Black Star — Re:Definition

[Chorus: Mos Def] One, two, three, Mos Def and Talib Kweli We came to rock it on to the tip-top Best alliance in hip-hop, Y-O-yo! I said; one, two, three, Black Star shine eternally We came to rock it on to the tip-top And Hi-Tek make the beat drop, Y-O [Verse 1: Talib Kweli] Redefinition, turnin' your play into a tragedy Exhibit level degree on the mic, passionately Niggas is sweet, so I bet if I bit, I'd get a cavity Livin' to get high, you ain't flyer than gravity We die hard like the battery Thrown in the back of me by the mad MC Who think imitation is the highest form of flattery Actually, don't be mad at me, I had to be the one to break it to you You get kicked into obscurity like judo — no, Menudo 'Cause you pseudo, tryin' to compete with reality like Xerox Towards destruction, you spiralin' like helix, wipe them teardrops Chasin' stars in your eyes, playin' games with your lives Now the wives is widows, soakin' up pillows, weepin' like willows Still more blacks is dyin', 'cause they live and they tryin' "How to Make a Slave" by Willie Lynch is still applyin' Regardless, Mos is one of my closest partners Rockin' ever since before Prince was called The Artist Rockin' before Funkmaster Flex was rockin' Starter When 'Pac and Biggie was still cool, before they was martyrs Life or death, if I'm choosin', with every breath I'm enhancin' Stop, there comes a time when you can't run [Verse 2: Mos Def] What? Lyrically handsome, call collect a king's ransom Jams I write soon become the ghetto anthem Way out like Bruce Wayne's mansion, move like a Phantom You'll talk about me to your grandsons Cats who claimin' they hard be mad fags So I run through 'em like flood water through sandbags Competition is mad, what I got, they can't have Sinkin' they ship like Moby Dick to Ahab Son, I'm way past the minimum, enterin' millennium My raps will hold a gat to your back like Palestinians Ancient Abyssinian, sure to hold the Gideon Official b-boy gentlemen, long term, never the interim Born inside the winter, when? Day after December 10 These simpletons — they mentionin' the synonym for feminine Sweeter than some cinnamon, the Danish rings by Entenmann's Rush up on adrenaline, they get they asses sent to them (Gentlemen!) You got a tenement? Well, then assemble it! Leave your unit tremblin' like herds of movin' elephant Intelligent embellishment, follow for your element From Flatbush settlement, skin possesses melanin Hotter than tales of crack peddlin' Makin' 'em WOOP like blue gelatin, swing like Duke Ellington Broader than Barrington Levy, believe me The hot Apache red who burned down your chief teepee You see me? [Chorus: Mos Def] One, two, three, Mos Def and Talib Kweli We came to rock it on to the tip-top Best alliance in hip-hop, Y-O-yo! I said; one, two, three, Black Star shine eternally! We came to rock it on to the tip-top Because we rulin' hip-hop Yes, we is rulin' hip-hop Talib Kweli is rulin' hip-hop Say we Black Star, we rule hip-hop-ah-ahh-ah-ahh-ahh Whoahhhh!