Astronomy

<br>[mos def]<br><br>Against the canvas of the night<br><br>Appears a curious celestial phenomena<br><br>Called black star, but what is it? <br><br><br><br>[talib kweli]<br><br>Black people unite and lets all get down<br><br>We got to have what? we got to have that love<br><br><br><br>[mos def]<br><br>What is the black star? <br><br>Is it the cat with the black shades, the black car? <br><br>Is it shinin from very far, to where you are? <br><br>It is commonplace and different<br><br>Intimate and distant<br><br>Fresher than an infant<br><br><br><br>[talib kweli]<br><br>Black, my family thick, like theyre striped molasses<br><br>Star, on the rise, in the eyes of the masses<br><br>Black is the color of my true loves hair<br><br>Stars are bright, shining, hot balls of air<br><br><br><br>[mos def]<br><br>Black like my baby girls stare<br><br>Black like the veil that the muslimina wear<br><br>Black like the planet that they fear, why they scared? <br><br>Black like the slave ship that later brought us here<br><br>Black like the cheeks that are roadways for tears<br><br>That leave black faces well traveled with years<br><br>Black like assassin crosshairs<br><br>Blacker than my granddaddy armchair<br><br>He never really got no time to chill there<br><br>Cause this life is warfare, warfare<br><br><br><br>[talib kweli]<br><br>Deep on the front lines, and blacks is all there<br><br>Black like the perception of who, on welfare<br><br>Black like faces at the bottom of the well<br><br>Ive been there before<br><br>To bring the light and heat it up like &quot;la cocina&quot;<br><br>Make without imagine happen but maybe Im just a dreamer<br><br>I love rockin tracks like john coltrane love naema<br><br><br><br>[m] like the student love the teacher<br><br>[t] like the prophet love khadeja<br><br>[m] like I love my baby features<br><br>[a] like the creator love all creatures<br><br><br><br>[talib kweli]<br><br>Who acknowledge truth and peace seekers<br><br>We on point like heat seekers<br><br>Targettin the black marketing strategists<br><br>Run up on em with the heaters<br><br>Everybody followin with no leaders<br><br>Feelin like we killin ourselves<br><br>Because I know they cant defeat us<br><br>It dont stop til we complete this, keep this fly<br><br>Theres so much to life when you just stay black and god<br><br><br><br>[mos def]<br><br>Blacker than the nighttime sky of bed-stuy in july<br><br>Blacker than the seed in the blackberry pie<br><br>Blacker than the middle of my eye<br><br>Black like feh-lah man cry<br><br>Some man wan ask &quot;who am i? &quot;<br><br>I simply reply, &quot;the u.n.i., v.e.r.s.a.l. magnetic&quot;<br><br>Work to respect the angelic, climb the mountaintop<br><br>And tell it til the valleys enveloped<br><br>Youre full of big chat but you nah know me<br><br>Im dark like the side of the moon you dont see<br><br>When the moon shine newly<br><br><br><br>[m] you know who else is a black star? (who? ) me<br><br>[t] you know who else is a black star? (who? ) me<br><br>[a] you know who else is a black star, who we? (and we)<br><br>[a] be shinin and shinin, when we rhymin and rhymin<br><br>We be shinin and shinin, when we rhymin and rhymin<br><br><br><br>[mos def]<br><br>Now everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the two<br><br>Its the third eye vision, five side dimension<br><br>The 8th light, is gonna shine bright tonight<br><br>Its the third eye vision, five side dimension<br><br><br><br>[t] you know the light<br><br>[m] go from the dark<br><br>[t] the other way is ass-backwards<br><br>[m] its absurd<br><br>[t] make you wanna crow like a blackbird<br><br>[m] thats right<br><br>[t] you livin from your first day to your last night<br><br>[t] sometimes you show your ass like<br><br>[m] lint on your clothes<br><br>[t] when you froze in<br><br>[a] the black light<br><br>[m] dead that<br><br>[t] before you get your head wrapped<br><br>[m] like badu<br><br>[t] we see through your voodoo<br><br>[t] just like eves bayou, you dealin with that black magic<br><br>[m] try to civilize you<br><br>[t] not walk on by you<br><br>[m] like civil-(lies do get you black listed) itll<br><br>[t] be unlucky for you like a black cat<br><br>[m] a panther<br><br>[t] revolution is the answer<br><br>[m] thats what we need<br><br>[t] greed plague my people like the cancer<br><br>[m] true indeed<br><br><br><br>[mos def]<br><br>Now black people unite, and lets all get down<br><br>Now everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the two<br><br>Its the third eye vision, five side dimension<br><br>The 8th light, is gonna shine bright tonight<br><br>Everybody hop on the one, the sounds of the two<br><br>Its the third eye vision, five side dimension<br><br>The 8th light, is gonna shine bright tonight<br><br>Its the third eye vision, five side dimension<br><br>Equalin up to eight, light shine bright