Talib Kweli - Celebrate (feat. Mack Maine)

[Intro] Young Moolah baby Happy music, happy people Happy people Everything is alright Everything is alright [Hook] Pop a bottle and celebrate We made it to a new day Pop a bottle and celebrate We done made it to a new day Oh I take a hit and just elevate Cause today will be a good day I got my mind right money right, ready for war Workin' hard today for a better tomorrow [Verse 1: Talib Kweli] Hey! - blow the horns on 'em The sun is out, it's a brand new day and it just dawned on 'em The smoke in here got 'em floating just like in salt water And break is fast, we got it cooking just like a short order ? birds cover the cheetah print A jungle out there and the jail is the zoo that keep us in Players in gators is crazy, we feel the need to rock 'em Furs coming in all different colors like Peter got 'em Killing yourself for a salary Look ya line flatter than stomachs of the women that's running, watching them calories Hope that we linking, we smoking and drinking casually Cause life without living ain't nothing but a fallacy [Hook] [Verse 2: Lil Wayne] Say, who's that peekin' in my window? Is that sunshine? Is that one time? Let that sun shine through my living room Hospitality is what I'm giving you Harsh reality is what I've been through But I'm not alone, ask her and him too And they shall tell ya, ain't nothin' better Than the smell of a new day I know the ocean runs dry and the sky gets dark And ya don't see what He's trying to show ya And I know the wall may seem tall But if we help each other I guarantee we get over And once I'm over, I'll reach back for my brother And pull him over as well Keep our heads high and our noses wide open Hopin' for that new day smell [Hook] [Verse 3: Mack Maine] Yea homie, I been ? since I was 16 To tell 'em what I'm 'bout to tell 'em So I need more than a 16 See I'm the only son of Mary and Joe So I gotta fulfill my purpose 'fore I'm buried, ya know My momma say she having visions of me being a missionary And the hood looking at me as a walking visionary So I sit back and wonder will I ever have my time to shine And die like Pac in his prime Or will I go out like Len Bias and OD before the tryouts No teller no reaper no buyout I'm good, I pray for a head to protect ya And I gotta walk the streets with the heat as my protection Still gotta watch my back, still watch my front home Cause I seen a lot of niggas die with they gun on So with that in mind, I just get higher And pray to the higher Messiah, I'm no liar And they say that puffing the fire fucks with your memory But I got a lot of stuff that I don't wan' remember see Like when my homie ivin died I like how I never seen a man cry 'til I seen Lance died Never seen my pops cry 'til I seen my Grams died And I'm here to tell him that I miss my Grams too And I wish I could hug her for mothers day too And I feel the same way that you do But we gotta still move on so she can just smile down on us And I don't want the Lord to ever frown down on us I know that they really got power in a gun But I also know that they got power in a tongue So every time I speak, look I try to speak life Y'all tweaking for broads, I tweak life They said I was s'posed to die as a fetus My momma said I bind that Devil in the name of Jesus So now I'm here just to talk to y'all Come and stroll with me homie, let me walk wit' y'all Ten million ways to die so I chose To get my life right by the end of the road 'Fore my body in a casket and I'm stiff and froze 'Fore I'm laying in a morgue with a tag on my toes I'm here to tell you take heed to the warnings School shootings, hurricanes, and global