Chords for Mos Def -1998 -Mos Def & Talib Kweli - K.O.S (Determination)

The redhead that has [B] his toe down.
You're doing it right now, getting away with it, but you know what I'm saying?
He's going to get you.
Where all the people at?
Where all them big time drug dealers?
You know you got to know [Db] how to do it.
You're one of those [Ebm] people that's going to get away with it all for yourself.
[Gbm] You know what I'm saying?
[B] _ You're not going to get away with it all for yourself.
You're not going to get away with it all [Ab] for yourself.
So many MC's focusing on black people extermination.
We keep [Eb] it balanced with our knowledge of [Abm] self determination.
That's how we be blowing the spots with conversations.
Come on, let's smooth it out like soul cessation.
We in the [Ebm] house like Japanese in [Ab] Japan or Koreans in Korea.
Had the Philly [Abm] Freemania with the Kujichagulia.
True.
Singing and singing and writing and spiting.
[B] But what they writing got us clashing like titans.
It's not exciting, no [Gb] question.
[Eb] Being a black man is [Ab] demanding.
The fire's in my eyes and the flames need [Abm] fanning.
The fire's in my eyes and the flames need fanning.
The fire's in my eyes and the flames need [Ab] fanning.
And with that what?
Knowledge of self.
Determination.
With that what?
[Abm] Knowledge of self.
Determination.
With that what?
Knowledge of self.
[Ebm] Determination.
With that what?
Knowledge of self.
[Abm] Determination.
The things I've seen and [Ab] do [Bbm] may not come [Ebm] quite through.
My [Abm] words may not [Ebm] convey just what I'm feeling.
Yes, yes, come [Abm] on.
Yes, yes.
Knowledge of self is like [Ab] life after death.
You [Db] never [Abm] worry about your last breath.
Death comes, that's how I'm living.
It's the next [B] stage.
The flesh goes underground.
The book of life flip a page.
Yo, they asking me how old we live in [Ab] the same age.
Y'all feel the [Bb] rage of a million niggas locked inside a [Ebm] cage.
At exactly which [Abm] point do you start to realize [Ebm] that life without [Abm] knowledge is death in disguise?
That's why.
Knowledge of self is like [Db] life after death.
Apply it to your life, [Abm] let destiny manifest.
[B] Different days, same conclusion.
We're gonna take this hip hop shit and keep it moving.
Shed a little light.
Now y'all blooming like a flower with the [Db] power of the evident.
Voices and [Abm] drums original instruments in the flesh.
Presently presenting my representation [Ebm] with that word.
[Abm] Knowledge of self.
Determination.
With that word.
Knowledge of self.
[Bbm] Determination.
With that word.
[Ebm] Knowledge of self.
Determination.
With that word.
[Abm] Knowledge of self.
Determination.
[Ebm] With that word.
Knowledge of self.
Determination.
Things [Abm] are still in me.
[Ebm] Notr.
I've aumentar going through.
_ _ [Abm] My words may not [Ebm] convey just what I'm [Abm] feeling.
The most important time in history is now, the [Eb] present.
Count your blessings, [Gb] cause time can't define the essence.
But you're stressing over time [Abm] and you follow the Roman [Ebm] calendar.
These people in the corner like Attica.
You can bet [Ab] they trying to lock you down like Attica.
The African diaspora represents strength in [Eb] numbers.
A giant can't slumber forever.
[Abm] I know you gotta get that cheddar wherever.
[B] Ayo, I heard you twice, first time money, get it together.
[Abm] You must be history, you repeating yourself [Bbm] out of the pages.
You keeping yourself the heat [Abm] and your spiritual wealth.
Stack quick cash or get your ass quick fast in houses of attention.
[B] Inner city concentration, can't for no one pays attention.
Dimensions, the ascension of depth, [Ab] till nothing's left.
The young gifted in black is sprung [B] addicted to crack.
All my people where you at?
[Abm] Cause y'all ain't here.
And your heroes using your mind as a canvas to paint fear.
With brush strokes and tales of [Bbm] incarceration.
You get out of jail with that [Abm] knowledge of self [Ebm] determination.
Standing [Abm] ovation, because you put the hue in human.
[Ebm] Cause and effect, affect everything you doing.
That's why I got love [Ab] in the face of hate.
Hand steady so the lines [Ebm] in the mental illustration is straight.
That thought you had, don't [B] even contemplate.
Infinite like figure eight, there's no escape.
[Abm] From that word, knowledge of self [C] determination.
[Bbm] From that word, knowledge of self [Ebm] determination.
From that word, knowledge [B] of self determination.
From that word, knowledge of self determination.
Things I [Bbm] say and do, may not come to [Ebm] you.
My [Abm] words may [B] not convey just what I'm feeling.
[Ab] Things I say and do, [Bbm] may not come to you.
_ [Ebm] My [Abm] words may not convey just what I'm feeling.
What the fuck is in your mouth is when [Ab] you're going to get.
What the fuck is in your [Abm] mouth is when you're going to get.
_ _ _ _ Knowledge of self.
[B] Things I say and do, [Db] may [Ab] not come to [Gb]
you.
My words may [Ebm] not convey just what I'm [Ab] feeling.
Things I say and [Gb] do, may not come to [Ab] you.
[Ebm] My [Abm] words may not convey just what I'm feeling.
_ [B] _ _ [Eb] I'm [Abm] feeling, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] I'm feeling. _ _
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