I’m getting big … I’m getting big props, with this thing called hip hop
Where you can either get paid or get shot
When your product in stock
The fair-weather friends flock
When your chart position drop
Then the phone calls….
Chill for a minute
Let’s see who else tops
Snatch your shelf spot
Don’t gas yourself ock
The industry just a better built cell block
A long way from the shell tops
And the bells that L rocked
“The war-time … “The war-time snap-snot; the working man’s jackpot; a two dollar snack box sold beneath the crack spot; Olympic sponsor of the black-glock; gold medalist in the back-shot; from the sovereign state of the have-nots, when farmers have trouble with cash-crops; it’s all city like Phase 2 [NY graffiti artist / tagger]. Hip-hop will simply amaze, praise you, pay you; do whatever you say do, but black it won’t save you!”
The break beats you … The break beats you get broken with, on time and inappropriate. Hip-hop went from selling crack to smoking it; medicine for loneliness; remind me of Thelonius and Dizzy; boppers to b-boys getting busy.
“Hip hop is … “Hip hop is prosecution evidence; an out-of-court settlement; ad-space for liquor . . . sick without benefits (!!!!); luxury tenements choking the skyline; it’s low-life getting tree-top high . . . it is a backwater remedy; a bitter and tender memory; a class ‘C’ felony; facing the death penalty (!!!!); stimulant and sedative; original, repetitive; violently competative; a school unaccredited (Here it is!).
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Jesus… I wish to …
Jesus… I wish to be there for real
young man where you …
young man where you from
Brooklyn number one
everyone search: …
everyone search: mos def calls out the whole industry
Hip-hop will simply …
Hip-hop will simply amaze, praise you, pay you; do whatever you say do, but black it won’t save you!”
So true
I’m getting big …
I’m getting big props, with this thing called hip hop
Where you can either get paid or get shot
When your product in stock
The fair-weather friends flock
When your chart position drop
Then the phone calls….
Chill for a minute
Let’s see who else tops
Snatch your shelf spot
Don’t gas yourself ock
The industry just a better built cell block
A long way from the shell tops
And the bells that L rocked
“My restlessness is …
“My restlessness is my nemesis”
Weird, in Norway …
Weird, in Norway its:
Mos Def, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Supernatural og Scratch
Mos Def, De La Soul …
Mos Def, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Supernatural and Scratch coming to Norway 11/11-08.
And i cant go….
lol yes yes yes…u …
lol yes yes yes…u right! mosdef is a dope muahfucha!
love this beat..mos …
love this beat..mos def is so nice crazy metaphors!
is the beat a …
is the beat a sample?
“The war-time …
“The war-time snap-snot; the working man’s jackpot; a two dollar snack box sold beneath the crack spot; Olympic sponsor of the black-glock; gold medalist in the back-shot; from the sovereign state of the have-nots, when farmers have trouble with cash-crops; it’s all city like Phase 2 [NY graffiti artist / tagger]. Hip-hop will simply amaze, praise you, pay you; do whatever you say do, but black it won’t save you!”
The break beats you …
The break beats you get broken with, on time and inappropriate. Hip-hop went from selling crack to smoking it; medicine for loneliness; remind me of Thelonius and Dizzy; boppers to b-boys getting busy.
“Hip hop is …
“Hip hop is prosecution evidence; an out-of-court settlement; ad-space for liquor . . . sick without benefits (!!!!); luxury tenements choking the skyline; it’s low-life getting tree-top high . . . it is a backwater remedy; a bitter and tender memory; a class ‘C’ felony; facing the death penalty (!!!!); stimulant and sedative; original, repetitive; violently competative; a school unaccredited (Here it is!).
“Speech is my …
“Speech is my hammer, bang the word into shape, now let it fall.”
Beautiful metaphor for linguistic social constructivism.
Tupac is good and …
Tupac is good and everything, but Mos Def just s all over him.
Such a brilliant …
Such a brilliant song, reminiscent of the good days of 90s NYC hip hop…
i’m seeing him on …
i’m seeing him on the first of novembre on rock the bells with nas, de la soul, pharcyde and epmd, i can’t wait
By the way, can …
By the way, can anyone identify the samples in the scratching part which starts around 2:00?
Get the album and …
Get the album and check how the previous track “Fear Not of Man” goes into this track.
Absolutely perfect.
this song kicks !
this song kicks !
This song is the …
This song is the pinnacle of hip hop. Wish Mos would go back to being a full time MC.
“the more emotion i …
“the more emotion i put into it the harder i rock”!!!
Hip Hop 101 freestylin straight from Queensbridge!!!
mos def is the
mos def is the
nice song i like …
nice song i like that
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