Bismillah Ir Ir Raheem Peace, whats up y'all this is Mos Def And is a message to the people If you see or goodness from me that goodness is from The Creator You should be thankful to The for all of that 'Cause I'm not the architect of I'm only the, the recipient If you see or shortcoming in me It's from my own or shortcoming And I ask The Creator and the to forgive me for that Thank you Brooklyn, you World
Yeah, there it is Turn my voice up in the top a bit good to be back What's up Yeah, yeah, ha
It's the Black Dante in your box Freaky on the dial Tell you a bit about me For my hometown, break a little history for you Myrtle and Broadway, projects, Mossie projects
I stepped on the field from no league home team I Jumped out the stands and I snatched the With the final dwindling on the clock Mos post up to up the tie-breakin' shot
I put it through the net and let the jaw drop Then fled the arena they called cops the players and the coach I wasn't tryin' to blow spot But the way they was ballin' it difficult to watch
I was taught when somethin' you can change around Keep quiet, you got nothin' to about You got work to do, I don't know if that for you But that's how Mos work it
And my work is personal, I'm a workin' I put in work, I work purpose I get it there on the water, air, the You the impact niggaz yeah it's workin'
God did not make me a fearful person The fear I have is my failure to adhere His path I would love it just to hear back On the streets where y'all at
On the ave's where the go past In the where the seats go back In the where it be so packed And the be so black
And them things be so phat If I could I be so glad But if not I be so mad I'm still a man, still feeding my fam
And if you don't see it my fam I that I am, truly gifted, truly blessed I'm truly, Brooklyn's own, Mos Def
I'm rockin' the hard right, zero, to far left I'm, well balanced with talents the script then flip it to keep myself challenged And that's the mark of a champ-ine whether I'm in or outside the ring
No fights, no title, no or reign Feel my presence even I'm up out this thing Just trust, that's I'm about to be But until then settle in and with me
Ha, what it's about to be people look alive with me And say, we 'gon, by Then we just movin' on
people, look alive and Feel free, we just keep on For Alliah, Left Eye, Jam Jay All the hero's who have passed away
Laraque, Big and Pac, Feaky Tai, Big L All the soldiers locked down in the Lock up the flesh, but the spirit prevail To our ones, and deceased
in the street, or quiet in their sleep (B.I.G.) Rest in peace, your livin' in the of our memory (Sans Marie) Rest in peace, livin' in the mansions of our memory That's
'Cause everythin' in life come to an end Because it must and when it I that y'all remember me With true and ghetto love
Now raise it up 'cause in life gon' come to an end Because it must, and when it does, I hope that y'all me Dante, from Myrtle and Broadway, yeah, yeah y'all Let me hear it
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