Definition Lyrics

Definition lyrics

[Mos Def]



Lawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwd, lawd have mercy



All nice and peace and true, 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 







[Talib Kweli]



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 bitch already, be a visionary



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







Chorus: Mos Def and Talib Kweli







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







[Mos Def]



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 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







[Talib Kweli]



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







[Mos Def]



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 pussy freeze up, thinkin we will ease up







Chorus