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