This Means You - Reflection Eternal/Mos Def.mp3

[00:01.65](M) Sometimes, you gotta be direct with the people, y'know like..
[00:04.20](T) Give it to 'em (c'mon)
[00:04.83](M) Yo!
[00:07.65](T) Give it to 'em
[00:08.31](M) GET, UP, NOW!
[00:08.73](Talib Kweli)
[00:09.03]Yo, we keep it type raw, and know exactly what we fight for
[00:12.36]when the nightfall come, we in the right war
[00:14.55]Cats who spill blood for a cause, not just because
[00:17.37]Defy the authority and follow God's law
[00:19.83]Revolutionary entrepeneurs; who make the fans
[00:22.38]clap they hands and stompin the floor not start the applause
[00:24.78](Ahhh ssssh! Yeah!) Thank you very much, without further adieu
[00:27.87]Let me introduce the rest of my crew, Mos Def!
[00:29.49](Mos Def)
[00:29.70]Yo, I am the world renowned, verb adjective adverb
[00:32.61]pronoun preposition suffix prefix
[00:35.10]Original or remix, sunburst and eclipse
[00:37.50]Me and Kwe' combine like strands on a double-helix
[00:39.84]My speech seasoned, with dialect of my region
[00:42.39]Booga-nam Brooklyn Bed-Stuy Eastern
[00:44.82]Where youth and policemen, they nah reach agreement
[00:47.43]Pressure in the mornin, pressure in the evenin
[00:49.56](*scratching* "Mos Def" .. "Kwe'-Kweli" .."Hi Tek on the beat!" .. "brothers and sisters")
[00:59.82](Mos Def & Talib Kweli)
[01:00.30]You, need, to, get, up, right, now
[01:04.86]and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
[01:08.46]You, you
[01:08.58](Talib Kweli)
[01:08.88]Yeahh, alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah
[01:14.61]Alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah, yeah-ehhhh
[01:19.29]Uh, uh, uh, uh, yo, yo, yo
[01:19.59]Things changed since we came out, been some shit in New York
[01:21.96]Niggas stopped gettin jig in New York, bloods and crips in New York
[01:24.54]The Y-2-K celebration wasn't big in New York
[01:27.06]Babylon live in New York, should I keep a crib in New York
[01:30.03]or just V.I., to handle my B.I.
[01:32.34]When with my A-Alikes we see with three eyes
[01:33.90](Mos Def)
[01:34.08]Yo Kweli I agree I, was thinkin the same thing myself
[01:36.99]Smog in the city ain't no good for your health
[01:39.54]Things changed in New York, type strange in New York
[01:42.27]Forty-Deuce don't look the same in New York
[01:44.49]Just politics, tricks and big games in New York
[01:46.98]Switched trains a writer can't get fame in New York
[01:49.53]Internet and Wall Street got paid in New York
[01:52.02]Poor folks and workin class got slayed in New York
[01:54.48]Even still, everyday they make weight in New York
[01:56.97]Flashlights lookin for a brighter day in New York
[01:59.49]In New York they say it's - red hot
[02:01.92]Will the temperature ease up? Black I guess not
[02:04.50]It's multi-lane traffic, no sign for rest stops
[02:06.99]No corner breaks, put on your gloves and just box
[02:09.48]No dance school to teach you to wop and bus stop
[02:11.88]Better get up in the booth, hop up and just rock
[02:14.43]If you think it's like that, it's not so just stop
[02:16.86]All mankind time runnin down on one watch, just watch
[02:19.77](Mos Def & Talib Kweli)
[02:20.25]You, need, to, get, up, right, now
[02:20.97]and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
[02:24.84]You, you
[02:24.99]You, need, to, get, up, right, now
[02:25.80]and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
[02:27.15]You, you
[02:27.27]If, you, are, just, coming, in, I, will
[02:27.90]say it, once, more, so, you, can, hear, cause
[02:29.46]You, need, to, get, up, right, now
[02:34.02]and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
[02:38.25]You, you
[02:38.73](Talib Kweli)
[02:39.03]Yo, Mos Def and Talib Kweli bring disaster to the industry
[02:42.24]We best-sellin authors writin great chapters in history
[02:44.61]These cats undercover like gay rappers dealin with mystery
[02:47.01]My platinum grey matter spray batter that's specifically
[02:49.44]designed to make rappers break faster than eggshells in the mornin
[02:52.02]Inhaled the divine in that's laid dormant
[02:53.73]Water from the well STAY pourin
[02:55.20]I answer back when I hear fate callin
[02:56.76]Freedom fighter ready to attack at the crack of a new day dawnin
[02:59.40]Way more than necessary skills for the application
[03:02.01]My flow is Great like the Lakes and it rocks like Applachains
[03:04.44]My facts more than make up for what you lack in imagination
[03:06.84]You more confused than Tiger Woods when he made up Cabalaysian
[03:09.39]I'm sayin!
[03:09.66](Mos Def)
[03:09.84]Break bounds like the jet Concorde
[03:11.70]Win awards before I leave for my ? world tour
[03:14.19]When they scream encore, that's when they want more
[03:16.62]Flow steadily, whether I'm on or off shore
[03:19.14]High potent, zone coastin, no jokin
[03:21.84]Safecracker sniff gon' keep the joint open
[03:24.15]Peep the focus, high resolution, high reception
[03:26.73]My "Train of Thought" connectin with my bredren from Reflection like
[03:29.40](Mos Def & Talib Kweli)
[03:29.88]You, need, to, get, up, right, now
[03:30.54]and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
[03:32.10]You, you
[03:32.22]You, need, to, get, up, right, now
[03:35.52]and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
[03:38.22]You, you
[03:38.55]You, need, to, get, up, right, now
[03:39.99]and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
[03:42.09]You, you
[03:42.21]You, need, to, get, up, right, now
[03:44.01]and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you, again!
[03:46.11]You, need, to, get, up, right, now
[03:46.65]and, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you, we goin
[03:48.87](M) New York (T) Philly
[03:50.25](M) Chicago (T) Detroit
[03:51.48](M) Miami (T) D.C.
[03:53.10](M) L.A. (T) The world
[03:54.33](M) London (T) Amsterdam
[03:55.50](M) Paris (T) Japan
[03:56.79](M+T) Any place that a human being might stand, we goin'..