[Talib So emcees focusin on black people extermination We keep it balanced that knowledge of self, determination It's hot, we be blowin the spots, conversations C'mon smooth it out like Soul Sensation
We in the house like in Japan, or Koreans in Korea Head to Philly and free with the Kujichagulia TRUE Singin is swingin and is fightin, but what they writin got us clashin like titans not excitin No question, bein a black man is 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 convey just what I'm
Kweli] Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of Self is like after death With that you never worry about your breath Death comes, how I'm livin, it's the next days The flesh underground, the book of life, flip the page Yo askin me how old, we livin the same age I feel the rage of a million niggaz inside a cage At which point do you start to realize That life without is, death in disguise? That's why, Knowledge Of Self is like life death Apply it, to life, let destiny manifest day, same confusion, we're gonna take this hip-hop shit and keep it movin, a little light Now y'all bloomin like a flower with the of the evident and drums original instruments In the flesh presently my representation
that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 6X* - - - - two parts overlap - - - - Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not just what I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important time in history is, NOW, the So count your blessings time can't define the essence But you stressin over time and you the Roman calendar These people enter Cona Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to lock you down like Attica, the diaspora represents in numbers, a giant can't slumber forever I know you gotta get that whatever Aiyyo I heard you twice the first time money, get it You must be History, you repeatin yourself out of the You yourself depleatin your spiritual wealth That quick cash'll get your ass quick fast in houses of Inner-city concentration camps where no one pays or mentions the ascension of death, til nothing's The young, gifted and are sprung addicted to crack All my where y'all at cause, y'all ain't here And hero's using your mind as a canvas to paint fear With, brush strokes and tales of incarceration You get out of with that Knowledge of Self determination in ovation, cause you put the Hue in Human Cause and effect, effect you do and that's why I got love in the face of Hands steady so the in the mental illustration is straight The you had don't even contemplate Infinite like figure there's 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 come through My words may not just what I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...