Hey Yo Man I Think That Dude's Tryin To Break Into Your Car



...what?




New York Life... Type Trife...



That's Why I'm Tryin To Shine The Light Yo



Here It Come Here It Come Here It Come Y'all




Mos Def Blessed With The Breath Of Life So Arise And Give Praises



Turn My Face To Where The Mighty Sun Raises



My Book Of Rhyme Pages Filled With Phrases That Amaze



I Could Go On For Days



First Name Dante, Last Name Beze



Build The House Of Tomorrow With Bricks Of Today



My Foundation Rests On Allah Corner Stone



Shine The Light Throught The Mic To Radiate Your Zone



See, The World That We Know Is About To Get Finished



I'm Watching Last Days Wind Down To Final Minutes



Got Dreams Of Paradise And My Whole Fam In It



So I Ain't Got Time To Play No Crime Lieutenant



Do You Got Time To Play The Crime Lieutenant?



See Time Is The Asset, How You Gonna Spend It



The Way You Handle Yours Will Be Well Documented



It's The Raw Authentic, Sandalwood Scented



To Make You Bump The Joint And In Beyond City Limits



Twenty-first, No Time To, Approach A Thing Timid



My Name Is Mos Def And This Is How I Get In It




Chorus:




Hey Yo, My Man (huh?)....



Somethin Tight Comin Through The Pipe (what?)



You Heard The First Time, The Rhyme Is Designed



To Incline Throughout Space And Time (yeah)



You Don't Believe, Lend A Ear, Yo My Man (huh?)



Somethin Tight Comin On Your Right (what?)



You Heard The First Time, The Rhyme Is Designed



To Incline, I Hold The Fold To Shine (yeah)



If You Can Huh, You Can Hear It...



If You Can Huh, You Can Hear It, We In Your Atmos'




Shine Like Black Gold, Burn Like Black Coal



Make A Old Timer Roll Up Her Sleeves, Now That's Cold



Behold, The One And Only Has Blessed My Testimony



Approach The Ceremony Authentic, Never Phony



For Delf, But Never Lonely, Keep The Kinfolk Close



Watch Me Rip It On Pacific And Atlantic Coasts



With The Antidote, For The Poisonous Snake Lies Wit



Only Wimps Put The Hiss On Tape



You Can't Get On Straight, This Is Dead On Tape



Accompanied By Shawn J. With The Bid On Bait



Put The Grid On Plate, On The Ear Or Tray



Hot Damn It Captain Kirk And The Klingons Say



You Can't Sit On Stage, You Got To Get On The M-O-



T-I-V-A-T-E Real Life, Ain't No Freebie



My Seed Can't Be Needy, No Time For Freaky-deaky



I'm Movin On Up Like George And Wheezy



Who Said That This Was Easy, They Must Have Been Treetop High



Standin Yieldin To Our Boldfaced Lie, We All Got To Die



So All Got To Try, To Live Life Right



In The Sight Of Most High, To Live Life Right



In The Sight Of Most High, To Live Life Right



In The Sight Of Most High, To Live Life Right In The Sight




Chorus:




Hey Yo, My Man (huh?)....



Somethin Tight Comin Through The Pipe (what?)



You Heard The First Time, The Rhyme Is Designed



To Incline Throughout Space And Time (yeah)



You Don't Believe, Lend A Ear, Yo My Man (huh?)



Somethin Tight Movin On Your Right (what?)



You Heard The First Time, The Rhyme Is Designed



To Incline, I Hold The Fold To Shine (yeah)



If You Can Huh, You Can Hear It Yo, My Man (huh?)....



Somethin Tight Comin Through The Pipe (what?)



You Heard The First Time, The Rhyme Is Designed



To Incline The Pure Genuine (yeah)



You Don't Believe, Lend A Ear, Yo My Man (huh?)



Somethin Tight Movin On Your Right (what?)



You Heard The First Time, My Rhyme Is Designed



To Incline, I Hold The Fold To Shine (yeah)



If You Can Huh, You Can Hear It...



If You Can Huh, You Can Hear It, We In Your Atmos'...