[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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