Talib Kweli - The Proud video free download

Koree Michael

R.I.P Eric Harris

EssaVaggga100

Great message love this song! #HipHop

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amanda miller

2:25, prophetic..:(

Ameen Malek

Kweli, unarguably one of the best!

James Alexander

kills these verses

Christopher Olds

R.I.P. Michael Brown

Lauren Grant

Downloaded this album and never listened to it. After listening to this song I think I will now. 

cmarinoloc

Talib Kweli was at the top of his game with this whole album.

walter mongroo

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Jay Speight

[Intro]The proud. Stand tall or don't stand at all, come on. Uhh, yeah. Break it down. What we do?[Hook]We survive, it's more than prideWe stay alive, ready to ride[Interlude]June 11, 2001. Timothy McVeigh is executed and the country breathe a sigh of relief. Goodness prevails over evil, it seems. Somehow when he's gone, we feel safer. Little do we know[Verse 1]Today the paper say Timothy McVeigh's in hellSo everything's okay and all must be wellI remember Oklahoma when they put out the blazeAnd put Islamic terrorist bombing, on the front pageIt's like saying only gays get AIDS, propagandaLike saying the problem's over when they locked that man upWrong! It's just the beginning, the first inningBattle for America's soul, the devil's winningThe President is Bush, the Vice President's a DickSo a whole lot of fucking is what we gon' getThey don't wanna raise the babies so the election is fixedThat's why we don't be fucking with politicsThey bet on that, parents fought and got wet for thatHosed down, bit by dogs, and got blacks into house arrest for thatIt's all good except for that, we still poorMoney, power and respect is what we kill for, for real[Hook][Interlude]August 4, 2001. A drunken police officer mows down an entire family in Brooklyn. The judge lets him go with no bail. It reminds us, of just how worthless our lives are to the justice system. I struggle, to explain the situation to my son, it's hard[Verse 2]Niggas with knowledge is more dangerous than than niggas with gunsThey make the guns easy to get and try to keep niggas dumbTarget the gangs and graffiti with the Prop 21I already know the deal but what the fuck do I tell my son?I want him living right, living good, respect the rulesHe's five years old and he still thinking cops is coolHow do I break the news that when he gets some sizeHe'll be perceived as a threat or see the fear in they eyesIt's in they job description to terminate the threatSo 41 shots to the body is what he can expectThe precedent is set, don't matter if he follow the lawI know I'll give my son pride and make him swallow it all (Damn!)Fuck the pigs! I think the pigs killed Big and 'Pac tooIf they didn't they know who did, they got to!Who they serve and protect, nigga not youCops shot off of ten G's but they got Glocks tooLet you protect yourself, or better yet respect yourselfStraight into the hospital is where you gotta check yourselfThey be getting tips from snitches and rival crewsDoing them favors so they working for the drug dealers tooJust business enforcers with hate in they holstersShoot you in the back, won't face you like a soldierKurt Loader, asked me what I say to a dead cop's wifeCops kill my people everyday, that's life[Hook][Interlude]September 11, 2001. Terrorists attack the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Kills thousand and permanently scars America's false sense of security. We see the best examples of humanity in the face of the worst. As fire fighters, police officers, rescue workers and volunteers of all sorts, fight to save lives. The world will never be the same again[Verse 3]My heart go out to everybody at Ground ZeroRed, black, yellow, white and brown heroesIt's more complicated than black and whiteTo give your own life is the greatest sacrificeBut it's hard for me to walk down the blockSeeing rats and roaches, crack viles and 40 ounce postersPeople broken down from years of oppressionBecome patriots when they way of life is threatenedIt's a hard conversation to haveWe lost kids, moms and dads, people ready to fight for the flagDamn, when did shit get this bad?America kill the innocent too, the cycle of violence is sadDamn! Welcome to the world, we hereWe've been at, war for years but it's much more clearWe got to face what lies aheadFight for our truth and freedom and, ride for the dead

robert antonio

GREAT MESSAGE!!! BIG PROPS

Jamiel Ringold

La la la We survive

Ayatollah Beats

Talib Kweli. The Proud. Produced by none other than AYATOLLAH. 

MYOWNFAULTbeattape

TRUTH!

SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES

SALUUUUTE !

Iman Pourhassani

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yungk777

This song is so underrated is ridiculous 

Haroon Ebrahim Collier

" Shoot you in the back won't face you like a soldier " ......

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