Lyrics Moon In Cancer - Mos Def, Dcq, Ces

Moon In Cancer

This is to the entire Critical Mass\nMy nigga Tashawn, Jah Born, Big Tu\nThis how we do\nCheck it out\nYeah\nDaylight disappears from sight\nSun bleeds on the bricks and brings forth the night\nThe red serenade give shade to backstreets\nHeads adjust the EQ for bass in they jeeps\nSound like the drums of a neighboring tribe\nAbsorb the vibe, feels good, close my eyes\nAnd step out by the crisp night air\nI gotta stay aware, god, it’s demons out here\nAdjust the headset 'fore I begin this trek\nInsert the cassette, press play on the deck\nThe horns echo, and I slip back in the zone\nIt’s time for the high plains man to roam\nYo, I be dealin with magic, some say mellow dramatic\nLingually acrobatic, stayin fluent in static\nI work my way to your town as the day goes down\nI got observatory view of the sight and sound\nI feel completely out of place in this wack rat race\nI’m the type of blackman that need color and space\nBut heads be dealin with waste, they be movin at haste\nHerbs got somethin to prove, wanna stare in your face\nBrothers wanna compete when there ain’t shit to win\nThey playin high-post now, I’m prepared for the end\nThey wanna profile they style like they got it so sweet\nIt ain’t about what you earn, it’s about what you keep\nMan passes by in a aimless stroll\nBarefoot in the street as the night grows cold\nIn reply to his sorrow he begins to dance\nHe claps his hands, we share an awkward glance\nSun is falling\nMoon is rising\n(Yes yes y’all\nAh freak freak y’all\nFreak freak y’all\nAnd you don’t stop)\nI keep mainly to myself, I ain’t got too many friends\nWhile they be lookin for rocks I be searchin for gems\nI got nothin to lose, I might as well be a winner\nTry to radiate the light as the world gets dimmer\nPoppa, haven’t you heard, there is power in words\nI contemplate to elevate the average man on the curb\nWho be slingin his rock, catchin hell from the cops\nGot the world on his back, bein male, bein black\nAnd it’s crazy mad stress, the city don’t rest\nCan’t maintain your poise for the goddamn noise\nSo I’m watchin my clock because the day drifts off\nAt night I reason with myself and how I can get shit off\nMight be readin a book or might be drinkin a stout\nI might be thinkin it over, might just need to be out\nI might be tryina get money, might be dealin with honeys\nMight be geekin off these devils cause they so fuckin funny\nSmokin a stoge on the D train chillin\nCheckin the skyline of the Watchtower buildin\nImages of black in the hills and the valleys\nFrom the tight businessmen to the gods from the rallies\nA basehead with the Moe Dee shades\nA little girl with pretty eyes and her hair in braids\nA mother rest on her seat, rubs her feet\nFalls back into sleep, thousand fathoms deep\nAs the nighttime falls I creep through the dark\nI check out the scenes in Fort Greene Park\nLost souls in empty memory lanes\nNo life to live and no goals to gain\nThis negatory provision is all around us\nIt’s systematic and frantic, the devil hounds us\nSet to prevail I take back the night\nWake up my soul and take back my life\nI sit back and wait for the right time\nBut I’m already here, it’s in the nighttime\nMoonlight starts to fade away\nSun creeps up the bricks and brings forth the day\nSun is high and it’s AM again\nIt’s time for the killers to slay men again\nbusiness day\nI want this shit to be over, got no time to play\nSo if you wanna help, then do me this favor\nCut the nonsense and let me handle this paper\nTime is money and money is time\nAin’t a damn thing free, so I must get mine\nIt’s ten to closing, yo son got to jettin\nHeaded back to the Brak to watch the sunset