Time

Hi-Tek

(feat. Talib Kweli & Dion) 

[Talib Kweli:] 
Time is of the essence, and waits for no man 
Now is the time to get down with the program 
It's time to get busy, it's time to get involved 
You got a problem with that, it's time to get it solved 
Time flys when you havin' fun, I'll be in the throne for a long time 
All you haters pack a lunch, it's time to stack your funds 
There comes a time to run and grab your gun 
And there's a time to admit when you haven't won 
Used to be nation time, but now we facin' time 
Ain't no replacin' time homie, why you wastin' time? 
They say time is money, and so I spend it wisely 
On quality goods so with the family's where you tend to find me 
If you're lookin', my people keep on pushin' 
Across the bridge to another time like we did to get to Brooklyn 
I climb through the windows of the mind, I unravel mysteries 
Go back in history, see how I time travel 

[Chorus: Dion] 
(Time) I've been racin' up this time 
Tryin' my best to find my way (Time) 
Change the world in just one day 
Goin' crazy (Time) 
I've been racin' up this time 
Tryin' my best to find my way (Time) 
Change the world in just one day 

[Talib Kweli:] 
Take the time, rewind and make your mind up 
Get on your grind, put in the work until your time's up 
Like O.C. let the poetry remind ya 
Of why we at the top of our game, this here is timeless 
They lack the minerals and vitamins with time release 
And so they try to blind you with the diamonds in they time pieces 
Okay you got money and we all can see it, great 
Now rhyme about somethin' time don't appreciate 
You don't appreciate the time, that it take 
To make a rhyme, I don't just educate or fascinate 
My facts is straight, I don't exaggerate when I say 
I was gettin' some head, phony rappers I decapitate 
I'm gettin' my bread, kids is fed, it's time to build 
It's time to find a skill, it's time to find a strength 
It's time to find a will and we ain't got the time to kill, one another 
They got us swallowin' all kind of pills, they tryin' to drug us 
Not again, not this time 

[Chorus: Dion] 
(Time) I've been racin' up this time 
Tryin' my best to find my way (Time) 
Change the world in just one day 
Goin' crazy (Time) 
I've been racin' up this time 
Tryin' my best to find my way (Time) 
Change the world in just one day 

[Talib Kweli:] 
Yeah, it's Blacksmith, we got them classics in the pipeline 
The people ready right now, this the right time 
The right kind of flavor that age like a fine wine 
Past, present or future, it's all in the same timeline 
So currently I'm standin' on the shoulders of my ancestors 
And throwin' up the sign of the times like hand gestures 
The man next to the man you tryin' to stand next to 
Ain't impressed by your routine, you too damn extra 
It's time to start a movement, it's time to start improvin' 
If everybody a pimp, then who the prostitutes 
And where the hell is our solution, it's time to handle problems 
It's time to stand for somethin', it's time to channel Marvin...