History Town (исполнитель: Mos Def)
[Mos Def] Kweli say, "Everybody act according to the season that they born in" Some are the night, some are the morning, some at noon Some in winter, some in June It's all cool, it's the natural The science is a jewel For me and mines, yours and you Let's move, tell you a little about mine, yo I was born in a season where the world was quiet and cold Celebrations were going on Some were happy, some were sad Some felt bad from being good Some felt good from being bad, feelings passed and changed But they never leave, they here to stay Holiday, holiday, happy birthday Teenage love, the first [bad word] deep Soul on flesh, this is the Brooklyn streets Year of the Ox, seven and three M.D., the history [bad word] on) Every soul got one indeed (yes) It's where you been to where you be And without understanding you cannot [bad word] the start and the end Then it just go round again... again [Talib Kweli and Mos Def] Again and again, brand new Again and again, so fresh Again and again, newness [Talib Kweli] I was born in the decade of decadence where they worship what they have When Ford was president, do the math The war was ended when the North Vietnamese stormed the city of Saigon We was like "Bye", we was gone, let bygones be bygones I'm gone, spread love, it's the Brooklyn way Where the hug you with the firearm side arm Like new school clothes, Black Star official Smash when we do a show, it's facts, no mystery I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy I rock with The Roots like the Kemistry Powerful, bigotry at work, me and my people got history These rappers dumb it down considerably We "Get it Poppin'" like a hit [bad word] The flow is historic, they can't get rid of us Ubiquitous, and we lay the law like Leviticus Ten years ago we made history so they missing us [Mos Def] And don't call [bad word] back in particular Even if it blends into affirmer or Fade into peripheral, Transmission of the minister's original We're broadcast clear without diminishing Black Star so top burn, and soul temperatures and ministers Alkalines, aminos and minerals, and sentients Served over Dilla time signatures It's miracle material, remember it's right now foreverness