Mos Def: Fear not of man

[mos def]Bismillah ir rahman ir raheem *If you can hear me ladies and gentlemenThen i'm very happy that you came here..Ooh-ooooooooooohhhh, ooh-ooooooooooooooohh-wheeeee!!!That was for brooklyn..Ha ha, we get it everytimeYou got me on? ohhShout out to all of my crew, east-west, north-southAll the continent, europe, all abroad internationalBring it in, bring it in, bring it in, bring it inIt's a lot of things goin on y'all21st century is comin20th century almost doneA lot of things have changedA lot of things have not, mainly usWe gon' get it together right? i believe thatListen.. people be askin me all the time,"yo mos, what's gettin ready to happen with hip-hop?"(where do you think hip-hop is goin?)I tell em, "you know what's gonna happen with hip-hop?Whatever's happening with us"If we smoked out, hip-hop is gonna be smoked outIf we doin alright, hip-hop is gonna be doin alrightPeople talk about hip-hop like it's some giant livin in the hillsideComin down to visit the townspeopleWe +are+ hip-hopMe, you, everybody, we are hip-hopSo hip-hop is goin where we goinSo the next time you ask yourself where hip-hop is goinAsk yourself.. where am i goin? how am i doin?Til you get a clear ideaSo.. if hip-hop is about the peopleAnd the.. hip-hop won't get better until the people get betterThen how do people get better? (hmmmm...)Well, from my understanding people get betterWhen they start to understand that, they are valuableAnd they not valuable because they got a whole lot of moneyOr cause somebody, think they sexyBut they valuable caause they been created by godAnd god, makes you valuableAnd whether or not you, recognize that value is one thingYou got a lot of socities and governmentsTryin to be god, wishin that they were godThey wanna create satellites and cameras everywhereAnd make you think they got the all-seein eyeEh.. i guess the last poets wasn't, too far offWhen they said that certain people got a god complexI believe it's trueI don't get phased out by none of that, none of thatHelicopters, the tv screens, the newscasters, the..Satellite dishes.. they just, wishinThey can't really never do thatWhen they tell me to fear they lawWhen they tell me to try toHave some fear in my heart behind the things that they doThis is what i think in my mindAnd this is what i say to themAnd this is what i'm sayin, to you check itAll over the world hearts pound with the rhythmFear not of men because men must dieMind over matter and soul before fleshAngels for the pain keep a record in timeWhich is passin and runnin like a caravan freighterThe world is overrun with the wealthy and the wickedBut god is sufficient in disposin of affairsGunmen and stockholders try to merit my fearBut god is sufficient over plans they preparedMos def in the flesh, where you at, right hereOn this place called earth, holdin down my squareBout to do it for y'all, and y'all at the fairSo just bounce, come on bounceB-b-bounce b-bounce b-bounce-bounceAnd just.... just step two threeJust step two three andStep two..Two three and..One two three and fourOne two three and fourOnce againAll over the world hearts pound with the rhythmFear not of men because men must dieMind over matter and soul before fleshAngels for the pain keep a record in timeWhich is passin and runnin like a caravan freighterThe world is overrun with the wealthy and the wickedBut god is sufficient in disposin of affairsGunmen and stockholders try to merit your fearBut god is sufficient over plans they preparedMos def in the flesh, where you at, right hereOn this place called earth, holdin down my squareBout to represent in your whole atmosphereBout to represent in your whole atmosphereTo your atmosphere, to your atmosphereOh-ooooooohhhhhhhhhh!That was for you - and brooklyn too!