Fear Not of Man

(* - means "In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate")<br><br>[Mos Def]<br>Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem *<br><br>If you can hear me ladies and gentlemen<br>then I`m very happy that you came here..<br><br>Ooh-ooooooooooohhhh, ooh-ooooooooooooooohh-WHEEEEE!!!<br>That was for Brooklyn..<br>Ha ha, we get it everytime<br>You got me on? Ohh<br>Shout out to all of my crew, East-West, North-South<br>All the continent, Europe, all abroad international<br>Bring it in, bring it in, bring it in, bring it in<br>It`s a lot of things goin on y`all<br>21st century is comin<br>20th century almost done<br>A lot of things have changed<br>A lot of things have not, mainly us<br>We gon` get it together right? I believe that<br>Listen.. people be askin me all the time,<br>"Yo Mos, what`s gettin ready to happen with Hip-Hop?"<br> (Where do you think Hip-Hop is goin?)<br>I tell em, "You know what`s gonna happen with Hip-Hop?<br>Whatever`s happening with us"<br>If we smoked out, Hip-Hop is gonna be smoked out<br>If we doin alright, Hip-Hop is gonna be doin alright<br>People talk about Hip-Hop like it`s some giant livin in the hillside<br>comin down to visit the townspeople<br>We +are+ Hip-Hop<br>Me, you, everybody, we are Hip-Hop<br>So Hip-Hop is goin where we goin<br>So the next time you ask yourself where Hip-Hop is goin<br>ask yourself.. where am I goin? How am I doin?<br>Til you get a clear idea<br>So.. if Hip-Hop is about the people<br>and the.. Hip-Hop won`t get better until the people get better<br>then how do people get better? (Hmmmm...)<br>Well, from my understanding people get better<br>when they start to understand that, they are valuable<br>And they not valuable because they got a whole lot of money<br>or cause somebody, think they sexy<br>but they valuable caause they been created by God<br>And God, makes you valuable<br>And whether or not you, recognize that value is one thing<br>You got a lot of socities and governments<br>tryin to be God, wishin that they were God<br>They wanna create satellites and cameras everywhere<br>and make you think they got the all-seein eye<br>Eh.. I guess The Last Poets wasn`t, too far off<br>when they said that certain people got a God Complex<br>I believe it`s true<br>I don`t get phased out by none of that, none of that<br>helicopters, the TV screens, the newscasters, the..<br>satellite dishes.. they just, wishin<br>They can`t really never do that<br>When they tell me to fear they law<br>When they tell me to try to<br>have some fear in my heart behind the things that they do<br>This is what I think in my mind<br>And this is what I say to them<br>And this is what I`m sayin, to you check it<br><br>All over the world hearts pound with the rhythm<br>Fear not of men because men must die<br>Mind over matter and soul before flesh<br>Angels for the pain keep a record in time<br>which is passin and runnin like a caravan freighter<br>The world is overrun with the wealthy and the wicked<br>But God is sufficient in disposin of affairs<br>Gunmen and stockholders try to merit my fear<br>But God is sufficient over plans they prepared<br>Mos Def in the flesh, where you at, right here<br>on this place called Earth, holdin down my square<br>Bout to do it for y`all, and y`all at the fair<br>So just bounce, come on bounce<br>B-b-bounce b-bounce b-bounce-bounce<br>And just.. <br>.. just step two three<br>Just step two three and<br>step two..<br>two three and..<br>One two three and four<br>One two three and four<br>Once again<br>All over the world hearts pound with the rhythm<br>Fear not of men because men must die<br>Mind over matter and soul before flesh<br>Angels for the pain keep a record in time<br>which is passin and runnin like a caravan freighter<br>The world is overrun with the wealthy and the wicked<br>But God is sufficient in disposin of affairs<br>Gunmen and stockholders try to merit your fear<br>But God is sufficient over plans they prepared<br>Mos Def in the flesh, where you at, right here<br>on this place called Earth, holdin down my square<br>Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere<br>Bout to represent in your whole atmosphere<br>to your atmosphere, to your atmosphere<br>Oh-ooooooohhhhhhhhhh!<br>That was for you - and Brooklyn too!