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Black Star
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[Intro:]
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I told you! Thought "“ the creation of new energy
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Yes, the creation of new energy and new beings
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What? Yes, brothers! I speak of movement, of creation, of making
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[Verse 1: Yasiin Bey]
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I resolve, me and mine involved
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A lot of cats talk live, they ain't live at all
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Sideline check, hush when it's time to ball
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Said you was in charged, but the pies are sharp
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You could have a thousand rhymes, a thousand dimes
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The house to shine, coupes on the routes recline
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Be on Greenwich Mean, Beech Street, or Mountain time
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But weigh it up, duke "“ your power ain't a ounce of mine
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You're down for mine, ashy and ground for mine
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Yasiin so clear, true, pronounce divine
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Pull down the blinds, shade them out or shine
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Everything from Bangkok to Bucktown is mine
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Say Black Star, great things sprout the mind
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Full moons and starry nights, new life and true light
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Desert flames and ancient names, cinematic classic frames
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Beautiful and fantastic things
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Like peace, equality; Allah see everything
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Don't call it a comeback, I was home anyway
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Ain't mister measure for all any time we been away
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Travelling man I carry home with me every day
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Bey, slim body push heavy weight
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Fix up look sharp, elevate
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And I don't mean Copperfield or David Blaine
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We on solid ground and far above the clouds
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Black Star
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[Verse 2: Talib Kweli]
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The wait is over, or is it overweight
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The game is bloated, there's no escape
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They sub-standard, we substantial
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We got the great names, they got the love handles
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We slimming down, trim the fat
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Sit it down with all that chitter-chat
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You talking this and that "“ simmer down
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Got my name in your mouth, spit it out, son
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The music so powerful, use it to see the parallels
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I could make it rain but I make it plainer than Malcolm does
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Black Star, baby powder fresher than the talcum, yup
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People charged up, yup, we good with or without the plug
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You doubted us, but you're still hating "“ wow, I'm proud of ya!
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Committed to your cause and it's caused you to be a sourpuss
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Ain't a number that could measure your level of cowardice
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You Power Puff, you pale in comparison, don't get out enough
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Turn up the motherfuckers, the speakers ain't nearly loud enough
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Black Star rocking it, Chaka would be proud of us
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You had enough, callous as shallow and narrow-mindedness
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Preparing for the battle, the shadows is where you finding us
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You trying to bust "“ you dead, you synthetic as a designer drug
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The populace is ignorant -"“ thank you for reminding us
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Separate myself from these rappers who hustle backwards
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Yup, they got zero property, like the laws of algebra
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[Hook: Yasiin Bey]
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Fix up look sharp
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Black Star, good God
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And when the sky look dark
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Shine a light, look ahead, look up
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[Verse 3: Both]
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Malcolm X and Marley Marl, the word of God, the works of art
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Portraits of the brain and other unexplained phenomenon
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Shut down Babylon, smash all automaton
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Feel the beat, got 'em feeling geeked like it's Comic-Con
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Far from the hardy-har, more like a Tomahawk, rocket launch
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Ali right cross knock they choppers off
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Kweli and Mr. Bey, fresh not from concentrate
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Looking very sharp today "“ thank you brother, Danke Schoen
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Crowd working more than German engineering
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And all the frequency they thought they hear the interference
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Flashes of the spirit
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Seekers of the clearing
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They say that the tongue is the mirror of the heart so mirror mirror
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Look, in that window is a freedom fighter's grandson
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Fixed up looking sharp, automatic handgun
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Look, parade, caravan, diplomat, degenerate
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Messiah, pariah, the leader of the syndicate
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Peace treaty written in loophole penmanship
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Same rows, two sides, palaces and tenements
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Dispossesed made a tongue noble open the lonely heart
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Peel apart, come together, come together, peel apart
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Come together
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[Hook]
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