Know That

Hey, hey, hey man
 I strike the empire back
 I strike the empire back
 Fuck the empire
 High flyin' like the Millennium Falcon, piloted by Han Solo
 I never roll for dolo, frontin' on me's a no-no
 Understand? Doin' this for my family
 Ha ha, check it out y'all
 Yo, I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of what makes sense
 Add it up, told my daddy I'd be a rich man
 You never know when your fate gon' switch hand
 Get today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand
 I was a young boy, who dreamt about being a big man
 On small looseleaf sheets I sketched a big plan
 Gotta handle business properly, boost up my economy
 Store it up and get my mom some waterfront property
 Yesterday was not for me but nowadays it's time for me
 The streets is watchin' me, I watch back, that's the policy
 Movin' along my oddesey like blood through the artery
 Navigate the treacherous and make it seem effortless
 Let those who make the exodus seekin' the North beacon
 From beatin' and hog-eatin', from punishment all season
 From hands cracked and bleedin' cotton thorns in your palms
 It's for y'all that I sketch these songs, and it goes
 Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow
 I fear no man, because faith is the arrow
 My vocal chord travel worldwide to block narrow
 We can blow with the ammo or go mano-a-mano
 Kweli is you wit me? Let's make it happen
 (Whattup whattup?)
 I burn through your argument with action
 My eyes stay fastened to tomorrow lookin' for a brighter day
 When y'all wanna leave y'all? Right away
 Shout it out from East-West, from South to Northern
 From Cakalak' to California
 From the coldest to the warmest
 To the borders 'cross the waters, understand
 And know that I love you
 We got love in the place
 Shout out to all the Queens all the seeds
 To all the teams that's gettin' cream
 From outlaw to emcee's
 Make it happen do your thing, understand
 And know that I love you
 Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen
 Guess who? The illest MC in the atmosphere, yeah the Soul Controller
 who roam the frontier like a Buffalo Soldier
 I follow the code of honor like a real man gonna
 Never disrespect no women 'cause I love my momma
 These cats be givin' us praise but it ain't that accurate
 I give it up to God, all that, love and attachment, get
 Scary well-prepared with the shears when it get hairy
 Like how these niggaz is lookin' like some fairies
 And singin' like canaries to the beast
 And anybody who will listen to 'em clearly
 Y'all don't hear me though, even when I'm comin' through in stereo
 You make a mockery of what I represent properly
 Yo, why you startin' me? I take that shit straight to the artery
 Intellectual property I got the title and the deed
 I pay for rent, with the tears and sweat, and what I bleed
 MC's imitate the way we walk, the way we talk
 You cats spit lyrical pork with no spiritual thought
 Plus your flow a little bit off, you come across soft
 Back in the days, niggaz like that on stage got tossed off
 Need to get crossed off the guest list
 It's like you gotta be disrespected
 And thrown out the exit to get the message
 Sometimes your sunshine get snatched like a necklace
 when you get too drunk on power and your drive get reckless
 Check it, MC's in my face after I slug you then I hug you
 If I gotta dead you know it's only 'cause I love you
 Shout it out from East-West from South to Northern
 From the richest to the poorest
 To the elders in the coffins
 Livin' native dyin' for it, understand
 And know that I love you
 Yeah, yeah, we got love in the place
 Shout out from up top to the middle
 To black bottom, sky high
 Whether you colder than December or hotter, than July
 It don't stop 'til we complete this
 And know that I love you keep this fly
 It's so much to life when you just
 Stay black, stay black
 Stay black, stay black
 Stay black, stay black
 Stay black, stay black
 Stay black, stay black
 My people, my people, my people people p-people
 My people, my people, my people people p-people
 My people, my people, my people people p-people
 My people, my people, my people people p-people
 My people, my people, my people people p-people
 My people, my people, my people people p-people
 My people, my people, my people people p-people
 My people, my people, my people people p-people
 My people, oh oh oh oh ohh, oh ohh