Making Progress - Blackalicious

Chorus: Gift of Gab 

We keep embellishin upon a new uncharted path 
Expressin what we see and how we comprehend the math 
So there's enough for everyone we gotta make it last 
We gotta make it last.. 

[Gift of Gab] 
As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at 
Peace to everyone I know or who I go way back wit 
Every pimp every mack, every gangsta to jack 
Every hustler feedin babies, anybody pro-black 
Every sister raisin kids without the help of a dad 
Wantin for they children all the things that they never had 
All the brothers handlin business even though shit's hard 
Wakin up at five A.M., holdin down three jobs 
All my rasta brethern gettin insight from trees 
To my brothers up in college gettin Ph.D's 
or any other degree, even if you just read 
for mental health, see you're concious that your mind is free 
All my people locked down, for your past mistakes 
Mentally and spiritually, dwellin past the gates 
You could change your ways, elevate today 
To all recovered alcoholics chillin up in AA 
Every black-owned business, keep doin for self 
Helpin out the community and spreadin the wealth 
Understand that help ain't gonna come from nowhere else 
Revolutionaries makin the unjust get dealth wit 
head on black people got to meet the task 
Educate, keep learnin, gotta question, ask! 
And let your light keep shinin and remember the past 
By any means necessary, we'll be free at last 

Chorus 

[Gift of Gab] 
As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at 
Peace to everybody strivin to live right and exact 
Even though anxieties try to pull you down 
See your troubles as a blessin and you're homeward bound