[Talib So many emcees focusin on people extermination We keep it balanced with that knowledge of self, It's hot, we be the spots, with conversations let's smooth 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 Singin is swingin and is fightin, but what they 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 what? (Knowledge Of Self) 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not just what I'm feelin
[Talib Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of Self is like life after With that you never worry your last breath Death comes, that's how I'm livin, it's the days The flesh goes underground, the of life, flip the page Yo they me how old, we livin the same age I feel the of a million niggaz locked inside a cage At exactly which do you start to realize That life without knowledge is, in disguise? That's why, Knowledge Of Self is like life death it, to your life, let destiny manifest Different day, same confusion, gonna take this hip-hop shit and keep it movin, shed a little Now y'all bloomin like a flower with the power of the Voices and drums original In the flesh presently my representation
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 6X* - - - - these two overlap - - - - I say and do, may not come quite through My words may not just 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 These enter Cona like Gattaca, you can bet tryin to lock you down like Attica, the African diaspora represents strength in numbers, a giant can't forever I know you get that cheddar whatever Aiyyo I heard you twice the first money, get it together You must be History, you repeatin out of the pages You keepin yourself your spiritual wealth That quick cash'll get your ass quick fast in of detention Inner-city concentration camps 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 at cause, y'all ain't here And your using your mind as a canvas to paint fear 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 in the face of hate Hands so the lines in the mental illustration is straight The you had don't even contemplate Infinite like figure eight no escape..
that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not convey just I'm feelin 2X*
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Things I say and do, may not quite through My may not convey just what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...