Bismillah Ir Rhman Ir Peace, peace up y'all this is Mos Def And is a message to the people If you see or hear goodness me Then goodness is from The Creator You be thankful to The Creator 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, Thank you
Yeah, there it is Turn my voice up in the top a bit Feel to be back What's up Yeah, yeah, ha
It's the Dante in your headphones box Freaky on the dial Tell you a bit about me For my hometown, break down a little for you and Broadway, Roosevelt projects, Mossie projects
I stepped on the field from no league just team I Jumped out the and I snatched the rock With the final dwindling on the clock Mos post up to throw up the tie-breakin'
I put it through the net and let the world's jaw Then fled the arena before they cops Tell the and the coach I wasn't tryin' to blow spot But the way they was ballin' made it to watch
I was when there's somethin' you can change around Keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain You got work to do, I don't know if that for you But how Mos work it through
And my work is personal, I'm a workin' I put in work, I work with I get it there on the water, air, the You feel the impact yeah it's workin'
Listen God did not make me a person The only fear I have is my failure to adhere His I would love it to hear this back On the streets where y'all at
On the ave's where the go past In the coupes where the seats go In the parties where it be so And the atmosphere be so
And them things be so phat If I could I would be so 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, gifted, truly blessed I'm truly, Brooklyn's own, Mos Def
I'm rockin' the right, ground zero, to far left I'm, well balanced with immense Burn the script then flip it to keep myself And the mark of a true champ-ine That's whether I'm in or outside the
No fights, no title, no or reign Feel my presence even when I'm up out thing trust, that's what I'm about to be But until then settle in and with me
Ha, that's it's about to be people look alive with me And say, we 'gon, by Then we just keep on
people, look alive and Feel free, we keep movin' on For Alliah, Eye, Jam Master Jay All the great hero's who have passed
Scott Laraque, Big and Pac, Tai, Big L All the soldiers locked in the cell up the flesh, but the spirit will prevail To our ones, and deceased
Dyin' in the street, or quiet in sleep (B.I.G.) Rest in peace, your livin' in the of our memory (Sans Marie) Rest in peace, your livin' in the mansions of our That's
'Cause in life gon' come to an end it must and when it does I that y'all remember me With true respect and love
Now raise it up 'cause everythin' in life gon' to an end Because it must, and when it does, I hope that remember me Black Dante, from and Broadway, yeah, yeah y'all Let me it back
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