This Means You

Sometimes, you gotta be direct with the people, y'know like.*
 Give it to 'em (c'mon)
 Yo!
 Give it to 'em
 GET, UP, NOW!
 Yo, we keep it type raw, and know exactly what we fight for
 When the nightfall come, we in the right war
 Cats who spill blood for a cause, not just because
 Defy the authority and follow God's law
 Revolutionary entrepeneurs; who make the fans
 Clap they hands and stompin the floor not start the applause
 (Ahhh ssssh! Yeah!) Thank you very much, without further adieu
 Let meduce the rest of my crew, Mos Def!
 Yo, I am the world renowned,
 Verb adjective adverb pronoun preposition suffix prefix
 Original or remix, sunburst and eclipse
 Me and Kwe' combine like strands on a double-helix
 My speech seasoned, with dialect of my region
 Booga-nam Brooklyn Bed-Stuy Eastern
 Where youth and policemen, they nah reach agreement
 Pressure in the mornin, pressure in the evenin
 {Scratching:}
 "Mos Def" . "Kwe'-Kweli" . "Hi Tek on the beat!" . "brothers and sisters"
 You, need, to, get, up, right, now
 And, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
 You, you
 Yeahh, alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah
 Alright yeah, alright yeah, alright yeah, yeah-ehhhh
 Uh, uh, uh, uh, yo, yo, yo
 Things changed since we came out, been some shit in New York
 Niggaz stopped gettin jig in New York, bloods and crips in New York
 The Y-2-K celebration wasn't big in New York
 Babylon live in New York, should I keep a crib in New York
 Or just V.I., to handle my B.I.
 When with my A-Alikes we see with three eyes
 Yo Kweli I agree I, was thinkin the same thing myself
 Smog in the city ain't no good for your health
 Things changed in New York, type strange in New York
 Forty-Deuce don't look the same in New York
 Just politics, tricks and big games in New York
 Switched trains a writer can't get fame in New York
 Internet and Wall Street got paid in New York
 Poor folks and workin class got slayed in New York
 Even still, everyday they make weight in New York
 Flashlights lookin for a brighter day in New York
 In New York they say it's - red hot
 Will the temperature ease up? Black I guess not
 It's multi-lane traffic, no sign for rest stops
 No corner breaks, put on your gloves and just box
 No dance school to teach you to wop and bus stop
 Better get up in the booth, hop up and just rock
 If you think it's like that, it's not so just stop
 All mankind time runnin down on one watch, just watch
 If, you, are, just, coming, in,
 I, will say it, once, more, so, you, can, hear, cause
 You, need, to, get, up, right, now
 And, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you
 You, you
 Yo, Mos Def and Talib Kweli bring disaster to the industry
 We best-sellin authors writin great chapters in history
 These cats undercover like gay rappers dealin with mystery
 My platinum grey matter spray batter that's specifically
 designed to make rappers break faster than eggshells in the mornin
 Inhaled the divine in that's laid dormant
 Water from the well STAY pourin
 I answer back when I hear fate callin
 Freedom fighter ready to attack at the crack of a new day dawnin
 Way more than necessary skills for the application
 My flow is Great like the Lakes and it rocks like Applachains
 My facts more than make up for what you lack in imagination
 You more confused than Tiger Woods when he made up Cabalaysian
 I'm sayin!
 Break bounds like the jet Concorde
 Win awards before I leave for my world award tour
 When they scream encore, that's when they want more
 Flow steadily, whether I'm on or off shore
 High potent, zone coastin, no jokin
 Safecracker sniff gon' keep the joint open
 Peep the focus, high resolution, high reception
 My "Train of Thought" connectin with my bredren from Reflection like
 You, need, to, get, up, right, now
 And, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you, again!
 You, need, to, get, up, right, now
 And, move, with, this, yes, this, means, you, we goin
 New York Philly
 Chicago Detroit
 Miami D.C.
 L.A. The world
 London Amsterdam
 Paris Japan
 Any place that a human being might stand, we goin.