More or Less

By Talib Kweli

On Eardrum

Released on August 21, 2007

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Y'all hear that

Whats that sound

Ya know ya want it

I'mma tell um what we need


[Chorus: Dion]

More love

Less hate

More real

Less fake

More grind

Less wishing

Less stunting

More fame

Less talking

More change

Less rushing

More vision


[Verse One]

More franchising, less sanitizing

More uprising, less downsizing

More enterprising, less sympathizing

More building, less destroying

More jobs, less unemployment

Let's give the devil less enjoyment

More originality, less biting off 'Pac and Big

More community activism, less pigs

More Blacksmith and Def Jux, less Geffen

And the rest cause the rest suck

They got the shit all messed up

More marijuana, less coke

More accountability from politician before we shouting let's vote

More schools, less prisons

More freestyles, less written

More serious shit and less kidding

More history, less mystery

More Beyonce, less Brittney

More happiness, less misery

More victory, less loses

More workers, we all bosses

Of course it's reflection! (What we need?)


[Chorus: Dion]

More love

Less hate

More real

Less fake

More grind

Less wishing

Less stunting

More fame

Less talking

More change

Less rushing

More vision


[Verse Two]

God bless the hood when my money always good

I can get some chicken now, thinking couldn't when I could, son

I live above the rim and pay the full

Like my nigga what crack his ho

Niggas wish we all wish a nigga would crack a joke

Like he want to battle for the mic

This is Brooklyn, the planet

Y'all niggas is like satellites revolve around my every word

I address the crowd like Lincoln at Gettysburg

Surrounded by the heavy herb

The crowd is more or less wall to wall here's for the pure

Hip-Hop how, I'm rocking got them dropping they jaw

Fire marshall blocking the door

Does he crack like he chopping the Raw

This is the shit the cops is stopping us for

This is the rain of the tek and the motherfuckers be nuts

Slice like nip tuck, specialize in deep cuts

It's the music that you riding to

Provided to you by Kweli and Hi-Tek the livest two

(What we need? What we need)


[Chorus: Dion]

More love

Less hate

More real

Less fake

More grind

Less wishing

Less stunting

More fame

Less talking

More change

Less rushing

More vision


[Verse Three]

The more I put into it

The less it sounds like non-sense

The more natural, the less conscious

At the same time the more bomb shit

The less a devil's got a grip

I get it loose we gotta slip away the ghetto yea

More for a dollar, more fresh goods for purchase

Less liquor stores

Less churches that be looking like corner stores

More rap songs that stress purpose

With less misogyny less curses

Let's put more depth in our verses 'til they left on the surface

While we stomp through the underground

The calm don't come around

You sort of hoping for that refection, you sort of open

I'm a heathen call 'em chosen

I don't play with your emotion

Stop acting so god damn emotional

I give you these bars free like it's promotional

This ain't no marketing strategy

It had to be from the heart in order to be reality

Reflection (What we need? What we need)


[Chorus: Dion]

More love

Less hate

More real

Less fake

More grind

Less wishing

Less stunting

More fame

Less talking

More change

Less rushing

More vision