Lyrics Manifest Destiny - Mos Def, Dcq, Ces

Manifest Destiny

You are about to enter\nthe manifestation of a family cipher\nThe Urban Thermo Dynamics\nis about to hit you right about now\nI’m just here to let you all know\nI got the flow and the locks that grow\nI love the nappy heads, the braids and afros\nKicks Adidas, jeans Girbaud\nThis is how we go and this is how we do\nThis how we be, we are the big you\nYou don’t know me and I don’t know you\nBut if you want to set it, do what you gotta do\nI keep my flow with the one and two\nThat equals three, first letter see\nSecond letter e, last joint s\nStyles manifest from Key West to Budapest\nNevertheless don’t need no S on my chest\n«Yo, why Ces?"Cause I’m superblessed\nSave all the stress 'fore I clean up the mess\nAnd if it ain’t no, then it must be yes\nAnd if it’s the bomb, then it must be Ces\nAnd if it’s the bomb, then it must be Ces\nI got the exposure to keep my composure\nI’m meetin «as from Minnesota to Dakota\nTakin no shit from the rap promoter\nCause if they ever try to, they shit is over\nMurky mixture, what’s goin on?\nI leave the party bumpin till the break of dawn\nBreak of dawn, break ya down\nYo Mister, I like that sound\nPut on the weight cause it’s more than a pound\nSo if you want some of what I have\nMeet me on or Fulton Ave\nOr Albee Square, a hop from the D\nManifest Destiny, it must be (What?)\nManifest Destiny, it must be (What?)\nSo check it out\nWell if it ain’t red, then it must be blue\nAnd if it ain’t false, then it must be true\nAnd if it ain’t day, then it must be night\nAnd if it ain’t left, then it must be right\nAnd if it ain’t (?) then it must be hype\nAnd if it ain’t loose, then it must be tight\nAnd if it ain’t off, then it must be on\nIf it ain’t here, then it must be gone\nIf the shit ain’t proper, then it must be wrong\nWhatever don’t fit does not belong\nSunrise to sunset, that’s dawn to dusk\nThe big you, a name that you can trust\nThe big you, a name that you can trust\nThe big you, a name that you can trust\nLay around on the middle ground, kid, you could die\nIt’s game time, son, you better choose yo side\nHalf-measure will no abide\nIf you ain’t all the way live, then step aside\nThe deep Medina Green is where I reside\nAnd it’s about time that this Brooklynite\nTook the mic and made the world get hype\nYou want to be hardcore, try livin right\nMan, niggas be puttin up a hell of a fight\nMany times I stumble off the righteous path\nBut (?) on my ass\nBut I promise on high plains I take the rocks\nI got the (?), I will not be stopped\nI gotta manifest des', what ock, you think not?\nThe verbal juggernauts will make a party lick shot\nI tread a road more narrow than a (?)\nComin from the bottom, so I’m risin to the top\nWhat, and you don’t stop\nSelf-actualize and realize, do what you got to do\nIf you can see it, you can be it, manifest, it’s up to you\nEverbody self-actualize and realize, do what you got to do\nIf you can see it, you can be it\nIf your mind can go there, then why can’t you?\nIf your mind can go there, then why can’t you?\nIf your mind can go there, then why can’t you?\nNowadays heads be makin me mad\nTalk a good game but they legs is bad\nYappin at the mouth with the wish I had\nHops, do yourself a favor and get off your ass\nYou (?) in between\nRunnin round town sellin dreams and beans\nScreamin word is bond, but what’s your word worth?\nBefore you indict yourself, fool, think first\nAnd if it’s my word, then it must be bond\nAnd if it’s my word, then it must be bond\nAnd if it’s my word, then it must be bond\nAnd the word is, the big you got it goin on\nCause in the (?) we takin down vultures\nPeace to all those who represent the culture\nTo the kings and the queens of the universe\nAiyo, we gotta shine the light, aight?\nAiyo, we gotta shine the light, aight?\nAiyo, we gotta shine the light, aight?