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
And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble,
But I disregarded detour signs,
And did not stop til you was mine.
I guess God was like, ‘Aight, fine.’
Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps.
Try to give it back, He be like, ‘Nah, that’s yours to keep.’
But I disregarded detour signs,
And did not stop til you was mine.
I guess God was like, ‘Aight, fine.’
Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps.
Try to give it back, He be like, ‘Nah, that’s yours to keep.’
- Mos Def, “Ms. Fat Booty 2,” from Lyricist Lounge 2, 2000
I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once.
Ass so fat that you could see it from the front…
Ass so fat that you could see it from the front…
- Mos Def, “Ms. Fat Booty,” Black on Both Sides, 1999
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
