I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T do you know what that means? I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T it's Talib Kweli Greene I write my own rhymes, I write my own checks And if you're looking for that good I got it on deck I'm my own man, I'm my own boss I'm my own man, I'm my own boss (This is the Amadeus Remix) Came with the, rawness on Rawkus LP had official recordings Corey Smyth had a Blacksmith office I was, writing books of poetry like Bert Padell I saw the wisdom when the curtain fell Wanna sell like Jay Z, E-40 and Master P? I respect labels like Stones Throw, ABB Who stay independent as fuck Like Def Jux Nature Sounds, BBE, Babygrande nigga [?] Duck Down my nigga what? Drew How what's up I'm from Brooklyn all day put your lighters up I saw J Grand at Asylum We take it back to makin' records days, 'cause he's a vet like I am I am legend like Mister Cee What you callin' for is victory Blacksmith makin' history And the music influenced by Hieroglyphics My niggas from the bay stay so sick with it I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T do you know what that means? I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T it's Talib Kweli Greene I write my own rhymes, I write my own checks And if you're looking for that good I got it on deck I'm my own man, I'm my own boss I'm my own man, I'm my own boss (This is the Amadeus Remix) (Ay) Keep it live for ya'll niggas Kweli in the -house like Suave or Swisha- Flow so vivid Ain't no gimmicks Go everywhere cause I know No Limit So So Def, my life is like a movie This the storyboard Down in H-Town with Cory Mo No I'm not from Houston but I Rap-A-Lot Bun B holdin' me down I'm goin' back a lot Word, major label product steady sinkin' like a bag of rocks Stinkin' like a bag of socks on laundry day Kweli stay away from the corporate rap That's a corporate trap Real niggas don't fall for that Word, we in the building now there's nothing they can tell us Bad Boys, the Ruff Ryders and the Roc-A-Fellas The Slip-N-Slides, the Cash Money and G-Units Keep movin' the music we love to see you do it I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T do you know what that means? I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T it's Talib Kweli Greene I write my own rhymes, I write my own checks And if you're looking for that good I got it on deck I'm my own man, I'm my own boss I'm my own man, I'm my own boss (This is the Amadeus Remix)