K.o.s. (determination) lyrics

Artist  : Black star 
Song : K.o.s. (determination)
 
[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 and dead are black, and 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...