[Talib So many emcees focusin on people extermination We keep it balanced that knowledge of self, determination hot, we be blowin the spots, with conversations C'mon let's it out like Soul Sensation
We in the house like Japanese in Japan, or Koreans in Head to Philly and free with the Kujichagulia TRUE Singin is swingin and is fightin, but what they writin got us clashin like titans not excitin No question, bein a black man is The fire's in my eyes and the need fannin (3X)
With what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come through My may not convey just what I'm feelin
Kweli] Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of is like life after death With you never worry about your last breath Death comes, that's how I'm livin, the next days The flesh goes underground, the book of life, the page Yo they askin me how old, we the same age I feel the of a million niggaz locked inside a cage At which point do you start to realize That life without knowledge is, death in That's why, Knowledge Of is like life after death it, to your life, let destiny manifest Different day, confusion, we're gonna take this hip-hop shit and it movin, shed a little light Now y'all bloomin a flower with the power of the evident Voices and original instruments In the flesh presently my representation
With what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 6X* - - - - two parts overlap - - - - I say and do, may not come quite through My words may not convey what I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important in history is, NOW, the present So count your blessings cause can't define the essence But you stressin over time and you follow the Roman people enter Cona like Gattaca, you can bet they to lock you down like Attica, the African diaspora represents strength in numbers, a giant can't slumber I know you gotta get cheddar whatever Aiyyo I you twice the first time money, get it together You must be History, you repeatin out of the pages You keepin yourself depleatin spiritual wealth quick cash'll get your ass quick fast in houses of detention Inner-city concentration where no one pays attention or mentions the ascension of death, til nothing's The young, gifted and Black are addicted to crack All my people where at cause, y'all ain't here And your hero's using mind as a canvas to paint fear With, broad strokes and tales of incarceration You get out of with that Knowledge of Self determination in ovation, cause you put the Hue in Human Cause and effect, effect you do and that's why I got love in the face of Hands steady so the lines in the mental is straight The you had don't even contemplate Infinite like figure there's no escape..
From that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come through My words may not just what I'm feelin 2X*
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Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not just what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...