[mos def]
  Lawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwd, lawd have mercy
  All nice and peace and true, follow me now, we say
  Say hi-tek yes you're ruling hip-hop
  Say j. rawls yes you're ruling hip-hop
  Redefinition say you're ruling hip-hop
  Say black star come to rock it non...
  
  Yo, from the first to the last of it, delivery is passionate
  The whole and not the half of it, vocab and not the math of it
  Projectile that them blasted with, accurate assassin shit
  Me and kweli close like, bethlehem and nazareth
  After this you be pressing rewind on top your master disk
  Shining like an asterisk for all those that be gatherin
  Connectin like a roundhouse from the townhouse to the tenaments
  Cause all my brooklyn residents, ? heavy regiments
  Don't believe, here the evidence, where brooklyn whaaaaaaaoohhhh
  See that? bound to take it all kid, believe that
  From where they sellin tree at, to where the police be at
  Talib kweli e-kweli-ty yo tell them where we be at
  
  [talib kweli]
  Brooklyn new york city where they paint murals of biggie
  In cash we trust cause it's ghetto fabulous, life look pretty
  What a pity -- blunts is still fifty cents, it's intense
  Tree scents is dominant can't be covered with incense
  My presence felt my name is kweli from the eternal reflection
  People thinkin mc is short hand for mis conception
  Let me meditate, set it straight, came to the conclusion
  That most of these cats is featherweight, let me demonstrate
  Walkin the streets is like battlin, be careful with your body
  You must know karate or think your soul is bulletproof like sade
  Stop actin like a bitch already, be a visionary
  And maybe you can see your name in the column of obituary
  Third rate teacher readin and talkin about,
  "i knew he'd amount to nothin"
  Neighbors like, "he was the quiet type,
  Who'd have thought they was frontin?"
  Talkin +loud+ like you in rca, get carted away
  With body parts and treys, what a way to start your day
  Yo it's like
  
  Chorus: mos def and talib kweli
  
  One two three
  Mos def and talib kweli
  We came to rock it on to the tip-top
  Best alliance in hip-hop, wyahhhhh
  I said one two three
  It's kind of dangerous to be a emcee
  They shot tupac and biggie
  Too much violence in hip-hop, wyahhhhh
  
  [mos def]
  I said manhattan keep on makin it (bo!), brooklyn keep on takin it (bo!)
  So relax we're takin it back, redhook where we're livin at
  Plenty cats be strugglin not hustlin and bubblin
  It ain't about production and -- what else we discussin?
  When the cock crows, my crop grows, enable me to rock flows
  Strivin for perfection ever since i was a snot-nosed
  Colossal, true original b-boy apostle
  Standin on the rooftop with the, zulu gestapo
  
  [talib kweli]
  You think you the shit
  Somebody in the wings'll force you to quit
  It could be your crew or click
  Or some random kid you smoked buddha with
  Consider me the entity within the industry without a history
  Of spittin the epitome, of stupidity -- livin my life
  Expressin my liberty, it gotta be done properly
  My name is in the middle of e-kweli-ty
  People follow me and other cats they hear him flow
  And assume i'm the real one with lyrics like i'm cyrano
  
  [mos def]
  Still sippin wishin well water, imported, from pluto
  Three hundred and sixty milliliters for all our believers
  In miles or kilometers, most cats, cannot proceed us
  In the jungle with the leaders we the lions you the +cheaters+
  A cypher, will complete us if we come through your receivers
  You can play us and repeat us and then take us home and read us
  (line for line) good jesus, mos def and kweli just
  Make a pussy freeze up, thinkin we will ease up
  
  Chorus