K.O.S. (Determination) feat. Vinia Mojica

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[Talib Kweli] So many emcees focusing on black people extermination We keep it balanced with that knowledge of self, determination It's hot, we be blowing 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 Singing is swinging and writing is fighting, but what They writing got us clashing like titans it's not exciting No question, being a black man is demanding The fire's in my eyes and the flames need fanning [Repeat: x3] [Repeat: x4] With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination Things I say and do, may not come quite through My words may not convey just what I'm feeling [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 living, it's the next days The flesh goes underground, the book of life, flip the page Yo they asking me how old, we living the same age I feel the rage of a million niggas 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 moving, shed a little light Now y'all blooming like a flower with the power of the evident Voices and drums original instruments In the flesh presently presenting my representation With that what? (Knowledge Of Self) Determination [Repeat: x6] Things I say and do, may not come quite through My words may not convey just what I'm feeling [Repeat: x2] [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 stressing over time and you follow the Roman calendar These people enter Cona like Gattaca, you can bet They trying 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 Hey yoI heard you twice the first time money, get it together You must be History, you repeating yourself out of the pages You keeping yourself depleting 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, gifted and Black are 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: x4] [Repeat: x2] Things I say and do, may not come quite through My words may not convey just what I'm feeling [Repeat: x2] Things I say and do, may not come quite through My words may not convey just what I'm feeling What I'm feeling, what I'm feeling, oh, what I'm feeling