A keynote speaker`s about to come on now
I just wanted to say a few words about him
And you all know who he is, Talib Kweli
Please, hold your applause `til the end

We are glad to come and hear you speak
We love it, Kweli doesn`t like me to talk about this
But one time we were drivin`
Through the Mississippi Delta

And there was a brotha runnin` up the side of the road
And he didn`t have any shoes on, he didn`t have a shirt on
And I started to drive right by this man
Kweli said,"Stop the car, because that brotha might be in trouble"

And I stopped the car, Kweli said to the man
He said, "Brotha, are you okay?
Do you need a ride somewhere?"
And the man looked at Kweli and said,"Shh, I`m escapin`"

And Kweli took him by the hand and said,"My brotha
You didn`t get the memo, we have been free, for some time now"
Well, I`m windin` it up, please welcome a good friend, scholar
Ghetto philosopher, three time Nobel Peace Prize winner

First black man to pilot an air craft
The ni**a that made up the Nike Swoosh
The man that made Kool Aid say,"Ohh Yea"
Brooklyn`s own, Talib Kweli