[Talib So many emcees focusin on black people We it balanced with that knowledge of self, determination It's hot, we be blowin the spots, with C'mon smooth it out like Soul Sensation
We in the like Japanese in Japan, or Koreans in Korea to Philly and free Mumia with the Kujichagulia TRUE Singin is swingin and is fightin, but what they writin got us clashin 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 quite through My words may not just what I'm feelin
Kweli] Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of Self is like after death With that you worry about your last breath Death comes, that's how I'm livin, the next days The flesh goes underground, the book of life, the page Yo they askin me how old, we the same age I feel the rage of a niggaz locked inside a cage At exactly which do you start to realize That life without knowledge is, death in why, Knowledge Of Self is like life after death Apply it, to your life, let manifest Different day, same confusion, we're take this hip-hop shit and it movin, shed a little light Now y'all bloomin like a with the power of the evident Voices and drums original In the presently presentin my representation
With that (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 6X* - - - - these two parts - - - - Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not just what I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important time in history is, NOW, the So count your 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 you down like Attica, the African diaspora represents strength in numbers, a giant can't forever I know you gotta get that cheddar 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 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 y'all at cause, y'all here And your hero's using your mind as a to paint fear With, broad brush strokes and tales of You get out of jail with Knowledge of Self determination Stand in ovation, you put the Hue in Human Cause and effect, effect you do and why I got love in the face of hate Hands steady so the lines in the mental illustration is The thought you had don't contemplate like figure eight there's no escape..
From what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 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 come quite My may not convey just what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, what I'm feelin, ooooh, I'm feelin...