[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 smooth it out Soul Sensation
We in the like Japanese in Japan, or Koreans in Korea Head to Philly and free Mumia with the 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 in my eyes and the flames need fannin (3X)
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not convey what I'm feelin
Kweli] Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of is like life after death With that you worry about your last breath Death comes, how I'm livin, it's the next days The flesh goes underground, the book of life, flip the Yo they askin me how old, we livin the age I feel the of a million niggaz locked inside a cage At exactly which do you start to realize That without knowledge is, death in disguise? That's why, Knowledge Of is like life after death Apply it, to life, let destiny manifest day, same confusion, we're gonna take this hip-hop shit and it movin, shed a little light Now y'all bloomin like a flower the power of the evident Voices and original instruments In the flesh presentin my representation
With that (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 6X* - - - - two parts overlap - - - - I say and do, may not come quite through My words may not convey just I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important time in history is, NOW, the So count your blessings cause time can't the essence But you stressin over time and you follow the calendar people enter Cona like Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to lock you down like Attica, the African represents strength in numbers, a giant can't forever I know you gotta get that whatever Aiyyo I heard you twice the first money, get it together You must be History, you yourself out of the pages You yourself depleatin your spiritual wealth That quick get your ass quick fast in houses of detention Inner-city concentration camps no one pays attention or mentions the of death, til nothing's left The young, gifted and Black are sprung addicted to All my people where y'all at cause, y'all here And your hero's your mind as a canvas to paint fear With, broad brush and tales of incarceration You get out of jail that Knowledge of Self determination in ovation, cause you put the Hue in Human Cause and effect, everything you do and that's why I got love in the face of Hands steady so the lines in the illustration is straight The you had don't even contemplate Infinite figure eight there's no escape..
From that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come through My words may not convey just I'm feelin 2X*
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Things I say and do, may not quite through My words may not convey what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...