 [Talib Kweli]
So many emcees focusin on black
people extermination
We keep it balanced with that
knowledge of self, determination
It's hot, we be blowin the spots, with
conversations
C'mon let's smooth it out like Soul
Sensation
We in the house like Japanese in
Japan, or Koreans in Korea
Head to Philly and free Mumia with
the Kujichagulia TRUE
Singin is swingin and writin is fightin,
but what
they writin got us clashin like titans it's
not excitin
No question, bein a black man is
demandin
The fire's in my eyes and the flames
need fannin (3X)
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self)
Determination
(4x)
[Singer]
Things I say and do, may not come
quite through
My words may not convey just what
I'm feelin
[Talib Kweli]
Yes yes come on, yes yes
Knowledge Of Self is like life after
death
With that you never worry about your
last breath
Death comes, that's how I'm livin, it's
the next days
The flesh goes underground, the
book of life, flip the page
Yo they askin me how old, we livin
the same age
I feel the rage of a million niggaz
locked inside a cage
At exactly which point do you start to
realize
That life without knowledge is, death
in disguise?
That's why, Knowledge Of Self is like
life after death
Apply it, to your life, let destiny
manifest
Different day, same confusion, we're
gonna take this
hip-hop shit and keep it movin, shed
a little light
Now y'all bloomin like a flower with
the power of the evident
Voices and drums original instruments
In the flesh presently presentin my
representation
With that what? (Knowledge Of Self)
Determination
(6x)
(these parts overlap)
Things I say and do, may not come
quite through
My words may not convey just what
I'm feelin
(2x)
[Talib Kweli]
The most important time in history is,
NOW, the present
So count your blessings cause time
can't define the essence
But you stressin over time and you
follow the Roman calendar
These people enter Cona like
Gattaca, you can bet
they tryin to lock you down like Attica,
the African diaspora
represents strength in numbers, a
giant can't slumber forever
I know you gotta get that cheddar
whatever
Aiyyo I heard you twice the first time
money, get it together
You must be History, you repeatin
yourself out of the pages
You keepin yourself depleatin your
spiritual wealth
That quick cash'll get your ass quick
fast in houses of detention
Inner-city concentration camps where
no one pays attention
or mentions the ascension of death, til
nothing's left
The young, gifted and Black are
sprung addicted to crack
All my people where y'all at cause,
y'all ain't here
And your hero's using your mind as a
canvas to paint fear
With, broad brush strokes and tales
of incarceration
You get out of jail with that
Knowledge of Self determination
Stand in ovation, cause you put the
Hue in Human
Cause and effect, effect everything
you do
and that's why I got love in the face
of hate
Hands steady so the lines in the
mental illustration is straight
The thought you had don't even
contemplate
Infinite like figure eight there's no
escape..
From that what? (Knowledge Of Self)
Determination
(4x)
Things I say and do, may not come
quite through
My words may not convey just what
I'm feelin
(2x)
..
Things I say and do, may not come
quite through
My words may not convey just what
I'm feelin
(2x)
What I'm feelin, what I'm feelin,
ooooh, what I'm feelin...
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