Fear Not Of Man-Mos Def

[ti:Fear Not Of Man] [ar:Mos Def] [al:Black On Both Sides] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Fear Not Of Man - Mos Def [00:00.69]Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem [00:02.25] [00:09.66]If you can hear me ladies and gentlemen [00:11.26] [00:12.17]Then I'm very happy that you came here [00:14.07] [00:14.63]Ooh ooooooooooohhhh [00:16.39]Ooh ooooooooooooooohh [00:18.19]WHEEEEE [00:19.52] [00:20.95]That was for brooklyn [00:22.49] [00:23.88]Ha ha [00:24.66] [00:25.32]We get it everytime [00:26.12] [00:26.90]You got me on [00:27.95] [00:29.62]Ohh [00:29.91]Shout out to all of my crew [00:31.11] [00:32.18]East West [00:32.79] [00:33.56]North South [00:34.19] [00:34.77]All the continent Europe [00:36.71]All abroad international [00:38.14]Bring it in bring it in bring it in bring it in [00:40.29]It's a lot of things goin on y'all [00:41.91] [00:42.96]21st century is comin' [00:44.74] [00:45.47]20th century almost done [00:47.00] [00:48.19]A lot of things have changed [00:49.54] [00:50.21]A lot of things have not [00:51.67] [00:52.92]Mainly us [00:53.61] [00:54.70]We gon' get it together right [00:55.90] [00:56.48]I believe that [00:57.08] [00:58.74]Listen [00:59.43] [01:00.34]People be askin me all the time [01:02.15]Yo mos what's gettin ready [01:03.12]To happen with [01:03.64]Hip hop [01:03.93]Where do you think hip hop is goin [01:05.12]I tell 'em You know [01:05.87]What's gonna happen with [01:06.68]Hip Hop [01:06.99]Whatever's happening with us [01:08.19]If we smoked out [01:08.99]Hip hop is gonna be smoked out [01:10.42]If we doin alright [01:11.39]Hip hop is gonna be doin alright [01:12.86] [01:13.39]People talk about [01:14.33]Hip hop like it's some giant livin in the hillside [01:16.53] [01:17.40]Comin' down to visit the townspeople [01:18.91] [01:19.62]We are hip hop [01:20.67] [01:22.11]Me you everybody [01:23.77]We are hip hop [01:24.66]So hip hop is goin where we goin [01:26.35] [01:26.97]So the next time you ask yourself [01:28.39]Where hip hop is goin [01:29.48]Ask yourself [01:30.37]Where am I goin [01:31.48] [01:32.06]How am I doin [01:33.39] [01:34.54]'Til you get a clear idea [01:35.87]'Til you get a clear idea [01:38.26]'Til you get a clear idea [01:39.43]So [01:40.38]If hip hop is about the people [01:42.15] [01:43.11]And [01:43.41]The hip hop won't get better [01:44.81]Until the people get better [01:45.67] [01:46.52]Then how do people get better [01:47.93] [01:48.73]Hmmmm [01:49.27]Well from [01:49.65] [01:50.38]My understanding people get better [01:51.75] [01:52.33]When they start to understand that [01:53.60] [01:54.11]They are valuable [01:55.19]And they not valuable because [01:56.15]They got a whole lot of money [01:57.48]Or 'cause somebody [01:58.67]Think they sexy [01:59.62]But they valuable [02:00.31]'Cause they been created by God [02:02.37] [02:03.20]And god [02:04.06]Makes you valuable [02:05.46]And whether or not you [02:06.88]Recognize that value is one thing [02:08.81] [02:09.83]You got a lot of socities and governments [02:11.78]Tryin to be god wishin that they were god [02:14.15] [02:15.23]They wanna create satellites [02:16.57]And cameras everywhere [02:17.58]And make you think they got the all seein eye [02:19.83]Eh [02:20.71]I guess [02:21.11]The last poets wasn't [02:22.43]Too far off [02:23.09]When they said that certain [02:23.75]People got a god complex [02:25.17] [02:25.71]I believe it's true [02:26.99] [02:28.89]I don't get phased out by [02:29.83]None of that none of that [02:30.71]Helicopters [02:31.29]The Tv screens [02:32.36]The newscasters [02:33.40]The [02:34.39]Satellite dishes [02:35.56] [02:36.17]They just wishin [02:37.45] [02:38.41]They can't really never do that [02:39.53] [02:40.70]When they tell me to fear they law [02:42.61] [02:43.24]When they tell me to try to [02:44.79]Have some fear in my heart [02:45.90]Behind the things that they do [02:46.84] [02:47.54]This is what [02:48.23]I think in my mind [02:48.98] [02:49.77]And this is what [02:50.50]I say to them [02:51.34]And this is what [02:52.04]I'm sayin to you check it [02:53.78]All over the world hearts [02:55.03]Pound with the rhythm [02:56.36]Fear not of men because men must die [02:58.72]Mind over matter and soul before flesh [03:01.15]Angels for the pain keep a record in time [03:03.29]Which is passin and runnin like [03:04.63]A caravan freighter [03:05.97]The world is overrun [03:06.87]With the wealthy and the wicked [03:08.27]But God is sufficient in disposin of affairs [03:10.66]Gunmen and stockholders try to merit my fear [03:13.33]But god is sufficient [03:14.44]Over plans they prepared [03:15.54]Mos def in the flesh where you at right here [03:17.99]On this place called [03:18.95]Earth holdin down my square [03:20.30]'Bout to do it for y'all [03:21.60]And y'all at the fair [03:22.75]So just bounce [03:24.05]Come on bounce [03:24.97]B b bounce b bounce [03:26.18]B bounce bounce [03:27.50]And just [03:28.65]Ahh haaa [03:29.45] [03:30.24]Just step two three [03:32.17]Ahh [03:32.67]Just step two three and [03:34.91]Step two [03:35.96]Two three and [03:37.95]One two three and four [03:40.31]One two three and four [03:42.78]One two three and four [03:45.26]One two three and four [03:47.27]Once again [03:47.75]All over the world hearts [03:48.93]Pound with the rhythm [03:50.14]Fear not of men because men must die [03:52.54]Mind over matter and soul before flesh [03:55.02]Angels for the pain keep a record in time [03:57.24]Which is passin and runnin like [03:58.66]A caravan freighter [03:59.85]The world is overrun [04:00.86]With the wealthy and the wicked [04:02.23]But god is sufficient in disposin of affairs [04:04.63]Gunmen and stockholders try to merit your fear [04:07.15]But god is sufficient [04:08.27]Over plans they prepared [04:09.48]Mos def in the flesh [04:10.69]Where you at right here [04:12.02]On this place called [04:12.97]Earth holdin down my square [04:14.31]'Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere [04:16.70]'Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere [04:19.20]To your atmosphere [04:20.33]To your atmosphere [04:21.64]Oh ooooooohhhhhhhhhh [04:23.96]That was for you [04:24.84]And brooklyn too [04:26.17]Haa ha