เพลง Definition (Live Album Version|Explicit)

Hello everybody recording live from somewhere

Lord Lord have mercy

All nice an' peace an' true follow me now we say

Say Hi Tek yes you're rulin' hip hop

Say J Rawls yes you're rulin' hip hop

Redefinition say You're rulin' hip hop

Say Black Star come to rock it

Yo from the first to the last of it delivery is passionate

The whole an' not the half of it vocals an' not the math of it

Projectile that them blasted with accurate assassin s**t

Me an' Kweli close like Bethlehem an' Nazareth

After this you be pressin' rewind on top your master disk

Shinin' like an asterisk for all those that be gatherin'

Connectin' like a round house from the townhouse to the tenements

Heavy regiments

Don't believe here the evidence where Brooklyn 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 Kwelity 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 visionary

An' maybe you can see your name in the column of obituary

Third rate teacher readin' an' 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 R C A get carted away

With body parts an' trays what a way to start your day yo it's like

One two three

Mos Def an' Talib Kweli

We came to rock it on to the tip top

Best alliance in hip hop why oh

I said one two three

It's kinda dangerous to be a emcee

They shot Tupac an' Biggie

Too much violence in hip hop why oh

I said Manhattan keep on makin' it Brooklyn keep on takin' it

So relax we're takin' it back Redhook where we're livin' at

Plenty cats be strugglin' not hustlin' an' bubblin'

It ain't about production an' what else we discussin'

When the cock 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 s**t 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 Kwelity

People follow me an' other cats they hear him flow

An' assume I'm the real one with lyrics like I'm Cyrano

Still sippin' wishin' well water imported from Pluto

Three hundred an' 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 cheetahs

A Cypher will complete us if we come through your receivers

You can play us an' repeat us an' then take us home an' read us

Line for line good Jesus Mos Def an' Kweli

Just make a p***y freeze up thinkin' of it ease up

One two three

Mos Def an' Talib Kweli

We came to rock it on to the tip top

Best alliance in hip hop why oh

I said one two three

It's kinda dangerous to be a emcee

They shot Tupac an' Biggie

Hold your head when the beat drop why oh