[00:00.00]Hello everybody
[00:02.80]Recording line from somewhere
[00:05.38]Lord have mercy
[00:10.52]All nice and decent crew follow me now we say
[00:14.74]Say Hi-Tek yes you're ruling hip-hop
[00:16.74]
[00:17.30]Say J Rawls yes you're ruling hip-hop
[00:19.98]Redefinition say you're ruling hip-hop
[00:21.73]Say Black Star come to rock it non
[00:25.09]Yo from the first to the last of it delivery is passionate
[00:28.16]The whole and not the half of it vocab and not the math of it
[00:30.78]Projectile that them blasted with accurate assassin shit
[00:33.16]Me and Kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazareth
[00:35.71]After this you be pressing rewind on top your master disk
[00:38.52]Shining like an asterisk for all those that be gatherin
[00:41.02]Connectin like a roundhouse from the townhouse to the tenaments
[00:43.14]Cause all my Brooklyn residents heavy regiments
[00:45.33]Don't believe here the evidence where Brooklyn WHAAAAAAAoohhhh
[00:49.69]See that Bound to take it all kid believe that
[00:51.88]From where they sellin tree at to where the police be at
[00:54.50]Talib Kweli e-Kweli-ty yo tell them where we be at
[00:56.68]Brooklyn New York City where they paint murals of Biggie
[00:59.55]In cash we trust cause it's ghetto fabulous life look pretty
[01:02.48]What a pity blunts is still fifty cents it's intense
[01:05.24]Tree scents is dominant can't be covered with incense
[01:07.42]My presence felt my name is Kweli from the Eternal Reflection
[01:09.92]People thinkin MC is short hand for Mis Conception
[01:12.72]Let me meditate set it straight came to the conclusion
[01:15.53]That most of these cats is featherweight let me demonstrate
[01:17.77]Walkin the streets is like battlin be careful with your body
[01:20.83]You must know karate or think your soul is bulletproof like Sade
[01:23.77]Stop actin like a b***h already be a visionar
[01:25.77]And maybe you can see your name in the column of obituary
[01:28.51]Third rate teacher readin and talkin about
[01:30.33]"I knew he'd amount to nothin"
[01:31.64]Neighbors like "He was the quiet type
[01:33.32]Who'd have thought they was frontin "
[01:34.64]Talkin Loud like you in RCA get carted away
[01:36.45]With body parts and treys what a way to start your day
[01:39.38]Yo it's like
[01:40.19]One two three
[01:41.13]Mos Def and Talib Kweli
[01:43.69]We came to rock it on to the tip-top
[01:46.50]Best alliance in hip-hop wyahhhhh
[01:49.93]I said one two three
[01:52.11]It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee
[01:54.37]They shot Tupac and Biggie
[01:57.61]Too much violence in hip-hop wyahhhhh
[02:01.01]I said Manhattan keep on makin it(Bo)Brooklyn keep on takin it(Bo)
[02:04.05]So relax we're takin it back Redhook where we're livin at
[02:06.24]Plenty cats be strugglin not hustlin and bubblin
[02:08.06]It ain't about production and what else we discussin
[02:10.18]When the c**k crows my crop grows enable me to rock flows
[02:13.61]Strivin for perfection ever since I was a snot-nosed
[02:16.42]
[02:17.35]COLOSSAL true original b-boy apostle
[02:19.41]Standin on the rooftop with the Zulu gestapo
[02:21.54]You think you the shit
[02:22.85]Somebody in the wings'll force you to quit
[02:24.97]It could be your crew or click
[02:26.40]Or some random kid you smoked buddha with
[02:27.97]Consider me the entity within the industry without a history
[02:30.61]Of spittin the epitome of stupidity livin my life
[02:33.29]
[02:34.10]Expressin my liberty it gotta be done properly
[02:36.34]My name is in the middle of e-Kweli-ty
[02:38.28]People follow me and other cats they hear him flow
[02:41.16]And assume I'm the real one with lyrics like I'm Cyrano
[02:43.84]Still sippin wishin well water imported from Pluto
[02:47.08]Three hundred and sixty milliliters for all our believers
[02:49.46]In miles or kilometers most cats cannot proceed us
[02:51.41]In the jungle with the leaders we the lions you the cheaters
[02:54.34]A cypher will complete us if we come through your receivers
[02:56.84]You can play us and repeat us and then take us home and read us
[03:00.40](Line for line) Good Jesus Mos Def and Kweli just
[03:03.52]Make a nigga freeze up thinkin we will ease u
[03:05.70]One two three
[03:06.52]Mos Def and Talib Kweli
[03:09.21]We came to rock it on to the tip-top
[03:11.89]Best alliance in hip-hop wyahhhhh
[03:15.70]I said one two three
[03:17.25]It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee
[03:19.75]They shot Tupac and Biggie
[03:22.81]Hold your head in the beat top wyahhhhh

Hello everybody
Recording line from somewhere
Lord have mercy
All nice and decent crew follow me now we say
Say Hi-Tek yes you're ruling hip-hop
Say J Rawls yes you're ruling hip-hop
Redefinition say you're ruling hip-hop
Say Black Star come to rock it non
Yo from the first to the last of it delivery is passionate
The whole and not the half of it vocab and not the math of it
Projectile that them blasted with accurate assassin shit
Me and Kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazareth
After this you be pressing rewind on top your master disk
Shining like an asterisk for all those that be gatherin
Connectin like a roundhouse from the townhouse to the tenaments
Cause all my Brooklyn residents heavy regiments
Don't believe here the evidence where Brooklyn WHAAAAAAAoohhhh
See that Bound to take it all kid believe that
From where they sellin tree at to where the police be at
Talib Kweli e-Kweli-ty yo tell them where we be at
Brooklyn New York City where they paint murals of Biggie
In cash we trust cause it's ghetto fabulous life look pretty
What a pity blunts is still fifty cents it's intense
Tree scents is dominant can't be covered with incense
My presence felt my name is Kweli from the Eternal Reflection
People thinkin MC is short hand for Mis Conception
Let me meditate set it straight came to the conclusion
That most of these cats is featherweight let me demonstrate
Walkin the streets is like battlin be careful with your body
You must know karate or think your soul is bulletproof like Sade
Stop actin like a b***h already be a visionar
And maybe you can see your name in the column of obituary
Third rate teacher readin and talkin about
"I knew he'd amount to nothin"
Neighbors like "He was the quiet type
Who'd have thought they was frontin "
Talkin Loud like you in RCA get carted away
With body parts and treys what a way to start your day
Yo it's like
One two three
Mos Def and Talib Kweli
We came to rock it on to the tip-top
Best alliance in hip-hop wyahhhhh
I said one two three
It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee
They shot Tupac and Biggie
Too much violence in hip-hop wyahhhhh
I said Manhattan keep on makin it(Bo)Brooklyn keep on takin it(Bo)
So relax we're takin it back Redhook where we're livin at
Plenty cats be strugglin not hustlin and bubblin
It ain't about production and what else we discussin
When the c**k crows my crop grows enable me to rock flows
Strivin for perfection ever since I was a snot-nosed
COLOSSAL true original b-boy apostle
Standin on the rooftop with the Zulu gestapo
You think you the shit
Somebody in the wings'll force you to quit
It could be your crew or click
Or some random kid you smoked buddha with
Consider me the entity within the industry without a history
Of spittin the epitome of stupidity livin my life
Expressin my liberty it gotta be done properly
My name is in the middle of e-Kweli-ty
People follow me and other cats they hear him flow
And assume I'm the real one with lyrics like I'm Cyrano
Still sippin wishin well water imported from Pluto
Three hundred and sixty milliliters for all our believers
In miles or kilometers most cats cannot proceed us
In the jungle with the leaders we the lions you the cheaters
A cypher will complete us if we come through your receivers
You can play us and repeat us and then take us home and read us
(Line for line) Good Jesus Mos Def and Kweli just
Make a nigga freeze up thinkin we will ease u
One two three
Mos Def and Talib Kweli
We came to rock it on to the tip-top
Best alliance in hip-hop wyahhhhh
I said one two three
It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee
They shot Tupac and Biggie
Hold your head in the beat top wyahhhhh