[Talib So many emcees focusin on people extermination We keep it balanced with knowledge of self, determination It's hot, we be blowin the spots, conversations C'mon let's smooth it out Soul Sensation
We in the like Japanese 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 it's not excitin No question, bein a black man is The fire's in my eyes and the flames fannin (3X)
that 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 Of Self is like life after death With that you never worry about your last Death comes, how I'm livin, it's the next days The flesh goes underground, the of life, flip the page Yo they askin me how old, we the same age I feel the of a million niggaz locked inside a cage At which point do you start to realize That life without knowledge is, death in That's why, Knowledge Of Self is like after death Apply it, to your life, let manifest Different day, same confusion, we're gonna this hip-hop and keep it movin, shed a little light Now y'all bloomin like a flower the power of the evident and drums original instruments In the flesh 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 convey what I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most time in history is, NOW, the present So your blessings cause time can't define the essence But you stressin time and you follow the Roman calendar people enter Cona like Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to lock you down like Attica, the diaspora represents strength in numbers, a giant can't 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 yourself out of the You keepin yourself depleatin your wealth That quick cash'll get your ass quick fast in of detention Inner-city concentration camps no one pays attention or mentions the ascension of death, til left The young, gifted and Black are sprung to crack All my people y'all at cause, y'all ain't here And your hero's your mind as a canvas to paint fear With, broad brush strokes and of incarceration You get out of with that Knowledge of Self determination Stand in ovation, you put the Hue in Human Cause and effect, everything you do and that's why I got in the face of hate Hands steady so the lines in the mental is straight The thought you had don't even Infinite like eight there's no escape..
From what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come through My words may not just what I'm feelin 2X*
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Things I say and do, may not quite through My words may not just what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, what I'm feelin, ooooh, I'm feelin...