Making Progress Lyrics - A2g Ep - Blackalicious

We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path 

Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math 

So there's enough for everyone 

We gotta make it last, we gotta make it last 

As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at 

Peace to everyone, I know and who I go way back 

With every pimp, every mack, every gang star, the Jack 

Every hustler feeding babies anybody pro-black 

Every sister raising kids without the help of a dad 

Wanting for they're children all the things that they never had 

All the brothers handling businesses, I know shit's hard 

Waking up at 5 a.m. holding down 3 jobs 

All my Rasta brethren getting insight from trees 

To my brothers up in college getting PhD's 

Or any other degree, even if you just reading for mental health 

Feed your conscious so that your mind is free 

All my people locked down for your past mistakes 

Mentally and spiritually dwelling past the gates 

You can change your ways, elevate today 

To all recovered alcoholics chillin' up in A.A. 

Every black-owned business keep doin' for self 

Helpin' out the community and spreadin' the wealth 

Understanding help ain't gonna come from nowhere else 

Revolutionary's fakin' me and just get dealt 

With head on black people got to lead the task 

Educate keep learnin', got to question, ask 

And let your light keep shinin' and remember the past 

By any means necessary you'll be free at last 

We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path 

Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math 

So there's enough for everyone 

We gotta make it last, we gotta make it last 

As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at 

Peace to everybody strivin' to live right and exact 

Even though anxieties try to pull you down 

See your troubles as a blessing and you're homeward bound 

Everybody gotta struggle, that's the way of the world 

Can't develop biceps if you don't do curls 

Can't achieve a garden if you never water your crops 

If you never pay your dues then you don't get props 

Couldn't eat a proper meal without cooking it first 

Can't receive a paycheck if you don't do work 

If it wasn't for the rain then the trees won't grow 

When the spring came around what a site to bestow 

When you face adversities, dark cloud won't last 

If you never study how do you expect to pass 

The grasshoppers laid around while the ants did chores 

When the winter came around he was left outdoors 

See the cycle keeps moving like a big machine 

Evolution of the mind, soul, body and being 

God'll never put up on you more than you can take 

Sometimes you even gotta learn from other people's mistakes 

With head on black people got to lead the task 

Educate keep learnin', got to question, ask 

And let your light keep shinin' and remember the past 

By any means necessary you'll be free at least 

We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path 

Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math 

So there's enough for everyone, we gotta make it last 

We gotta make it last, we gotta make it last