[Talib So many emcees focusin on people extermination We it balanced with that knowledge of self, determination It's hot, we be blowin the spots, conversations C'mon let's it out like Soul Sensation
We in the house Japanese in Japan, or Koreans in Korea Head to Philly and free Mumia with the TRUE 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 in my eyes and the flames need fannin (3X)
With that (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not quite through My words may not convey just what I'm
[Talib Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of Self is life after death With that you never worry about your breath Death comes, that's how I'm livin, it's the next The flesh goes underground, the book of life, flip the Yo askin me how old, we livin the same age I feel the rage of a million locked inside a cage At exactly which point do you to realize That life without is, death in disguise? why, Knowledge Of Self is like life after death Apply it, to your life, let manifest Different day, same confusion, we're gonna this shit and keep it movin, shed a little light Now y'all bloomin like a flower the power of the evident Voices and drums original In the flesh presentin my representation
that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 6X* - - - - these two parts - - - - Things I say and do, may not come through My words may not convey just 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 and you follow the Roman calendar These people enter Cona Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to lock you down Attica, the African diaspora represents in numbers, a giant can't slumber forever I you gotta get that cheddar whatever Aiyyo I heard you twice the time money, get it together You must be History, you repeatin out of the pages You keepin yourself depleatin spiritual wealth That quick cash'll get ass quick fast in houses of detention concentration camps where no one pays attention 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 ain't And your hero's using your mind as a canvas to fear With, brush strokes and tales of incarceration You get out of jail with Knowledge of Self determination in ovation, cause 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 in the mental illustration is straight The you had don't even contemplate Infinite figure eight there's no escape..
From that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come 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 words may not convey what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...