Air Quotes (Explicit)

Air Quotes (Explicit) - Talib Kweli/Madlib/Diani

Lyrics by：Talib Kweli Greene/Diani Eshe Greene

Composed by：Otis Jackson Jr

Produced by：Madlib

Time is money so we take it in blood

I did my dirt and got it straight from the mud

Stop going to clubs because these cats be so thick with the love

Air quotes "Nah I ain't makin' this up" they fake as ****

I used to hit up all the spots but now we stay in the cut

Watchin' the girls drink for free promoters makin' a fuss

While the Hip-Hop police is out here waitin' for us

Steady scopin' hopin' to take us all away in some cuffs

I'm outta this so-called "artist" the definition of toxic

Tryna advertise the ignorance mission accomplished

I promise it's so much more than just makin' a product

I'm an artist you're a creator of content

There's a difference

Can't see the trees through the forest cuz they stuck in them boxes

Complaining about how predatory the game is but do nothing to stop it

I get reckless with my abandonment like I jumped in the mosh pit

And learn how to put some trust in the process

Mobsters make 'em an offer they can't refuse

And then start raiding the coffers

They get confused trying to choose between the gods and the monsters

It's a lie

Though they tried to put hip hop in a coffin

You ain't the one who pulled the trigger but nigga you still an accomplice

Most rappers cowards 'cause they scared to be conscious

They only care about they pockets

This is not a popularity contest

The truth is often unpopular

So when I'm droppin' these jewels it's not for the views

It's for the topple of the conquerors

This ain't the Suicide Squad nah I ain't talkin' about Starfish

Yet they willing to risk it all they sell they soul for a profit

Yellin' "Bonzai" like kamikaze pilots stuck in the cockpit

I no longer trust the optics 'cause the photos be doctored

Posts of the live bloggers the Shade Rooms and the Bossips

These imposters forgot what the bible say about gossip

James 3:16 they say that slander's demonic

Protect the spirit from these heathens stop readin' that garbage nigga

Time is money so we take it in blood

I did my dirt and got it straight from the mud

Stop going to clubs because these cats be so thick with the love

Air quotes "Nah I ain't makin' this up" they fake as ****

I used to hit up all the spots but now we stay in the cut

Watchin' the girls drink for free promoters makin' a fuss

While the hip-hop police is out here waitin' for us

Steady scopin' hopin' to take us all away in some cuffs

You listenin' to green our money clean and a lot of it

Writing my own story give them something to plot against

I need my own fence all owned by my lone end

I give em hope yeah just know that I'm focused

Givin' em air quotes 'cause these words finna transcend

Just like my hair comb you gon' be facin' these dead ends

I put my hair up just in case a bozo wanna try me

And real know real but the clothes don't deny me

Picked up a book from Nkiru

Knowledge makes the cops fear you

Did my crime did my time

But he's still in my rearview

If I don't kill you it's your conscious

So really how could I fear you

******* is tasteless and disappointing and I didn't give 'em my ear to

Air **** I'm a heiress I'm the one they compare to

I'm fruit you pork you chewed you soft

******* dog food

Awful

Give 'em a jaw full

If you **** with the withdrawal it ain't cordial

I come from Kweli so I'm really a animal

Like the safari I could corpse you

I could bring you up and endorse you

One in a million baby the feelin' is crazy

Me and my niggas head towards the light

'Cause the industry shady

I'm throwin' vibes of "one of a kind"

Startin' to feel like Brady

Pops already made a couple mil

So it would be hard to enslave me

Can't keep me in these shackles

Wow you really birthed the GOAT didn't you

Baaaaaaa

Time is money so we take it in blood

I did my dirt and got it straight from the mud

Stop going to clubs because these cats be so thick with the love

Air quotes "Nah I ain't makin' this up" they fake as ****

I used to hit up all the spots but now we stay in the cut

Watchin' the girls drink for free promoters makin' a fuss

While the hip-hop police is out here waitin' for us

Steady scopin' hopin' to take us all away in some cuffs