History (Feat. Talib Kweli)

Kweli say Everybody act according to the season that they born in Some are the night some are the morning some at noon Some in winter some in June It's our code it's the natural The science is a joke For me and mines yours and you Let's move tell you a little about mine yo I was born in a season where the world was quiet and cold Celebrations were going on Some were happy some were sad Some felt bad from being good Some felt good from being bad feelings pass and change But they never leave they here to stay Holiday holiday happy birthday Teenage love the first cut run deep Soul on flesh this is the Brooklyn streets Year of the Ox seven and three M.D. the history come on Every soul got wonder D yes It's where you been and where you be And without understanding you cannot proceed Complete the start and the end Then it just go round again again Again and again brand new Again and again so fresh Again and again newness I was born in the decade of decadence where they worship what they have Ford was president do the math The war was ended when the Vietnamese stormed the city of Saigon We was like Bye we was gone let bygones be bygones I'm gone spread love it's the Brooklyn way Where the hug you with the firearm side arm Like new school clothes Black Star official Smash when we do a show it's facts no mystery I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy I rock with The Roots like the Given Tree Powerful bigotry I work me and my people got history These rappers dumb it down considerably We Get it Poppin' like a hit chorus The flow is historic they can't get rid of us You pick with us and we lay the law like Leviticus Ten years ago we made history so they missing us And don't call it come back in particular We've been effort blending to affirmer or Fade into peripheral transition of the minister's original We're broadcast clear without diminishing Black Star so tight burning soul temperatures and ministers Alkalines aminos and minerals essentials Served over Dilla time signatures It's miracle material remember it's right now foreverness