[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 it out like Soul Sensation
We in the house like Japanese in Japan, or in Korea Head to Philly and Mumia with the Kujichagulia TRUE Singin is and writin is fightin, but what they writin got us clashin titans it's not excitin No question, bein a man is demandin The in my eyes and the flames need fannin (3X)
With that (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 Self is like after death With that you never about your last breath Death comes, that's how I'm livin, it's the next The goes 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 locked inside a At exactly which point do you start to That life without is, death in disguise? That's why, Knowledge Of Self is like life after Apply it, to your life, let manifest Different day, confusion, we're gonna take this shit and keep it movin, shed a little light Now y'all bloomin like a flower with the of the evident Voices and original instruments In the flesh presently presentin my
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) 6X* - - - - two parts overlap - - - - Things I say and do, may not come through My words may not convey just I'm feelin 2X*
[Talib The most important in history is, NOW, the present So count your blessings cause time can't the essence But you stressin time and you follow the Roman calendar These people Cona like Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to lock you down Attica, the African diaspora strength in numbers, a giant can't slumber forever I know you gotta get cheddar whatever Aiyyo I heard you twice the first time money, get it You must be History, you repeatin out of the pages 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 addicted to crack All my people y'all 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 in ovation, cause you put the Hue in Human Cause and effect, effect you do and why I got love in the face of hate steady so the lines in the mental illustration is straight The thought you had don't even like figure eight there's no escape..
From what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not convey just what I'm 2X*
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Things I say and do, may not come quite My words may not convey just I'm feelin 2X*
What I'm feelin, what I'm feelin, ooooh, I'm feelin...