[Talib So many emcees focusin on people extermination We keep it balanced with that of self, determination It's hot, we be blowin the spots, with C'mon 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 Singin is swingin and is fightin, but what they writin got us clashin like titans it's not No question, bein a black man is The fire's in my and the flames need fannin (3X)
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
Kweli] Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of is like life after death With that you never worry about your last Death comes, that's how I'm livin, it's the next The flesh goes underground, the book of life, the page Yo they askin me how old, we livin the age I feel the rage of a million niggaz locked inside a At exactly which point do you start to That life without knowledge is, in disguise? That's why, Knowledge Of Self is like life after it, to your life, let destiny manifest Different day, same confusion, we're gonna this hip-hop shit and keep it movin, shed a light Now y'all bloomin like a flower with the power of the and drums original instruments In the flesh presently my representation
that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 6X* - - - - these two parts - - - - Things I say and do, may not quite through My words may not convey just I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important in history is, NOW, the present So count your blessings cause time can't define the But you stressin over and you follow the Roman calendar These enter Cona like Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to lock you down like Attica, the diaspora represents strength in numbers, a giant slumber forever I know you gotta get cheddar whatever Aiyyo I heard you twice the first time money, get it You must be History, you repeatin out of the pages You keepin yourself your spiritual wealth That quick cash'll get your ass fast in houses of detention concentration 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 and tales of incarceration You get out of jail that Knowledge of Self determination Stand in ovation, you put the Hue in Human Cause and effect, everything 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 even contemplate like figure eight there's no escape..
From that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 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 convey what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...