Know That (Explicit)

Hey hey heyyy man
I strike the empire back
I strike the empire back
F**k the empire
High flyin like the millenium falcon piloted by han solo
I never roll for dolo frontin on me's a no-no
Understand doin this for my family
Ha ha check it out y'all
Yo I'm tryin to make a dollar out of what makes sense
Add it up told my daddy I'd be a rich man
You never know when your fate gon' switch hand
Get today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand
I was a young boy -who dreamt about being a big man
On small looseleaf sheets I sketched a big plan
Gotta handle business properly boost up my economy
Store it up and get my mom some waterfront property
Yesterday was not for me but nowaday it's time for me
The streets is watchin me I watch back that's the policy
Movin along my oddesey like blood through the artery
Navigate the treacherous and make it seem effortless
Let those who make the exodus seekin the north beacon
From beatin and hog-eatin from punishment all season
From hands cracked and bleedin -cotton thorns in your palms
It's for y'all that I sketch these songs and it goes
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow
I fear no man because faith is the aarow
My vocal chord travel worldwide to block narrow
We can blow with the ammo or go mano-a-mano
Kweli is you wit me
Whattup whattup
Let's make it happen
I *burn*through your argument with action
My eyes stay fastened to tomorrow lookin for a brighter day
When y'all wanna leave y'all right away
Shout it out from east-west
From south to northern
From cakalak'
To california
From the coldest
To the warmest
To the borders
'Cross the waters
Understand
And know that I love you
We got love in the place
Shout out to all the queens
All the seeds
To all the teams
That's gettin cream
From outlaw
To emcee's
Make it happen
Do your thing
Understand
And know that I love you
Ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen
Guess who the illest mc in the atmosphere yeah the soul controller
Who roam the frontier like a buffalo soldier
I follow the code of honor like a real man gonna
Never disrespect no women cause I love my momma
These cats be givin us praise but it ain't that accurate
I give it up to god all that love and attachment get
Scary well-prepared with the shears when it get hairy
Like how these n***az is lookin like some fairies
And singin like canaries to the beast
And anybody who will listen to em clearly
Y'all don't hear me though even when I'm comin through in stereo
You make a mockery of what I represent properly
Yo why you startin me I take that s**t straight to the artery
Intellectual property I got the title and the deed
I pay for rent with the tears and sweat and what I bleed
Mc's imitate the way we walk the way we talk
You cats spit lyrical pork with no spiritual thought
Plus your flow a little bit off you come across soft
Back in the days n***az like that on stage got tossed off
Need to get crossed off the guestlist
It's like you gotta be disrespected and thrown out the exit
To get the message
Sometimes your sunshine get snatched like a necklace
When you get too drunk on power and your drive get reckless
Check it mc's in my face after I slug you then I hug you
If I gotta dead you know it's only cause I love you
Shout it out from east-west
From south to northern
From the richest
To the poorest
To the elders
In the coffins
Livin native
Dyin for it
Understand
And know that I love you
Yea yea we got love in the place
Shout out from up top
To the middle
To black bottom
Sky high
Whether you colder than December
Or hotter than July
It don't stop 'til we complete this
And know that I love you
Keep this fly
It's so much to life when you just
Stay black
10x
My people my people my people people p-people
8x
My pe-ople oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh oh-ohh