Manifesto
Manifesto

Manifesto easy guitar chords by Talib Kweli

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Manifesto, 

    this 
    is what 
    we want 
    to see 
    happen 

    for my peoples 
    still 
    breakin 

    graf 
    writin 
    and 
    rappin 

    I rock 
    the mic 
    right 
    and exact 

    my life's 
    my sacrifice 

    Take my 
    mic 
    and I'm like 
    a Chinese 

    man 
    with no 
    rice 

    Oh yeah 
    we flippin 
    through 
    the pages 
    of time, 

    to find 
    design 

    Like 
    Vaseline 
    on 
    the faces 
    of 
    Black 
    Georgia, 

    we shinin 

    Deeper 
    than 
    petroleum 
    jelly, 

    we 
    in the air 
    like conversations 

    on 
    celly 
    and just 
    appear like 

    stretch 
    marks 
    on bellies 

    after 
    givin 
    birth 
    you had 
    to let 
    go, 

    you playin 
    for life 

    The Manifesto, 
    here comes 
    the beat 

    because 
    I said 
    so keep 
    pushin 

    I got 
    the cushion 
    for 
    the seat 
    of your soul 

    Back 
    in the day 
    they stole 
    our smile, 

    so 
    we clothe 
    our teeth 
    in gold 

    and 
    we frontin, 
    from nigga 
    to 
    kid, 

    to Son 
    of God 

    It's 
    wild 
    dependin 
    on labels 

    for 
    man 
    woman 
    and child 

    My 
    style 
    just is, 

    all 
    that's seen 
    and all 
    that's heard 

    God 
    gave 
    us music 
    so 

    we play 
    with our 
    words 

    So 
    when Tek 
    be 
    in constant 

    meditation 
    like 
    a monk 

    while 
    Kweli speaks 
    in tongues 

    to get 
    your intellect 
    drunk 

    yo 
    we bound 
    to take 
    over 
    the 90% of 

    your 
    brain 
    that you 
    ain't usin 

    To us 
    it's life 
    or death 

    we keep 
    you 
    chosin 

    Verse 2
    (Chorus) 

    Every shook 
    eye ain't 
    seen, 

    every 
    goodbye 
    ain't 
    gone 

    Ain't 
    no rest 
    for 
    the weary 
    yo 

    forever 
    it's 
    on 

    The Manifesto, 

    establishes 
    a hip- 
    hop 
    order 

    Movin 
    upon 
    the face 
    of the water, 

    Verse 3
    like 
    Reflections 

    Aiyyo all 
    the real 
    MC's can meet 

    me outside 

    So we 
    can 
    decide 
    how 

    we gonna 
    change 
    the tide 

    like 
    the moon 
    we on 
    the Earth 
    takin 

    a ride 
    around 
    the Sun 

    Now Son 
    we only 
    just 
    begun, 

    and the journey's 
    far 
    from done 

    We 
    all miss 
    you, 
    what your brain 
    gone 

    fishin 
    like Walter 
    Mosley? 

    There's an MC 
    that 
    can hold 
    me, 

    supposedly? 

    No 
    one could 
    come close 
    to me, 
    only, 

    the family 
    really 
    know 
    me 

    Hip- Hop's 
    last 
    hope 
    like 

    Obi 
    Wan 
    Kenobi 

    Through 
    your 
    tunnel vision 
    I'm 

    shinin 
    light 
    like a train 

    Comin 
    out 
    like earthworms 

    when it 
    rains, 
    bringin 
    it 

    like 
    the C.I.A. 
    be bringin 
    in 

    crack cocaine 
    bailin out of planes 

    with 
    the George 
    Bush 
    connections, 

    push 
    Reflection 

    like 
    I'm sellin 
    izm, like a 
    dealer 

    buildin 
    the system 

    Supply 
    and the 
    demand 
    it's 

    all 
    capitalism 

    Niggaz don't 
    sell 
    crack 
    cause they like 

    to see 
    blacks 
    smoke 

    Niggaz sell 
    crack 
    cause 
    they broke, 

    my battle 
    lyrics 

    get 
    concious minds 
    provoked 

    and ghetto 
    passes 
    revoked 

    cause we 
    surrounded 
    by 
    the evil, 

    you know 
    that 
    the people's 
    minds 

    is feeble 
    they 
    believe 
    in it, 

    even 
    if 
    it don't 
    make sense 

    This makin 
    dollars 
    shit, 

    don't 
    take 
    a scholar 
    to 

    see 
    what's goin 
    on 
    around 
    you, 

    either 
    you 
    widdit or 
    you ain't 

    is what 
    it comes 
    down 
    to, 

    have 
    you forgotten? 

    We 
    pickin 
    100% designer 

    name brand 
    cotton 

    They still 
    plottin, 

    my Third 
    Eye 
    is steady 
    watchin 

    Verse 4
    (Chorus) 
    Every 

    shook eye 
    ain't 
    seen, 

    every 
    goodbye 
    ain't gone 

    Ain't 
    no rest 
    for 
    the weary 
    yo 

    forever 
    it's 
    on 

    The Manifesto, 

    establishes 
    a hip- 
    hop 
    order 

    Movin 
    upon 
    the face 
    of the water, 

    like 
    Reflections 

    Verse 5
    (Yeah see that's 
    what I'm talkin 
    about, it 
    be the slaughter 
    man 


    We need to 
    break 
    it down 
    because 

    these 
    heads 

    they don't know 

    what they talkin 
    about 

    Frontin 
    all this 
    nonsense, 

    yo break 
    it 
    down) 

    Verse 6
    From open 
    mics to 
    solutions 
    got a 

    collage of answers 

    and a ten 
    point 
    program, 

    just like 
    the Black 
    Panthers 

    One: First 
    respect 
    yourself 
    as 
    an artist 

    If 
    you don't 
    respect 
    yourself 
    then 

    your rhymes 
    is garbage 

    Two: 
    Make sure 
    your crew 
    is 

    as tight 
    as 
    you 

    cause when 
    them 
    niggaz fallin 
    off 

    they gonna 
    bring 
    you down 
    too 

    Three: 
    Understand 

    the meaning 
    of 
    MC 

    The power 
    to Move 
    the Crowd 
    like 

    Moses 
    split 
    the 
    seas 

    Four: Know 
    your shit 

    and don't 
    ever 
    be blunted 

    If 
    you don't 
    know what 
    your words 
    mean then 

    your rhymes 
    mean 
    nothin 

    Five: Kick 
    facts 
    in the 
    raps, 

    and curse 
    with clarity 

    What's a 
    curse 
    when language 
    is 

    immersed 
    in 
    vulgarity 

    Six: We gonna 
    fix 
    industrial 
    poli- tricks 

    Shit 
    they made 
    an 
    artform out 

    of ridin 
    dicks 

    Seven: We soldiers 
    for God 

    needin 
    new 
    recruits 

    So if 
    you rhymin 
    for 
    the loot 

    then youse 
    a prostitute 

    but 
    Eight: Acknowledge 
    that 

    you need 
    food 
    on your plate 

    In 
    order to 
    say 
    your grace 
    make sure 

    your business 
    is 
    straight 

    Nine: We buildin 
    black 
    minds 

    with 
    intelligence 

    and when 
    you freestyle, 

    keep 
    the subject 
    matter 
    relevant 

    Ten: Every 
    MC 
    grab 
    a pen 

    and 
    write 
    some 
    concious lyrics 

    to 
    tell 
    the children 

    I'll say 
    it again, 
    every 
    MC 
    find 
    you a pen 

    And 
    drop 
    some 
    concious shit 

    for 
    our 
    children 

    Outro 1
    The Manifesto! 








































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