作词 : Dorell, Greene, Smith | |
Hey, hey, heyyy man | |
I strike the empire back.. | |
I strike the empire back.. | |
Fuck the empire!! | |
High flyin like the millenium falcon, piloted by han solo | |
I never roll for dolo, frontin on me's a no-no | |
Understand? doin this for my family | |
Ha ha, check it out y'all | |
Yo i'm tryin to make a dollar out of what makes sense | |
Add it up, told my daddy i'd be a rich man | |
You never know when your fate gon' switch hand | |
Get today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand | |
I was a young boy -- who dreamt about being a big man | |
On small looseleaf sheets i sketched a big plan | |
Gotta handle business properly, boost up my economy | |
Store it up and get my mom some waterfront property | |
Yesterday was not for me but nowaday it's time for me | |
The streets is watchin me, i watch back, that's the policy | |
Movin along my oddesey like blood through the artery | |
Navigate the treacherous and make it seem effortless | |
Let those who make the exodus seekin the north beacon | |
From beatin and hog-eatin, from punishment all season | |
From hands cracked and bleedin -- cotton thorns in your palms | |
It's for y'all that i sketch these songs, and it goes.. | |
Yea though i walk through the valley of the shadow | |
I fear no man, because faith is the aarow | |
My vocal chord travel worldwide to block narrow | |
We can blow with the ammo or go mano-a-mano | |
Kweli is you wit me? (whattup whattup?) let's make it happen | |
I *burn* through your argument with action | |
My eyes stay fastened to tomorrow lookin for a brighter day | |
When y'all wanna leave y'all? right away | |
Shout it out from east-west (from south to northern) | |
From cakalak' (to california) | |
From the coldest (to the warmest) | |
To the borders ('cross the waters) understand.. | |
".. and know that i love you.." | |
We got love in the place | |
Shout out to all the queens (all the seeds) | |
To all the teams (that's gettin cream) | |
From outlaw (to emcee's) | |
Make it happen (do your thing) understand.. | |
".. and know that i love you.." | |
Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen | |
[talib kweli] | |
Guess who? the illest mc in the atmosphere, yeah the soul controller | |
Who roam the frontier like a buffalo soldier | |
I follow the code of honor like a real man gonna | |
Never disrespect no women cause i love my momma | |
These cats be givin us praise but it ain't that accurate | |
I give it up to god, all that, love and attachment, get | |
Scary well-prepared with the shears when it get hairy | |
Like how these niggaz is lookin like some fairies | |
And singin like canaries to the beast | |
And anybody who will listen to em clearly | |
Y'all don't hear me though, even when i'm comin through in stereo | |
You make a mockery of what i represent properly | |
Yo why you startin me? i take that shit straight to the artery | |
Intellectual property i got the title and the deed | |
I pay for rent, with the tears and sweat, and what i bleed | |
Mc's imitate the way we walk, the way we talk | |
You cats spit lyrical pork with no spiritual thought | |
Plus your flow a little bit off, you come across soft | |
Back in the days, niggaz like that on stage got tossed off | |
Need to get crossed off the guestlist | |
It's like you gotta be disrespected and thrown out the exit | |
To get the message | |
Sometimes your sunshine get snatched like a necklace | |
When you get too drunk on power and your drive get reckless | |
Check it, mc's in my face after i slug you then i hug you | |
If i gotta dead you know it's only cause i love you | |
[mos def] | |
Shout it out from east-west (from south to northern) | |
From the richest (to the poorest) | |
To the elders (in the coffins) | |
Livin native (dyin for it) understand.. | |
".. and know that i love you.." | |
Yea, yea, we got love in the place | |
Shout out from up top (to the middle) | |
To black bottom (sky high) | |
Whether you colder than december | |
Or hotter, than july | |
It don't stop 'til we complete this | |
(".. and know that i love you..") keep this fly | |
It's so much to life when you just | |
Stay black (10x) | |
My people, my people, my people people p-people (8x) | |
My pe-ople, oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh, oh-ohh... |
zuo ci : Dorell, Greene, Smith | |
Hey, hey, heyyy man | |
I strike the empire back.. | |
I strike the empire back.. | |
Fuck the empire!! | |
High flyin like the millenium falcon, piloted by han solo | |
I never roll for dolo, frontin on me' s a nono | |
Understand? doin this for my family | |
Ha ha, check it out y' all | |
Yo i' m tryin to make a dollar out of what makes sense | |
Add it up, told my daddy i' d be a rich man | |
You never know when your fate gon' switch hand | |
Get today' s solid ground out of yesterday' s quicksand | |
I was a young boy who dreamt about being a big man | |
On small looseleaf sheets i sketched a big plan | |
Gotta handle business properly, boost up my economy | |
Store it up and get my mom some waterfront property | |
Yesterday was not for me but nowaday it' s time for me | |
The streets is watchin me, i watch back, that' s the policy | |
Movin along my oddesey like blood through the artery | |
Navigate the treacherous and make it seem effortless | |
Let those who make the exodus seekin the north beacon | |
From beatin and hogeatin, from punishment all season | |
From hands cracked and bleedin cotton thorns in your palms | |
It' s for y' all that i sketch these songs, and it goes.. | |
Yea though i walk through the valley of the shadow | |
I fear no man, because faith is the aarow | |
My vocal chord travel worldwide to block narrow | |
We can blow with the ammo or go manoamano | |
Kweli is you wit me? whattup whattup? let' s make it happen | |
I burn through your argument with action | |
My eyes stay fastened to tomorrow lookin for a brighter day | |
When y' all wanna leave y' all? right away | |
Shout it out from eastwest from south to northern | |
From cakalak' to california | |
From the coldest to the warmest | |
To the borders ' cross the waters understand.. | |
".. and know that i love you.." | |
We got love in the place | |
Shout out to all the queens all the seeds | |
To all the teams that' s gettin cream | |
From outlaw to emcee' s | |
Make it happen do your thing understand.. | |
".. and know that i love you.." | |
Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen | |
talib kweli | |
Guess who? the illest mc in the atmosphere, yeah the soul controller | |
Who roam the frontier like a buffalo soldier | |
I follow the code of honor like a real man gonna | |
Never disrespect no women cause i love my momma | |
These cats be givin us praise but it ain' t that accurate | |
I give it up to god, all that, love and attachment, get | |
Scary wellprepared with the shears when it get hairy | |
Like how these niggaz is lookin like some fairies | |
And singin like canaries to the beast | |
And anybody who will listen to em clearly | |
Y' all don' t hear me though, even when i' m comin through in stereo | |
You make a mockery of what i represent properly | |
Yo why you startin me? i take that shit straight to the artery | |
Intellectual property i got the title and the deed | |
I pay for rent, with the tears and sweat, and what i bleed | |
Mc' s imitate the way we walk, the way we talk | |
You cats spit lyrical pork with no spiritual thought | |
Plus your flow a little bit off, you come across soft | |
Back in the days, niggaz like that on stage got tossed off | |
Need to get crossed off the guestlist | |
It' s like you gotta be disrespected and thrown out the exit | |
To get the message | |
Sometimes your sunshine get snatched like a necklace | |
When you get too drunk on power and your drive get reckless | |
Check it, mc' s in my face after i slug you then i hug you | |
If i gotta dead you know it' s only cause i love you | |
mos def | |
Shout it out from eastwest from south to northern | |
From the richest to the poorest | |
To the elders in the coffins | |
Livin native dyin for it understand.. | |
".. and know that i love you.." | |
Yea, yea, we got love in the place | |
Shout out from up top to the middle | |
To black bottom sky high | |
Whether you colder than december | |
Or hotter, than july | |
It don' t stop ' til we complete this | |
".. and know that i love you.." keep this fly | |
It' s so much to life when you just | |
Stay black 10x | |
My people, my people, my people people ppeople 8x | |
My people, ohohohohohh, ohohh... |
zuò cí : Dorell, Greene, Smith | |
Hey, hey, heyyy man | |
I strike the empire back.. | |
I strike the empire back.. | |
Fuck the empire!! | |
High flyin like the millenium falcon, piloted by han solo | |
I never roll for dolo, frontin on me' s a nono | |
Understand? doin this for my family | |
Ha ha, check it out y' all | |
Yo i' m tryin to make a dollar out of what makes sense | |
Add it up, told my daddy i' d be a rich man | |
You never know when your fate gon' switch hand | |
Get today' s solid ground out of yesterday' s quicksand | |
I was a young boy who dreamt about being a big man | |
On small looseleaf sheets i sketched a big plan | |
Gotta handle business properly, boost up my economy | |
Store it up and get my mom some waterfront property | |
Yesterday was not for me but nowaday it' s time for me | |
The streets is watchin me, i watch back, that' s the policy | |
Movin along my oddesey like blood through the artery | |
Navigate the treacherous and make it seem effortless | |
Let those who make the exodus seekin the north beacon | |
From beatin and hogeatin, from punishment all season | |
From hands cracked and bleedin cotton thorns in your palms | |
It' s for y' all that i sketch these songs, and it goes.. | |
Yea though i walk through the valley of the shadow | |
I fear no man, because faith is the aarow | |
My vocal chord travel worldwide to block narrow | |
We can blow with the ammo or go manoamano | |
Kweli is you wit me? whattup whattup? let' s make it happen | |
I burn through your argument with action | |
My eyes stay fastened to tomorrow lookin for a brighter day | |
When y' all wanna leave y' all? right away | |
Shout it out from eastwest from south to northern | |
From cakalak' to california | |
From the coldest to the warmest | |
To the borders ' cross the waters understand.. | |
".. and know that i love you.." | |
We got love in the place | |
Shout out to all the queens all the seeds | |
To all the teams that' s gettin cream | |
From outlaw to emcee' s | |
Make it happen do your thing understand.. | |
".. and know that i love you.." | |
Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen | |
talib kweli | |
Guess who? the illest mc in the atmosphere, yeah the soul controller | |
Who roam the frontier like a buffalo soldier | |
I follow the code of honor like a real man gonna | |
Never disrespect no women cause i love my momma | |
These cats be givin us praise but it ain' t that accurate | |
I give it up to god, all that, love and attachment, get | |
Scary wellprepared with the shears when it get hairy | |
Like how these niggaz is lookin like some fairies | |
And singin like canaries to the beast | |
And anybody who will listen to em clearly | |
Y' all don' t hear me though, even when i' m comin through in stereo | |
You make a mockery of what i represent properly | |
Yo why you startin me? i take that shit straight to the artery | |
Intellectual property i got the title and the deed | |
I pay for rent, with the tears and sweat, and what i bleed | |
Mc' s imitate the way we walk, the way we talk | |
You cats spit lyrical pork with no spiritual thought | |
Plus your flow a little bit off, you come across soft | |
Back in the days, niggaz like that on stage got tossed off | |
Need to get crossed off the guestlist | |
It' s like you gotta be disrespected and thrown out the exit | |
To get the message | |
Sometimes your sunshine get snatched like a necklace | |
When you get too drunk on power and your drive get reckless | |
Check it, mc' s in my face after i slug you then i hug you | |
If i gotta dead you know it' s only cause i love you | |
mos def | |
Shout it out from eastwest from south to northern | |
From the richest to the poorest | |
To the elders in the coffins | |
Livin native dyin for it understand.. | |
".. and know that i love you.." | |
Yea, yea, we got love in the place | |
Shout out from up top to the middle | |
To black bottom sky high | |
Whether you colder than december | |
Or hotter, than july | |
It don' t stop ' til we complete this | |
".. and know that i love you.." keep this fly | |
It' s so much to life when you just | |
Stay black 10x | |
My people, my people, my people people ppeople 8x | |
My people, ohohohohohh, ohohh... |