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This Means You
Black Star

Sometimes, you gotta be direct with the people

Y'know like give it to 'em

(C'mon)

Yo, give it to 'em

Get up now


Yo, we keep it type raw and know exactly what we fight for

When the nightfall come, we in the right war

Cats who spill blood for a cause, not just because

Defy the authority and follow God's law


Revolutionary entrepreneurs who make the fans

Clap they hands and stompin' the floor, not start the applause

(Ah, sh, yeah)

Thank you very much, without further adieu

Let me introduce the rest of my crew, Mos Def


Yo, I am the world renowned verb, adjective, adverb

Pronoun, preposition, suffix, prefix

Original or remix, sunburst and eclipse

Me and Kwe' combine like strands on a double-helix


My speech seasoned with dialect of my region

Booga-nam, Brooklyn, Bed-Stuy Eastern

Where youth and policemen, they nah reach agreement

Pressure in the mornin', pressure in the evenin'


Hi Tek on the beat, brothers and sisters


You, need to get up, right now

And move with this, yes, this means you

You, you

Yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah

Alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah, yeah


Uh, uh, uh, uh, yo, yo, yo

Things changed since we came out

Been some shit in New York

Niggaz stopped gettin' jig in New York

Bloods and Crips in New York


The Y2K celebration wasn't big in New York

Babylon live in New York

Should I keep a crib in New York or just V.I.

To handle my B.I. when with my A-Alikes

We see with three eyes


Yo Kweli, I agree I, was thinkin' the same thing myself

Smog in the city ain't no good for your health

Things changed in New York, type strange in New York

Forty Deuce don't look the same in New York


Just politics, tricks and big games in New York

Switched trains a writer can't get fame in New York

Internet and Wall Street got paid in New York

Poor folks and workin' class got slayed in New York



Even still, everyday they make weight in New York

Flashlights lookin' for a brighter day in New York

In New York, they say it's red hot

Will the temperature ease up? Black, I guess not

It's multi-lane traffic, no sign for rest stops


No corner breaks, put on your gloves and just box

No dance school to teach you to wop and bus stop

Better get up in the booth, hop up and just rock

If you think it's like that, it's not so just stop

All mankind time runnin' down on one watch, just watch


If you are just comin' in

I will say it once more so you can hear

'Cause you need to get up, right now

And move with this, yes, this means you

You, you


Yo, Mos Def and Talib Kweli bring disaster to the industry

We bestsellin' authors, writin' great chapters in history

These cats undercover like gay rappers dealin' with mystery

My platinum gray matter, spray batter that's specifically


Designed to make rappers break faster than eggshells in the mornin'

Inhaled the divine in that's laid dormant

Water from the well, stay pourin', I answer back when I hear fate callin'

Freedom fighter ready to attack at the crack of a new day dawnin'


Way more than necessary skills for the application

My flow is great like the lakes and it rocks like Appalachians

My facts more than make up for what you lack in imagination

You more confused than Tiger Woods when he made up Cabalaysian

I'm sayin'


Break bounds like the jet Concorde

Win awards before I leave for my world award tour

When they scream encore, that's when they want more

Flow steadily, whether I'm on or off shore


High potent, zone coastin', no jokin'

Safecracker sniff gon' keep the joint open

Peep the focus, high resolution, high reception

My 'Train of Thought' connectin'

With my brethren from Reflection like


You need to get up, right now

And move with this, yes, this means you, again

You need to get up, right now

And move with this, yes, this means you, we goin'


New York, Philly, Chicago, Detroit

Miami, D.C., L.A., the world

London, Amsterdam, Paris, Japan

Any place that a human bein' might stand, we goin'


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