Making Progress-Blackalicious/Lateef The Truth Speaker/Cut Chemist

[ti:Making Progress] [ar:Blackalicious/Lateef The Truth Speaker/Cut Chemist] [al:A2G] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.62]Making Progress - Blackalicious/Lateef The Truth Speaker/Cut Chemist [00:01.93]Written by：Timothy Jerome Parker/Xavier Lorenzo Mosley [00:03.55] [00:10.77]We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path [00:13.18]Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math [00:15.75]So there's enough for everyone [00:17.12]We gotta make it last we gotta make it last [00:19.48] [00:20.57]As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at [00:23.16]Peace to everyone I know and who I go way back [00:25.64]With every pimp every mack every gang star the Jack [00:28.58]Every hustler feeding babies anybody pro black [00:31.15]Every sister raising kids without the help of a dad [00:33.78]Wanting for they're children all the things that they never had [00:36.43]All the brothers handling businesses I know sh*t's hard [00:39.00]Waking up at 5 a.m. holding down 3 jobs [00:41.89]All my Rasta brethren getting insight from trees [00:44.37]To my brothers up in college getting PhD's [00:46.96]Or any other degree even if you just reading for mental health [00:50.14]Feed your conscious so that your mind is free [00:52.17]All my people locked down for your past mistakes [00:54.71]Mentally and spiritually dwelling past the gates [00:57.52]You can change your ways elevate today [00:59.93]To all recovered alcoholics chillin' up in A.A. [01:02.80]Every black owned business keep doin' for self [01:05.52]Helpin' out the community and spreadin' the wealth [01:07.88]Understanding help ain't gonna come from nowhere else [01:10.75]Revolutionary's fakin' me and just get dealt [01:13.18]With head on black people got to lead the task [01:16.08]Educate keep learnin' got to question ask [01:18.42]And let your light keep shinin' and remember the past [01:21.22]By any means necessary you'll be free at last [01:23.98]We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path [01:27.05]Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math [01:29.64]So there's enough for everyone [01:30.77]We gotta make it last we gotta make it last [01:33.28] [01:55.61]As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at [01:58.19]Peace to everybody strivin' to live right and exact [02:00.66]Even though anxieties try to pull you down [02:03.49]See your troubles as a blessing and you're homeward bound [02:06.04]Everybody gotta struggle that's the way of the world [02:08.73]Can't develop biceps if you don't do curls [02:11.40]Can't achieve a garden if you never water your crops [02:14.05]If you never pay your dues then you don't get props [02:16.59]Couldn't eat a proper meal without cooking it first [02:19.13]Can't receive a paycheck if you don't do work [02:21.84]If it wasn't for the rain then the trees won't grow [02:24.62]When the spring came around what a site to bestow [02:27.35]When you face adversities dark cloud won't last [02:29.75]If you never study how do you expect to pass [02:32.39]The grasshoppers laid around while the ants did chores [02:35.18]When the winter came around he was left outdoors [02:37.56]See the cycle keeps moving like a big machine [02:40.16]Evolution of the mind soul body and being [02:42.94]God'll never put up on you more than you can take [02:45.33]Sometimes you even gotta learn from other people's mistakes [02:48.15]With head on black people got to lead the task [02:50.86]Educate keep learnin' got to question ask [02:53.47]And let your light keep shinin' and remember the past [02:56.03]By any means necessary you'll be free at least [02:58.64] [02:59.14]We keep embellishing upon the new unchartered path [03:01.97]Expressing what we see and how we comprehend the math [03:04.33]So there's enough for everyone we gotta make it last [03:07.32]We gotta make it last we gotta make it last