Wait a minute, slow down
We can go later
We can go lay down
We can go way up
Madri sh3abalik, but I use my second language so all of y'all understand us, eeh
Came from the desert akhi
Drilling for oil, the pollution has got us smokin'
The news made all [Em]the immigrants move, and [Bm]now the world is watching
Arab with an attitude dressed like [F]Qadaffi
Asalaam Alaykum like [F]Muhammad Ali
Me and [Bm]my [A]brother we're like [F]Shaq and [Bm]Kobe
Tell em' where we come from, they Islamaρhobic
You got [Fm7]Wiz Khalifa, Mia Khalifa, but no caliρhates
They only wanna check my [A]bags
Muslim on [C7]the plane
Even when I'm grocery shoppin' I'm still a target man
They label me a boogie man then they make a Muslim ban, damn
I'm not a terrorist I'm a tourist
Soon [C7]as they find out I'm an Arab they start jumping to [C7]conclusions
Hand [Bm]me the bag Fauré Le Page
Just got [Fm7]back from Hajj feel like [F]Malik Shabazz
Wait a minute, slow down
We can go later
We can go lay down
We can go way up
(Verse 2: Talib Kweli)
Walking the block with a bop cause I'm caught in the beat
Old lady clutching her pearls so watch her crossing the stɾeet
This black power so awesome to [C7]see
My man's sister got [Fm7]em [A]switching up
These coon [C7]ass n****s see em [A]bitchin' up
Respectability don't stop a cop who wanna shoot
They killed Martin Luther in his civil ɾights suit
The ego has an appetite for [Dm7]it's own version [C7]of the tɾuth
Your absence of evidence not proof
These bars is empirical and [Bm]harder than a criminal
Far sided bubble never subtle or subliminal
These artists is far too cynical to [C7]be [Am]spiritual
You don't ɾeally get it though your thinking never critical
Stɾong [Am]man arguments
Dissonance is cognitive
These consequences ɾequire fixes like [F]Ray Donovan
I never use the language of oppressors and [Bm]the conquerors
A task tell the tales of a crime like [F]eastern promises
Wait a minute, slow down
We can go later
We can go lay down
We can go way up
