You Already Knew

[Intro: Talib Kweli] Fight for the whole purse Cause life is a cold verse [Verse 1: Yasiin Bey] Mathematics is steel in the hour of Chaos and God power love Topple the Tower of Babylon Break the great steel gate and elevate Above all hate and all things Grace, enthusiasm, sincerity, passion Known through the classes and masses, massive Trans-Atlantic mavericks, you are living Asiatic The organic masters, the cream of the planet The Panthers, sovereigns with answers Medicine for madness, divine guideline for balance Beyond sensational rapture How clever to capture phony ceremony theatrics So real it's surreal, look at my face You could feel it before I had anything to say Yasiin, Dante, Black Star, ever see all day Fantastic, great, rise, elevate [Hook: Yasiin Bey] Before I made the news, you already know And that's the truth I said, before I made the news You already know And that's the truth I said, before I made the news You already know And that's the truth And it never made the news It don't need to make the news to be true Black Star, black black so What's up with you? How you doing, how you feel? [Yasiin and Talib Kweli] How you doing, how you feel? And let the world spin round and round No matter how it spin, it won't break me down I'm on solid ground, but far above the clouds [Yasiin Bey] Consumer evil easing on down Black and I'm proud, say [Verse 2: Talib Kweli] Way more than just a stereo filler -- rising way above it People love it, our material realer We spit heavy, Rick Perry is a serial killer Forget Carrie at the prom with a bucket of blood It gets scary Get buried just for speaking your mind Stopped so often driving on the Turnpike It's like driving in a coffin I'm asking who riding, but riding is quite exhausting Calling cats forfeit who get with the game often Looking for fame and fortune, they try to remain important Consorting with them whores and releasing the same endorphins A pimp is still pimping regardless of what you call him Mahi-mahi ain't just a fancy name for dolphin Never get caught up in a name -- ask Yasiin The realest she ever seen, Talib Kweli Greene Funny people used to give my mom a hard time Now my President is black and his name is hard as mine Imagine if the Tea Party was black as the Caucus They would be at the rally telling cops back up off 'em Do it for the glory, the ghetto, the war stories Soldiers on shore leave who occupy Wall Street For good chicks who give it up to God on Sundays Pretty chicks walking on the project runways Rocking black on black like the project gunplay Your sun'll come back out one day, trust me [Hook 2: Yasiin Bey] Before I made the news You already know And it's the truth I said, before I make the news You already know And that's the truth I said, before it made the news You already knew And that's the truth And it never made the news It don't need to make the news to be true Black Star, black black too What's up with you? How you doing, how you feel? How you doing, how you feel? [Yasiin and Talib Kweli] And let the world spin round and round No matter how it spin, it won't break me down I'm on solid ground, but far above the clouds [Yasiin Bey] The sin of evil isn't going down Black and I'm proud, say it now I make them set their hands down, say Black Star, get down Never mind, look around