| Lawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwd, lawd have mercy
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| All nice and peace and true, follow me now, we say
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| Say hi-tek yes youre ruling hip-hop
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| Say j. |
| rawls yes youre ruling hip-hop
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| Redefinition say youre ruling hip-hop
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| Say black star come to rock it non…
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| Yo, from the first to the last of it, delivery is passionate
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| The whole and not the half of it, vocab and not the math of it Projectile that them blasted with, accurate assassin shit
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| Me and kweli close like, bethlehem and nazareth
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| After this you be pressing rewind on top your master disk
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| Shining like an asterisk for all those that be gatherin
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| Connectin like a roundhouse from the townhouse to the tenaments
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| Cause all my brooklyn residents,? |
| heavy regiments
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| Dont believe, here the evidence, where brooklyn whaaaaaaaoohhhh
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| See that? |
| bound to take it all kid, believe that
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| From where they sellin tree at, to where the police be at Talib kweli e-kweli-ty yo tell them where we be at
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| Brooklyn new york city where they paint murals of biggie
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| In cash we trust cause its ghetto fabulous, life look pretty
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| What a pity -- blunts is still fifty cents, its intense
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| Tree scents is dominant cant be covered with incense
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| My presence felt my name is kweli from the eternal reflection
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| People thinkin mc is short hand for mis conception
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| Let me meditate, set it straight, came to the conclusion
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| That most of these cats is featherweight, let me demonstrate
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| Walkin the streets is like battlin, be careful with your body
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| You must know karate or think your soul is bulletproof like sade
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| Stop actin like a bitch already, be a visionary
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| And maybe you can see your name in the column of obituary
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| Third rate teacher readin and talkin about,
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| «i knew hed amount to nothin»
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| Neighbors like, «he was the quiet type,
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| Whod have thought they was frontin? |
| «Talkin +loud+ like you in rca, get carted away
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| With body parts and treys, what a way to start your day
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| Yo its like
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| Chorus: mos def and talib kweli
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| One two three
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| Mos def and talib kweli
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| We came to rock it on to the tip-top
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| Best alliance in hip-hop, wyahhhhh
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| I said one two three
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| Its kind of dangerous to be a emcee
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| They shot tupac and biggie
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| Too much violence in hip-hop, wyahhhhh
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| I said manhattan keep on makin it (bo!), brooklyn keep on takin it (bo!)
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| So relax were takin it back, redhook where were livin at Plenty cats be strugglin not hustlin and bubblin
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| It aint about production and -- what else we discussin?
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| When the cock crows, my crop grows, enable me to rock flows
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| Strivin for perfection ever since I was a snot-nosed
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| Colossal, true original b-boy apostle
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| Standin on the rooftop with the, zulu gestapo
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| You think you the shit
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| Somebody in the wingsll force you to quit
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| It could be your crew or click
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| Or some random kid you smoked buddha with
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| Consider me the entity within the industry without a history
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| Of spittin the epitome, of stupidity -- livin my life
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| Expressin my liberty, it gotta be done properly
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| My name is in the middle of e-kweli-ty
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| People follow me and other cats they hear him flow
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| And assume Im the real one with lyrics like Im cyrano
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| Still sippin wishin well water, imported, from pluto
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| Three hundred and sixty milliliters for all our believers
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| In miles or kilometers, most cats, cannot proceed us In the jungle with the leaders we the lions you the +cheaters+
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| A cypher, will complete us if we come through your receivers
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| You can play us and repeat us and then take us home and read us
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| (line for line) good jesus, mos def and kweli just
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| Make a pussy freeze up, thinkin we will ease up |