[Talib So many emcees focusin on black extermination We keep it with that knowledge of self, determination hot, we be blowin the spots, with conversations C'mon let's smooth it out Soul Sensation
We in the house like in Japan, or Koreans in Korea Head to Philly and Mumia with the Kujichagulia TRUE Singin is swingin and is fightin, but what they writin got us clashin like titans it's not No question, a black man is demandin The fire's in my and the flames need fannin (3X)
With what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not convey just I'm feelin
[Talib Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of is like life after death With that you never worry about your last comes, that's 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 rage of a million locked inside a cage At exactly which point do you to realize That life without knowledge is, death in That's why, Of Self is like life after death Apply it, to life, let destiny manifest Different day, same confusion, gonna take this hip-hop shit and it movin, shed a little light Now y'all like a flower with the power of the evident Voices and original instruments In the flesh presentin my representation
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 6X* - - - - these two parts - - - - Things I say and do, may not come quite My may not convey just what I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important time in history is, NOW, the So count your blessings cause time define the essence But you stressin over time and you follow the Roman These people enter Cona Gattaca, you can bet they to lock you down like Attica, the African diaspora represents in numbers, a giant can't slumber forever I know you gotta get cheddar whatever Aiyyo I heard you the first time money, get it together You must be History, you repeatin yourself out of the You keepin yourself depleatin spiritual wealth That quick cash'll get your ass quick in houses of detention concentration camps where no one pays attention or the ascension of death, til nothing's left The young, gifted and Black are sprung addicted to All my where y'all at cause, y'all ain't here And your hero's using your mind as a canvas to fear With, broad brush and tales of incarceration You get out of jail that 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 so the lines in the mental illustration is straight The you had don't even contemplate like figure eight there's no escape..
From what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My may not convey 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, I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...