Released: August 26, 1998
Songwriter: Talib Kweli Yasiin Bey
Producer: Hi-Tek Talib Kweli
[Vocal sample from male announcer]
We feel that we have a responsibility to... shine the light... into the darkness. You know there's a lot of darkness out here. We watch it all the time. I'm busy lookin' at the darkness sayin' "Damn, there's some darkness over there." Whatever. And we have a responsibility to focus on it. You know, ya'll be kool. We know that we know how to make some music and that music ain't supposed to stand still...
[Talib Kweli]
It's like that. Mos Def and Kweli. (Black Star... guide me... Black Star... Black Star)
It's like that. Mos Def and Kweli. (Black Star)
[Mos Def]
We know where the real life documentarians are. Who? Of course the mighty Mos Def is a real life documentarian. Talib Kweli... real life documentarian
[Vocal sample from male announcer]
Anyhow, the statements that they make will determine what everybody else plays very shortly. Ya dig? And that's the way it goes. So here we go!
We feel that we have a responsibility to... shine the light... into the darkness. You know there's a lot of darkness out here. We watch it all the time. I'm busy lookin' at the darkness sayin' "Damn, there's some darkness over there." Whatever. And we have a responsibility to focus on it. You know, ya'll be kool. We know that we know how to make some music and that music ain't supposed to stand still...
[Talib Kweli]
It's like that. Mos Def and Kweli. (Black Star... guide me... Black Star... Black Star)
It's like that. Mos Def and Kweli. (Black Star)
[Mos Def]
We know where the real life documentarians are. Who? Of course the mighty Mos Def is a real life documentarian. Talib Kweli... real life documentarian
[Vocal sample from male announcer]
Anyhow, the statements that they make will determine what everybody else plays very shortly. Ya dig? And that's the way it goes. So here we go!
- Respiration
- Thieves in the Night
- Definition
- Re: Definition
- Brown Skin Lady
- Astronomy (8th Light)
- Twice Inna Lifetime
- Know That
- Hater Players
- Beef
- Fix Up
- B Boys Will B Boys
- Yo Yeah
- Intro
- You Already Knew
- Respiration (Flying High Remix)
- Respiration (Remix)
- What It Is
- Freestyle
- Hip-Hop (Screamixx)
- Little Brother
- Another World
- Make it All Better
- Brown Sugar (Raw)