Know That

Hey, hey, hey, man

I strike the Empire back

I strike the Empire back

Fuck the Empire

High flying like the Millennium Falcon, piloted by Han Solo

I never roll for dolo, fronting on me's a no-no

You understand? Doing this for my family (Brooklyn)

Ha ha, check it out, y'all

Yo, I'm trying to make a dollar out of what makes sense

Add it up, told my daddy I'd be a rich man

You never know when your fate gon' switch hand

Get today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand

I was a young boy, who dreamt about being a big man

On small loose leaf sheets I sketched a big plan

Gotta handle business properly, boost up my economy

Store it up and get my mom some waterfront property

Yesterday was not for me but nowaday it's time for me

The streets is watching me, I watch back, that's the policy

Moving along my odyssey like blood through the artery

Navigate the treacherous and make it seem effortless

Let those who make the exodus seeking the North beacon

From beating and hog-eating, from punishment all season

From hands cracked and bleeding, cotton thorns in your palms

It's for y'all that I sketch these songs and it goes

Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow

I fear no man, because faith is the arrow

My vocal chord travel worldwide to block narrow

We can blow with the ammo or go mano-a-mano

Kweli is you wit me? (What up what up?) Let's make it happen

I burn through your argument with action

My eyes stay fastened to tomorrow looking for a brighter day

When y'all want to leave y'all? Right away

Shout it out from East, West (from South to Northern)

The Cakalak' (to California)

From the coldest (to the warmest)

To the borders ('cross the waters), understand

(And know that I love you) yeah, yeah

We got love in the place (yeah, yeah)

Shout out to all the Queens (all the Seeds)

To all the teams (that's getting cream)

From outlaw (to emcee's)

Make it happen (do your thing), understand

(And know that I love you)

Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen

Guess who? The illest MC in the atmosphere, yeah, the Soul Controller

Who roam the frontier like a Buffalo Soldier

I follow the code of honor like a real man gonna

Never disrespect no women 'cause I love my momma

These cats be giving us praise but it ain't that accurate

I give it up to God, all that, love and attachment, get

Scary well-prepared with the shears when it get hairy

Like how these niggas is looking like some fairies

And singing like canaries to the beast

And anybody who will listen to 'em clearly

Y'all don't hear me though, even when I'm coming through in stereo

You make a mockery of what I represent properly

Yo, why you starting me? (Stop)

I take that shit straight to the artery

Intellectual property I got the title and the deed

I pay for rent, with the tears and sweat, and what I bleed (uh, uh)

Mc's imitate the way we walk, the way we talk

You cats spit lyrical pork with no spiritual thought

Plus your flow's a little bit off, you come across soft

Back in the days, niggas like that on stage got tossed off (bounce)

Need to get crossed off the guest list (uh)

It's like you gotta be disrespected and thrown out the exit

To get the message

Sometimes your sunshine get snatched like a necklace (uh)

When you get too drunk on power and your drive get reckless

Check it, MC's in my face after I slug you then I hug you

If I gotta dead you know it's only 'cause I love you

Shout it out from East, West (from South to Northern)

From the richest (to the poorest)

To the elders (in the coffins)

Living native (dying for it), understand

(And know that I love you) yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah) we got love in the place

Shout out from up top (to the middle)

To black bottom (sky high)

Whether you colder than December

Or hotter than July

It don't stop 'til we complete this

(And know that I love you) keep this fly

It's so much to life when you just stay black

Stay black, stay black, stay black, stay black

Stay black, stay black, stay black, stay black, stay black

My people, my people

My people, people, p-people (uh, uh, uh)

My people, my people (get love, in love)

My people, people, p-people (love, love, one love)

My people, my people (show love, live love)

My people, people, p-people (give love, we all love)

My people, my people (we all love, we all love)

My people, people, p-people (that's all love, that's all love)

My people, my people (yes, most people)

My people, people, p-people (black sound)

My people, my people (of most people, yeah)

My people, people, p-people

My people, my people (get love, in love)

My people, people, p-people (love, love, one love)

My people, my people (show love, live love)

My people, people, p-people (give love, we all love)

My people (we all love, we all love)

Those people

My people, people, p-people

My peopl