Move Somethin'
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek Lyrics

C'mon (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Calling others to the dance floor

Yeah, now get 'em up, get 'em up, what?
Asking everyone to put their hands up

Get 'em up, get 'em up, what?
Continuing to ask for people to raise their hands

Get 'em up, get 'em up, what?
Continuing to ask for people to raise their hands

Uh, yo, yo, yo
Beginning of the rap verses

What's with the melodrama?
Questioning the exaggerated behavior of others

Fella's wanna hover in my cypher like a helicopter
People trying to insert themselves into his circle like a helicopter hovering

Like it's a special honor
Thinking it's a privilege to be around him

The stealth bomba, gem droppa
Referring to himself as someone who drops gems without being noticed

Make the ghetto holla, intercontinental
Saying his music can resonate with people from different continents and backgrounds

Takin' you high like sky divers
Bringing excitement and adrenaline through his music

When we spark with live wires
Referring to the electricity and power of his performances

Original, cavemen quest for my fire (what?)
Saying he is original, with a fire that attracts others like cavemen

Express my desire to drop this new shit (c'mon)
Expressing his desire to present new music

These record executives keep tellin' me y'all stupid
Tired of being told by executives that the audience won't understand his music

Now if they right, shut the fuck up
Saying if they are right about the audience, they should stop talking

Revolutionary, throw your guns up
Showing his revolutionary attitude and desire to fight for change

Whether you a bougie broad who actin' stuck up
Addressing people who are acting high and mighty

Or some ignorant thug motherfucker shootin' the club up
Addressing people who are reckless and cause harm

We gon' make y'all feel this (uh), break y'all spirit
Saying they will make an impact and break down people's resistance

If y'all fake that realness, word, we bringin' it
Saying they will call out and expose those who pretend to be real

Ringin' it in from the new millennium to way after that
Saying their impact will last into the future

I call these cats Reynolds 'cause they plastic rap
Using a brand name as a metaphor for fake and manufactured rap

Kill all the yappin' let's make it happen (c'mon)
Urging others to take action and stop talking

You cats ain't real, y'all just a re-enactment
Addressing people who are not authentic

Better yet, dramatization
Saying they are pretending to be something they're not

Soon as the director say action you start fakin'
Saying people start pretending the moment they think they're being watched

I start breakin' (what?)
Saying he won't be fooled and will break people's fake persona apart

The whole joint start shakin' (c'mon)
Saying his impact will be big and will shake up everything

This ain't the time or place for you to prove somethin'
Saying this is not a moment to show off or pretend

Cut the stargazin', yo, move somethin'
Asking people to stop idling and start moving

To be continued (uh)
Indicating that this is part of a bigger narrative and there's more to come

Let's see what's next up on the menu run up in you (uh)
Saying they're ready for whatever comes next

Lyrics that be fuckin with you
Saying their lyrics will have an impact on people

In the mental, pick any mental, instru', funda', detri'
Saying their music will touch people in different states of mind and with different musical preferences

Extra, extra large like the borough of Brooklyn the residential
Saying their impact will be big, like the Brooklyn borough

Existentialist specialist
Using an intellectual term to describe their music

Like Sly Stone wit my poem and fly song
Comparing themselves to a legendary musician and his music

Ride along with cats who live great and die strong, word
Saying they're surrounded by strong people who know how to live and die well

We gonna rock 'til nothin' else matters (uh)
Saying they will keep going no matter what

Y'all catch bodies, we catch excellent cadavers (uh)
Using a metaphor to say they will outlast others

Your next of kin an' shatter stories splattered in the tabloids
Saying their impact will be such that it will even affect people's families and become news

Erase your trace like your cotton mouth and we peppermint Altoids
Saying they will leave no mark like a dissolving mint

Step in the high reppin' the spot called Flatbush
Saying they're coming in strong from a specific area in Brooklyn

Whether rappers or actors you still feel the gat bust
Saying that people from different professions will still feel their impact

The abstract then becomes the reality
Using a philosophical idea to describe how their music can change people's perceptions

Alcoholics like to call it the moment of clarity (word)
Comparing their impact to a moment of realization that people who struggle with alcoholism experience

Flatbush, Brownsville
Naming different neighborhoods in Brooklyn

Bed-stuy niggas, move somethin'
Telling people from a specific neighborhood to start moving

Chi and West Side niggas, move somethin'
Telling people from Chicago to start moving

Cincinnati in the house, you got to move somethin'
Addressing people from Cincinnati to start moving

My niggas in the Dirty South got to move somethin'
Addressing people from the South to start moving

The South Bronx, 125 niggas move somethin'
Addressing people from the South Bronx to start moving

Q Borough make it live, niggas, move somethin'
Addressing people from Queens to start moving

Miami all the way to Philly got to move somethin'
Addressing people from Miami and Philly to start moving

Chicago and the Brick City got to move somethin'
Addressing people from Chicago and Brick City to start moving

My Soul Rebels in the world you got to move somethin'
Addressing people who are part of his fan base to start moving

B-boys and B-Girls got to move somethin'
Addressing dancers to start moving