Relax, the brakes You're speeding You'll your whole shit up (slow down) Lights be changing fast on these streets money, slow (slow down) Sleeping on the cats
like a megaphone Pretty heart skipped the metronome Rocked the Trump to the terror dome Poor house to pleasure Soprano, alto, to baritone Mos Def one of the illest that you ever Rock baby, you a stepping stone Smash your foundation pebbles My words leave nerves unsettled You take it to the next level like a circus clown Cats like you can't even get a from the river to lakeside My stage show stay live, make the sound man dive I cut fat cats to lives with my eight ball lines I'm 'fore I'm done with all nine Got you like a fault line all shine and get tarnished Brooklyn got your pay garnished They a huddle Whisper they want trouble I melt the ice grills rainwater puddles Make the proud-hearted on the humble Black steel in the Assemble my form my power My crush bones into powder You mumble like a I'm Mos Def, you to speak louder heroes! Get your power, masks and capes snatched Brooklyn take you can't take back I know a lot of hate that All I can say There's a city full of walls you can post at All the doubters and believers your receivers "I it," you can taste it through the speakers The three six sketch lyrics so visual They rent my rhyme books at nearest home video
Tell them cats they to sit back and observe where they at Brook-nahm The is on Put your on cruise Try to rush you scuff your brake shoes, just cool and Take a breath, take ten paces on time Omegas Brooklyn like interstaters Take their license and registration papers
My joint's so Make you peal out and mash your Get wild crash your whip Front chassis wrecked, but ock you be too upset Tow truck got my tape in the I'm permanent like tattoos and birth Third burn marks Driving on like Dale Earnheart Stay on the low like the spot Put a big loss on your chart Nice since the nurse my birth chart seen but often heard, while your jams is barely heard Just my name is a word From to streets, terraces and park places Stair wells, jail cells, penthouse to basic, but still fans chase it Y2K can't the true ancient war drum on the ranges Skill level Arrow head that all the cavemen They cry John-Blazing, but on the pavement And get violated a plaintiff I ain't shit to play I give a what your name is Delete it and it so it never get repeated it Tell the feds, tell your girl, tell your Conference call you wack crew and tell other That they ain't holding me I'm Mos Def, hopefully Mush off or you get bust off a ovary
Tell them they need to ease back and observe where they at Vietnam The is on Put your joint on In a rush you scuff your brake shoes, cool and relax Take a breath, take ten back Brook-nahm The is on, no off-ramp or detour Make gassed up jokers observe the speed law Make gassed up clowns observe the speed law these gassed up clowns observe the speed law Cause speeding, speeding, speeding, speeding, speeding, Speeding, speeding, speeding, speeding, speeding, Speeding, speeding, speeding, speeding, Slow down, you chill money Lights be changing fast on streets dude Smash whole shit up You better out money It ain't like out here Look at these man, it's funny man He just got that car About to fuck your shit up Speed laws out here Knight riding In control interstaters, state-ahs, state-ahs, State-ahs, state-ahs, state-ahs, state-ahs, state-ahs, State-ahs, state-ahs, state-ahs, state-ahs, state-ahs, the, fuck off the road, money!