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	Current version of Mos Def Lyrics Hip Hop (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/mos-def/hip-hop/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Mos Def Lyrics Hip Hop (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/mos-def/hip-hop/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	You say one for the treble, two for the time						You say one for the trebble, two for the time	1
2	Come on, y'all let's rock this						Come on y'all let's rock this!	2
3	You say one for the treble, two for the time						You say one for the trebble, two for the time	3
4	Come on						Come on!	4
	Speech is my hammer, bang the world into shape						Speech is my hammer, bang the world into shape
5	Now let it fall						Now let it fall... (Hungh!!)	5
	My restlessness is my nemesis						My restlessness is my nemesis
	It's hard to really chill and sit still						It's hard to really chill and sit still
	Committed to page, I write rhymes						Committed to page, I write rhymes
	Sometimes won't finish for days						Sometimes won't finish for days
6							Scrutinize my literature, from the	6
7	Scrutinize my literature, from the large to the miniature						large to the miniature	7
8	I mathematically add minister, subtract the wack selector						I mathematically add-minister	8
9	Wheel it back, I'm feelin' that						Subtract the wack	9
10	Ha, ha, ha, from the core to the perimeter black						Selector, wheel it back, I'm feeling that	10
11	You know            the motto, stay fluid even in staccato						(Ha ha ha) From the core to	11
12							the perimeter black,	12
13	Mos Def, full blooded, full throttle						You know the motto	13
1							Stay fluid even in staccato	1
2							(Mos Def) Full blooded, full throttle	2
	Breathe deep inside the trunk hollow						Breathe deep inside the trunk hollow
	There's the hum, young man where you from						There's the hum, young man where you from
	Brooklyn number one						Brooklyn number one
14	Native son, speakin' in the native tongue						Native son, speaking in the native tongue	14
15							I got my eyes on tomorrow (there it is)	15
1	I got my eyes on tomorrow, there it is							1
	While you still try to follow where it is						While you still try to follow where it is
	I'm on the Ave where it lives and dies						I'm on the Ave where it lives and dies
16	Violently, silently, shine so vibrantly						Violently, silently	16
17	That eyes squint to catch a glimpse						Shine so vibrantly that eyes	17
3							squint to catch a glimpse	3
	Embrace the bass with my dark ink fingertips						Embrace the bass with my dark ink fingertips
2								2
	Used to speak the king's English						Used to speak the king's English
	But caught a rash on my lips						But caught a rash on my lips
	So now my chat just like dis						So now my chat just like dis
18	Long range from the base line, switch						Long range from the base-line (switch)	18
	Move like an apparition						Move like an apparition
19	Float to the ground with ammunition						Float to the ground with	19
20	Chi, chi, chi, pow						ammuntion (chi-chi-chi-POW)	20
3								3
	Move from the gate, voice cued on your tape						Move from the gate, voice cued on your tape
21	Puttin' food on your plate, many crews can relate						Putting food on your plate	21
22	Who choosin' your fate, yo, we went from pickin' cotton						Many crews can relate	22
23	To chain gang line choppin', to Be Boppin', to Hip Hoppin'						Who choosing your fate (yo)	23
4							We went from picking cotton	4
5							To chain gang line chopping	5
6							To Be-Bopping	6
7							To Hip-Hopping	7
	Blues people got the blue chip stock option						Blues people got the blue chip stock option
24	Invisible man, got the whole world watchin'						Invisible man, got the whole world watching	24
25							(where ya at) I'm high, low, east, west,	25
26	Where ya at? I'm high, low, east, west, all over your map						All                                               over your map	26
27	I'm gettin' big props, with this thing called hip hop						I'm getting big props, with	27
8							this thing called hip hop	8
	Where you can either get paid or get shot						Where you can either get paid or get shot
28	When your product in stock the fair weather friends flock						When your product in stock	28
29	When your chart position drop then the phone calls						The fair-weather friends flock	29
30							When your chart position drop	30
31	Chill for a minute, let's see who else tops						Then the phone calls....	31
32	Snatch your shelf spot, don't gas yourself ock						Chill for a minute	32
9							Let's see whoelse tops	9
10							Snatch your shelf spot	10
11							Don't gas yourself ock	11
	The industry just a better built cell block						The industry just a better built cell block
	A long way from the shell tops						A long way from the shell tops
33	And the bells that L rocked, rock, rock						And the bells that L rocked	33
34	Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock						(rock, rock, rock, rock...)	34
4	Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock							4
35	Hip Hop is prosecution evidence						*scratching*	35
5	The out of court settlement, ad space for liquor							5
6	Sick without benefits							6
7	Luxury tenements chokin' the skyline							7
8	It's low life gettin' tree top high							8
12							Hip Hop is prosecution evidence	12
13							The out of court settlement	13
14							Ad space for liquor	14
15							Sick without benefits (hungh!)	15
16							Luxury tenements choking the skyline	16
17							It's low life getting tree-top high	17
	Here there's a back water remedy						Here there's a back water remedy
36	Bitter and tender memory, A class E felony						Bitter intent to memory	36
37	Facin' the death penalty, hungh						A class E felony	37
18							Facing the death penalty (hungh!)	18
	Stimulant and sedative, original repetitive						Stimulant and sedative, original repetitive
38	Violently competitive, a school unaccredited						Violently competitive, a school unacredited	38
9								9
	The break beats you get broken with						The break beats you get broken with
39	On time and inappropriate						on time and inappropriate	39
40	Hip Hop went from sellin' crack to smokin' it						Hip Hop went from selling crack to smoking it	40
	Medicine for loneliness						Medicine for loneliness
	Remind me of Thelonius and Dizzy						Remind me of Thelonius and Dizzy
41	Propers to B Boys gettin' busy						Propers to B-Boys getting          busy	41
42							The war-time snap shot	42
43	The war time snap shot						The working man's jack-pot	43
10	The workin' man's jack pot							10
	A two dollar snack box						A two dollar snack box
	Sold beneath the crack spot						Sold beneath the crack spot
44	Olympic sponsor of the black glock						Olympic spnosor of the black glock	44
11								11
	Gold medalist in the back shot						Gold medalist in the back shot
45	From the sovereign state of the have nots						From the sovereign state of the have-nots	45
46	Where farmers have trouble with cash crops, woo						Where farmers have trouble	46
47	It's all city like phase two, Hip Hop will simply amaze you						with cash crops (woooo)	47
48	Craze you, pay you, do whatever you say do						It's all city like phase two	48
19							Hip Hop will simply amaze you	19
20							Craze you, pay you	20
21							Do whatever you say do	21
	But black, it can't save you						But black, it can't save you

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