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(M) Sometimes, you gotta be direct with the people, y'know like.. |
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(T) Give it to 'em (c'mon) |
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(M) Yo! |
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(T) Give it to 'em |
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(M) GET, UP, NOW! |
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(Talib Kweli) |
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Yo, we keep it type raw, and know exactly what we fight for |
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when the nightfall come, we in the right war |
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Cats who spill blood for a cause, not just because |
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Defy the authority and follow God's law |
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Revolutionary entrepeneurs; who make the fans |
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clap they hands and stompin the floor not start the applause |
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(Ahhh ssssh! Yeah!) Thank you very much, without further adieu |
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Let me introduce the rest of my crew, Mos Def! |
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(Mos Def) |
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Yo, I am the world renowned, verb adjective adverb |
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pronoun preposition suffix prefix |
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Original or remix, sunburst and eclipse |
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Me and Kwe' combine like strands on a double-helix |
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My speech seasoned, with dialect of my region |
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Booga-nam Brooklyn Bed-Stuy Eastern |
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Where youth and policemen, they nah reach agreement |
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Pressure in the mornin, pressure in the evenin |
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(*scratching* "Mos Def" .. "Kwe'-Kweli" .."Hi Tek on the beat!" .. "brothers and sisters") |
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(Mos Def & Talib Kweli) |
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now |
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and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you |
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You, you |
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(Talib Kweli) |
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Yeahh, alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah |
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Alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah, yeah-ehhhh |
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Uh, uh, uh, uh, yo, yo, yo |
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Things changed since we came out, been some shit in New York |
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Niggaz stopped gettin jig in New York, bloods and crips in New York |
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The Y-2-K celebration wasn't big in New York |
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Babylon live in New York, should I keep a crib in New York |
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or just V.I., to handle my B.I. |
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When with my A-Alikes we see with three eyes |
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(Mos Def) |
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Yo Kweli I agree I, was thinkin the same thing myself |
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Smog in the city ain't no good for your health |
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Things changed in New York, type strange in New York |
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Forty-Deuce don't look the same in New York |
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Just politics, tricks and big games in New York |
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Switched trains a writer can't get fame in New York |
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Internet and Wall Street got paid in New York |
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Poor folks and workin class got slayed in New York |
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Even still, everyday they make weight in New York |
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Flashlights lookin for a brighter day in New York |
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In New York they say it's - red hot |
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Will the temperature ease up? Black I guess not |
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It's multi-lane traffic, no sign for rest stops |
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No corner breaks, put on your gloves and just box |
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No dance school to teach you to wop and bus stop |
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Better get up in the booth, hop up and just rock |
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If you think it's like that, it's not so just stop |
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All mankind time runnin down on one watch, just watch |
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(Mos Def & Talib Kweli) |
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now |
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and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you |
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You, you |
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now |
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and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you |
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You, you |
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If, you, are, just, coming, in, I, will |
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say it, once, more, so, you, can, hear, cause |
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now |
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and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you |
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You, you |
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(Talib Kweli) |
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Yo, Mos Def and Talib Kweli bring disaster to the industry |
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We best-sellin authors writin great chapters in history |
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These cats undercover like gay rappers dealin with mystery |
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My platinum grey matter spray batter that's specifically |
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designed to make rappers break faster than eggshells in the mornin |
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Inhaled the divine in that's laid dormant |
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Water from the well STAY pourin |
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I answer back when I hear fate callin |
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Freedom fighter ready to attack at the crack of a new day dawnin |
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Way more than necessary skills for the application |
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My flow is Great like the Lakes and it rocks like Applachains |
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My facts more than make up for what you lack in imagination |
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You more confused than Tiger Woods when he made up Cabalaysian |
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I'm sayin! |
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(Mos Def) |
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Break bounds like the jet Concorde |
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Win awards before I leave for my ? world tour |
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When they scream encore, that's when they want more |
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Flow steadily, whether I'm on or off shore |
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High potent, zone coastin, no jokin |
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Safecracker sniff gon' keep the joint open |
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Peep the focus, high resolution, high reception |
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My "Train of Thought" connectin with my bredren from Reflection like |
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(Mos Def & Talib Kweli) |
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now |
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and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you |
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You, you |
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now |
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and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you |
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You, you |
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now |
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and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you |
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You, you |
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now |
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and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you, again! |
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You, need, to, get, up, right, now |
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and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you, we goin |
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(M) New York (T) Philly |
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(M) Chicago (T) Detroit |
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(M) Miami (T) D.C. |
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(M) L.A. (T) The world |
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(M) London (T) Amsterdam |
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(M) Paris (T) Japan |
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(M+T) Any place that a human being might stand, we goin'.. |
