7:30 - Talib Kweli

It’s 7:30, 'bout to be that time

And if you miss the word, don’t be afraid to press rewind

But if you got to open your eyes to see the truth

Then maybe this one ain’t for you

It’s 7:30, 'bout to be that time

And if you miss the word, don’t be afraid to press rewind

But if you got to open your eyes to see the truth

Then maybe this one ain’t for you

Every night at 7:30

Men get dirty, yo I yelled so loud the Heavens heard me

The information that I drop’s so hot, it’s newsworthy

Cops is askin' me who told me, I said a little birdy

Dirty listen, the way the sunset glistens is so pretty

Castin' a shadow on the grave of those who die early

Tryna get it and they got it, how could it not disturb me

Make your eyes pop out your head like you were Mr. Furley

It gets crazy

Sometimes life’s like a drug

Trippin' me out and fuckin' me up

Makin' me what I want to be

And don’t at the same time

Sometimes life’s like a drug

Trippin' me out and fuckin' me up

Makin' me what I want to be

And don’t at the same time

Now let me run it down about this kid we call Coolie

We called him Coolie cause his hair was curly, unruly

Young mothafucka, 14, is Ghanian

Parents moved to Flatbush in the 70s, tryna get it

On 38th between J and K

White Jewish neighborhood so they thought that they was safe

Until somethin' happened that we call gentrification

That’s when the niggas move in and crackers start escapin'

It’s hard as racists slangin' adjacent to the police station

When crack came out the junkies thought they were just freebasin'

They made the nigga Coolie rich, runnin' with Roger Macon

VanDevere, VIP niggas, from with them Haitians

One day in the train station

Seen the main Haitian nigga waitin' for the 2 at Franklin

Knew what he had to do to prove himself, no hesitatin'

Had a .38 and caught the 5 express to Atlantic Avenue

Waited for the local and blast through like his attitude was gangsta

Dropped the gun, tried to make a break for the park

Cops hopped out the unmarked car, put the Glock in his face

Got locked upstate, it’s the wrong place to be in

Thuggin' for the crew and them niggas never came to see him

Came out when he was 30, perspective different now

Hate to see kids gettin' in the game while he was gettin' out

Before he got to his mama’s crib he saw the Haitian with the same .38

And thought he murked the nigga, guess he was mistaken

Sometimes life’s like a drug

Trippin' me out and fuckin' me up

Makin' me what I want to be

And don’t at the same time

Sometimes life’s like a drug

Trippin' me out and fuckin' me up

Makin' me what I want to be

And don’t at the same time

The streets talk to the beat that I walk

I write rhymes in chalk outlines

And toss out lines with bait to catch wind of the word on the block

Shit happens so fast, I felt the breeze like a gun blast

And a bullet been shot

Past my ear, it’s sad to hear the same shit year after year

My mama cryin' tear after tear, the hereafter is here and now

You waitin' for your Heaven to appear in a cloud

So you steady tryna get high while Hell is starin' you down

Police starin' you down, silence is deadly but your spirit is loud

Your niggas die, you pourin' beer on the ground

Standin' around, talkin' that Apocalypse shit the Apostles predict

Locked up tomorrow, quick to swallow a dick

Hollerin' «Bitch» to the chick who raisin' your seed

You don’t acknowledge the kid

Think you got knowledge, nigga your knowledge is tricked

You’re followin' myths

Niggas like to ease the pain with a bottle and a spliff

'Til the truth explode in their chest like a hollow tip, word

Sometimes life’s like a drug

Trippin' me out and fuckin' me up

Makin' me what I want to be

And don’t at the same time

Sometimes life’s like a drug

Trippin' me out and fuckin' me up

Makin' me what I want to be

And don’t at the same time

Sometimes life’s like a drug

Trippin' me out and fuckin' me up

Makin' me what I want to be

And don’t at the same time

Sometimes life’s like a drug

Trippin' me out and fuckin' me up

Makin' me what I want to be

And don’t at the same time