[Talib So emcees focusin on black people extermination We it balanced with that knowledge of self, determination It's hot, we be the spots, with conversations C'mon smooth it out like Soul Sensation
We in the house Japanese in Japan, or Koreans in Korea Head to Philly and free Mumia the Kujichagulia TRUE Singin is and writin is fightin, but what they writin got us like titans it's not excitin No question, bein a man is demandin The fire's in my eyes and the need fannin (3X)
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 4X*
Things I say and do, may not quite through My words may not convey just I'm feelin
[Talib Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of Self is life after death With that you worry about your last breath comes, that's how I'm livin, it's the next days The flesh underground, the book of life, flip the page Yo they me how old, we livin the same age I feel the rage of a million niggaz inside a cage At which point do you start to realize That life without knowledge is, death in That's why, Knowledge Of Self is like after death Apply it, to your life, let destiny Different day, same confusion, we're take this hip-hop shit and keep it movin, a little light Now bloomin like a flower with the power of the evident Voices and drums original In the flesh presently my representation
With that (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 6X* - - - - these two overlap - - - - Things I say and do, may not come through My words may not convey just I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important time in history is, NOW, the So count blessings cause time can't define the essence But you stressin over time and you follow the Roman These enter Cona like Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to lock you down Attica, the African diaspora represents in numbers, a giant can't slumber forever I know you gotta get cheddar whatever I heard 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 That quick get your ass quick fast in houses of detention concentration camps where no one pays attention or the ascension of death, til nothing's left The young, gifted and Black are addicted to crack All my people where y'all at cause, y'all here And your hero's using your as a canvas to paint fear With, broad brush and tales of incarceration You get out of jail with that Knowledge of determination in ovation, cause you put the Hue in Human Cause and effect, everything you do and why I got love in the face of hate steady so the lines in the mental illustration is straight The thought you had don't contemplate Infinite like eight there's no escape..
From that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not just what I'm feelin 2X*
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Things I say and do, may not come through My words may not convey what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, what I'm feelin, ooooh, I'm feelin...