[Talib So many emcees focusin on black people We keep it balanced with that of self, determination It's hot, we be the spots, with conversations C'mon let's it out like Soul Sensation
We in the like Japanese in Japan, or Koreans in Korea Head to Philly and free Mumia with the TRUE Singin is swingin and is fightin, but what they got us clashin like titans it's not excitin No question, a black 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 through My may not convey just what I'm feelin
[Talib Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of Self is like life after With that you never worry about your breath Death comes, that's how I'm livin, the next days The flesh underground, the book of life, flip the page Yo askin me how old, we livin the same age I feel the rage of a million niggaz locked inside a At exactly which do you start to realize That life without knowledge is, in disguise? That's why, Knowledge Of is like life after death it, to your life, let destiny manifest Different day, same confusion, we're gonna take shit and keep 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
that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 6X* - - - - two parts overlap - - - - Things I say and do, may not come through My words may not just what I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important time in is, NOW, the present So count blessings cause time can't define the essence But you stressin over time and you follow the Roman These people Cona like Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to you down like Attica, the African diaspora strength in numbers, a giant can't slumber forever I know you gotta get that cheddar Aiyyo I heard you twice the time money, get it together You must be History, you repeatin yourself out of the You yourself depleatin your spiritual wealth That quick cash'll get your ass quick fast in of detention Inner-city concentration camps where no one pays or mentions the of death, til nothing's left The young, and Black are sprung addicted to crack All my people y'all at cause, y'all ain't here And your hero's your mind as a canvas to paint fear With, brush strokes and tales of incarceration You get out of jail with that of Self determination Stand in ovation, you put the Hue in Human Cause and effect, everything you do and that's why I got love in the of hate steady so the lines in the mental illustration is straight The you had don't even contemplate Infinite like figure eight no escape..
From what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 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 just what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, what I'm feelin, ooooh, I'm feelin...