Right About Now

[Intro]
 Yeah, this that new Kweli
 I'ma give it to you before the bootleggers get hold of
 it
 You know what I'm sayin'?
 I figure I put it out first, make some money wit' it
 Why not, right?
 Okay, 1-2
 [Verse]
 Yo I'm Brooklyn like the '90s
 Brownsville and Bushel keep it grimey
 When I'm from flatbush that's where you'll find me
 In Brooklyn, Tek wit' Justin and Sadat
 And Free and Sid from?
 Always catch me wit' Juju and Rubiks, we was truant kids
 Dollar band nooseses
 Jump bell, run, and never look back
 Mr. Man kept the hammer in his bookbag
 Rubiks introduced me to Black and Forte
 DJ Enuff on Avenue K I go back a long way
 Wit' Super Nat in Washington Square freestylin' everyday
 Peformin' at Lyricists' Lounge who ate off Jean Grae
 Fuckin' wit' Mood is how I met Hi-Tek
 Black Star came in effect when Elijah gave my tape to Mos Def
 Reflection Eternal was next on deck
 My crew the best and we proved it
 We knew our music was the Vanguard of a movement
 Every Rawkus release was bangin', they on the come up
 They was like fuck the radio 'til Pharoahe said "Get the fuck up"
 Flex listened, jabbin' at Bryant
 The next position was right about now we need the
 radio hit written
 While I hit the road
 On tour to support the records since the day it was sold
 Corey had me followin' the example of De La Soul
 Common and The Roots to me these the sickest niggaz
 Get my figures wit' the Okayplayers and the Spitkickers
 Rawkus got a deal with MCA, this the gray area
 But let it stir for Music Cemetery of America
 They tried to fool you by switchin' the name to Geffen
 Now they Interscope's bitch and every artist who had a chance left 'em
 Ain't no big surprise, wasn't no love there
 Jimmy Iovine never signed me, I just kinda ended up there
 But fuck that, literally it was my way or the highway
 Hit the road with the Beastie Boys and toured Europe with Kanye
 Gotta thank 'em for the love on the album
 I knew out on "Electric Circus"
 He'd get it by any means necessary like Malcolm
 I dropped a single, shot a video, took control of my situation
 Got a label poppin', it's a celebration (bitches)
 Yo boy Free I had to get out
 I put you on, that's where I'm at right about now
 [Hook]
 And if you're sayin' it's my time, you right about now
 This what's goin' through my mind right about now
 Hey yo, hey yo, it's time to write about now
 And if you lookin' you can find it right about now
 I put you on, that's where I'm at right about now
 This what's goin' through my mind right about now
 Yo, hey yo, it's time to write about now
 And if you lookin' you can find it right about now
 [Outro: Dave Chappelle {*DJ cutting*}]
 That's right bitches, Talib Kweli
 One of the baddest motherfuckers you've ever seen
 That's right bitches, Talib Kweli
 You're now rockin' with the best! I said it
 The best! The best!
 That's right bitches
 You're now rockin' with the best! The best!
 Talib Kweli
 Where's-Where's my snares? Talib Kweli
 Where's-Where's my snares?