| 1: Evidence] |
| Dear People, it’s a minute since I checked in |
| Record’s still spinning where I left it |
| I done a lot since I seen you last, shit moving fast |
| The world got itself in a real hurry |
| Still I tell 'em: worst come, don’t worry |
| I bought that crib with the dough you left me |
| Then hit the plane toured the world |
| So bills made the first with rock babs and Al right beside me |
| Life is poison, it’s ivy |
| I ain’t speaking on yours, that’s how mine be |
| He ain’t lying, eachI write the next minute of your life |
| Flow’s ghetto the hood’s my lively |
| Good health, yeah yeah to that |
| Another year in the black, so many years in the red |
| I was losing my mind, I was up on my game |
| Right person, wrong place, just ahead of my time and it’s mine |
| Where do we go? Where do we go? |
| Where do we go when we’re losing our minds? |
| Where should I go? Where should I go? |
| Where should I go when I’m losing my mind? |
| Where do we go? Where do we go? |
| Where do we go when we’re losing our minds… minds? |
| This is our therapy |
| 2: Blu] |
| Dear People, been a minute since I checked in |
| Mention, checking mics, collecting checks but kept the step in |
| Stepped in with Ex but had to «X» a couple best friends |
| Who let ends be the reason I left them |
| The left wing of the west wing |
| Venom in them cobras when the wind blows |
| Been on it since the moment rain was pouring out my window |
| I danced in it, in my b-boy stance |
| Standing in the midst kicking stanzas to chicks |
| Till they dance too |
| Cool as a fan, too, student of the true school |
| Catch me in a band and a gang calling plays |
| Play da fool I make the rules |
| Call it lame but it’s the law |
| Play the war yet whenever they play the song y’all get loose |
| Off the juice, busting hard earned bars to scar loots |
| Scarred youth, my heart’s firm y’all are saw truth |
| Gol-Lee, cross-breed between Spike, God, and Bruce |
| When I’m kicking it, they’re wondering if God’s talking to Blu but it’s… |
| 3: Talib Kweli] |
| Dear People, on the corner’s where the evil |
| Created a share of the drama |
| That got the tears from your mama |
| Hittin' the steps of the steeple |
| Livin' unfair and unequal |
| Lies to the afterlife this here, you ain’t prepared for the sequel |
| These rappers is see-through and transparent |
| This man’s spirit deal with advanced lyrics |
| They can’t hear it, I can’t bear it, I can’t wear it |
| It’s trash, it’s lyrical masturbation I’m not making a fashion statement |
| Youris doctored I call 'em quacks they lacking patience |
| They just want they validation, congratulations |
| Try walking the streets till four in the morning |
| Looking for rappers to battle feeling like you’d die if you ignore your calling |
| Then hop on a greyhound, LA-bound |
| Perform in the club while they busting shots, stay down |
| Got it for the cause, just because they clap don’t mean that you need the |
| applause |
| Dear People, sincerely yours |