Sunshine-Mos Def

[00:00.827](Let the sun shine) [00:03.239]Yeah yeah its a brand new day y'all (Let the sunshine in) [00:06.377]Turn me up in the top a little bit dog [00:08.483]Little do you know, y'all gonna hear this one (The suns shinin') [00:10.965]Loud and clear, bright and early [00:13.701]Listen.. [00:14.983]I don't hate players, I don't love the game [00:17.704]I'm the shot clock, way above the game [00:20.141]To be point blank with you ********** the game [00:22.708]I got all this work on me, I ain't come for play [00:25.404]You can show the little shorties how you pump and fake [00:27.985]But dog, Not to def, I'm not impressed [00:30.729]I'm not amused, I'm not confused, I'm not the dude [00:33.482]I'm grown man business, and I am not in school [00:35.930]Put your hand down youngin' this is not for you [00:38.806]On my J.O. with beats by Kan-ye yo [00:41.393]My name on the marquee, your name off the payroll [00:44.271]Style fresh, like I'm still a day old [00:47.212]And it's been like that since the day yo [00:49.797]On more time than a Roley, or Seiko [00:52.067]Step on deck, your neck do what I say so [00:54.660]Get up or get out, get down or lay low [00:57.216](Let the sun shine) [00:58.700]Standing in the shadow of a fabulous man [01:00.842]Brooklyn ***** I am, Black Dante (Let the sunshine in) [01:03.389]That *****, that dude [01:05.401]Black People, Lets Move (The suns shinin') [01:07.708]Shout out to my man Talib Kweli, yes [01:09.905]We on top-a top-a, shout-a shout-a [01:11.764]Check it out.. [01:12.919]Slim ***** that casts a big shadow [01:15.176]Cherokee red to shoot the long arrow [01:17.766]Got more skill, more aim, and more ammo [01:20.293]You can get it all from a big or small barrel [01:22.873]Like, hail Mary, full of grace [01:25.431]****** come in and shoot up the place [01:27.347]And make you pull up your face [01:28.795]The deck, I'm a pull out the ace [01:30.743]From the jungles of the empire state [01:32.844]Where it ain't no escape, 247, 718 [01:35.769]And thats like every night, every day [01:38.529]From the place that I settle and stay [01:40.420]To the states, I'm collecting my pay [01:42.563]Blast off then I'm back to the K [01:44.535]Hold it down so my family straight [01:46.437]Represent in a family way [01:48.413]Pro ball not for amateur play [01:50.401]Been raw since the amateur stage [01:52.191]Before the press had the cameras raised [01:54.248](Let the sun shine) [01:55.546]Like a long time man of the way [01:56.743]You understanding me straight (Let the sunshine in) [01:59.176]Yes, yes, no doubt, excellence [02:02.460]Its what it is, what it is [02:03.735]And thats what it is, you see? (The suns shinin') [02:06.088]Ha, Fire.. [02:09.760]Cause it is deeper, sweeter, richer, crisper [02:12.307]Stronger reception and sharper picture [02:14.981]Revolve around God, and involve with ****** [02:17.556]These elements help evolve my scripture [02:20.267]And make Mos Def a classic modern figure [02:22.946]Brooklyn it don't matter if you holler or whisper [02:25.455]Your coming through clear, cause I'm right here wit'cha [02:28.122]Ain't gotta edit your slang, I got it, I get ya [02:30.809]Yo, brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers [02:33.305]The lovers, the leavers, the doubters, believers [02:35.083]The stayers, the quitters, the *******, the ****** [02:37.055]Rebel guerrillas to ghetto civilians [02:39.121]Y'all 'gon feel it from the first to the millionth [02:41.150]It's extra, ordinary and plain [02:43.776]I walk a thousand paces of light ahead of the game [02:46.482]By the time that you get where I'm standing, I'll be gone [02:49.597]Y'all make moves, but y'all just move wrong [02:51.816](Let the sun shine) [02:52.707]I move in, and y'all must move on [02:53.874]Cause I'm oh too strong [02:55.305]And I know what my feet move for (Let the sunshine in) [02:57.122]Made it go without a brand new car [02:58.745]I was fresh without a brand new song [03:00.615]Don't give a **** about what brand you are (The suns shining') [03:02.669]I'm concerned what type of man you are [03:04.391]What your principles and standards are [03:06.143]You understand me y'all [03:08.050]Be good to your family y'all [03:10.106]No matter where your families are [03:11.811]Cause everybody needs family y'all [03:13.776]Raise a hand, you understand me y'all [03:15.806]Everybody needs family y'all [03:17.831]Be good to your families dog [03:19.638]Understand, no matter where your families are [03:22.963]Everybody needs family dog [03:24.750]Raise a hand, you understand me pa [03:27.926]Thats what it is...thats my man [03:31.382]Family and my family Pencil Pete [03:35.753]My man too, all our loved ones behind the walls [03:40.105]All of those who still in the struggle [03:43.237]Assata, Mumia, Sundiata, my man Jamil [03:50.141](Let the sun shine) [03:51.121]Life is real [03:54.290]To all the real soldiers, black people (Let the sunshine in) [03:57.604]We family y'all (The suns shining') [04:03.331]Let it be bright.. 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