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1							[Mos Def]	1
	Booka-booka-booka-booka-booka-booka						Booka-booka-booka-booka-booka-booka
1	Ha hah, you know the deal, it's just me Dog						Ha hah	1
2	Beats by su-primo for all of my people						You know the deal	2
3	Negroes and Latinos and even the Gringos						It's just me yo	3
2							Beats by Su-Primo for all of my peoples, negroes and latinos	2
3							and even the gringos	3
4	Yo, check it, one for Charlie Hustle, two for Steady Rock						Yo, check it one for Charlie Hustle, two for Steady Rock	4
5	Three for the fourth comin' live, future shock						Three for the fourth comin live, future shock	5
	It's five dimensions, six senses						It's five dimensions, six senses
6	Seven firmaments of heaven to hell, eight million stories to tell						Seven firmaments of heaven to hell, 8 Million Stories to tell	6
1								1
	Nine planets faithfully keep in orbit						Nine planets faithfully keep in orbit
7	With the probable tenth, the universe expands length						with the probable tenth, the universe expands length	7
8	The body of my text possess extra strength						The body of my text posess extra strength	8
9	Power-liftin' powerless up, out of this towerin' inferno						Power-liftin powerless up, out of this, towerin inferno	9
10							My ink so hot it burn through the journal	10
11	My ink so hot, it burn through the journal						I'm blacker than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle	11
2	I'm blacker than midnight on broadway and myrtle							2
	Hip-Hop past all your tall social hurdles						Hip-Hop past all your tall social hurdles
12	Like the nationwide projects, prison-industry complex						like the nationwide projects, prison-industry complex	12
13							working class all better keep your alarm set	13
14	Working class poor, better keep your alarm set						Streets too loud to ever hear freedom sing	14
3	Streets too loud to ever hear freedom ring							3
	Say evacuate your sleep, it's dangerous to dream						Say evacuate your sleep, it's dangerous to dream
15	For cha-ching        cats get tha cha-pow, who dead now						but you chain cats get they CHA-POW, who dead now	15
16							Killin fields need blood to graze the cash cow	16
17	Killin' fields need blood to graze the cash cow						It's a number game, but shit don't add up somehow	17
4	Some numbers game, but shit don't add up somehow							4
	Like I got, sixteen to thirty-two bars to rock it						Like I got, sixteen to thirty-two bars to rock it
18	But only fifteen percent of profits, ever see my pockets like						but only 15%          of profits, ever see my pockets like	18
19							sixty-nine billion in the last twenty years	19
20	Sixty-nine billion                                             in the last twenty years						spent on national defense but folks still live in fear like	20
21	Spent on national defense but folks still live in fear like						nearly half of America's largest cities is one-quarter black	21
5	Nearly half of America's largest cities is one-quarter black							5
	That's why they gave Ricky Ross all the crack						That's why they gave Ricky Ross all the crack
22							Sixteen ounces to a pound, twenty more to a ki	22
23	Sixteen ounces to a pound, twenty more to a Ki						A five minute sentence hearing and you no longer free	23
24	A five minute sentence hearing and you're no longer free						40% of Americans own a cell phone	24
25	Forty percent of Americans own a cell phone						so they can hear, everything that you say when you ain't home	25
26	So they can hear everything that you say when you ain't home						I guess, Michael Jackson was right, "You Are Not Alone"	26
27							Rock your hardhat black cause you in the Terrordome	27
28	I guess, Michael Jackson was right, 'You are not alone'						full of hard niggaz, large niggaz, dice tumblers	28
29	Rock your hardhat black 'coz you in the terrordome						Young teens and prison greens facin life numbers	29
30	Full of hard niggaz, large niggaz, dice tumblers						Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients	30
31	Young teens and prison greens facin' life numbers						Young bloods can't spell but they could rock you in PlayStation	31
32							This new math is whippin motherfuckers ass	32
6	Crack mothers, crack babies and aids patients							6
7	Young bloods can't spell but they could rock you in playstation							7
8	This new math is whippin' motherfuckers ass							8
	You wanna know how to rhyme you better learn how to add						You wanna know how to rhyme you better learn how to add
	It's mathematics						It's mathematics
33	"The mighty Mos Def"						[Chorus:]	33
34	"It's simple mathematics"						[Scratched by DJ Premier]	34
35	"Check it out!"						"The Mighty Mos Def.."	35
36	"I revolve around science"						"It's simple mathematics" - Fat Joe	36
9	"What are we talking about here?"							9
10								10
11	"The mighty Mos Def"							11
12	"It's simple mathematics"							12
	"Check it out!"						"Check it out!"
37	"I revolve around science"						"I revolve around science.."	37
	"What are we talking about here?"						"What are we talking about here?"
4							[repeat 2X]	4
38	"Do your math"						[Erykah Badu] "Do your math" [2X]	38
39	"Do your math"						[James Brown] "One.. t-t-two.. three, four"	39
40	"One, t-t-two, three, four"						"What are we talking about here?" ..	40
13	"What are we talking about here?"							13
5							[Mos Def]	5
	Yo, it's one universal law but two sides to every story						Yo, it's one universal law but two sides to every story
41	Three strikes and you be in for life, mandatory						Three strikes and you be in for life, manditory	41
42	Four M.C's murdered in the last four years						Four MC's murdered in the last four years	42
43	I ain't tryin' to be the fifth one, the millennium is here						I ain't tryin to be the fifth one, the millenium is here	43
44							Yo it's 6 Million Ways to Die, from the seven deadly thrills	44
45	Yo it's six million ways to die, from the seven deadly thrills						Eight-year olds gettin found with 9 mill's	45
46	Eight year olds gettin' found with nine mill's						It's 10 P.M., where your seeds at? What's the deal	46
47	It's ten p.m., where your seeds at? What's the deal?						He on                                         the hill puffin krill to keep they belly filled	47
48	He on the hill puffin' krill to keep their bellies filled						Light in the ass with heavy steel,	48
49							sights on the pretty shit in life	49
50	Light in the ass with heavy steel, sights on the pretty shit in life						Young soldiers tryin to earn they next stripe	50
51	Young soldiers tryin' to earn they next stripe						When the average minimum wage is $5.15	51
52	When the average minimum wage is five fifteen						You best believe you gotta find a new ground to get cream	52
53	You best believe you gotta find a new grind to get cream						The white unemployment rate, is nearly more than triple for black	53
54							so frontliners got they gun in your back	54
55	The white unemployment rate is nearly more than triple for black						Bubblin crack, jewel theft and robbery to combat poverty	55
56	So frontliners got their gun in your back						and end up             in the global jail economy	56
14	Bubblin' crack, jewel theft and robbery to combat poverty							14
15	And end up in the global jail economy							15
16								16
	Stiffer stipulations attached to each sentence						Stiffer stipulations attached to each sentence
	Budget cutbacks but increased police presence						Budget cutbacks but increased police presence
57	And even if you get out of prison still livin'						And even if you get out of prison still livin	57
58	Join the other five million under state supervision						join the other five million under state supervision	58
17								17
	This is business, no faces just lines and statistics						This is business, no faces just lines and statistics
59	From your phone, your zip code, to S S I digits						from your phone, your zip code, to S-S-I       digits	59
60	The system break man, child and women into figures						The system break man child and women into figures	60
61	Two columns for who is and who ain't niggaz						Two columns for who is, and who ain't niggaz	61
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	Numbers is hardly real and they never have feelings						Numbers is hardly real and they never have feelings
62	But you push too hard, even numbers got limits						but you push too hard, even numbers got limits	62
63	Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret						Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret:	63
64	The're million other straws underneath it,    it's all mathematics						the million other straws underneath it - it's all mathematics	64
65	"The mighty Mos Def"						[Chorus]	65
19	"It's simple mathematics"							19
20	"Check it out!"							20
21	"I revolve around science"							21
22	"What are we talking about here?"							22
23								23
24	"The mighty Mos Def"							24
25	"It's simple mathematics"							25
26	"Check it out!"							26
27	"I revolve around science"							27
28	"What are we talking about here?"							28
	Mathematics						[Closing scratch]
6							"Mathematics.."	6

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