Mos Def - Fear Not Of Man

[00:00.92] (* - means "In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate") [00:04.53] (Mos Def) [00:06.81] Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem * [00:09.94] If you can hear me ladies and gentlemen [00:11.58] Then I'm very happy that you came here. [00:15.10] Ooh-ooooooooooohhhh, ooh-ooooooooooooooohh-WHEEEEE! [00:21.28] That was for Brooklyn. [00:24.58] Ha ha, we get it everytime [00:26.85] You got me on? Ohh [00:29.94] Shout out to all of my crew, East-West, North-South [00:35.29] All the continent, Europe, all abroad international [00:38.34] Bring it in, bring it in, bring it in, bring it in [00:40.01] It's a lot of things goin on y'all [00:43.29] 21st century is comin [00:45.45] 20th century almost done [00:48.02] A lot of things have changed [00:50.42] A lot of things have not, mainly us [00:54.94] We gon' get it together right? I believe that [00:58.38] Listen. people be askin me all the time, [01:02.14] "Yo Mos, what's gettin ready to happen with Hip-Hop?" [01:03.98] (Where do you think Hip-Hop is goin?) [01:04.94] I tell em, "You know what's gonna happen with Hip-Hop? [01:06.14] Whatever's happening with us" [01:08.19] If we smoked out, Hip-Hop is gonna be smoked out [01:10.89] If we doin alright, Hip-Hop is gonna be doin alright [01:13.75] People talk about Hip-Hop like it's some giant livin in the hillside [01:17.14] Comin down to visit the townspeople [01:19.91] We +are+ Hip-Hop [01:22.03] Me, you, everybody, we are Hip-Hop [01:24.76] So Hip-Hop is goin where we goin [01:26.95] So the next time you ask yourself where Hip-Hop is goin [01:29.15] Ask yourself. where am I goin? How am I doin? [01:34.50] Til you get a clear idea [01:39.36] So. if Hip-Hop is about the people [01:42.90] And the. Hip-Hop won't get better until the people get better [01:46.59] Then how do people get better? (Hmmmm...) [01:49.26] Well, from my understanding people get better [01:52.08] When they start to understand that, they are valuable [01:54.87] And they not valuable because they got a whole lot of money [01:57.32] Or cause somebody, think they sexy [01:59.22] But they valuable cause they been created by God [02:02.97] And God, makes you valuable [02:05.16] And whether or not you, recognize that value is one thing [02:09.65] You got a lot of societies and governments [02:11.46] Tryin to be God, wishin that they were God [02:15.11] They wanna create satellites and cameras everywhere [02:17.16] And make you think they got the all-seein eye [02:20.08] Eh. I guess The Last Poets wasn't, too far off [02:22.46] When they said that certain people got a God Complex [02:25.15] I believe it's true [02:28.03] I don't get phased out by none of that, none of that [02:30.14] Helicopters, the TV screens, the newscasters, the. [02:33.80] Satellite dishes. they just, wishin [02:38.08] They can't really never do that [02:40.45] When they tell me to fear they law [02:42.79] When they tell me to try to [02:43.93] Have some fear in my heart behind the things that they do [02:47.38] This is what I think in my mind [02:49.41] And this is what I say to them [02:50.86] And this is what I'm sayin, to you check it [02:53.35] All over the world hearts pound with the rhythm [02:55.76] Fear not of men because men must die [02:58.12] Mind over matter and soul before flesh [03:00.75] Angels hold a pen keep a record in time [03:03.03] We just passin and runnin like a caravan trader. [03:05.32] The world is overrun with the wealthy and the wicked [03:07.94] But God is sufficient in disposin of affairs [03:10.30] Gunmen and stockholders try to merit my fear [03:12.70] But God is sufficient over plans they prepared [03:15.21] Mos Def in the flesh, where you at, right here [03:17.62] On this place called Earth, holdin down my square [03:19.93] Bout to do it for y'all, and y'all at the fair [03:22.49] So just bounce, come on bounce [03:24.78] B-b-bounce b-bounce b-bounce-bounce [03:26.97] And just. [03:29.65] . Just step two three [03:31.90] Just step two three and [03:34.33] Step two. [03:37.44] Two three and. [03:40.06] One two three and four [03:42.99] One two three and four [03:46.28] Once again [03:47.00] All over the world hearts pound with the rhythm [03:49.39] Fear not of men because men must die [03:51.86] Mind over matter and soul before flesh [03:53.94] Angels hold a pen keep a record in time [03:56.89] We just passin and runnin like a caravan freighter [03:59.29] The world is overrun with the wealthy and the wicked [04:01.73] But God is sufficient in disposin of affairs [04:04.10] Gunmen and stockholders try to merit your fear [04:06.56] But God is sufficient over plans they prepared [04:09.09] Mos Def in the flesh, where you at, right here [04:11.47] On this place called Earth, holdin down my square [04:13.89] Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere [04:16.14] Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere [04:18.70] To your atmosphere, to your atmosphere [04:21.01] Oh-ooooooohhhhhhhhhh! [04:23.39] That was for you - and Brooklyn too! [04:26.01]