Re:definition

Black Star

What what what, what what, what what, what what



Woaaaahhhhhhh!



One two three, Mos Def and Talib Kweli



We came to rock it on to the tip-top



Best alliance in hip-hop, wayohh



I said, one two tree, Black Star shine eternally



We came to rock it on to the tip-top



And Hi-Tek make the beat drop, wayohh




[Talib Kweli]



RE:DEFinition, turning your play into a tragedy



Exhibit level degree on the mic, passionately



Niggaz is sweet so I bet if I bit I'd get a cavity



Livin to get high, you ain't flyer than gravity



We Die Hard like the battery done in the back of me by the mad MC



who think imitation is the highest form of flattery, actually



Don't be mad at me, I had to be the one to break it to you



You get kicked into obscurity like judo, no Menudo



cause you pseudo, tryin to compete with reality like Xerox



Towards destruction you spiraling like hairlocks, wipe them teardrops



Chasing stars in your eyes, playing games with your lives



Now the wives is widows soakin up pillows, weepin like willows



Still mo' blacks is dyin, kids ain't livin they tryin



_How to Make a Slave_ by Willie Lynch is still applyin



Regardless, the Mos is one of my closest partners



Rockin ever since before Prince was called The Artist



Rocker before Funkmaster Flex was rockin Starter



When 'Pac and Biggie was still cool before they was martyrs



Life or death, if I'm choosin with every breath I'm enhancin



Stop, there comes a time when you can't run




[Mos Def]



What, lyrically handsome, call collect a king's ransom



Jams I write soon become the ghetto anthem



Way out like Bruce Wayne's mansion, move like a phantom



You'll talk about me to your grandsons



Cats who claimin they hard be mad fag



so I