Against the canvas of the a curious celestial phenomena Called Black Star, but is it?
Black people unite and all get down We got to have what? We got to that love
What is the Star? Is it the cat with the shades, the black car? Is it shining from very far, to where you It is commonplace and Intimate and Fresher an infant
Black, my family thick, like striped molasses Star, on the rise, in the of the masses Black is the of my true love's hair Star's are bright, shining, hot of air
Black like my baby stare Black like the that the muslimina wear Black like the planet they fear, why they scared? Black like the ship that later brought us here Black like the cheeks that are roadways for That leave black faces well traveled years like assassin cross hairs Blacker than my granddaddy He really got no time to chill there Cause this life is warfare,
Deep on the front lines, and is all there Black the perception of who, on welfare Black like faces at the of the well I've been before To bring the and heat it up like "la cocina" Make without imagine happen but I'm just a dreamer I love rockin tracks like John Coltrane love
Like the student the teacher Like the prophet love I love my baby features Like the love all creatures
Who truth and peace seekers We on like heat seekers the black marketing strategists Run up on em with the Everybody with no leaders like we killing ourselves Because I know they defeat us It don't til we complete this, keep this fly There's so much to when you just stay Black and God
Blacker the nighttime sky of Bed-Stuy in July Blacker than the in the blackberry pie Blacker the middle of my eye Black feh-lah man cry man wan ask "Who am I?" I reply, "The U.N.I., V.E.R.S.A.L. Magnetic" Work to respect the angelic, climb the And it til the valley's enveloped You're of big chat but you nah know me I'm dark like the side of the you don't see When the moon newly
You know who else is a Star? (Who?) Me You know who else is a Star? (Who?) Me You know who else is a Star, who we? (And we) Be and shining, when we rhyming and rhyming We be shining and shining, when we rhyming and
Now hop on the one, the sounds of the two It's the third eye vision, five dimension The 8th Light, is gonna shine tonight It's the third eye vision, side dimension
You the light Go the dark The other way is It's you want to crow like a blackbird That's You living from your first day to your night Sometimes you your ass like on your clothes When you in The light that Before you get your head Badu We see your voodoo Just like Eve's Bayou, you dealing with that black Try to you Not on by you Like civil-(lies do get you black listed) Be for you like a black cat A Revolution is the That's we need Greed my people like the cancer True
Now black unite, and let's all get down Now hop on the one, the sounds of the two the third eye vision, five side dimension The 8th Light, is gonna bright tonight Everybody hop on the one, the of the two It's the third eye vision, five dimension The 8th Light, is gonna shine tonight It's the third eye vision, five dimension Equaling up to eight, shine bright