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	Current version of Mos Def Lyrics UMI Says (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/mos-def/umi-says/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Mos Def Lyrics UMI Says (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/mos-def/umi-says/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	I don't wanna write this down						I don't wanna write this down, [world... premiere]	1
2	(World premiere)						I wanna tell you how I feel right	2
3	I wanna tell you how I feel right now						now [world... premiere]	3
4	(World premiere)						I don't wanna take no time to write	4
5							this down, [world... premiere]	5
6	I don't wanna take no time to write this down						I        wanna tell you how I feel right	6
7	(World premiere)						now, hey [world... premiere]	7
1	I wanna tell you how I feel right now, hey							1
2	(World premiere)							2
	Tomorrow may never come						Tomorrow may never come
8	For you or me life is not promised						For you or me	8
1							Life is not promised	1
	Tomorrow may never show up						Tomorrow may never show up
9	For you and me this life is not promised						For you and me	9
2							This life is not promised	2
	I ain't no perfect man						I ain't no perfect man
10	I'm trying to do the best that I can						I'm trying to do, the best that I can,	10
	With what it is I have						With what it is I have
3								3
	I ain't no perfect man						I ain't no perfect man
11	I'm trying to do the best that I can						I'm trying to do, the best that I can,	11
	With what it is I have						With what it is I have
12	Put my heart and soul into this song						Put my heart and soul into this song [yes yes]	12
13	(Yes, yes)						I hope you feel me	13
14	I hope you feel me from where I am, to wherever you are						From                            where I am, to wherever you are	14
15	I mean that sincerely, tomorrow may never come						I mean that sincerely	15
16	For you and me life is not promised, tomorrow may never appear						Tomorrow                                                   may never come	16
17							For and me	17
18	You better hold this very moment very close to you						Life is not promised	18
19	(Right now)						Tomorrow may never appear	19
20	Very close to you						You better hold this very moment very	20
21	(Right now)						close to you [right now]	21
22	So close to you, so close to you						Very close to you [right now]	22
23	(Your moment in history is right now, now!)						So close to you, So- close to	23
24	Don't be afraid, to let it shine						you [your moment in history is	24
25							right now!]	25
26	My Umi said, "Shine your light on the world						Don't be affraid, to let it shine	26
4	Shine your light for the world to see"							4
27	My Abi said, "Shine your light on the world						My Umi said shine your light on the world	27
28	Shine your light for the world to see"						Shine your light for the world to see	28
29							My Abi said shine your light on the world	29
30	(I want black people             to be free, to be free, to be free)						Shine your light for the world to see	30
31	My Abi said, "Shine your light on the world"						[I want black people to be free,	31
32	(Want black people to be free, to be free, to be free)						to be free, to be free]	32
33	"Shine                   your light for the world to see"						My Abi said shine your light on the world	33
34							[Want black people to be free,	34
35	(Want black people to be free, to be free, to be free)						to be free, to be free]	35
36	My Umi said, "Shine your light on the world"						Shine                     your light for the world to see	36
37	(Want black people to be free, to be free, to be free)						[Want black people to be free,	37
38	"Shine your light for the world to see"						to be free, to be free]	38
39	(Want black people to be free, to be free)						My Umi said shine your light on the world	39
3							[Want black people to be free,	3
4							to be free, to be free]	4
5							Shine your light for the world to see	5
6							[Want black people to be free, to be free...]	6
	Sometimes I get discouraged						Sometimes I get discouraged
40	I look around and things are so weak						I look around and, things are so weak	40
	People are so weak						People are so weak
41							Sometimes,	41
42	Sometimes, sometimes I feel like crying						Sometimes            I feel like crying	42
	Sometimes my heart gets heavy						Sometimes my heart gets heavy
43	Sometimes I just want to leave and fly away						Sometimes I just want to leave and fly	43
44	(Fly       fly fly, like a dove)						away [fly fly fly, like a dove]	44
45	Sometimes I don't know what to do with myself						Sometimes I don't know what to do with myself [ow!]	45
46	(Ow)						Passion takes over me	46
47							I feel like a man	47
48	Passion takes over me, I feel like a man						Going insane	48
49	Going insane, losing my brain						Losing                  my brain	49
50	Trying to maintain, doing my thang						Trying to maintain	50
51	Hey hey, hey hey, hey						Doing my thang	51
52							Hey hey hey hey hey	52
	Put my heart and soul into this y'all						Put my heart and soul into this y'all
53	I hope you feel me where I am to wherever you are						I hope you feel me	53
54							Where I am, to wherever you are [ha ha ha ha]	54
	Sometimes I don't want to be bothered						Sometimes I don't want to be bothered
55	Sometimes I just want a quiet life						Sometimes I just want a quiet life, with	55
56	With me and my babies, me and my lady						Me     and my babies, me and my lady	56
	Sometimes I don't want to get into no war						Sometimes I don't want to get into no war
57	(Black people to be free, to be free, to be free)						[Black people to be free, to be free...]	57
5								5
	Sometimes I don't wanna be a soldier						Sometimes I don't wanna be a soldier
	Sometimes I just wanna be a man, but						Sometimes I just wanna be a man, but
58	Umi said, "Shine your light on the world						Umi said shine your light on the world	58
59	Shine your light for the world to see"						Shine your light for the world to see	59
60	My Abi said, "Shine your light on the world						My Abi said shine your light on the world	60
61	Shine your light for the world to see"						Shine your light for the world to see	61
62							[I want black people to be free,	62
63	(I want black people to be free, to be free, to be free)						to be free, to be free]	63
64	My dreamers say, "Shine your light on the world"						My dreamers(?) said shine your light on the world	64
65	(Want black people to be free, to be free, to be free)						[Want black people to be free,	65
66	"Shine your light for the world to see"						to be free, to be free]	66
67							Shine your light for the world to see	67
68	(Want black people)						[Want black people]	68
69	My elders said, "Shine your light on the world"						My elders said shine your light	69
70	(Hey, hey)						on the world [Hey hey]	70
71	"Shine your light for the world to see"						Shine your light for the world to see	71
72	I want black people to be free, to be free, to be free						I want black people to be free,	72
7							to be free, to be free	7
	All my people to be free, to be free, to be free						All my people to be free, to be free, to be free
73	All black people to be free, to be free, to be free						Oh black people to be free, to be free, to be free	73
74	All black people to be free, to be free, to be free						Oh black people to be free, to be free, to be free	74
75	That's all that matters to me, that's all that matters to me						That's all that matters to me (x7)	75
6	That's all that matters to me, that's all that matters to me							6
7	That's all that matters to me, that's all that matters to me							7
8	That's all that matters to me							8
	Black people unite and let's all get down						Black people unite and let's all get down
76	Gotta have what? Gotta have that love						Gotta have what,	76
77	Peace and understanding, one God, one light						Gotta have that love	77
8							Peace and understanding	8
9							One God, one light	9
	One man, one voice, one mic						One man, one voice, one mic
78							Black people unite come on and do it right	78
79	Black people unite, come on and do it right						Black people unite come on and do it right	79
80	Black people unite, come on and do it right						Black people unite come on and get down	80
81	Black people unite, come on and get down						Gotta have what,	81
82							Love, peace and understanding	82
83	Gotta have what? Love, peace and understanding						One God, one voice, one life	83
84	One God, one voice, one life, one man, gon' shine my light						One                                     man, gon' shine my light	84
	Black people unite, now hop up and do it right						Black people unite, now hop up and do it right
	Black people unite, now come on and do it right						Black people unite, now come on and do it right
85							Yeah baby that's what I like	85
86	Black people, my people, black people, my people						Yeah baby that's what I like	86
	Black people, my people, black people, my people						Yeah baby that's what I like...
10							[Black people, my people....]	10

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