Yasiin Bey - Fear Not of Man lyrics

Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem
If you can hear me ladies and gentlemen
Then I'm very happy that you came here
Ooh oooh, whee! That was for Brooklyn
Ha ha, we get it every time
You got me on? Oh
Shout out to all of my crew, East West
North-South all the continent, Europe
All abroad international
Bring it in, bring it in, bring it in
Bring it in
It's a lot of things goin' on y'all
21st century is comin'
20th century almost done
A lot of things have changed
A lot of things have not, mainly us
We gon' get it together right? I believe that
Listen people be askin' me all the time
"Yo Mos
What's gettin' ready to happen with Hip-Hop?"
(Where do you think Hip-Hop is goin'?)
I tell em
"You know what's gonna happen with Hip-Hop?
Whatever's happening with us"
If we smoked out
Hip-Hop is gonna be smoked out
If we doin' alright
Hip-Hop is gonna be doin' alright
People talk about Hip-Hop like it's some
Giant livin' in the hillside
Comin' down to visit the townspeople
We are Hip-Hop
Me, you, everybody, we are Hip-Hop
So Hip-Hop is going where we going
So the next time you ask
Yourself where Hip-Hop is going
Ask yourself: where am I going?
How am I doing? Till you get a clear idea
So if Hip-Hop is about the people
And the Hip-Hop won't get better
Until the people get better
Then how do people get better? (Hm-m)
Well, from my understanding people get better
When they start to understand
That they are valuable
And they not valuable because they got
A whole lot of money
Or 'cause somebody, think they sexy
But they valuable 'cause they
Been created by God
And God makes you valuable
And whether or not you recognize
That value is one thing
You got a lot of societies and governments
Tryin' to be God, wishing that they were God
They wanna create satellites
And cameras everywhere
And make you think they
Got the all-seeing eye
Eh, I guess The Last Poets wasn't too far off
When they said that certain people
Got a god complex i believe it's true
I don't get phased out by none of that
None of that
Helicopters, the TV screens, the newscasters
The satellite dishes they just wishing
They can't really never do that
When they tell me to fear they law
When they tell me to try to have some fret
In my heart behind the things that they do
This is what I think in my mind
And this is what I say to them
And this is what I'm saying to you check it

All over the world hearts
Pound with the rhythm
Fear not of men because men must die
Mind over matter and soul before flesh
Angels hold a pen, keep a record in time
Which is passing and running
Like a caravan trader
The world is overrun with the
Wealthy and the wicked
But God is sufficient in disposing of affairs
Gunmen and stockholders try to merit my fear
But God is sufficient over
Plans they prepared
Mos Def in the flesh, where you at
Right here on this place called Earth
Holding down my square

'Bout to do it for y'all
And y'all at the fair
So just bounce, come on bounce
B-b-bounce b-bounce b-bounce-bounce
And just- just step, two, three
Just step, two, three, and step two
Two, three and one two three and four
One two three and four once again

All over the world hearts
Pound with the rhythm
Fear not of men because men must die
Mind over matter and soul before flesh
Angels hold a pen, keep a record in time
Which is passing and running
Like a caravan trader
The world is overrun with the
Wealthy and the wicked
But God is sufficient in disposing of affairs
Gunmen and stockholders try to merit my fear
But God is sufficient over
Plans they prepared
Mos Def in the flesh, where you at
Right here on this place called Earth
Holding down my square

Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere
Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere
To your atmosphere, to your atmosphere
Oh ooh! That was for you and Brooklyn, too!