מילים לשיר Making Progress – Blackalicious

Expressin what we see and how we comprehend the math We keep embellishin upon a new uncharted path So there's enough for everyone we gotta make it last (Gift of Gab) We gotta make it last. As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at Peace to everyone I know or who I go way back wit Every pimp every mack, every gangsta to jack Every hustler feedin babies, anybody pro Every sister raisin kids without the help of a dad Wantin for they children all the things that they never had All the brothers handlin business even though shit's hard Wakin up at five A.M., holdin down three jobs To my brothers up in college gettin Ph.D's All my rasta brethern gettin insight from trees for mental health, see you're concious that your mind is free or any other degree, even if you just read All my people locked down, for your past mistakes Mentally and spiritually, dwellin past the gates You could change your ways, elevate today Every black To all recovered alcoholics chillin up in AA Helpin out the community and spreadin the wealth Understand that help ain't gonna come from nowhere else Revolutionaries makin the unjust get dealth wit Educate, keep learnin, gotta question, ask! head on black people got to meet the task And let your light keep shinin and remember the past By any means necessary, we'll be free at last Chorus (Gift of Gab) Peace to everybody strivin to live right and exact Even though anxieties try to pull you down As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at See your troubles as a blessin and you're homeward bound Everybody gotta struggle, that's the way of the world Can't develop biceps if you don't do curls Can't achieve a a garden if you never water your crops Couldn't eat a proper meal without cookin it first If you never paid your dues, then you don't get props Can't receive a paycheck if you don't do work If it wasn't for the rain, then the trees won't grow When the spring came around, what a sight to bestow When you face adversities, dark clouds won't last If you never study, how do you expect to pass? When the winter came around, he was left outdoors The grasshoppers laid around while the ants did chores See the cycle keeps moving like a big machine Evolution of the mind, soul body and being God'll never put upon you more than you can take Educate, keep learnin, gotta question, ask! Sometimes you even gotta learn from OTHER people's mistakes So head on black people got to meet the task By any means necessary, we'll be free at last And let your light keep shinin and remember the past.