Rare Portraits - Talib Kweli
Gravitas light it up Lighten it up brighten it up yea You want the grown step your bars up You brag about the scrilla them killas lighten your cars up Welcome to the complete history of the one known as Talib Kweli Such a blessing I'mmaking the bread leven Descendant of Terra Firma I'mfrom the era of legend The blind to my eyesight Too scared of the world ending My men of spiritual essence be walking right into heaven Ascending without the stairs expressing without the fears We diamonds but our minds are corrupted just like De Beers Unravelling minds travelling through time like langoliers Standing with the flow like the man in the gondolier In the park of Washington Square locks in my hair Louder than the bull horns we was locking 'emthere Cops would prepare to lock us up They was scared like tales from the dark side Summer of the Central Park five 1989was the number the year that I started rhyming From Brooklyn to Staten Island them Decepticons was wildin'Music soothing but the imagery violent as bomb threats Therapy for the prison industrial complex Provided the context for the with the tec nine At Brooklyn Tech I spit it the best so they had to respect mine I did it to death on my grind on a quest to get signed Sorta like the tribe would always suggest we check the rhyme An internal with Puff Daddy confronted the Rolling with Hi Tek in the MPV through the streets of the Natti Before graduating to Caddies was carrying crates Shoutout to Flex all day doing records with John Forte We was standing outside the tower devouring prey Powerful display of bullet points that we shower and spray the block with Back in them salad days these rappers was appetizers I played it like I was David I was tackling that Goliath Attacking the open mics to the victory was decisive This life it was so enticing my surgery so precise I would chop it like thin slices at parties we politic At the country club lighting up dutches with Pac and Big At the crib of supernatural battling back and forth Back before Jean was in the unsigned hype in the back of The Source Rest in peace to sons Was liking to call you son Cause you mine I call you son cause you shine What'sup Alyasha this is OG Brooklyn sh*tNot for impostors pour out a shot of vodka for them Big L Big Poppa Big Pun 2PacThe jungle is too savage rap true master producing the new classic This sh*tis too classic it'sblow to to spinal tap I started with the Rawkus Recording we work the vinyl backwards From DEF JUX to Loaded Lux I'mthe underground king like I'mrolling with Bun and The flow is nuts it'ssolid I got the golden touch Plus my iron sheek and I got the game and the cobra clutch This the highest calibre do the algebra From Yasiin Bey to Jean Grey to Pharoahe Monch Black Thought to Common Almost 20years after the release of Soundbombing And it still sounds timeless I'mout and on tour with the greatest A Tribe Called Quest And the De La'sopened for Jay Z and Nas who else could say this In Vegas with Tech 9getting faded before the gig Only later to hit the RIO and hop on the stage with Prince True story I always knew the importance of great shows Since 1992I seen Ice Cube play way cold Continue to pave the road for the Kendricks and J Coles Continue to stake gold From making the way for Kanye to meetings with Mr Harry Belafonte All started on park benches with Dante Predicting the future so observant I'mclairvoyant The frame can'tcontain it I'mpainting a rare portrait Guitar score
Rare Portraits Artist: Talib Kweli
Capo: 0
Key: E
Difficulty：
Tempo: 46
Time Signature: 4/4
Hot: 102
Creation time: 2023-04-28 Rare Portraits Guitar Tab, arranged and transcribed by Chordance, complete with staff notation and numbered musical notation. The song was composed by and performed by Talib Kweli. This guitar tab is in the key of E and is a Beginner version, suitable for players at the Beginner level. A must-learn piece for guitar enthusiasts. Strum the guitar, open the piano, and experience the mood conveyed by Talib Kweli at that time～
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