[Talib So many emcees on black people extermination We keep it balanced with knowledge of self, determination It's hot, we be blowin the spots, conversations let's smooth it out like Soul Sensation
We in the house like Japanese in Japan, or in Korea Head to Philly and free Mumia 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 what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not convey what I'm feelin
[Talib Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of Self is like life death With that you never worry about last breath Death comes, that's how I'm livin, the next days The flesh goes underground, the book of life, flip the Yo askin me how old, we livin the same age I the rage of a million niggaz locked inside a cage At which point do you start to realize That life without is, death in disguise? That's why, Knowledge Of Self is like life death Apply it, to your life, let manifest Different day, same confusion, gonna take this hip-hop shit and keep it movin, a little light Now y'all bloomin like a flower with the of the evident and drums original instruments In the flesh presently my representation
With what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 6X* - - - - these two overlap - - - - Things I say and do, may not come quite My may not convey just what I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important in history is, NOW, the present So count your blessings 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 can't slumber I know you gotta get that cheddar Aiyyo I you twice the first time money, get it together You must be History, you repeatin out of the pages You keepin yourself your spiritual wealth That quick cash'll get ass quick fast in houses of detention Inner-city concentration camps where no one pays or mentions the of death, til nothing's left The young, gifted and Black are sprung to crack All my people where y'all at cause, y'all here And hero's using your mind as a canvas to paint fear With, broad strokes and tales of incarceration You get out of jail with Knowledge of Self determination Stand in ovation, cause you put the Hue in Cause and effect, everything you do and that's why I got love in the face of Hands steady so the lines in the mental is straight The you had don't even contemplate like figure eight there's no escape..
From that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 4X*
Things I say and do, may not quite through My words may not convey what I'm feelin 2X*
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Things I say and do, may not quite through My words may not convey just I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, what I'm feelin, ooooh, I'm feelin...