[Mos Def] Yes sir, yes sir You know the runnings Excellence always Brooklyn emba**y, haha Black Star shining You are now rocking with the best Brooklyn's own, Brooklyn's only M-O-S definite Big shout out to Cash Money, Shy and Medina Green Three words for the [?] no you aren't Smoke smoke but you're no cigar-a Soon as Mos hit the open market The ghetto know to cop it Get on my back like a open warrant Brook-lyn sick so retarded Hop on your phone and told your partna Hop offa him, and told your mama Got no type of focus problems Y'all better focus harder Get out your rhyme book and smoke some scama [?] for you but I'm going harder Understand I, rock today like it's no tomorrow Last year, my catalog was so impressive That this year my rookie card's a great investment Am I hot? n***a change the question Are you hotter than me? sh** we can take out the product and see
Y'all don't want no drama with me Without a part in a film A director and a call from the guild Y'all don't want no problems for real So why you speaking of beef? Y'all youngins don't y'all need to be sleep? Cause secretly I'm the n***a that you dreaming to be It ain't as easy as that It's only one Mos, leave it at that Whatever shine you had I'm leaving with that I give a fat baby's a** where your peoples is at And where your heaters is at You f** around and catch a leak in your back Get a hug dogg you need to relax Don't get beaten up cause of rap And don't get mad at me cause you're whack sh** genetics is the reason for that You ain't seeing me I'm seeing to that I'm from the brightest hardest star to ever be on the map And that's the B-R-O-double y'all don't want no trouble rest Mighty motherf**in Mos Def... like that