[Mos Def: talking behind singing vocals] 
It's always the nervous cats, that's like... 
Yo money, you tryin to dis me or something? 
What you tryin to get fly or something? 
You tryin to get a little rep off me or something, money? 
Let me tell you something money, you don't know me like that 
NawI'msayin, you don't know none of my crew like that 
NawI'msayin, and if you really wanna make some little insinuation 
About me nawI'msayin, don't talk about it, be about it money 
If you wanna do something, we can do it right now 

[Pharoahe Monch] 
I levitate through meditation 
Sitting my legs crossed, source to build force field 
To shield my immediate surroundings 
Avoiding falling sheet [bad word] and granite 
Expand, white man, got plans to feed the planet 
Excessive hate, repercussions of manic-depressive state 
Panic, God forbid we all take it for granted 
Delivering lyrical thoughts for spiritual dividends 
Half the concentrate, like Hampstead we'll be livin in 
Magnetic boring them, it's a must I score again 
And pollute em, shoot em like white students in Oregon 
Cuz when I was broke, I always found figures to [bad word] [bad word] 
Wit full-force like them muscle-bound niggas 

[Rah Digga] 
Well it's the R-A-H, big up to Brick City 
When I'm not rippin niggas I be ?feelin [bad word]  
Got two rap clicks, so bring all the kingred 
Buggin off of rappers sayin [bad word] that I been said 
Askin me how your mob sound, bringin my high down 
Flipmode put [bad word] together quicker than a seamstress 
Thinkin I talk white cuz I speak proper English 
All up in your air like I was celly interference 
Rip shows and make little cameo appearance 
White label to death if I can't get no clearance 

[Mos Def: talking behind vocals] 
Alot of cats think I'm trapped in a box, livin [bad word] and if that's [bad word] 
I'm talkin to you 
Thinkin of dissin your steez, your degress, everything you're attached to then 
I'm talkin to you 
Wonderin who we talkin about, yo is my name in his mouth, well then 
I'm talkin to you 
No mystery, you ain't got to scratch your head 
Like "Is he dissin me?", we talkin to you 

[A-Butta] 
Aiyyo we severed the lever that I pull 
It's never the bull, [bad word] instead of the full clip, click 
You get hit in the head wit dialect 
When I pre-fect my new script 
Check the architecht then select the newest blueprint 
When I pro-ject the move-ment of the mic, it might strike 
And brand new life trife that handle 
?Flyin off?, literature that's pure 
Yo we miniature before, you finished yours, I get mine 
Musically inclined, like the sign of a clef 
To my death, I rhyme and yes I left you, sense-less in the mind 
Plus I'm, going to show no re-pentance 
My flow's relentless, you know the sentence 

[Talib Kweli] 
You will respect it when we set it 
Fake MC's get tossed 
For leavin the microphone covered wit the gloss 
Don't get lost, [bad word] asses who switch fastest 
When my hits smashes, impacts like whip crashes 
 [bad word] up your face like thick glasses 
You still can't see [bad word] 
I'll snatch your faith, your imagination won't believe it 
It's ill, you can't conceive it 
Any [bad word] can make a baby, it takes a man to be a father 
Why bother, you'll [bad word] over in the street like Frogger  [bad word] like Central Park joggers when my crew goes wildin 
Lyricist who will never Lounge till all wack [bad word] is silenced 
I'm not violent, [bad word] aggressive wit that nonsense 
Yo, it's time for us to get aggressive wit our conscience 

[Mos Def] 
Alot of cats think I'm chattin about 
Them and they crew, and if that's [bad word] 
I'm talkin to you 
Wondering if I'm dissin you and everything you're attached to 
I'm talkin to you  [bad word] your mou