Key: B major•
Verse 1
Peace, peace what's up
y'all this is Mos Def
And this is a message to the people
Then that goodness is
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from The Creator
You should be thankful
to The Creator for all of that
'Cause I'm not the
It's from my own weakness
And I ask The Creator and the people to
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forgive me for that
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Thank you Brooklyn, thank you world
Verse 2
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Turn my voice up in the top a little bit
It feel good to be back
radio) freaky radio
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you a little bit about me
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For my hometown,
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break down a little history for you
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Myrtle and Broadway, Roosevelt projects,
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Marcy projects
Verse 3
Listen
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I stepped on the field from no
league just home team
I jumped out the stands and
I snatched the rock
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tie- breakin' shot
Then fled the arena be
Tell the players and the coach
I wasn't trying to blow spot
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you can change around
you got nothin' to complain about
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E
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But that's how Mos work it through
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I'm a working person
I get it there, on the water,
air, the surface
You feel the impact? Niggas
a fearful person
The only fear I have,
is my failure to adhere his path
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B
I would love it just to hear this back
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B
On the ghetto streets where y'all at
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C#m
On the ave's where the Jeep's go past
In the coupes where the seats go back
In the parties where it be so packed
And the atmosphere be so black
And them black things be so phat
I'm still being a man,
still feeding my fam'
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I believe that I am,
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truly gifted, truly blessed
ground zero, to far left
I'm, well balanced, with immense talents
Burn the script,
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B
then flip it to keep myself challenged
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And that's the mark of
a true champion
That's whether I'm in or outside the ring
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B
No fights, no title, no crown or reign
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I'm up out this thing
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Just trust, that's what I'm about to be
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But un til then settle in and rock with me
Verse 4
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Ghetto people look alive with me
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Then we just keep moving on
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E
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Feel free, we just keep moving on
All the great hero's who
have passed away
Scott Laraque, Big and Pac,
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All the soldiers locked down in the cell
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Lock up the flesh, but the spirit will prevail
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B
To our loved ones, and deceased
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or quiet in their sleep (B.I.G.)
Rest in peace,
your living in the mansions of our memory
Rest in peace,
your living in the mansions of our memory
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And that's real
gon' come to an end
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B
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E
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Because it must, and when it does
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I hope that y'all remember me
With true respect
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Now raise it up
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G#m
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'Cause everything in life
gon' come to an end
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Because it must, and when it does
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I hope that y'all remember me
Black Dante, from Myrtle and Broadway
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Verse 5
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Let me hear it
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back
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E
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Freaky radio
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B
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C#
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(freaky radio)
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Freaky radio (freaky radio)
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E
everywhere on the dial
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC#m F# B D#m C#...
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