[Talib So many emcees on black people extermination We keep it with 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 Japanese in Japan, or Koreans in Head to Philly and free Mumia with the Kujichagulia Singin is swingin and is fightin, but what they writin got us clashin like titans it's not No question, bein a black man is The fire's in my and the flames need fannin (3X)
With that (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My may not convey just what I'm feelin
Kweli] Yes yes on, yes yes Knowledge Of Self is life after death With that you never about your last breath comes, that's how I'm livin, it's the next days The flesh goes underground, the book of life, the page Yo they askin me how old, we livin the age I feel the rage of a niggaz locked inside a cage At exactly which point do you to realize That life without is, death in disguise? That's why, Of Self is like life after death it, to your life, let destiny manifest Different day, same confusion, we're take this hip-hop and keep it movin, shed a little light Now bloomin like a flower with the power of the evident Voices and original instruments In the flesh presently presentin my
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 6X* - - - - these two overlap - - - - Things I say and do, may not come through My may not convey just what I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important in history is, NOW, the present So count your cause time can't define the essence But you stressin over time and you follow the calendar These people enter like Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to lock you down like Attica, the diaspora represents strength in numbers, a giant can't slumber I know you gotta get that cheddar Aiyyo I heard you twice the first money, get it together You must be History, you yourself out of the pages You keepin yourself depleatin your wealth That quick cash'll get your ass fast in houses of detention Inner-city camps where no one pays attention or mentions the ascension of death, til left The young, gifted and are sprung addicted to crack All my people where y'all at cause, y'all here And your hero's using your mind as a to paint fear With, broad brush strokes and of incarceration You get out of jail with 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 of hate steady so the lines in the mental illustration is straight The thought you had don't even Infinite like figure eight no escape..
From what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not convey 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...