Mood Swing - Intellectual

[Intro: Asheru live]

If y'all don't know right here, this is the next single

Featuring my man Talib Kweli

Called "Mood Swing," we gonna do it like this, y'all

[Pre-Chorus: Asheru, (Raheem DeVaughn)]

You can't run to every new thing under the sun

You'd be a jack of all trades and a master of none

Mood swinging (What you say now?)

[Refrain: Raheem DeVaughn]

La-la, la-la-la... oh, ohh, oh

[Verse 1: Asheru]

Soon come, you will understand

The motivation of a man getting the underhand

A local yokel on a mission to get global

Letting my vocals amass to sum total and keep the point focal

You hear me, but you don't listen

You think it's easy being put in this position?

I freak speech, but still don't wanna preach

Just pique thought, and stimulate movement out of MCs

Grab your gat, hit the streets, that the rally cry, the war horn

The Akoben, some cats is spiritually war-torn

Environment; so I'm leading a community movement

And I don't need money for me to make a community improvement

Tell me what you stand for

Would you settle for less, or do you have the strength to demand more?

Only time will tell, what this New World brings

Revolution's in order, check the mood swing

(Swing... swing... swing... swing...)

[Verse 2: Talib Kweli]

Low, like "Sweet Chariot"

What I say make my voice deep as Barry's get

Carry it, like a torch

Give birth to rhymes, to meet beats, then I'll marry 'em off

Have a divorce if the track is wack (Please)

My rhymes a rolling stone

Home is where the hi-hat is at, it's on, it's on (It's on)

Maybe one day it'll settle down

It ain't all good, it's all better now

Come on, let it now

[Chorus 1: Asheru, (Raheem DeVaughn)]

Mood swing, changing the way we do things

It's a good thing, listen to the whole hood sing

As they go (La-la, la-la-la)

Yeah, as they go (La-la, la-la-la)

No fear, no doubt, and no worry

And every thing in its own time, it's no hurry

Mood swinging, swinging, mood swing, swinging

Mood swinging, swinging, mood swing, swinging (Oh, ohh, oh)

[Verse 3: Talib Kweli, Talib Kweli & Raheem DeVaughn]

Me and baby in the rental

She talking gentle, hit the hotel, the Presidential

Suite... kisses on the temple, make her feel special

Light a candle, scent got us in a sentimental

Mood; it's right with the light, just so I could see

Begin to set the pace for what we gon' get into

My fingers is lyrics, its back is the instrumental

Ancient secrets – Indian, Oriental

Blacking out, doing shit that I can't rap about

Passing out, waking up, nod awake, awake enough to take it up

And not stop (Stop... stop...)

Lovers to friends, never know if we can love again

I said we gotta leave, she asked if she can come again (Come again?)

I had to meet Asheru at the studio

I'm running late, you know I hate to make a nigga wait

But, damn, baby, you look good in the summertime

Gimme some of yours, I'm a give you some of mine

[Verse 4: Asheru, Asheru & Raheem DeVaughn]

Yo Kweli, I remember being in the same dilemma

Hip-Hop was number one, my girl was number one contender

"The Great Pretender," wit' a whole different agenda

Until I make it big, life is one long gig

Mood swing, like Ella or Coltrane

It's classic like Soul Train

It's timeless, just like this rhyme is

So all of y'all bandwagon the campaign

Grab a hold of that mood swing and do the damn thing

[Chorus 1: Asheru, (Raheem DeVaughn)]

Mood swing, changing the way we do things

It's a good thing, listen to the whole hood sing

As they go (La-la, la-la-la)

Yeah, as they go (La-la, la-la-la)

You can't run to every new thing under the sun

You'd be a jack of all trades and a master of none

Mood swinging, swinging, mood swing, swinging

Mood swinging, swinging, mood swing, swinging (Oh, ohh, oh)

[Verse 5: Asheru, Asheru & Raheem DeVaughn]

I'm an outlet

A front of which which you ain't figured out yet

A resource, I pivot your efforts on the right course

Beseech ya, doing whatever it takes to reach ya

All of it's in me

No, really, it's in me

A good brother, loving son, a great lover

I'm a truth seeker, on a quest, not a believer, I'm an emcee

For all of the world to see

Yeah, ya got my word on it, I'll put the Heard on it

That we rep shit, its the least to be expected

Fuck that prep shit, jump on stage like we connected

From the same minds

Saying the same things at the same time

Backstage, rapping, like getting ready for game time

We a family, and ain't nothing going to change that

For better or worse, like somebody pre-arranged that

The way it is, the way it always will be, so I can be still and still be

[Bridge: Asheru, Talib Kweli sample]

Soon come, we will witness a shift in consciousness

And Black music is one of our greatest accomplishments

(One day) Our names will live on as monuments

So that our kids can hold up they heads with confidence

That's when our nation will rise and realize

That "life without knowledge is death in disguise"

The engine to my comprehension is just too complex

One minute from the next, go from happy to vexed

[Outro: Raheem DeVaughn]

Mood swing, yeah

See, change is good sometimes

Mood swing

It's time for the essence of rhyme

Time to mood swing

Take it all back

Mood swing

Mood swing, yeah (Mood swing, mood swing...)

Oh, la-la, la-la-la, la-la, la-la-la