[Talib So many emcees focusin on black people We keep it balanced with that of self, determination It's hot, we be blowin the spots, with let's smooth it out like Soul Sensation
We in the house like in Japan, or Koreans in Korea Head to Philly and free Mumia with the Kujichagulia is swingin and writin 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 and the flames need fannin (3X)
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come through My words may not convey what I'm feelin
[Talib Yes yes on, yes yes Of Self is like life after death With that you never worry about last breath Death comes, how I'm livin, it's the next days The flesh goes underground, the book of life, the page Yo they me how old, we livin the same 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, Of Self is like life after 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 y'all like 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* - - - - these two parts - - - - Things I say and do, may not quite through My words may not just what I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important time in history is, NOW, the So your blessings cause time can't define the essence But you stressin over and you follow the Roman calendar people enter Cona like Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to lock you down Attica, the African diaspora represents strength in numbers, a giant 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 yourself 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 camps where no one pays or the ascension of death, til nothing's left The young, and Black are sprung addicted to crack All my people where y'all at cause, ain't 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 Knowledge of Self determination Stand in ovation, you put the Hue in Human and effect, effect everything you do and that's why I got love in the of hate Hands steady so the in the mental illustration is straight The thought you had don't even Infinite like eight there's no escape..
From that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My may not convey just what I'm feelin 2X*
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Things I say and do, may not quite through My may not convey just what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...