Ask Madden

where do we go, what do we say, what do we do
nowhere to turn, nowhere to run and it’s nothing new
where do we go for inspiration
looks like pain is our only inspiration

i see a place where little boys and girls see shells in the ocean not knowin they on pearls
no one to hold em while they growin they livin moment to moment without a care in the whole world
if i could help it i’d tell it just like it is and i may say some things that you don’t like to hear
i know that, that people lie people kneel people die people heal people steal and people shed tears
what’s real, blood spill, gun kill, some steal, rides
above me, trust me, it must be, morning, time
wake up, mistakes are, everybody wanna cake up, and break up, with the crew
but when the comet comes back, what would you do, it’s too late to make up some excuse

where do we go, what do we say, what do we do
nowhere to turn, nowhere to run and it’s nothing new
where do we go for inspiration
looks like pain is our only inspiration

i come from people who stand stronger than thomas space
wherever theres competition you gonna find a race
i find a place in my heart for this hip hop
it blows blood through my veins, my skin gets hot
i take it very serious it make me write more
if I don’t celebrate i got nothing to fight for
i’m tight raw, excite y’all, ignite fall, i’m tight y’all, i walk the street like y’all
about action, talk is cheap, right y’all? You start yappin nigga about the beef you might cause
you know the trouble you could get into, you don’t study you don’t prepare to catch who’s testing you
what you gonna do when you gotta face the manifestation of the words that you put a space
they already there, you can’t take em out, a studio gangsta is how you tryin to break out

where do we go, what do we say, what do we do
nowhere to turn, nowhere to run and it’s nothing new
where do we go for inspiration
looks like pain is our only inspiration

--talib kweli & rez