Bismillah Ir Rhman Ir Peace, peace whats up y'all is Mos Def And this is a to the people If you see or hear from me Then that goodness is 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 weakness or in me It's from my own weakness or 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 Feel good to be What's up Yeah, yeah, ha
It's the Black Dante in headphones box Freaky on the dial Tell you a bit about me For my hometown, down a little history for you Myrtle and Broadway, Roosevelt projects, Mossie
I stepped on the field from no league just home I Jumped out the stands and I the rock With the seconds dwindling on the clock Mos post up to up the tie-breakin' shot
I put it through the net and let the world's jaw Then fled the before they called cops Tell the players and the coach I tryin' to blow spot But the way they was ballin' made it difficult to
I was taught when somethin' you can change around quiet, you got nothin' to complain about You got work to do, I don't if that work 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 on the water, air, the surface You feel the impact niggaz yeah workin'
God did not make me a fearful person The only fear I have is my to adhere His path I would love it just to this back On the ghetto streets y'all at
On the ave's the Jeep's go past In the coupes where the seats go In the where it be so packed And the be so black
And them black be so phat If I could I be so glad But if not I be so mad I'm still being a man, feeding my fam
And even if you see it my fam I believe that I am, truly gifted, blessed I'm truly, Brooklyn's own, Mos Def
I'm the hard right, ground zero, to far left I'm, well balanced with immense Burn the script then 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 crown or Feel my presence even when I'm up out this Just trust, what I'm about to be But until then settle in and rock me
Ha, what it's about to be Ghetto people look with me And say, we 'gon, by Then we just movin' on
people, look alive and Feel free, we just movin' on For Alliah, Left Eye, Jam Jay All the great hero's who passed away
Scott Laraque, Big and Pac, Tai, Big L All the soldiers locked down in the 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, livin' in the mansions of our memory (Sans Marie) in peace, your livin' in the mansions of our memory That's
'Cause everythin' in life gon' to an end Because it and when it does I that y'all remember me With true respect and ghetto
Now raise it up 'cause everythin' in gon' come to an end Because it must, and when it does, I hope that y'all me Black Dante, from and Broadway, yeah, yeah y'all Let me it back
Freaky Ha Freaky on the dial