Bismillah Ir Ir Raheem Peace, whats up y'all this is Mos Def And this is a to the people If you see or goodness from me that goodness is from The Creator You should be thankful to The Creator for all of 'Cause I'm not the architect of that I'm the, the recipient If you see weakness or in me from my own weakness or shortcoming And I ask The Creator and the people to me for that you Brooklyn, Thank 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 in your headphones box Freaky Everywhere on the Tell you a bit about me For my hometown, break down a little 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 the rock the final seconds dwindling on the clock Mos up to throw up the tie-breakin' shot
I put it through the net and let the jaw drop Then the arena before they called cops Tell the players and the I wasn't tryin' to blow spot But the way they was ballin' made it difficult to
I was taught when there's somethin' you can change Keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain You got work to do, I know 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 on the water, air, the surface You feel the impact niggaz yeah it's
God did not make me a fearful person The only fear I is my failure to adhere His path I would it just to hear this 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 parties where it be so 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 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, balanced with immense talents Burn the script then flip it to keep challenged And that's the of a true champ-ine That's whether I'm in or the ring
No fights, no title, no crown or Feel my presence even when I'm up out this Just trust, that's I'm about to be But until then settle in and with me
Ha, that's what it's to be people look alive with me And say, we 'gon, by Then we keep movin' on
people, look alive and Feel free, we just keep on For Alliah, Eye, Jam Master Jay All the great hero's who passed away
Scott Laraque, Big and Pac, Tai, Big L All the soldiers down in the cell Lock up the flesh, but the 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) Rest in peace, your livin' in the mansions of our real
'Cause everythin' in life gon' to an end it must and when it does I hope that y'all me With true respect and ghetto
Now raise it up 'cause everythin' in life come to an end Because it must, and when it does, I hope y'all remember me Dante, from Myrtle and Broadway, yeah, yeah y'all Let me hear it
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