Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey - Bright as the Stars lyrics

Haha yeah, but you brothers gotta be careful
I mean that ain't your average
Garden variety
Run of the mill gangster bullshit
Y'all hardcore, but you got a edge
Just look at ya, together
You, you little black
Stovepipe coloured nigga
You are the same complexion as Marcus Garvey
The man that brought self love
To the black consciousness movement
Of the 1930s
And now when we speak about complexion
We move into the political perspective
Of where y'all comin' from
Yeah, red boned, variety covered
Genie in a bottle lookin' motherfucker
You are the same complexion as Malcolm X
Ooh I'm tellin' you you brothers
You're gonna be large
But like I said, you gotta be careful


See, cuz you are tellin' the truth
Me and my man came out to put it down
Yeah, we bout to do it all over again
Here we go

A lotta cats like to get
On the microphone and front
They say they rollin' in paper
Like they ran outta blunts
Tell ya how much they Sound scan in a month
If the Man tell you to jump, you do it
We never let the Man take advantage of us
You get props off the diamonds you rented
I get my props off the rhymes I invented
Cuz I spoke my mind and I meant it
Like Tae Bo with a bow tie
Kicked your ass with class
And we still take it to Brooklyn
When we ready to splash
Me and Hi Tek got you ready to blast
I'm all ready to last
I stay hungry like I'm ready to fast
Married to the movement like
I'm Betty Shabazz the rhyme veteran
You actin real bitch right now
Like a lesbian thespian
Since they let me in the
Back I've been droppin' you
I’m plugged in like Posdnuos
Stay fresh and clean like hospitals
In the war the Cris' poppin'
The wallet to wrist watches
You ever think the wrist is watchin' you
That's why the cops is stoppin' you
Nigga please
They can track you down anywhere
Your cell phone transmittin' radiation
Through your ear your 2 Way is way too
New and obsolete next year
Navigational system show you how to get there
And you ain't think about how you got here
Do you know where you are?
What happened today? Back in the day
They used to follow the stars
Spillin' so much you gotta catch
It in bottles and jars
And make MC's eat their words
And swallow their bars oh my god

Kweli and I'm
(bright as the stars that shine)
Mos Def is (bright as the stars that shine)
(that's what I'm talkin' about, yeah)
Black Star is
(bright as the stars that shine)
(and you notice, yo)
We keep hip hop (bright as the stars)

Uh it's me (who?) Mos, the most beautiful
Plain and unusual
Black Star rockin' with that hot
Shit you're movin' to
Massively musical that creep into
Your tuner to the top of the dial shit
That you don't know my style shit
It's what them Brooklyn niggas
Stay on foul wit'
No matter what the scene is surroundin'
Yo, whether I'm on the grind or loungin'
I'm live and he say that I'm foundin'
Must suffer all the niggas I'm down wit'
This announcement gon' keep
The ghetto bouncin'
Where people find pleasure in
Measurements and ounces
Midwest, big stress is more houses
Down South slangin' the twang
That it's pronounced in
East on that foul shit, West
They straight clownin'
Black Star got the shit they
All get down wit'
Don't tell me you gonna seen
Or been around in
(Mos Def) Terror stricken on your block
I am the mucher worker with the hottest hand
I keep it cookin' like pots and pans
I know that haters got their plots and scams
But they simply can't stop my clan
It's mighty Mos and super Kwa, my man
Black Star my fam
About to move on the hearts of man
Until a small heart of hearts expand
Newer day, dog start the jam
And I spit flame that spark the jam
Heavy hittin' shit across the fence
In other words I'm of the wall with this
I drop heavy jewels and ornaments
To make 'em shine a little more with this

Black Star is
(bright as the stars that shine)
Mos Def is (bright as the stars that shine)
Kweli is (bright as the stars that shine)
(I wanna hear the guitar) we keep hip hop
(bright as the stars that shine)
(yeah, come on, yeah) we keep hip hop
(bright as the stars that shine)
(yeah, what we do, what we do, yo)
We keep hip hop
(bright as the stars that shine)
(yeah, Brooklyn, uh)
Keep hip hop (bright as the stars)
And all my people is
(bright as the stars that shine)
(come on, everybody in the house tonight
Yeah) and all my people is
(bright as the stars that shine)
(yeah, take it with me now, uh)
And all my people is
(bright as the stars that shine)
(yeah, I'm feelin' this one, come on)
And all my people is
(bright as the stars that shine)
(how we do it y'all, uh)
(bright as the stars that shine)