- A Ha
Hey hey, ha ha say what say what
Ha ha bust it yo
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel like my only friend
Is the city I live in, is beautiful Brooklyn
Long as I live here believe I'm on fire hey
'cause it's the be-the-are-the-O-the-O-K
L-why-N is the place where I stay
- Beggar
[Mos Def]
Woman you know I love you
Woman you know just how I feel
You try to tell me that you don't know
When I know you know the deal
Woman you know I love you
Woman you know I care...
- Blue Black Jack
Black Jack
Was a fighting man
Black Jack
Was a mighty man
You stand them up
He knock them out
Yeah yeah
That's for real
- Brooklyn
*part one*
[Mos Def]
Hey hey, ha ha say what say what
Ha ha bust it yo
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel like my only friend
Is the city I live in, is beautiful Brooklyn
- Casa Bey
"Boogie Man"
Magnetic, the flows are athletic
Dimensions are perfected
But the static and kinetic is power
Past pressure, and mass beyond measure
You can place son where ever, he... "Don't stop"
Magnetic, the flows are athletic
Dimensions are perfected
- Fake Bonanza
[Verse 1]
Hip hop, modern time, flossy and raw so self-absorbed, immature
I can't remember being this bored
Fake bonanza, there come real wars
Bullets burn through the candy on the driver side door
Long investigations and no firm lead, billion dollar flow
And black life is still cheap
Your rent skyrockets and y'all prospects plummet
- Fear Not of Man
Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem
If you can hear me ladies and gentlemen
then I'm very happy that you came here..
Ooh-ooooooooooohhhh, ooh-ooooooooooooooohh-WHEEEEE!!!
That was for Brooklyn..
Ha ha, we get it everytime
- Ghetto Rock
Hello Children
[Chorus 1: Mos Def]
Black Jack Johnson N.Y.C., R-O-C-K-I-N-G
Sun and the moon, earths, stars, and planets
Before song done y'all goin' all understand it
- Hip Hop
You say one for the trebble, two for the time
Come on y'all let's rock this!
You say one for the trebble, two for the time
Come on!
Speech is my hammer, bang the world into shape
Now let it fall... (Hungh!!)
My restlessness is my nemesis
- Hurricane ft. The Roots, Common, The Jazzyfatnastees
Same story, same target, different time
Cyclical reaction from the prisoners of the bilnd
Trying to fight time, it's a battle of the mind
Waiting for redemption, surviving in a bind
Same story, same target, different time
Cyclical reaction from the prisoners of the blind
Trying to fight time, it's a battle of the mind
- I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane
yeah
yo yo what time the plane leaving?
alright, see you at the airport
I'm leaving, on the next plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
- Jam On It
Jam On It lyrics
To all my people in the back jam on it {Right}
To all my people in the front jam on it {ha ha, ha ha}
To all my people on the side jam on it {he he, he he, right}
So jam on it, say what
[Mos Def]
The sweet old beats my speech radiates
- Life In Marvelous Times
Bright moments...
Bright moments always come back Vivid.
The 5th great was epic citywide test pressure
The pre-crack era!
Mr. Schollmen, what a prick, attitude matches wardrobe, uglier then sin.
- life is good
(Intro)
Da Boom Dep Da Boom
Da bang bang bang
Your now rockin wit the best!
Only always
(Chorus)
Life is good
- Lifetime
[Куплет 1]
Вершины и горы,
Поля и равнины,
Туманные дали и берег залива,
И в час пробужденья мгновения мысли
То ропот и смех, то стоны и крики...
И трепет в начале, в итоге стихает...
Течение жизни
- Love
They say the goodness in life belongs to those who believe
So, I believe...YES!
I start to think, and then I sink
Into the paper, like I was ink
When I'm writing I'm trapped in between the line
I escape when I finish the rhyme (aiyyo)
- Mathematics
[Intro: Mos Def]
Booka-booka-booka-booka-booka-booka
Ha hah
You know the deal
It's just me, dog
Beats by Suprimo for all of my people, negroes and latinos
and even gringos...
- Miss Fat Booty P I C k U P
(sung)
I know I can't afford to stop
for a moment.. that it's too soon.. to forget
I know I can't afford to stop
for a moment.. that it's too soon.. to forget
[Mos Def] speaking over sung vocals
Man.. for real
- Money
Sex love and money, fun
Brooklyn,. Sex love and money, get up, come
Danger!!
You are now rockin with the best
Black darts exclusive, fire in the dark
Fire in the dark, ghetto let this spark!
- Ms. Fat Booty
(sung)
I know, I can't afford to stop
for a moment.. that it's too soon.. to forget
I know, I can't afford to stop
for a moment.. that it's too soon.. to forget
[Mos Def] - speaking over sung vocals
Man.. for real
- No Hay Nada Mas
Bueno, Flaco,
Llámame Flaco pero mi primer nombre es Jacin Dante
El apellido el pay
Oiga
Eso soy testigo
La hermosa, el peligro distinto claro que si la verdad
La calle, el pueblo
- Quiet Dog
Check a blank to the boogie
And up chuck a boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie to be
To the rhythm of the boogie to be
There it go like simple the plainness
The prominent bassness
Zulu arrangement rockin' amazement
Flaco, radiating from heaven to pavement
- Quiet Dog Bite Hard
Quiet Dog Lyrics
One thing I want to assure them
If they think I'm going to change,
and compromise my attitude, my way of life.. in my expression.. or in my... goal- What's politics? They are making me stronger... and I'm much more stronger now
To the bang to the boogie say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie to be... to the rhythm of the boogie to be
- Quite Dog Bite Hard
[Femi Kuti speaking]
One thing I want to assure them,
If they think I'm gonna change or compromise
My attitude and my way of life or
In my expression or in my goal
What's politics
They are making me stronger
And I am much much stronger now..
- Revelations
Revelations
Don't stop keep on
Sunshine
Ecstatic
Flaco
Boogieman
Standing in the sun getting black as I want
You playing good man that aint backing me up
- Six Days
At the starting of the week
At summit talks you'll hear them speak, it's only Monday
Negotiations breaking down
See those leaders start to frown, it's sword and gun day
Tomorrow never comes until it's too late
You could be sitting taking lunch
- Speed Law
Relax, pump the brakes
You're speeding money
You'll smash your whole shit up (slow down)
Lights be changing fast on these streets money, slow down
(slow down) Sleeping on the wrong cats
Clear like a megaphone
Pretty nigga heart skipped the metronome
- Sun, Moon, Stars
A night where beautiful life is real
The mathematic to acting still
The unfamiliar the warm embrace
The family ties and the stranger's face
The lighting thunder the power steed
The what it is and the what is believed
The strong connections desire to need
The waking now or the moment to dream
- Sunshine
[Intro: Mos Def (Sample)]
Intro: Mos Def + (Sample)]
(Let the sun shine)
Yeah yeah its a brand new day y'all (Let the sunshine in)
Turn me up in the top a little bit dog
Little do you know, y'all gonna hear this one (The suns shinin')
Loud and clear, bright and early
Listen..
- The Beggar
Woman you know I love you
Woman you know just how I feel
You try to tell me that you don't know
When I know you know the deal
Woman you know I love you
Woman you know I care...
hey
- The Boogie Man Song
What it is, what it is, what it is
What it is
What it is, what it is, what it is
What it is
See me, want me, give me, trust me
Feed me, fuck me, love me, touch me
This whole world is cold and ugly
What we are is low and lovely
- The Easy Spell
You turn me up a lil'
I'm getting a lot of the, a lot of music
Add me more voice here, yeah, yeah
Even more, even more, even more
A Black Johnson, exclusive
Pop up
Pop up, pop up, pop up, pop up, pop up!
Y-E-A, yeah!
- The Embassy
Mentioned that he worked for the embassy
People seem to find that interesting
High status, intrigue and mystery
Special code name on the hotel registry
I love it when they say
Enjoy your stay
You see how they mean it
Cause thats the way theyve been trained
- The Panties
I just want you to
Relax
Ease into it
Baby slow down, just take your time
- There Is A Way
This is a song, got two lyrics
Very simple and plain we can all sing together
Nobody has to feel left out
Join in, this is the song people
need to be singing right now
When they tell you you can't,
you shouldn't, you won't
Tell 'em this:
- Travelling Man
Intro:
yeah yo yo what time the plane leavin?
ahhh alright, i see you at the airport
*samples of "r-r-r-r-rock on"*
Chorus:
Memories don't live like people do
They always remember you
- Twilite Speedball
Have fun, y'all x2
The city breathing all down your neck
Bad news and good dope, special effects
And reality's deep
Bright, black
Sinking in deep
Who ain't shy of the pain?
- UMI Says
I don't wanna write this down, [world... premiere]
I wanna tell you how I feel right now [world... premiere]
I don't wanna take no time to write this down, [world... premiere]
I wanna tell you how I feel right now, hey [world... premiere]
Tomorrow may never come
For you or me
Life is not promised
- Undeniable
What it is, what you want?
Live your life right
Make the beat the bump
It's like one for the treble
Two for the bass
Three for the pretty babies up in the place
The undeniable
- Wahid
When...all...is...said...and...done...there's...only...one
Cash and carry legendary Sagitarri(us) style's wary
And it's very necessary get it clearly
Never scary barely worried bright and early
Bald head straight or curly mundane other worldly
No chain now the jewelry that jackers can't snatch
The gingerbread the slave masters can't catch
- Workers Comp
Ground rules
I'll give you all the diamonds and money
But you can't break my heart
Cause that'll just get you fired
And everybody needs a job
Work is scarce competition is fierce
- Workers Comp.
Ground rules
I'll give you all the diamonds and money
But you can't break my heart
Cause that'll just get you fired
and everybody needs a job
Work is scarce, competition is fierce
Fonzi fronting in the new leather like they don't care