[Talib So many emcees focusin on people extermination We keep it balanced with knowledge of self, determination It's hot, we be blowin the spots, conversations let's smooth it out like Soul Sensation
We in the like Japanese in Japan, or Koreans in Korea Head to Philly and free Mumia 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 what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 4X*
Things I say and do, may not quite through 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 about your last breath Death comes, that's how I'm livin, it's the next 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 niggaz inside a cage At exactly which point do you to realize That life knowledge is, death in disguise? why, Knowledge Of Self is like life after death Apply it, to your life, let destiny 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 of the evident Voices and original instruments In the flesh presently presentin my
With what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination 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 time 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 Cona Gattaca, you can bet they tryin to 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 twice the first money, get it together You must be History, you yourself out of the pages You yourself depleatin your spiritual wealth That quick cash'll get your ass quick in houses of detention Inner-city concentration camps where no one pays or mentions the ascension of death, til left The young, gifted and Black are sprung to crack All my where y'all at cause, y'all ain't here And your hero's your mind as a canvas to paint fear With, broad brush strokes and of incarceration You get out of jail with that of Self determination Stand in ovation, cause you put the Hue in Cause and effect, everything you do and that's why I got in the face of hate Hands steady so the lines in the illustration is straight The thought you had 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 what I'm 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...