This Means You (Ft. Mos Def)
Talib Kweli

[Mos] Sometimes, you gotta be direct with the people, y'know like..n[T.K] Give it to 'em (c'mon)n[Mos] Yo!n[T.K] Give it to 'emn[Mos] GET, UP, NOW!nn[Talib Kweli]nYo, we keep it type raw, and know exactly what we fight fornwhen the nightfall come, we in the right warnCats who spill blood for a cause, not just becausenDefy the authority and follow God's lawnRevolutionary entrepeneurs; who make the fansnclap they hands and stompin the floor not start the applausen(Ahhh ssssh! Yeah!) Thank you very much, without further adieunLet me introduce the rest of my crew, Mos Def!nn[Mos Def]nYo, I am the world renowned, verb adjective adverbnpronoun preposition suffix prefixnOriginal or remix, sunburst and eclipsenMe and Kwe' combine like strands on a double-helixnMy speech seasoned, with dialect of my regionnBooga-nam Brooklyn Bed-Stuy EasternnWhere youth and policemen, they nah reach agreementnPressure in the mornin, pressure in the eveninnn{*scratching* Mos Def .. Kwe'-Kweli ..nHi Tek on the beat! .. brothers and sisters}nnChorus One: BlackStar (Mos Def + Talib Kweli)nnYou, need, to, get, up, right, nownand, move, with, this, yes, this, means, younYou, younn[Talib Kweli]nYeahh, alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeahnAlright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah, yeah-ehhhhnnUh, uh, uh, uh, yo, yo, yonThings changed since we came out, been some shit in New YorknNiggaz stopped gettin jig in New York, bloods and crips in New YorknThe Y-2-K celebration wasn't big in New YorknBabylon live in New York, should I keep a crib in New Yorknor just V.I., to handle my B.I.nWhen with my A-Alikes we see with three eyesnn[Mos Def]nYo Kweli I agree I, was thinkin the same thing myselfnSmog in the city ain't no good for your healthnThings changed in New York, type strange in New YorknForty-Deuce don't look the same in New YorknJust politics, tricks and big games in New YorknSwitched trains a writer can't get fame in New YorknInternet and Wall Street got paid in New YorknPoor folks and workin class got slayed in New YorknEven still, everyday they make weight in New YorknFlashlights lookin for a brighter day in New YorknIn New York they say it's - red hotnWill the temperature ease up? Black I guess notnIt's multi-lane traffic, no sign for rest stopsnNo corner breaks, put on your gloves and just boxnNo dance school to teach you to wop and bus stopnBetter get up in the booth, hop up and just rocknIf you think it's like that, it's not so just stopnAll mankind time runnin down on one watch, just watchnnChorus Two: BlackStar (Mos Def + Talib Kweli)nnIf, you, are, just, coming, in, I, willnsay it, once, more, so, you, can, hear, causenYou, need, to, get, up, right, nownand, move, with, this, yes, this, means, younYou, younn[Talib Kweli]nYo, Mos Def and Talib Kweli bring disaster to the industrynWe best-sellin authors writin great chapters in historynThese cats undercover like gay rappers dealin with mysterynMy platinum grey matter spray batter that's specificallyndesigned to make rappers break faster than eggshells in the morninnInhaled the divine in that's laid dormantnWater from the well STAY pourinnI answer back when I hear fate callinnFreedom fighter ready to attack at the crack of a new day dawninnWay more than necessary skills for the applicationnMy flow is Great like the Lakes and it rocks like ApplachainsnMy facts more than make up for what you lack in imaginationnYou more confused than Tiger Woods when he made up CabalaysiannI'm sayin!nn[Mos Def]nBreak bounds like the jet ConcordenWin awards before I leave for my world award tournWhen they scream encore, that's when they want morenFlow steadily, whether I'm on or off shorenHigh potent, zone coastin, no jokinnSafecracker sniff gon' keep the joint opennPeep the focus, high resolution, high receptionnMy Train of Thought connectin with my bretherin from Reflection likennChorus Three: BlackStar (Mos Def + Talib Kweli)nnYou, need, to, get, up, right, nownand, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you, again!nYou, need, to, get, up, right, nownand, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you, we goinn[M] New York [T] Phillyn[M] Chicago [T] Detroitn[M] Miami [T] D.C.n[M] L.A. [T] The worldn[M] London [T] Amsterdamn[M] Paris [T] Japann[M+T] Any place that a human being might stand, we goin..


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  \   2000 Seasons   A Game   A Game   Abra Cadabra   Africa Dream   After The Rain   Ain\u2019t Waiting   Around My Way   Around My Way   Art Imitates Life   Astronomy (8th Light)   Back Again   Back It Up   Back Up Offa Me   Back Up Offa Me   Ballad Of The Black Gold   Beast   Beautiful Struggle   Before He Walked   Big Nel from Da Natti   Black Girl Pain   Bridge To Bama(HI Tek Remix)   Brown Skin Lady   Celebration Flow   Chaos   Children's Story   City Playgrounds   Cold Rain   Colors Of You   Come Here   Come Here feat. Miguel   Country Cousins   Definition   Delicate Flowers   Demonology   Distractions   Down For The Count   Drugs, Basketball & Rap   Due Process [Instrumental]   Eat to Live   Eternalists   Everything Man   Everywhere I Go   Expansion Dedication   Favela Love   Favela Love feat. Seu Jorge   Fly That Knot   Friends & Family   Fuck The Money   Funny Money   Game   Get Back Pt. II   Get By   Ghetto Afterlife   Ghetto Show   Ghetto Show - Anthony Hamilton   Go With Us   Going Hard   Good Mourning   Good to You   Got Work   Great Expectations   Guerilla Monsoon Rap   Guerrilla Monsoon Rap   Gun Music   Gutter Rainbows   Hamster Wheel   Hater Players   Hell   High Life feat. Rubix Cube & Bajah   Hold It Now   Holy Moly   Hostile Gospel Pt. 1 (Deliver Us)   Hostile Gospel, Pt. 1 (Deliver Us)   Hostile Gospel, Pt1 (Deliver Us)   Hostile Gospel, Pt2 (Deliver Me)   Hot Thing   How You Love Me   I Try   I Try   I Try   I Try - Mary Jblige   I Try [Instrumental]   I\u2019m On One   In the Mood   In The Red   In This World   Inner Monologue   Intro   It Only Gets Better   It's Like That   Joy   Just Begun (Ft. Jay Electronica, J Cole & Mos Def)   K.o.s. (determination)   Keynote Speaker   Kindness for Weakness   Let Me See (Remix)   Lifting Off   Listen   Listen!!!   Lonely People   Long Hot Summer   Lord Of The Light   Love Language   Lover's Peak   Make It Classy   Memories Live   Midnight Hour   Mood Swing   More or Less   Move Somethin'   Move Something   Ms Hill   Ms. Hill   My Life   Name Of The Game   Nature   Never Been In Love   New Leaders   Niggas Lie Alot   NY Weather Report   Old School   On My Way   Outstanding   Palookas   Perfect Beat   Purest Hearts   Push Thru   Put It In The Air   Raise the Bar   Rare Portraits   Ready Set Go   Ready Set Go feat. Melanie Fiona   Real Women   Respiration   Right About Now   Rocket Ships   Rocket Ships feat. Busta Rhymes   Rush   Say Something   Self Savior   Sharp Shooters   Sharp Shooters   Shock Body   So Good   So Low   Some Kind Of Wonderful   Soon A New Day   Soon the New Day   Soul Music   Space Fruit   Space Fruit (Interlude)   Stand to the Side   State of Grace   Stay Around   Strangers   Supreme, Supreme   Talib Kweli Come Here feat. Miguel. Off of Talib ...   Talk To You (lil' Darlin')   Tater Tot   Testify   The Beast   The Blast   The Nature   The Nature (Feat. Justin Timberlake)   The Nature [*]   The Perfect Beat   The Proud   The Show   The Wormhole   Theives In The Night   This Means You   Too Late   Twice Inna Lifetime   Two & Two   Uh Oh   Upper Echelon   Violations   Wait For You   Waitin' For The Dj   We Got the Beat   We Got the Beat   We Know   We Know - Faith Evans   What I Feel   What's Real   Where Do We Go   Work It Out   Work It Out

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