[Mos Def]Booka-booka-booka-booka-booka-bookaHa hah
You know the dealIt's just me yo
Beats by Su-Primo for all of my peoples, negroes and latinosand even the gringos
Yo, check it one for Charlie Hustle, two for Steady RockThree for the fourth comin live, future shockIt's five dimensions, six senses
Seven firmaments of heaven to hell, 8 Million Stories to tell
Nine planets faithfully keep in orbitwith the probable tenth, the universe expands length
The body of my text posess extra strength
Power-liftin powerless up, out of this, towerin inferno
My ink so hot it burn through the journalI'm blacker than midnight on Broadway and MyrtleHip-Hop past all your tall social hurdleslike the nationwide projects, prison-industry complex
Broken glass wall better keep your alarm set
Streets too loud to ever hear freedom sing
Say evacuate your sleep, it's dangerous to dreambut you chain cats get they CHA-POW, who dead now
Killin fields need blood to graze the cash cowIt's a number game, but shit don't add up somehow
Like I got, sixteen to thirty-two bars to rock itbut only 15% of profits, ever see my pockets likesixty-nine billion in the last twenty yearsspent on national defense but folks still live in fear likenearly half of America's largest cities is one-quarter blackThat's why they gave Ricky Ross all the crack
Sixteen ounces to a pound, twenty more to a ki
A five minute sentence hearing and you no longer free40% of Americans own a cell phoneso they can hear, everything that you say when you ain't home
I guess, Michael Jackson was right, "You Are Not Alone"Rock your hardhat black cause you in the Terrordomefull of hard niggaz, large niggaz, dice tumblers
Young teens and prison greens facin life numbers
Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients
Young bloods can't spell but they could rock you in PlayStationThis new math is whippin motherfuckers ass
You wanna know how to rhyme you better learn how to addIt's mathematics
Chorus: scratched by DJ Premier (repeat 2X) "
The Mighty Mos Def.." "It's simple mathematics" -> Fat Joe "Check it out!" "
I revolve around science.." "
What are we talking about here?".. "Do your math" -> Erykah Badu (2X) .... "One.. t-t-two.. three, four" -> James Brown .... "What are we talking about here?" ..[Mos Def]Yo, it's one universal law but two sides to every story
Three strikes and you be in for life, manditory
Four MC's murdered in the last four years
I ain't tryin to be the fifth one, the millenium is here
Yo it's 6 Million Ways to Die, from the seven deadly thrills
Eight-year olds gettin found with 9 mill'sIt's 10 P.M., where your seeds at?What's the deal
He on the hill puffin krill to keep they belly filled
Light in the ass with heavy steel, sights on the pretty shit in life
Young soldiers tryin to earn they next stripe
When the average minimum wage is $5.15You best believe you gotta find a new ground to get cream
The white unemployment rate, is nearly more than triple for blackso frontliners got they gun in your back
Bubblin crack, jewel theft and robbery to combat povertyand end up in the global jail economy
Stiffer stipulations attached to each sentence
Budget cutbacks but increased police presence
And even if you get out of prison still livinjoin the other five million under state supervision
This is business, no faces just lines and statisticsfrom your phone, your zip code, to S-S-I digits
The system break man child and women into figures
Two columns for who is, and who ain't niggaz
Numbers is hardly real and they never have feelingsbut you push too hard, even numbers got limits
Why did one straw break the camel's back?Here's the secret:the million other straws underneath it - it's all mathematics
Chorus{closing scratch} "Mathematics.."
Mos Def, stage name of Yasiin Bey, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor born in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in the Clinton Hill neighborhood, he began his music career in the 1990s as a member of the hip hop group Black Star, alongside fellow artist Talib Kweli. Mos Def is known for his intricate rhymes, poetic flow, and socially conscious lyrics. In addition to music, he has acted in numerous films and television series, including "16 Blocks", "The Italian Job", and "Blade II". In 2009, he legally changed his name to Yasiin Bey, stating his desire to distance himself from mainstream American culture. Mos Def is considered one of the most influential and respected hip hop artists of his generation. Some of his most representative tracks include "Ms. Fat Booty", "Umi Says", and "Know That".
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