways
[00:57.87] Elevate today
[00:59.66] To all recovered alcoholics chillin up in AA
[01:02.34] Every black-owned business keep doin for self
[01:05.06] Helpin out the community and spreadin the wealth
[01:09.51] Understanding help aint gonna come from nowhere else
[01:10.47] Revolutionary's fakin me and just get dealt
[01:13.28] With head on black people got to lead the task
[01:15.06] Educate keep learnin', got to question, ask
[01:17.76] And let your light keep shinin and remember the past
[01:20.44] By any means necessary you'll be free at least
[01:23.14] Chorus
[01:55.80] As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at
[01:57.78] Peace to everybody strivin to live right and exact
[02:00.44] Even though anxieties try to pull you down
[02:03.19] See your troubles as a blessing and you're homeward bound
[02:04.93] Everybody gotta struggle, that's the way of the world
[02:07.68] Can't develop biceps if you don't do curls
[02:10.41] Can't achieve a garden if you never water your crops
[02:13.16] If you never pay your dues then you don't get props
[02:15.85] Can't eat a proper meal without cooking it first
[02:18.56] Can't receive a paycheck if you don't do work
[02:21.23] If it wasn't for the rain then the trees won't grow
[02:23.95] When the spring came 'round what a site to bestow
[02:26.64] When you face adversities, dark cloud won't last
[02:29.32] If you never study how do you expect to pass?
[02:32.04] The grasshoppers laid around while the ants did chores
[02:34.70] When the winter came around he was left outdoors
[02:36.50] See the cycle keeps moving like a big machine
[02:40.21] Evolution of the mind, soul, body and being
[02:42.02] God'll never put up on you more than you can take
[02:44.73] Sometimes you even gotta learn from other people's mistakes
[02:47.49] With head on black people got to lead the task
[02:50.18] Educate keep learnin', got to question, ask
[02:52.87] And let your light keep shinin and remember the past
[02:55.55] By any meeans necessary you'll be free at least
[02:58.20] Chorus
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