[Talib So many focusin on black people extermination We keep it balanced with that knowledge of self, hot, we be blowin the spots, with conversations C'mon let's smooth it out Soul Sensation
We in the house like Japanese in Japan, or in Korea to Philly and free Mumia with the Kujichagulia TRUE Singin is swingin and is fightin, but what writin got us clashin like titans it's not excitin No question, bein a man is demandin The fire's in my eyes and the flames need (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 like after death With that you never worry your last breath Death comes, that's how I'm livin, it's the next The flesh goes underground, the of life, flip the page Yo they askin me how old, we the same age I feel the rage of a million niggaz locked inside a At exactly point do you start to realize That life without is, death in disguise? That's why, Of Self is like life after death Apply it, to your life, let destiny Different day, same confusion, we're gonna this hip-hop and keep it movin, shed a little light Now y'all like a flower with the power of the evident Voices and drums original In the flesh presentin my representation
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 6X* - - - - these two parts - - - - Things I say and do, may not come through My may not convey just what I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The important time in history is, NOW, the present So count your blessings cause time define the essence But you stressin over and you follow the Roman calendar These enter Cona like Gattaca, you can bet they to lock you down like Attica, the African diaspora represents strength in numbers, a can't slumber forever I know you get that cheddar whatever Aiyyo I heard you twice the first money, get it together You be History, you repeatin yourself out of the pages You keepin depleatin your spiritual wealth That quick get your ass quick fast in houses of detention Inner-city concentration camps where no one pays or mentions the ascension of death, til nothing's 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 using your mind as a canvas to paint With, broad strokes 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, effect you do and that's why I got love in the face of steady so the lines in the mental illustration is straight The thought you had don't contemplate Infinite 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 just what I'm feelin 2X*
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Things I say and do, may not come through My may not convey just what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...