Mos Def - Fear Not Of Man(1999)

[00:00.92] (* - means "In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate")
[00:04.53] (Mos Def)
[00:06.81] Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem *
[00:09.94] If you can hear me ladies and gentlemen
[00:11.58] Then I'm very happy that you came here.
[00:15.10] Ooh-ooooooooooohhhh, ooh-ooooooooooooooohh-WHEEEEE!
[00:21.28] That was for Brooklyn.
[00:24.58] Ha ha, we get it everytime
[00:26.85] You got me on? Ohh
[00:29.94] Shout out to all of my crew, East-West, North-South
[00:35.29] All the continent, Europe, all abroad international
[00:38.34] Bring it in, bring it in, bring it in, bring it in
[00:40.01] It's a lot of things goin on y'all
[00:43.29] 21st century is comin
[00:45.45] 20th century almost done
[00:48.02] A lot of things have changed
[00:50.42] A lot of things have not, mainly us
[00:54.94] We gon' get it together right? I believe that
[00:58.38] Listen. people be askin me all the time,
[01:02.14] "Yo Mos, what's gettin ready to happen with Hip-Hop?"
[01:03.98] (Where do you think Hip-Hop is goin?)
[01:04.94] I tell em, "You know what's gonna happen with Hip-Hop?
[01:06.14] Whatever's happening with us"
[01:08.19] If we smoked out, Hip-Hop is gonna be smoked out
[01:10.89] If we doin alright, Hip-Hop is gonna be doin alright
[01:13.75] People talk about Hip-Hop like it's some giant livin in the hillside
[01:17.14] Comin down to visit the townspeople
[01:19.91] We +are+ Hip-Hop
[01:22.03] Me, you, everybody, we are Hip-Hop
[01:24.76] So Hip-Hop is goin where we goin
[01:26.95] So the next time you ask yourself where Hip-Hop is goin
[01:29.15] Ask yourself. where am I goin? How am I doin?
[01:34.50] Til you get a clear idea
[01:39.36] So. if Hip-Hop is about the people
[01:42.90] And the. Hip-Hop won't get better until the people get better
[01:46.59] Then how do people get better? (Hmmmm...)
[01:49.26] Well, from my understanding people get better
[01:52.08] When they start to understand that, they are valuable
[01:54.87] And they not valuable because they got a whole lot of money
[01:57.32] Or cause somebody, think they sexy
[01:59.22] But they valuable cause they been created by God
[02:02.97] And God, makes you valuable
[02:05.16] And whether or not you, recognize that value is one thing
[02:09.65] You got a lot of societies and governments
[02:11.46] Tryin to be God, wishin that they were God
[02:15.11] They wanna create satellites and cameras everywhere
[02:17.16] And make you think they got the all-seein eye
[02:20.08] Eh. I guess The Last Poets wasn't, too far off
[02:22.46] When they said that certain people got a God Complex
[02:25.15] I believe it's true
[02:28.03] I don't get phased out by none of that, none of that
[02:30.14] Helicopters, the TV screens, the newscasters, the.
[02:33.80] Satellite dishes. they just, wishin
[02:38.08] They can't really never do that
[02:40.45] When they tell me to fear they law
[02:42.79] When they tell me to try to
[02:43.93] Have some fear in my heart behind the things that they do
[02:47.38] This is what I think in my mind
[02:49.41] And this is what I say to them
[02:50.86] And this is what I'm sayin, to you check it
[02:53.35] All over the world hearts pound with the rhythm
[02:55.76] Fear not of men because men must die
[02:58.12] Mind over matter and soul before flesh
[03:00.75] Angels hold a pen keep a record in time
[03:03.03] We just passin and runnin like a caravan trader.
[03:05.32] The world is overrun with the wealthy and the wicked
[03:07.94] But God is sufficient in disposin of affairs
[03:10.30] Gunmen and stockholders try to merit my fear
[03:12.70] But God is sufficient over plans they prepared
[03:15.21] Mos Def in the flesh, where you at, right here
[03:17.62] On this place called Earth, holdin down my square
[03:19.93] Bout to do it for y'all, and y'all at the fair
[03:22.49] So just bounce, come on bounce
[03:24.78] B-b-bounce b-bounce b-bounce-bounce
[03:26.97] And just.
[03:29.65] . Just step two three
[03:31.90] Just step two three and
[03:34.33] Step two.
[03:37.44] Two three and.
[03:40.06] One two three and four
[03:42.99] One two three and four
[03:46.28] Once again
[03:47.00] All over the world hearts pound with the rhythm
[03:49.39] Fear not of men because men must die
[03:51.86] Mind over matter and soul before flesh
[03:53.94] Angels hold a pen keep a record in time
[03:56.89] We just passin and runnin like a caravan freighter
[03:59.29] The world is overrun with the wealthy and the wicked
[04:01.73] But God is sufficient in disposin of affairs
[04:04.10] Gunmen and stockholders try to merit your fear
[04:06.56] But God is sufficient over plans they prepared
[04:09.09] Mos Def in the flesh, where you at, right here
[04:11.47] On this place called Earth, holdin down my square
[04:13.89] Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere
[04:16.14] Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere
[04:18.70] To your atmosphere, to your atmosphere
[04:21.01] Oh-ooooooohhhhhhhhhh!
[04:23.39] That was for you - and Brooklyn too!
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