I find it’s distressin’, there’s never no in-between:
We either niggaz or kings,
We either bitches or queens.
The deadly ritual seems immersed in the perverse,
Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts.
We either niggaz or kings,
We either bitches or queens.
The deadly ritual seems immersed in the perverse,
Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts.
- Mos Def, “Thieves in the Night,” from Black Star’s Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star, 1998
Beef is not what Jay said to Nas;
Beef is when the working folks can’t find jobs.
Beef is when the working folks can’t find jobs.
- Mos Def, “Beef” 12”, 2003
Life without knowledge is death in disguise.
- Talib Kweli, “K.O.S.,” from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, 1998
Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.
- Talib Kweli, “Definition,” Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, 1998
