[Talib Kweli]   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 (3X)      With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination   *repeat 4X*      [singer]   Things I say and do, may not come quite through   My words may not convey just what I'm feelin      [Talib Kweli]   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   *repeat 6X*   - - - - these two parts overlap - - - -   Things I say and do, may not come quite through   My words may not convey just what I'm feelin   *repeat 2X*      [Talib Kweli]   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   *repeat 4X*      Things I say and do, may not come quite through   My words may not convey just what I'm feelin   *repeat 2X*      ..      Things I say and do, may not come quite through   My words may not convey just what I'm feelin   *repeat 2X*      What I'm feelin, what I'm feelin, ooooh, what I'm feelin...