[Intro] This the high life Call it my life [Rubix] This is the byproduct of beautiful love Fit like a glove, whats good, my people I think we could Get it you know we should, hold it like its a grudge submerged But I just surf [Talib Kweli] Im renting the universe But the stars dont fit and my bars are too mega Is the fruit of my labor, my plate is full of color Arugula and rutabaga share the food with my neighbor Truly innovative like Fela Kuti and Ginger Baker [Rubix] Moon raker, sun scraper, will give you fire for the papers Take you higher on the vapors Sire of the flavor, designer of the caper Executive executor direct when Im on path Flight without navigator, plight of a savior [Talib Kweli] Now what would Jesus do? How you believe in Him? You dont believe in you The idea that you doubting Im unbeatable Vizzini in the princess bride inconthievable These MCs is eatable, wait edible Im fishing with dynamite, now I got a freezer full Of rappers, bastards Im ten steps ahead of you Incredible, give credit where credit due [Rubix] Put passion into action Mashing on the gas where them others they be maxing Accelerate, generate, power with my pen and pape Stimulate, you simulate, you do what I incinerate [Talib Kweli] We do it for the dinner plates, musical we innovate You imitate, your theory full of holes and so we ventilate Damn it, never gonna say they love what we doing on stage Even if they dont one quote and the hate just integrates [Rubix] They feel us like shade, you know were feeling great Not a script that is writ, this is how originals spit Its an unconventional gift, kwe we interpolate Them others be herbin it, the praise, we deserving it [Talib Kweli] Word, I love songs, writing to right wrongs Continue to fight on, Im putting the gloves on I love horns, Im loving this damn track Im loving the hand clap, its the clap, clap Loving it when you listen Love will fix it said Ashford and Simpson Thats right Living for the drums and the slums, some of the best parts The tourists never come, they run when it gets dark [Rubix] Yeah, so in my idle space, theyre funny like them bridal maids Booking like were playing spades, yeah, we always make the grade FSC to get a fade, Valencia then to the Haight Sucka free Im in my space, say Im hella steezy, yeah yee Believe I get a so in, streaking like a Martin Sunny in Dolores, bike parking Fly chicks sparking Then we up the road to the Phoenix some steady bar hopping Theres high life everywhere, Tony Allen rhythm is Pattern that we living in, Kweli on his business Everywhere we deep in this, shawtys gon be speaking it Oh, they so uniquely spit [Talib Kweli] The great debater, the saviour, the caped crusader The alpha, the omega, your favorite communicator News junky Im debunking the myth of the job creators Departed the conversation that started indoctrination The flow is a thing of beauty, Im bringing it as my nudey You drinking it like a smoothie, theyre spinning it like a sufi Rappers, I dissect em, collecting em like a souvie Near theyre acting up Im directing em like a movie Skip the drama, this an actionadventure They so freaking soft it should be against the law Illegal tender And yo, do I really need to mention This is the high life [Hook] High life, high life High life, high life Cause we be living the high life, high life High life, high life Yes, Im living in the high life, high life High life, high life Cause Im living the high life, high life
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