[Mos Def] Uh it's me (who?) Mos, the most beautiful, plain and unusual Black Star rockin with that hot shit you're movin to Massively musical that creep into your tuner to The top of the dial shit, that you don't know my style shit It's what them Brooklyn niggas stay on foul wit' No matter what the scene is surroundin Yo, whether I'm on the grind or loungin I'm live and he say that I'm foundin Must suffer all the niggas I'm down wit' This announcement gon' keep the ghetto bouncin Where people find pleasure in measurements and ounces Midwest, big stress is more houses Down South slangin the twang that it's pronounced in East on that foul shit, West, they straight clownin Black Star got the shit they all get down wit' Don't tell me you gonna seen or been around in (Mos Def) Terror stricken on your block I am the mucher worker with the hottest hand I keep it cookin like pots and pans I know that haters got their plots and scams But they simply can't stop my clan It's mighty Mos and super Kwa, my man Black Star my fam About to move on the hearts of man Until a small heart of hearts expand Newer day, dog start the jam And I spit flame that spark the jam Heavy hittin shit across the fence In other words I'm of the wall with this I drop heavy jewels and ornaments To make 'em shine a little more with this
[Talib Kweli] A lotta cats like to get on the microphone and front They say they rollin' in paper like they ran outta blunts Tell ya how much they Soundscan in a month If the Man tell you to jump, you do it We never let the Man take advantage of us You get props off the diamonds you rented I get my props off the rhymes I invented Cause I spoke my mind and I meant it Like Tae Bo with a bow tie, kicked your ass with class And we still take it to Brooklyn when we ready to splash Me and Hi-Tek got you ready to blast I'm all ready to last, I stay hungry like I'm ready to fast Married to the movement like I'm Betty Shabazz The rhyme veteran You actin real bitch right now like a lesbian thespian Since they let me in the back I've been droppin you I'm plugged in like Posdnuos, stay fresh and clean like hospitals In the war the Cris' poppin, the wallet to wrist watches You ever think the wrist is watchin you That's why the cops is stoppin you Nigga please, they can track you down anywhere Your cell phone transmittin radiation through your ear Your 2-Way is way too new and obsolete next year Navigational system show you how to get there And you ain't think about how you got here Do you know where you are? What happened today? Back in the day they used to follow the stars Spillin so much you gotta catch it in bottles and jars And make MCs eat their words and swallow their bars Oh my God