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	Current version of Mos Def & Talib Kweli Lyrics Astronomy (8th Light) (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/talib-kweli/astronomy/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Mos Def & Talib Kweli Lyrics Astronomy (8th Light) (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/talib-kweli/astronomy/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1							[Mos Def]	1
	Against the canvas of the night						Against the canvas of the night
	Appears a curious celestial phenomena						Appears a curious celestial phenomena
1	(Black people unite and let's all get down)						called Black Star, but what is it?	1
1	Called Black Star but what is it?							1
2	(We got to have what? We got to have that love)							2
2							[Talib Kweli]	2
3							Black people unite and let's all get down	3
4							We got to have what? We got to have that love	4
5								5
6							[Mos Def]	6
	What is the Black Star?						What is the Black Star?
	Is it the cat with the black shades, the black car?						Is it the cat with the black shades, the black car?
2	Is it shinin' from very far to where you are?						Is it shinin from very far, to where you are?	2
	It is commonplace and different						It is commonplace and different
3	Intimate and distant, fresher than an infant						Intimate and distant	3
7							Fresher than an infant	7
8							[Talib Kweli]	8
	Black, my family thick, like they're striped molasses						Black, my family thick, like they're striped molasses
	Star, on the rise, in the eyes of the masses						Star, on the rise, in the eyes of the masses
	Black is the color of my true love's hair						Black is the color of my true love's hair
4	Star's are bright, shinin', hot balls of air						Star's are bright, shining, hot balls of air	4
9							[Mos Def]	9
	Black like my baby girl's stare						Black like my baby girl's stare
	Black like the veil that the muslimina wear						Black like the veil that the muslimina wear
5	Black like the planet that they fear, why they scared?						Black like the planet that they	5
10							fear, why they scared?	10
	Black like the slave ship that later brought us here						Black like the slave ship that later brought us here
	Black like the cheeks that are roadways for tears						Black like the cheeks that are roadways for tears
6							that leave black faces well traveled with years	6
3	That leave black faces well traveled with years							3
	Black like assassin crosshairs						Black like assassin crosshairs
	Blacker than my granddaddy armchair						Blacker than my granddaddy armchair
	He never really got no time to chill there						He never really got no time to chill there
7	'Cause this life is warfare, warfare						Cause this life is warfare, warfare	7
8	Deep on the front lines and blacks is all there						[Talib Kweli]	8
11							Deep on the front lines, and blacks is all there	11
	Black like the perception of who, on welfare						Black like the perception of who, on welfare
	Black like faces at the bottom of the well						Black like faces at the bottom of the well
	I've been there before						I've been there before
12							To bring the light and heat it up	12
13							like "la cocina"	13
14							Make without imagine happen but	14
15							maybe I'm just a dreamer	15
16							I love rockin tracks like John Coltrane love Naema	16
17								17
18							[M] Like the student love the teacher	18
19							[T] Like the prophet love Khadeja	19
20							[M] Like I love my baby features	20
21							[A] Like the creator love all creatures	21
9	To bring the light and heat it up like 'La cocina'						[Talib Kweli]	9
10	Make without imagine happen						Who acknowledge truth and peace seekers	10
4	But maybe I'm just a dreamer							4
5	I love rockin' tracks like John Coltrane love Naema							5
6								6
7	Like the student love the teacher							7
8	Like the prophet love Khadeja							8
9	Like I love my baby features							9
10	Like the creator love all creatures							10
11								11
12	Who acknowledge truth and peace seekers?							12
	We on point like heat seekers						We on point like heat seekers
11	Targettin' the black marketin' strategists						Targettin the black marketing strategists	11
12	Run up on 'em with the heaters						Run up on em with the heaters	12
13	Everybody followin' with no leaders						Everybody followin with no leaders	13
14							Feelin like we killin ourselves	14
15	Feelin' like we killin' ourselves						because I know they can't defeat us	15
13	Because I know they can't defeat us							13
	It don't stop til we complete this, keep this fly						It don't stop til we complete this, keep this fly
16	There's so much to life when you just stay Black and God						There's so much to life when you	16
22							just stay Black and God	22
23							[Mos Def]	23
	Blacker than the nighttime sky of Bed-Stuy in July						Blacker than the nighttime sky of Bed-Stuy in July
	Blacker than the seed in the blackberry pie						Blacker than the seed in the blackberry pie
	Blacker than the middle of my eye						Blacker than the middle of my eye
	Black like feh-lah man cry						Black like feh-lah man cry
17							Some man wan ask "Who am I?"	17
18	Some man wan ask, who am I?						I simply reply, "The U.N.I.,	18
19	I simply reply, 'The U N I V E R S A L Magnetic'						V.E.R.S.A.L. Magnetic"	19
	Work to respect the angelic, climb the mountaintop						Work to respect the angelic, climb the mountaintop
20	And tell it 'til the valley's enveloped						and tell it til the valley's enveloped	20
21							You're full of big chat but you nah know me	21
14	You're full of big chat							14
15	But you nah know me							15
	I'm dark like the side of the moon you don't see						I'm dark like the side of the moon you don't see
22	When the moon shine newly						when the moon shine newly	22
23	You know who else is a Black Star? Who? Me						[M] You know who else is a Black Star? (Who?) Me	23
24	You know who else is a Black Star? Who? Me						[T] You know who else is a Black Star? (Who?) Me	24
25	You know who else is a Black Star, who we? And we						[A] You know who else is a Black	25
26	Be shinin' and shinin', when we rhymin' and rhymin'						Star, who we? (And we)	26
27	We be shinin' and shinin', when we rhymin' and rhymin'						[A] be shinin and shinin, when we rhymin and rhymin	27
24							We be shinin and shinin, when we rhymin and rhymin	24
28	Now, everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the two						[Mos Def]	28
25							Now everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the two	25
	It's the third eye vision, five side dimension						It's the third eye vision, five side dimension
	The 8th Light, is gonna shine bright tonight						The 8th Light, is gonna shine bright tonight
	It's the third eye vision, five side dimension						It's the third eye vision, five side dimension
29	You know the light, go from the dark						[T] You know the light	29
30	The other way is ass-backwards, it's absurd						[M] Go from the dark	30
31	Make you wanna crow like a blackbird, that's right						[T] The other way is ass-backwards	31
32	You livin' from your first day to your last night						[M] It's absurd	32
33							[T] Make you wanna crow like a blackbird	33
34	Sometimes you show your ass like						[M] That's right	34
35	Lint on              your clothes when you froze in						[T] You livin from your first day to your last night	35
36	The Black Light, dead that						[T] Sometimes you show your ass like	36
37	Before you get your head wrapped like Badu						[M] Lint on your clothes	37
38							[T] When you froze in	38
39	We see through your voodoo						[A] THE BLACK LIGHT	39
40	Just like Eve's Bayou, you dealin' with that black magic						[M] Dead that	40
41	Try to civilize you, not walk on by you						[T] Before you get your head wrapped	41
42	Like civil, lies do get you black listed, it'll						[M] Like Badu	42
43							[T] We see through your voodoo	43
44	Be unlucky for you like a black cat						[T] Just           like Eve's Bayou, you	44
45	A panther, revolution is the answer, that's what we need						dealin with that black magic	45
46	Greed plague, like my people like the cancer						[M] Try to civilize you	46
47	True indeed						[T] Not walk on by you	47
26							[M] Like civil-(lies do get you black listed) it'll	26
27							[T] Be unlucky for you like a black cat	27
28							[M] A panther	28
29							[T] Revolution is the answer	29
30							[M] That's what we need	30
31							[T] Greed plague my people like the cancer	31
32							[M] True indeed	32
48	Now black people unite, let's all get down						[Mos Def]	48
33							Now black people unite, and let's ALL GET DOWN	33
	Now everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the two						Now everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the two
	It's the third eye vision, five side dimension						It's the third eye vision, five side dimension
	The 8th Light, is gonna shine bright tonight						The 8th Light, is gonna shine bright tonight
16								16
	Everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the two						Everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the two
	It's the third eye vision, five side dimension						It's the third eye vision, five side dimension
	The 8th Light, is gonna shine bright tonight						The 8th Light, is gonna shine bright tonight
	It's the third eye vision, five side dimension						It's the third eye vision, five side dimension
49	Equalin' up to 8th Light shine bright						Equalin up to eight, light shine bright	49

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