Album Name

Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

Artist

Black Star

Genre

랩/힙합

Release Date

2002.01.01

Release Agency

Universal Music Group

K.O.S. (Determination) - Black Star
So many emcees focusin
on black people extermination
We keep it balanced
with that knowledge
of self determination
It's hot we be blowin the spots
with conversations
C'mon let's smooth it out
like Soul Sensation
We in the house
like Japanese in Japan
or Koreans in Korea
Head to Philly
and free Mumia
with the Kujichagulia TRUE
Singin is swingin
and writin is fightin but what
they writin got us clashin
like titans it's not excitin
No question
bein a black man is demandin
The fire's in my eyes
and the flames need fannin
The fire's in my eyes
and the flames need fannin
The fire's in my eyes
and the flames need fannin
With that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
With that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
With that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
With that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
Things I say and do
may not come quite through
My words may not convey
just what I'm feelin
Yes yes come on yes yes
Knowledge Of Self is
like life after death
With that you never worry
about your last breath
Death comes
that's how I'm livin
it's the next days
The flesh goes underground
the book of life
flip the page
Yo they askin me how old
we livin the same age
I feel the rage of a million
niggaz
locked inside a cage
At exactly which point
do you start to realize
That life without knowledge is
death in disguise
That's why
Knowledge Of Self is
like life after death
Apply it to your life
let destiny manifest
Different day
same confusion
we're gonna take this
hip hop shit and keep it movin
shed a little light
Now y'all bloomin
like a flower
with the power of the evident
Voices and drums
original instruments
In the flesh presently
presentin my representation
With that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
With that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
With that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
With that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
With that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
Things I say and do
may not come quite through
My words may not convey
just what I'm feelin
The most important time
in history is NOW
the present
So count your blessings
cause time can't
define the essence
But you stressin over time
and you follow
the Roman calendar
These people enter Cona
like Gattaca you can bet
they tryin to lock you
down like Attica
the African diaspora
represents strength in numbers
a giant can't slumber forever
I know you gotta get
that cheddar whatever
Aiyyo I heard you twice
the first time money
get it together
You must be History
you repeatin yourself
out of the pages
You keepin yourself depleatin
your spiritual wealth
That quick cash'll get your ass
quick fast in houses of detention
Inner city concentration camps
where no one pays attention
or mentions
the ascension of death
til nothing's left
The young gifted
and Black are sprung
addicted to crack
All my people
where y'all at cause
y'all ain't here
And your hero's using your mind
as a canvas to paint fear
With broad brush strokes
and tales of incarceration
You get out of jail with
that Knowledge
of Self determination
Stand in ovation
cause you put the Hue in Human
Cause and effect
effect everything you do
and that's why I got love
in the face of hate
Hands steady
so the lines in the mental
illustration is straight
The thought you had
don't even contemplate
Infinite like figure eight
there's no escape
From that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
From that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
From that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
From that what
Knowledge Of Self
Determination
Things I say and do
may not come quite through
My words may not convey
just what I'm feelin
Things I say and do
may not come quite through
My words may not convey
just what I'm feelin

Things I say and do
may not come quite through
My words may not convey
just what I'm feelin
Things I say and do
may not come quite through
My words may not convey
just what I'm feelin
What I'm feelin
what I'm feelin ooooh
what I'm feelin