Definition

All nice and decent crew  follow me now  we say
Say Hi-Tek yes you're ruling hip-hop
Say J  Rawls yes you're ruling hip-hop
Redefinition say you're ruling hip-hop
Say Black Star come to rock it non
Yo  from the first to the last of it  delivery is passionate
The whole and not the half of it  vocab and not the math of it
Projectile that them blasted with  accurate assassin sh*t
Me and Kweli close like  Bethlehem and Nazareth
After this you be pressing rewind on top your master disk
Shining like an asterisk for all those that be gatherin
Connectin like a roundhouse from the townhouse to the tenaments
Cause all my Brooklyn residents    heavy regiments
Don't believe  here the evidence  where Brooklyn WHAAAAAAAoohhhh
See that  Bound to take it all kid  believe that
From where they sellin tree at  to where the police be at
Talib Kweli e-Kweli-ty yo tell them where we be at
Brooklyn New York City where they paint murals of Biggie
In cash we trust cause it's ghetto fabulous  life look pretty
What a pity -- blunts is still fifty cents  it's intense
Tree scents is dominant can't be covered with incense
My presence felt my name is Kweli from the Eternal Reflection
People thinkin MC is short hand for Mis Conception
Let me meditate  set it straight  came to the conclusion
That most of these cats is featherweight  let me demonstrate
Walkin the streets is like battlin  be careful with your body
You must know karate or think your soul is bulletproof like Sade
Stop actin like a b**ch already  be a visionary
And maybe you can see your name in the column of obituary
Third rate teacher readin and talkin about
"I knew he'd amount to nothin"
Neighbors like  "He was the quiet type
Who'd have thought they was frontin "
Talkin Loud like you in RCA  get carted away
With body parts and treys  what a way to start your day
Yo it's like
One two three
Mos Def and Talib Kweli
We came to rock it on to the tip-top
Best alliance in hip-hop  wyahhhhh
I said one two three
It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee
They shot Tupac and Biggie
Too much violence in hip-hop  wyahhhhh
I said Manhattan keep on makin it (Bo )  Brooklyn keep on takin it (Bo )
So relax we're takin it back  Redhook where we're livin at
Plenty cats be strugglin not hustlin and bubblin
It ain't about production and -- what else we discussin
When the cock crows  my crop grows  enable me to rock flows
Strivin for perfection ever since I was a snot-nosed
COLOSSAL  true original b-boy apostle
Standin on the rooftop with the  Zulu gestapo
You think you the sh*t
Somebody in the wings'll force you to quit
It could be your crew or click
Or some random kid you smoked buddha with
Consider me the entity within the industry without a history
Of spittin the epitome  of stupidity -- livin my life
Expressin my liberty  it gotta be done properly
My name is in the middle of e-Kweli-ty
People follow me and other cats they hear him flow
And assume I'm the real one with lyrics like I'm Cyrano
Still sippin wishin well water  imported  from Pluto
Three hundred and sixty milliliters for all our believers
In miles or kilometers  most cats  cannot proceed us
In the jungle with the leaders we the lions you the cheaters
A cypher  will complete us if we come through your receivers
You can play us and repeat us and then take us home and read us
(line for line) Good Jesus  Mos Def and Kweli just
Make a p**sy freeze up  thinkin we will ease up
One two three
Mos Def and Talib Kweli
We came to rock it on to the tip-top
Best alliance in hip-hop  wyahhhhh
I said one two three
It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee
They shot Tupac and Biggie
Too much violence in hip-hop  wyahhhhh