Friends & Family Lyrics - Gutter Rainbows - Talib Kweli

You are now witnessing the demise of the music business 

I say demise of the music business cause people always gonna need music in they life 

You know what I'm saying 

I can't do music with people I'm uncomfortable with 

You know what I'm saying 

I can't be on stage with you pouring out my soul if I don't like you 

So with said shout out to Strong Arm Steady 

Shout out to Jean Grae 

That's my Blacksmith family you dig 

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I just heard a song that reminded me of times when you were finding me 

Rhyming in Greenwich Village circa 1993 

Yeah those were the salad days my careers appetizing 

The main course a casserole a jambalaya 

Different influences that led me where the music is 

A student is only as good as his teachers tutelage 

Paying for college and not learning was straight foolishness 

So I stopped going to school but this 

Hard to tell my parents how to now try to get through to them 

Thought of no one daily and traveled to different places 

Freestyled with Clef and Forte in the Booga Basement 

With Rubiks and JuJu on Flatbush my hood amazing 

Platinum Island recording with Duro and Just Blaze 

And that was right next door to Rawkus what's up Jarret and Brian relax y'all 

I'm mad [?] Kendra Ross you got the soul of a Stax singer 

I love how you always bring it back sister 

You and Reesy making every record 

I got classics with Hi-Tek and Mos Def that are so respected 

Shout out to Corey Smith shout out to Dave Chapelle 

I went on tour with The Roots they played so well 

Writing rhymes with Mike and Nine me and Pharoahe Monch were Soundbombing 

Me and Lonnie Lynn got a lot in Common 

Mystic Journyman introduced me to Top Ramen 

On the bus Kanye West would never stop rhyming 

Ain't no mountain high enough for him he never stopped climbing 

That's why when the homies win I never stop smiling 

See I'm smiling right now 

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Nothing else matters more than friends and family 

No doubt that's how it's gotta be 

This is my odyssey it's just the god in me 

Yup they all a part of me 

Cause I would die for them and they would die for me 

That's right and plus I love my fans 

Love when you throw your hands up it's like you all my fam 

Like you considered kin 

Got me through thick and thin thank you for listening 

Nothing else matters more than friends and family 

It started with a blast now I'm a iconoclast 

Promise to be honest in my craft and make the promise last 

I do this for myself but the song for you 

Once I put it out for sale then it belong to you 

This for Amani Fela plus Diani Eshe 

Your daddy love his girl your mother never far away 

This is for Eque this for Kierra Paul 

We wanna ride like Ciara and we will never fall 

Headquarters and Guru is love forever ya'll 

Make it plain cause it's too strong for a metaphor 

Simile your legacy will always be remembered for forever or 

Til the end of time whichever come first 

Big love to my mom and dad you could have done worst 

Jamal and I the way we are cause you put your sons first 

Many black parents lose they son to the gun burst 

Mommas drowning in they own tears til they lungs burst 

Voice cracking like Michael Stipe cause everyone hurts 

Nothing else matters more than friends and family 

No doubt that's how it's gotta be 

This is my odyssey it's just the god in me 

Yup they all a part of me 

Cause I would die for them and they would die for me 

That's right and plus I love my fans 

Love when you throw your hands up it's like you all my fam 

Like you considered kin 

Got me through thick and thin thank you for listening 

Nothing else matters more than friends and family 

My first record was with Mood back in '96 

In fact it was pretty fresh Google that find that shit 

It sound good I was showing you what timeless is 

You couldn't catch what I was saying without rewinding it 

Believe me every fan is special 

You hear me now but I got fans from Lyricist Lounge and "Manifesto" 

So much wack rap I know it's hard to tell 

The difference but when I heat it up I make the garbage smell 

I'm resurrected but I'm no savior 

I know the game I can ball a little bit I'm an OK Player 

Double meaning cause the flow is layered 

We love to say it but it's easier than it sound to ignore the haters 

To snap back like the jaws of gators 

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