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[Mos Def]Against the canvas of the nightAppears a curious celestial phenomenaCalled Black Star, but what is it?[Talib Kweli]Black people unite and let's all get downWe got to have what? We got to have that love[Mos Def]What is the Black Star?Is it the cat with the black shades, the black car?Is it shining from very far, to where you are?It is commonplace and differentIntimate and distantFresher than an infant[Talib Kweli]Black, my family thick, like they're striped molassesStar, on the rise, in the eyes of the massesBlack is the color of my true love's hairStar's are bright, shining, hot balls of air[Mos Def]Black like my baby girl's stareBlack like the veil that the muslimina wearLetras de cancionesBlack like the planet that they fear, why they scared?Black like the slave ship that later brought us hereBlack like the cheeks that are roadways for tearsThat leave black faces well traveled with yearsBlack like assassin cross hairsBlacker than my granddaddy armchairHe never really got no time to chill thereCause this life is warfare, warfare[Talib Kweli]Deep on the front lines, and blacks is all thereBlack like the perception of who, on welfareBlack like faces at the bottom of the wellI've been there beforeTo bring the light and heat it up like "la cocina"Make without imagine happen but maybe I'm just a dreamerI love rockin tracks like John Coltrane love NaemaLike the student love the teacherLike the prophet love KhadejaLike I love my baby featuresLike the creator love all creatures[Talib Kweli]Who acknowledge truth and peace seekersWe on point like heat seekersTargeting the black marketing strategistsRun up on em with the heatersEverybody following with no leadersFeeling like we killing ourselvesBecause I know they can't defeat usIt don't stop til we complete this, keep this flyThere's so much to life when you just stay Black and God[Mos Def]Blacker than the nighttime sky of Bed-Stuy in JulyBlacker than the seed in the blackberry pieBlacker than the middle of my eyeBlack like feh-lah man crySome man wan ask "Who am I?"I simply reply, "The U.N.I., V.E.R.S.A.L. Magnetic"Work to respect the angelic, climb the mountaintopAnd tell it til the valley's envelopedYou're full of big chat but you nah know meI'm dark like the side of the moon you don't seeWhen the moon shine newlyYou know who else is a Black Star? (Who?) MeYou know who else is a Black Star? (Who?) MeYou know who else is a Black Star, who we? (And we)Be shining and shining, when we rhyming and rhymingWe be shining and shining, when we rhyming and rhyming[Mos Def]Now everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the twoIt's the third eye vision, five side dimensionThe 8th Light, is gonna shine bright tonightIt's the third eye vision, five side dimensionYou know the lightGo from the darkThe other way is ass-backwardsIt's absurdMake you want to crow like a blackbirdThat's rightYou living from your first day to your last nightSometimes you show your ass likeLint on your clothesWhen you froze in The black lightDead thatBefore you get your head wrappedLike BaduWe see through your voodooJust like Eve's Bayou, you dealing with that black magicTry to civilize youNot walk on by youLike civil-(lies do get you black listed) it'llBe unlucky for you like a black catA pantherRevolution is the answerThat's what we needGreed plague my people like the cancerTrue indeed[Mos Def]Now black people unite, and let's all get downNow everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the twoIt's the third eye vision, five side dimensionThe 8th Light, is gonna shine bright tonightEverybody hop on the one, the sounds of the twoIt's the third eye vision, five side dimensionThe 8th Light, is gonna shine bright tonightIt's the third eye vision, five side dimensionEqualing up to eight, light shine bright From Letras Mania