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