Fear Not Of Man (Explicit)

Fear Not Of Man - Mos Def
Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem
If you can hear me ladies and gentlemen
Then I'm very happy that you came here
Ooh ooooooooooohhhh
Ooh ooooooooooooooohh
WHEEEEE
That was for brooklyn
Ha ha
We get it everytime
You got me on
Ohh
Shout out to all of my crew
East West
North South
All the continent Europe
All abroad international
Bring it in bring it in bring it in bring it in
It's a lot of things goin on y'all
21st century is comin'
20th century almost done
A lot of things have changed
A lot of things have not
Mainly us
We gon' get it together right
I believe that
Listen
People be askin me all the time
Yo mos what's gettin ready
To happen with
Hip hop
Where do you think hip hop is goin
I tell 'em You know
What's gonna happen with
Hip Hop
Whatever's happening with us
If we smoked out
Hip hop is gonna be smoked out
If we doin alright
Hip hop is gonna be doin alright
People talk about
Hip hop like it's some giant livin in the hillside
Comin' down to visit the townspeople
We are hip hop
Me you everybody
We are hip hop
So hip hop is goin where we goin
So the next time you ask yourself
Where hip hop is goin
Ask yourself
Where am I goin
How am I doin
'Til you get a clear idea
'Til you get a clear idea
'Til you get a clear idea
So
If hip hop is about the people
And
The hip hop won't get better
Until the people get better
Then how do people get better
Hmmmm
Well from
My understanding people get better
When they start to understand that
They are valuable
And they not valuable because
They got a whole lot of money
Or 'cause somebody
Think they sexy
But they valuable
'Cause they been created by God
And god
Makes you valuable
And whether or not you
Recognize that value is one thing
You got a lot of socities and governments
Tryin to be god wishin that they were god
They wanna create satellites
And cameras everywhere
And make you think they got the all seein eye
Eh
I guess
The last poets wasn't
Too far off
When they said that certain
People got a god complex
I believe it's true
I don't get phased out by
None of that none of that
Helicopters
The Tv screens
The newscasters
The
Satellite dishes
They just wishin
They can't really never do that
When they tell me to fear they law
When they tell me to try to
Have some fear in my heart
Behind the things that they do
This is what
I think in my mind
And this is what
I say to them
And this is what
I'm sayin to you check it
All over the world hearts
Pound with the rhythm
Fear not of men because men must die
Mind over matter and soul before flesh
Angels for the pain keep a record in time
Which is passin and runnin like
A caravan freighter
The world is overrun
With the wealthy and the wicked
But God is sufficient in disposin of affairs
Gunmen and stockholders try to merit my fear
But god is sufficient
Over plans they prepared
Mos def in the flesh where you at right here
On this place called
Earth holdin down my square
'Bout to do it for y'all
And y'all at the fair
So just bounce
Come on bounce
B b bounce b bounce
B bounce bounce
And just
Ahh haaa
Just step two three
Ahh
Just step two three and
Step two
Two three and
One two three and four
One two three and four
One two three and four
One two three and four
Once again
All over the world hearts
Pound with the rhythm
Fear not of men because men must die
Mind over matter and soul before flesh
Angels for the pain keep a record in time
Which is passin and runnin like
A caravan freighter
The world is overrun
With the wealthy and the wicked
But god is sufficient in disposin of affairs
Gunmen and stockholders try to merit your fear
But god is sufficient
Over plans they prepared
Mos def in the flesh
Where you at right here
On this place called
Earth holdin down my square
'Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere
'Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere
To your atmosphere
To your atmosphere
Oh ooooooohhhhhhhhhh
That was for you
And brooklyn too
Haa ha